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SKY CLAD
The act of doing magickal workings or rituals in the nude. It is common in some traditions such as the Alexandrian, as well as among some solitary practitioners, but is much less common than some would believe. Working sky clad does not imply anything sexual, but rather is an attempt to remove all barriers to the energies with which one is working. |
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Stang
A Forked staff made from different types of wood but generally Ash. Used as an alter in traditional Witchcraft. Some staffs do not have a forked head but instead have a skull or antlers attached to them. some examples can be seen Here on the Boscastle Museum of Witchcraft site Sometimes they are decorated in various ways either by drawing symbols on them or by adding ribbon etc to them. In some traditions they are referred to by other names for example in some Cornish Pellar traditions the staff is called the Gwelen. An article on the stang can be read Here |
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So Mote It BeSO MOTE IT BEThe Wiccan version of "amen," said at the end of a prayer or spell. "So mote it be" means "It must happen this way" and serves to manifest what the speaker has just said. Wiccans also use this phrase to indicate agreement with something another person says. Like other useful phrases, it has spread far beyond the Wiccan tradition. |
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ScryingSCRYINGDivination, usually using such methods as crystal gazing, or divination via incense smoke, or water as opposed to tarot or other manipulative means. A method using specific tools such as a bowl of inked water, a mirror, crystal ball, etc., where the diviner "sees" either normal visual pictures, mental visual pictures, or information without any pictures at all. |
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Strega, StregheriaSTREGA, STREGHERIAItalian Witchcraft, founded in the mid -14th century with the teachings of Aradia, the Holy Strega, and based upon the pre-Estruscian Italian belief system. Stregheria is a worship of the "Source of All Things", through the personification of the Goddess and God. Also known as La Vecchia Religione (the Old Religion). |
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Seax WiccaSEAX-WICCAThis tradition was founded by Raymond Buckland in 1973. It has a Saxon basis but is, in fact, a new denomination of the Craft. It does not pretend to be either a continuation or a re-creation of the original Saxon religion. Main features of the tradition are the fact that it has open rituals, it has a democratic organization that precludes ego trips and power plays by coven leaders, there can be Coven or Solitary practice and there is the reality of Self-initiation in lieu of Coven Initiation, if desired. Seax-Wicca is found throughout the United States and in many countries around the world. |