Terms and Definitions
Altar - a place to used to hold tools and ingredient needed for a ritual or spell. Or a sacred space of devotion.
Anointing - applying oil to another object for charming the item, blessing or cleansing.
Amulet - a magickally enchanted or charged object to serve a specific purpose or intention.
Astral Plane - a realm of immaterial existence, especially one positioned as an ethereal or external counterpart to physical or bodily reality.
Astral Projection - the ability to separate your spiritual self from your physical body and move around at will.
Astrology - the study of movements and relative positions of planets and celestial forces as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world.
Athame - a dagger or knife that is used strictly in a ritualistic, or spiritual manner to work with energies. Usually not used to cut tangible objects
Aura - a unique energy field for an individual or an entity.
Balance - in a spiritual term, having an equal amount of “good” or “bad”, “light” or “dark”. Balance is important for energies to flow and work properly together. One cannot exist without the other.
Banishing - using a spiritual form or technique to abolish or remove something or someone unwanted.
Besom - a broom used by practitioners to physically and spiritually cleanse and prepare a space.
Blessing - using a spiritual form or technique to make something sacred.
Bolline - a practitioners working knife used for spiritual cutting.
Book of Shadows - a personal collection of recipes, training techniques, guidelines, journaling and other materials deemed important to a practitioner or a coven.
Cauldron - used for containing ritual fires or holding items to be charged. It can be used to hold water for cleansing or scrying, cooking or spell-making.
Censer - a container in which incense is burned.
Chakra - energy systems of the human body located at specific points within and without the body.
Chalice - a cup used to hold ritual drinks or energy.
Circle - can be used to describe a gathering of practitioners for a specific event.
Also used to define the casting of a circle for ritualistic purposes to create sacred protected space.
Clairvoyant - an individual who has the ability to see or sense future events or energies.
Conjunction - (0 - 8°) an alignment of 2 planets or other celestial objects which makes it seem like they’re in the same place. These celestial bodies have their energies working together.
Cords - a physical or spiritual rope or string used in spells or rituals.
Coven - a group or gathering of individuals with similar beliefs.
Cycle - a series of events which are regularly repeated in the same order.
Divination - the practice of seeking knowledge of the unknown, future or other information by supernatural means.
Deosil - movement going clockwise.
Eclectic - deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
Elements - the building blocks of all energies around us. Water, Fire, Earth, Air, and Spirit.
Empath - an individual with an ability to sense and perceive emotions from other beings.
Energy - power derived from the utilization of physical, chemical, magickal, or self resources to fuel life, spellwork or other things.
Gatekeeping - controlling or limiting someone's ability to join or participate in something.
Grounding - a form of meditation or visualization to help calm and relax yourself, to strengthen your connection with the earth or root chakras.
High Priest - a male practitioner of a high status within a religion, coven, group, or community.
High Priestess - a female practitioner of a high status within a religion, coven, group, or community.
Holistic - treatment of the whole person, taking into account mental and social factors, rather than just the symptoms of a disease.
House (astrological) - the 12 divisions on a horoscope chart pertaining to specific areas of life.
Ink - used for writing with a quill or brush. Can be enchanted or spelled to work for a specific purpose.
Jewelry - rings, bracelets, crowns, any type of accessory that can be enchanted or blessed for a specific purpose.
Knot - a physical or spiritual tying in a cord to retain a specific intention or spell.
Ley Lines - energy lines throughout the universe.
Lucid Dreaming - an event which occurs when the dreamer is aware they are dreaming and could gain some, or all, control of their dream.
Mindfulness - a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.
Meditation - a practice where an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.
Numerology - a form of divination, or a mathematical science, where numbers correspond to certain meanings and contain energy attributes.
Oils - usually derived from plants, herbs, or flowers. Can in used in various ways for cooking, spellwork, or rituals.
Opposition - (180°) 2 planets or celestial bodies directly opposite each other, with their energies are working against each other.
Pendulum - usually a pointed crystal or metal at the end of a chain or sting. Used for divination or communication.
Pentacle - 5 pointed star with a circle around it. Symbolizing the five elements and the circle of life.
Pentagram - 5 pointed star with no circle around it. Symbolizing the five elements.
Quincunx - (150°) joining of 2 signs that don’t share a quality, element, or gender, creating difficulty in communication or connection with each other.
Reincarnation - phenomena of a soul dying in one lifetime, to be reborn in another. The soul stays the same, while the body or vessel it’s reborn into is different.
Ritual - a ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a preplanned order. Usually repeated on special occasions or astrological events.
Runes - a set of Celtic inscriptions on small pieces of crystals or wood used for divination.
Scrying - a form of divination or communication by using reflective objects such as a mirror or water.
Sextile - (60°) links planets in compatible elements.
Shaman - an individual who has obtained knowledge from various sources such as earth, other dimensions, or other beings. They can alter their conscious state and usually magick on higher levels.
Smoke Cleansing - a practice using smoke from an incense or herb to cleanse or bless a space.
Smudge or Smudging - a specific ritual usually using a smoking herb that’s mainly practiced by Native American religions.
Solitary Practitioner - an individual who has been studying magick and practicing on their own.
Spell - a preformed right or magick usually following a written plan.
Square (astrology) - (90°) Puts 2 planets or celestial bodies across each other, challenging and fighting over each others energies.
Taboo - a prohibited or restricted social custom or idea, usually from a religious perspective.
Talisman - an object which was charged or enchanted with a specific intention.
Transits - when a planet or other celestial body passes across the face of another celestial body.
Trine - (120°) usually formed between planets or other celestial bodies of the same element.
Tying - a form of spiritually or physically connecting something together.
Universe - everything, anything, and all surrounding us in the physical, astral, or spiritual plane.
Veil - a border or division between worlds or dimensions.
Visualization - forming images within your mind with a specific intention.
Ward or Warding - creating a protective area around you or a specific place.
Wheel of the Year - an observance of 8 pagan sabbats throughout the year and seasonal cycles.
Wicca - a structured neo-pagan religion which usually incorporated the use of witchcraft.
Widdershin - a movement going counter-clockwise
Witch-splenation - a made-up term used to describe ordinary things in an extraordinary way.
Working - or “a working” a pagan or practitioners term to describe a spell, ritual, meditation, divination , or other act of a pagan practice being done.
Yin and Yang - 2 poles of energy forming balance between “good” and “bad”. A representation that there cannot be one without the other, and balance is necessary for the proper flow of energy.
Zen - a mental, physical, and spiritual state of calm or peacefulness.