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Paganism Pagan Wicca Wiccan Magic Magical
Glossary Terminology
Coven and Covenstead
A coven is a group of
practitioners from the same tradition, usually comprised either of thirteen
members (Coveners) or thirteen couples who meet together regularly at the
Covenstead (a home, a field, or other special place) for social or ritual
purposes and to perform ceremonies and magic.
Craft Name
Practitioners chose one or
more new names when they are reborn to their new life within the Craft. These
special craft names are customarily evocative of unique personal qualities and
powers; elemental and power animal affinities; or reflective of innately imbued
aspects of divinity. Practitioners may use their craft names all the time or
only during magical rituals. They may share them with others even to the point
of a legal name change; or, they many be secretive about them, revealing them
only to coven members or to other trusted practitioners of the Craft.
Divination
Magical Divination uses
magical tools like Tarot cards and Tarot spreads, Runes and Rune Scripts, and
Scrying by gazing into a pool of water, candle flame, or crystal ball to gain
revelatory and prophetic visions. All of these magical divination tools are
useful for obtaining information or insights about people, circumstances and
happenings; as well as, for answering questions about the past, present, and
future.
Esbats
Esbats are regular monthly
meetings of a coven, usually held at full moon, where the coven members perform
special healings and rites and discuss things together.
Familiar
An animal, pet, or a
spiritual entity that appears in the form of animal, who assists the
practitioner in the practice of Magic. Common magical helpers in folklore were
cats, toads, hares, and lizards.
Gaia and The Green Man
The Goddess and the God,
The Earth Mother and her consort The Green Man (often depicted as a face made of
leaves and vegetation).
Magic
Magic is enchantment,
spellcasting, bewitchment, and using the will to alter reality. Everything is
interconnected and magic practitioners use consecrated magical tools to focus
and send forth energies from within themselves, from the deities, or from
natural power places to influence and to shape desired outcomes and to pattern
events.
Magical Animal Totems
Many of the magical tales
involved stories about humans, goddesses and gods shapeshifting into the
likeness of animals and birds, including that of Seagulls and Swans. Animal
Totems that recurred frequently in Druidic Storytelling were Bear, Boar, Cow,
Horse, Hound, Mare, Raven, Salmon, Otter, Owl, Pig, Seagull, Stag, and Swan...Continue on
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