Glossary A - C
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| Adept: Someone highly skilled in magick. |
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| Altar: The working table of a Witch; the "Spiritual Home" of the Witch. |
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| Amulet: A passive charm which serves as a magnet for a particular idea or entity. |
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| Arcane: Secret. |
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| Asperge: To cleanse by sprinkling with water. |
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| Athame: The athame is a double edged knife used in rituals. It is symbolic of the element of fire and it can be used while laying down circle boundaries and for inscribing candles. Also a phallic symbol. |
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| Autumn Equinox: Solar Festival around September 2. |
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| Bane: Something that is poisonous or destructive. |
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| Banish: To drive or send away. |
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| Beltane: A Wiccan Sabbat which is held between spring and the onset of summer, between April 30th and May 1st. |
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| Besom: Essentially a witch's broom that is used to cleanse and purify sacred space. |
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| Bind: To restrain someone or something. In other words to "bind" them or it to you using magick. |
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| Binding: The practice of using magick or spells to restrain someone or something. In other words to "bind" them or it to you. |
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| Black Mirror: A tool used for scrying and divination. The mirror has a black reflective coating unlike normal mirrors. |
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| Blessed Be: A term derived from the ritual of the Five-Fold Kiss. it is a blessing commonly used by Wiccans and pagans as a greeting or a goodbye. Often abbreviated as BB or B*B. |
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| Blood Of The Moon: A woman's mentrual cycle, considered important and a crucial time for magick to be performed. |
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| Boleen - Bolleen - Bolline - Boline: A white handled knife commonly used in rituals for carving and cutting magickal symbols into ritual objects. |
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| Book Of Shadows: A book of rituals, recipes, journal entries, laws, rules, and other documents important to a witch or coven. |
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| Candle: An item that is lit and often used as part of a ritual. |
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| Candlemas: Sabbat festival also known as Imbolc. |
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| Cauldron: A ritual tool and a feminine symbol of the goddess. Also of life, death, and rebirth. |
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| Cense: To expose to incense smoke. |
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| Censer: A container in which incense is smoldered or burned. It symbolises the element of air. |
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| Chalice: A ritual tool and a feminine symbol of the element water. This is used during rituals. |
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| Charge: To fill with energy. |
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| Cingulum: Worn around the waist or wrist and binds the Witch to the Gods and the Wheel; also used for cord magick (also known as Cord). |
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| Cleansing: Purification through a ritual bath. Traditionally performed before every ritual. |
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| Conjuration: Act of summoning. |
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| Conscious Mind: That part of the mind of which we are aware. |
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| Consecrate: To cleanse, bless and set apart for ritual use; to make sacred. |
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| Consecration: The blessing, cleansing, or positively charging of an object which is to be used in magick or dedicated to a deity. |
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| Cord: Worn around the waist or wrist and binds the Witch to the Gods and the Wheel; also used for cord magick (also known as Cingulum). |
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| Corn Dolly: A figure made by plaiting wheat and similar to a poppet. It is symbolic of the fertility, grain, and harvest aspects of the Goddess. |
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| Coven: A group of witches led by a High Priest and/or a High Priestess, who meet to worship and practice magic. Although traditionally limited to 13 most covens are significantly smaller. |
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| Craft (The): A term used to denote witchcraft or the witchcraft aspects of Wicca. |
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| Crone: A term of respect for a Witch that has passed menopause or is older than 50. |
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| Croning: The rite of passage to being a crone. |
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| Cross Quarter Days: A term used for the fire Sabbats. |
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| Crystal Ball: A crystal sphere used for divination and scrying. Also called a showstone. |
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| Curse: Negative energy directed consciously towards a person, place, or object. |
