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| RITUAL BATH A bath taken before ritual to wash away negative vibrations and residue from other activites. Ritual baths are usually complimented by essentail oils or by sea salt. |
| PSYCHIC SCREAM The ability to emit a high pitched wail telepathically to detour psychic violations and to stop psychic attack. |
| PENTAGRAM The five-pointed star that serves as a religious symbol in Wicca. With the pentacle pointing up, it is the symbol of life--the perfect human encircles by the Wheel of Life. When it is reversed it is not a symbol of the "devil" or "evil", but one of endings and death. |
| PYROKINETICISM The ability to create fire by will alone. |
| RUNES Symbols of the Ancient's alphabets that aid in divination and protection. They are often used in ritual workings and concecrating and warding of magickal areas. Go here to learn more. |
| SEPHIRA A location of the Kaballistic Tree of life. There are ten sephiroths on the tree of life. Please go here to learn more. |
| SCRYING MIRROR A piece of polished reflective stone or a mirror painted black that serves as a focal point for scrying. Also referred to as a magickal almadel. |
| SCRYING A form of divination in which one looks into a reflective surface such as a glass ball or crystal sphere to gain knowledge of the unseen. Any reflective black surface can also be used for this purpose. Black bowls filled with water are an ideal and easy scrying tool. |
| SANDERS, MAXINE The future wife of Alexander Sanders, "Sylvia" was born in 1946 in a rigid Catholic environment. Her mother, Doris Morris, who worked as a nurse befriended young Alexander hence creating a bridge of friendship between the sick boy and her daughter. Doris's membership in Subud, an Carrib-Indonesian cult, would again cause their paths to intertwine. At age 16, she would be initiated into Alexander's coven. The Queen of Witches would live a turbulent life of local harassment and harsh treatment from her own family. After parting with Alexander and putting him to rest, she came through strong with an Autobiography and still remains in London |
| SANDERS, ALEXANDER The founder of the Alexandrian path of Wicca. Verbius studied many forms of magick including Egyptian, Satanic, Abra-Melin, and the Qaballah. The proclaimed "King of Witches" lived a fast life in the media's eyes. His life ended from lung cancer in Hastings. He died more or less destitute. |
| SABBAT One of the eight major holidays of Pagans. Please go here to view an entire list of each of the Sabbats. |
| SATANISM A religion that holds few ties to Witchcraft. It is a path of hedonism, and approaching the negative energies with a sense of overpowering them or controlling them. Some Satanists do not worship Satan, but hold no particular affiliation with any deity. Satan is rejected in paganism as it is a Christian concept. |
| SEIDONKA A priestess of Asatru who practices divination and prophecy, she is also called a Volva. |
| SEIDR The rite of a Volva communing with the Aesir to learn of the future or to do other magickal workings . |
| SEAX WICCA This tradition of Wicca was founded in 1973 by Raymond Buckland. In this path, leaders are elected in a process that allows all coven memebrs to vote. Also there is no ritual binding or scourging. |
| SPIRAL (a) The path that all Pathwalker embrark upon. The must learn to dance their own spirals of life. (b) the pattern in which everything in existence works. It is a continuing pattern in which all things weave together, no matter how big or small, whoch has no beginning and no end. (c) one of the most ancient symbols of the Goddess. |
| SHAMAN A liasion betwen the physical plane and the spiritual world. Shamans are the oldest form of priest or spiritual advisor. Shamans often use the theories of animism to leave their human thoughs, needs, and desires and transcend to get a better understanding of the worlds that they must work in. |