Altar |
To change, deform, or rearrange. |
Black Magic |
Magic used by those with much pigmentation in their skin. |
Centering |
In the case of public rituals, this practice in done to alter the
alignment of text on flyers. |
Circle |
A term used by techno-Pagans when refering to circle-dot mode, the
storage of binary units using a code of plane figures with a bounding
edge equidistant from a fixed point where some of these figures have dots,
and some do not. |
The Craft |
A movie made in 1996 by Sony Pictures which stars Robin Tunney. |
Cove |
A small sheltered bay, creek, or inlet of the sea. |
Coven |
Referring to or being cove-like. |
Discord |
The appropriate musical notes to be played at dis time in the ritual. |
Esbat |
Spanish for "it is a flying mammal." |
Flying |
Something which witches do. Recent surveys show that TWA is the most
favored method, though some traditionalists stick with smaller single-engined
airplanes. |
Glossary |
A place where they add gloss to ceramics. |
Grounding |
When all young children who have misbehaved during the ritual are
sent to their rooms for the weekend. |
Hain |
Sam Hain, founder of a successful company which makes underwear. |
Handfasting |
During protests, this is done to ensure the difficulty of ones removal
by use of handcuffs. |
Incense |
When capable of reasonable judgement, when acting sensible. |
Jack−o−lantern |
In the Pagan playing cards, it is the card of the suit of lights
(traje de luces) higher than a ten but lower than a queen. |
Karma |
An old Star Trek term from the original series which stands for Klingon
and Romulan Military Alliance. |
Lammas |
Animals of south America of the family Camelidae. |
Magick |
An art made popular by David Copperfield and Harry Houdini. |
Nine |
The most Pagans you can fit in a standard phone booth in Iowa City.
(Trust me on this one) |
Orgy |
The ending often used by technopagans at the end of their URL. |
Pentagram |
A five sided cracker. |
Quest |
What deities send you on when they are bored and have nothing better
to do. |
Rowan |
A term used on slave ships when the slaves have rested long enough
and need to continue rowing. |
Sabbat |
Of or relating to hydrogenated organic compounds. The term comes
from the French chemist Paul Sabatier. |
Skyclad |
A material similar to nickel-clad, though with ozone instead of nickel. |
Spell |
A turn at work, a shift. |
Talisman |
Opposite of Shortisman. |
Underwear |
See Hain. |
Virginity |
Sorry, no Pagan I've talked to seems to know what this is. |
White Witch |
A Caucasian member of the Wiccan religion. |
Witch |
Pronoun, what one or ones of several things pointed out. Used as
a relative in a subordinate clause representing a noun or noun phrase
in the principal sentence. |
Xerox |
The easiest and quickest way to go from a monotheistic religion to
a polytheistic one. Though it may cost you ten cents. |
Yorkshire |
A place where they make a type of bread, perfect for rituals, though
they call it pudding. |
Zygurmist |
The one who devotes his or her life to studying, in order to make
rituals more fun. |