A Witch's secret name, also known as Witch name. Many Witches take on one or more secret names to signify their rebirth and new life within the Craft. Eke-names are most sacred and are usually used only among brothers and sisters of the same path. When a Witch takes on a new name, he or she must be careful to choose one that harmonises in birth numbers, or runic numbers. A well chosen name vibrates with that of the individual and directly links him or her to the Craft.
Elementals
Spirit creatures that personify the qualities of the four ancient elements. Salamanders are the elemental spirits of Air, and Gnomes are the elemental spirits of Earth.
Elemental Signs
The signs of Fire, Water, Earth and Air. Fire is the symbol of energy, individuality, and the identity; Water is the symbol of life, love, and spirit; Air is the symbol of the mind: and Earth is the symbol of strength and fertility.
Esbat
A regular meeting of a coven that is held during the full moon at least thirteen times a year. At an esbat, coven members exchange ideas, discuss problems, perform special rites, work magick and healing, and give thanks and/or request help from the Goddess or the Horned God.
Familiar
A Witches pet. In medieval Witchcraft and folklores, a familiar was an attendant spirit that appeared in the form of a cat, lizard, hare, toad or other small animal to aid a Witch in the practice of magick.
Goddess
The female aspect of the divine; the consort of the Horned God (the male aspect of the divine); and the main deity honored and invoked by many Wiccans. Worship of the Goddess has been traced back as far as primitive times and She has been known by thousands of names throughout various cultures, past, present from around the world.
Grey Magick
The art and practice of magick that is neither totally white nor totally black; magic combines elements of both white and black; or white magick that borders on being black magick, but is not necessarily performed with evil or malicious intent. Love spells that are of a manipulative nature, a death spell to end a long painful suffering of a terminally ill loved one, and self-defense spell that returns a curse to its sender are several examples of grey magick.
Green Witch
A nickname for a female or male Witch who is skilled in the art of wortcunning. The herb magick practiced by a Green Witch is called The Green Arts or Green Magick; the wise of medicinal herbs is known as Green Healing.
Grimoire
A magickal workbook containing various spells, formulas, rituals and incantations; any collection of magickal spells and formulas. One of the most famous of all grimoires is the medieval Key of Solomon, which contains conjurations, prayers, detailed pentacles for each of the planets, and detailed commentaries on the nature of spirits invoked in ceremonial magick, Witchcraft and necromancy.
Handfasting
A Wiccan betrothal in which the hands of the bride and groom are ties together with a consecrated knotted cord to signify that they have been joined together in matrimonial union. A handfasting may be performed either as legally binding wedding or as a non-legally binding spiritual commitment rite.
Handparting
A Wiccan ceremony that dissolves the marriage partnership of a man and a woman who are non-legally married to each other.
Horned God
The consort of the Goddess and the symbol of male sexuality. The Horned God in many Wiccan traditions is usually identified with the Greek nature god Pan, or Cernunnos, the Celtic lord of wild animals.
