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Definitions, Premisses and Info
Special Note: At the risk of belabouring the extremely obvious, this page is a work in progress, with quite a distance to go before it sleeps.
Definitions, Premisses and Info
Cabala, Cabbala- (see Qabala)
Cabirian Tradition- (see Kabrian Tradition)
Caduceus - When the term Caduceus [in Aleister Crowley's 777 Tables of Correspondences, key number 12] is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to a type of Wand that is usually shown with Wings at the top and two serpents entwined spirally around a central staff, specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
Cakes - When the term Cakes is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to a confection prepared from specific ingredients and specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
Caledonii Tradition - (see also Hecatine Tradition) When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by it's members and/or adherents holding the preservation of the unique festivals of the Scots, the secrecy of the rites, and the protection of the lineage as primary or critical parameters of their Spiritual Paradigm. The Caledonii Tradition (formally known as the Hecatine Tradition), lineage of the Craft is Scottish in origin, and the "family" lineage are of utmost importance. In the Caledonii Tradition Yule is called Alban Arthan, falls on or about December 22nd, and is not considered a fire festival. The Vernal Equinox on or about March 21st is known as Alban Eiler and represents the warrior aspect of the God. Night and day are of equal length on the Equinoxes, and this is a celebration of balance - not really Winter but not yet Spring. Summer Solstice on or about June 21st, and Midsummer Night's Celebration (though the two do not always coincide on the astrological calendar) is Alban Hefin, celebrating the Kingly aspect of the God.
Caliphate Ordo Templi Orientis - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding Aleister Crowley's reinterpretation of the teachings of an ancient mystery school and secret society known as Ordo Templi Orientis and interpolations by Grady McMurty and later Bill Breeze thereupon as primary or critical parameters of their Spiritual Paradigm.
Canaanite - Canaanite in general usage refers to a particular Levantine cultural Tradition from the Western edge of Mesopotamia on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, out of the many that developed there, however, when used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding Traditions developed in that area as primary or critical parameters of their Spiritual Paradigm. Some of the better known city-states of Canaan included (though there is extensive disagreement amoung historians, anthropologists, and archaeologists as to which of these are actually to be included) Ugarit, Arvad, Byblos, Beiruy, Acco, Ebla, Sidon, Tyre, Megiddo, Joppa, Alalakh, Ashkelon, Gaza. The Ægyptians placed a high value on the Canaanite culture, though they called it something more like Retunu. Some historians, anthropologists, and/or archaeologists consider the more northern of the city-states Phoenician and the more southern ones Canaanite, but there is no consensus.
Candle - When the term Candle is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to a wax and wick object specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
Candle Accoutrements - When the term Candle Accoutrements is used in reference to Magickal Implements, Sacred Objects, Ceremonial Tools and/or Foci it generally refers to items specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same which clean, trim, light and/or snuff said candles.
Candle Holders - When the term Candle Holders is used in reference to Magickal Implements, Sacred Objects, Ceremonial Tools and/or Foci it generally refers to items specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same which hold and/or arrange candles.
Caodaism - (see Dao Cao Dai)
Candomblé - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding a Macumba WorldView as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm. Macumba is not in itself a religion but the umbrella for the two principal forms of African spirit worship in Brazil, related to Vodoun and Santaria which are Candomblé and Umbanda. Macumba is sometimes used to refer to harmful magick, but that is more properly called Quimbanda.
Capnomancy - A type of divination by means of smoke A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Carl Gustav Jung -
Carpocratian Gnosticism - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by it's members and/or adherents holding the teachings of Carpocrites of Alexandria and interpolations thereon as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm. Carpocratian Gnosticismwas founded by Carpocrites of Alexandria. Carpocrites claimed that Christ had studied mysteries at the Temple of Isis in Egypt for six years and had taught these mysteries to his apostles, who in turn, taught Carpocrites. The current lasted for at least several centuries and used theurgic magick.
Carromancy - A type of divination using modern playing cards A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Cartomancy - A type of divination using cards, particularly Tarot Cards A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Casuistry - Approach to ethics that begins by examining a series of concrete cases rather than by trying to deduce the consequences of a moral rule. Although Pascal criticized this method for the excessive, misleading, or harmful cleverness with which it was practiced in his day, it remains a common tool for applied ethics in a theological vein.
Catalytic - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation of Experiential Spiritual Methodology, Catalytic methodology is that initiation or precipitation of change and/or acceleration of rate of change in other persons (See also Transformative)
Catalyzation - Garden of Life considers Catalyzation a Pagan Sacrament. In a preliminary description Catalyzation may be an Act and/or Process performed by Officiants and Celebrants, with the intent of awakening within themselves and/or other Celebrants a further state of development. Officiation is a specific instance of the Sacrament of Catalyzation. Officiation occurs when any Individual is participating in conducting or leading any type of Celebratory Working, Circle, etc., and emphatically includes all aspects of preparation, coordination, focalization and facilitation of such occurrance. Any Celebrant may perform this Sacrament, consciously or unconsciously, to the extent of their experience, ability and intent. Catalyzation is characterized by the provocation or precipitation of an increase in the rate of Conscious Spiritual Evolution in Celebrants for whom the Catalyzation is performed.
Below please find the wording that Garden of Life uses in it's Articles of Organization to delineate this Sacrament:
an Act, Acts, a Process, Processes and/or Series of Acts and/or Processes performed by Officiants and Celebrants, to awaken within one or more other Celebrants a further state of development. Officiants especially are performing the Sacrament of Catalyzation when participating in the directing of a Celebratory Working, Circle or other. All Celebrants perform this Sacrament, conscious or unconscious, to the extent of their experience, ability and intent. Catalyzation is characterized by the provocation or precipitation of an increase in the rate of Conscious Spiritual Evolution in Celebrants for whom the Catalyzation is performed.
Categorical Imperative - A categorical imperative, by contrast, is an absolute command, such as "you shall treat people with respect," which is not based on subjective considerations. The complete entry on Categorical Imperative.
Categorical Imperativism - When used in reference to a point of view within the field of Ethical, Value and/or Behavioural Matters, this is a Point of View in which the prime parameter for effectuating a course of action is determined by choosing that which is
Categorical Logic - The traditional interpretation of the logic of classes developed by Aristotle and the medieval logicians.
Categorical Proposition - A statement of the relationship between two classes, each of which is designated by a categorical term. Within each proposition, the subject term occurs before the copula and the predicate term after. There are only four forms of categorical proposition, distinguished by their quantity and quality.
Categorical Syllogism - A logical argument consisting of exactly three categorical propositions, two premises and the conclusion, with a total of exactly three categorical terms, each used in only two of the propositions. The complete entry on Categorical Syllogism.
Categorical Term - A word or phrase that designates a class. Each categorical term divides the world into two parts: the original class and its complement; the things to which the term applies and those to which it does not.
Categories of Logic - In Aristotle's logic specifically, the categories are the ten general modes of being (substance, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, position, possession, doing, and undergoing) by reference to which any individual thing may be described. Medieval logicians commonly employed only the first four of these ten, but allowed for syncategorematic terms that belonged to none of them.
Category {Gk. kathgoria [katêgoria]} - Predicate; hence, a fundamental class of things in our conceptual framework.
Category Mistake - Confusion in the attribution of properties or the classification of things. Thus, to suppose that sleep is furious or that a city is nothing more than its buildings is to commit a category mistake. Ryle maintained that Cartesian dualism arises from the implicit occurrence of just such an error, the supposition that the origins of human behavior must reside in an immaterial substance. Also see Donna Summerfield.
Catharsis {Gk. kaqarsij [katharsis]} - Cleansing from guilt or defilement; hence, in Aristotle, the elimination of destructive emotions through appreciation of an aesthetic experience.
Cathartic Æstheticist - When used in reference to a point of view within the field of Ethical, Value and/or Behavioural Matters, this is a Point of View in which the prime parameter for effectuating a course of action is determined by choosing that which is
Cathexis - The investment in or projection toward of Libidinal (Emotion or Psyche Based) Energy at any Person, Place, Thing, Idea or Process, whatsoever.
Catoptromancy - A type of divination using a mirror or mirrors, in some cases by observing a mirror placed underwater A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Catoxtromancy - A type of divination using looking glasses A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Cattabomancy - A type of divination using vessels made of metal A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Cauldron - When the term Cauldron is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to a large usually round utensil similar to one used for cooking large stews etc. The Cauldron when used in a Working ordinarily represents the Feminine Energies in a specific providing or nurturing aspect, and in some cases is used in directing the Energies. Best if specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
Cause/Effect dichotomy {Ger. Ursache / Wirkung}} - Distinction between the events involved in a causal relationship, where the occurrence of one (the cause) is supposed to bring about or produce an occurrence of the other (the effect). Although the correct analysis of causation is a matter of great dispute, Hume offered a significant criticism of our inclination to infer a necessary connection from mere regularity, and Mill proposed a set of methods for recognizing the presence of causal relationships. Contemporary philosophers often suppose that a causal relationship is best expressed in the counterfactual statement that if the cause had not occurred, then the effect would not have occurred either.
Causimancy - A type of divination by means of fire A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Celebrant - Any Participant in a Celebration. Primarily when participating in Celebratory Circles but also including any other type of Working.
Celebration - A type of Working performed to mark, commemorate, celebrate, contribute and/or effectuate any of the Events of a general Earth-Centered-Spirituality-Traditions Calendar and/or any specific Tradition's Calendar, providing a venue for the participants interaction with the Divine Forces of this Cosmos. Generally an organized service at which members gather to effectuate a Celebratory Circle.
Celebratory - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation of Experiential Spiritual Methodology, that performance of sacred actions to exalt and/or commemorate specific events and/or divine forms.
Celebratory Circle -A gathering of individuals, at a given time and place for the purpose of Celebrating one or more of the point events of the Vegetative Cycle, the Lunar Cycle, the Solar Cycle .
Celebratory Ritual - The particular Ceremony and/or Rite performed or to be performed at a Celebration.
Celtic-Continental - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm.
Celtic-Gaelic Caledonian - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents which holds teachings originating in and/or interpolations thereon as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm.
Celtic-Gaelic Irish - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents which holds teachings originating in and/or interpolations thereon as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm.
Celtic Reconstructionism - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm. Celtic Reconstructionism is a culturally specific and historically based pagan path that attempts to recreate the religion of the ancient Celtic peoples of Western Europe and the British Isles. It embodies a strong reverence for nature.
Celtic Wicca - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding Celebration of the Mysteries of the Celtic Pantheon integrated with teachings derived from Gardnerian Wicca as primary or critical parameters of their Spiritual Paradigm. Celtic Wicca emphasizes the Elements, Nature and the Ancient Ones. Celtic Wicca focuses on knowledge of, and respect for, the healing and magickal qualities of plants and stones, flowers, trees, elemental spirits, the little people, gnomes and fairies.
Celtic Witan Church - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding the study and practice of the goddess-oriented nature-based religion of the ancient Celtic peoples called Wita as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm. The Celtic Witan Church is a legally incorporated church and religious organization that Celebrates a fertility religion concerned with all aspects of prosperity, growth, abundance, creativity, and healing. The Celtic Witan Church honors the Celtic deities with full moon rituals and Sabbat festivals. There are many open rituals and training programs.
Censer - When the term Censer [in Aleister Crowley's 777 Tables of Correspondences, key number 28] is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to
Central Valley Wicca: Kingstone Tradition - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm.
Cephaleonomancy - A type of divination using the head of an ass, sometimes by boiling A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Ceraunomancy - A type of divination using thunderbolts, and lightning (aeromancy) A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Ceremonial - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation of Experiential Spiritual Methodology, that performance of predetermined actions in precise order and context to exact purpose.
Ceremonial Magick - Ceremonial Magick is a method of effectuating Will which is characterized by a series of precise actions with extreme attention to detail. Ceremonial Magick is probably the most accurate and least loaded term for what is also called High Magick, Ritual Magick, Theurgic Magick, and so forth. Ceremonial Magick workings are almost always carefully planned out beforehand with emphasis on correlating the correspondences of each tool and component part to the intent. Ceremonial Magick generally calls upon the aid of beneficent spirits and thus is akin to religion. It is the Magickal Methodology that utilizes Theurgy, from theourgia "working things pertaining to the gods". Ceremonial Magick is frequently intermingeled in extant Spititual Experiential Traditions with Natural Magick to the point that it would be difficult if not impossible to categorize the elements separately even for analytical discussion. Formal Western Ceremonial Magick has mostly been based upon varying blends of doctrines, forms and techniques from Sumerian, Ægyptian, Persian, Greek, Zoroastrian, Judaic, Christian and Islamic sources, although other sources are represented. The consensus of opinion on Ceremonial Magick currently acknowledges three principal forms: Enochian, Thelemic and Eclectic. Enochian Magick originated with John Dee and Edward Kelly in the 16th century and communication with spirits involved the Nineteen Calls (or Keys): incantations in the Enochian language, a complex language sometimes referred to as the "Tongue of the Angels"which is of unknown origin. This system of Magick was revived by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and studied at length by Aleister Crowley. In turn, Crowley developed the Thelemic Magick system from his studies and incorporated it into the OTO (of which he was then the Outer Head). In addition Crowley founded the A.'. A.'.; both A.'. A.'. and most varieties of the OTO use Ceremonial Magick intensively, as does Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, also founded by Crowley. Ceremonial Magickians have since expanded to develop Eclectic Magick systems based on different combinations of a variety of different systems, inclusive of Alchemy, Ægyptology, Chaos Magick, Enochian, Qabalistic disciplines, Thelemic forms and/or other techniques. To even begin to practice Ceremonial Magick requires rigorous discipline and has an intellectual appeal, the mage derives power from Deity and/or Deities through the successful control of spirits, or disincarnate entities, often called Daemons or Demons but not with the mainstream Abramic inference since they may be of good, evil, or neutral nature. To those who accept the existence of such beings (or in some cases even if they don't, some Ceremonial Magickians follow the forms because they work, without ever believing that these entities exist in any actual sense, but rather that the forms followed actually are keying different activities represented by the interactions with the entities), there is a complex hierarchical nature to these beings, The beings which have long been categorized as Angels by the Abramic (and before them the Persian) Traditions are in the highest rankings of nonincarnated entites and thus are more difficult to work with, whatever the intent, but with comensurately more power also. A lot of Ceremonial Magick was developed during the Dark Ages, which has also contributed to the use of the term demons for the nonincarnate entities dealt with, as there was a pervasive, dare one say Gothic, atmosphere to any of these workings during the extreme hegemony of Christianity over Western Civilization. In its highest sense, Ceremonial Magick is a transcendental experience that takes the mage into mystical realms and into communication with the Higher Self, Inner Genius, and/or Holy Guardian Angel, such workings toward Conscious Spiritual Evolution and/or Apotheosis are referred to as the Great Work in most Traditions which recognize its efficacy. The basic technologies for Thelemic Ceremonial Magick are set forth in Liber O and other of Crowley's writings. Banishings and invocations are divided into elemental and planetary categories, and grouped under the figures of the pentagram and hexagram, respectively. In each case, a distinction is made between the "lesser" ritual and the "greater" ritual pertaining to that figure. It is unsurprising that many magicians first take this distinction to refer to a difference of degree, i.e. the "greater" ritual is merely a more elaborate and powerful version of the "lesser" ritual. In fact, the difference is one of type and intention. The "lesser" rituals of the pentagram and hexagram are widely understood and appreciated in terms of their intention and effect. Whether used to banish or to invoke, each ritual is designed to address a full spectrum of forces (elemental or planetary) in a balanced, comprehensive fashion. The fact that the elemental forces are "coarser" and more palpable than the planetary ones accounts for the relative importance and frequency of the lesser pentagram ritual in ceremonial work. In Liber O, the descriptions of the lesser rituals of the pentagram and hexagram are given in direct, step-by-step instructions. The descriptions of the greater rituals are much more obscure. Instead of a sequence of actions, these rituals are described with sets of lineal figures, gestures, and god-names. Instructions for integrating this information into a ritual are absent. There is good reason for the omission: there is no single greater ritual of the pentagram or hexagram. Unlike the lesser rituals that cover a full array of forces, the greater rituals are used to address only one element or planet at a time, to invoke it for a particular purpose, or to banish it from its established presence. So whereas "lesser banishing pentagram" indicates a well-defined ritual, "greater banishing pentagram" begs the question "of which element'" What is referred to as Ceremonial Witchcraft and/or Cermonial Wicca is usually simply Traditions of Witchcraft and/or Wicca that have a larger than usual component of Ceremonial Magick in their workings, forms and techniques. The Magick used in almost all Pagan Traditions, including Witchcraft and Wicca are primarily of a Natural Magick nature, although again, almost always Ceremonial Magick components are also present in greater or lesser degrees. When the proportion of Ceremonial Magick to Natural Magick components closes on the heavy end of the balance is when the term Ceremonial Witchcraft and/or Wicca usually comes into play.
Ceremonial Witchcraft - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation of Experiential Spiritual Methodology, that performance of predetermined actions in precise context and order.
Ceromancy - A type of divination using melted wax or wax drippings A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Certainty -
Chain - When the term Chain [in Aleister Crowley's 777 Tables of Correspondences, key number 5] is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to
Chakra - Subtle energy centers located near the spine in the body. A chakra is a wheel (literal Sanskrit meaning) of energy. There are seven main chakras in our subtle system, which relate to the stages of evolution and the endocrine system. Once awakened, they begin to vibrate. Physical, mental and emotional problems can be traced to an imbalance in one or several chakras.
Chalice - When the term Chalice is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to a implement for drinking, usually of a decorative type (the word itself comes for the Greek Kalyx, as of a flower) specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
Channeling Energy - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation of Experiential Spiritual Methodology, conscious movement of energy for various purposes such as in healing, raising power, and so forth, such as through the hands to effectuate healing.
Chanting - When the term Chanting is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to
Chaoism - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents which holds teachings originating in and/or interpolations thereon as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm.
Chaoist -
Chaomancy - A type of divination by examining phenomena of the air or aerial visions A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Chaos Magick - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm. CHAOS MAGICK, CMT: A magickal system invented by Austin Osman Spare, and developed by a few others during the 1980's. Chaos mages enter the "abyss", in simplistic terms the "Unknown". Anarchistic, clever, self-referential, and self-annihilistic, Chaos Magick is an extraordinary deconstruction of magick, semantics, and psychology designed to eradicate consensual belief structures and, using the energy freed by this act, glimpse the fractal contours of reality. It is a synthesis of ceremonial magick, freestyle shamanism and sigilizing, however, its practitioners reject the traditional discrimination of magick into white, grey, and black, and assume a highly individualistic approach to the interplay between ethics and personal will.
Chaosization - Garden of Life considers Chaosization a Pagan Sacrament. In a preliminary description Chaosization may be an Act and/or Process emphasizing the value of Play as a Spiritual Growth Tool. Spiritual Growth is often a smooth gradual type of growth, however many Traditions realize that sometimes it is beneficial to attempt to "trick" ourselves into reaching for more than would be thought possible within a normal context. Chaosization is usually focused on one Individual and entered into by a group of Individuals willing to assist that person. Chaosization is ordinarily coordinated by an Officiant and has the Purpose of enabling the Individual upon which it is focused to surmount plateau difficulties and promote Spiritual Growth. The method of Chaosization is to expose the Individual, to various seemingly unrelated stimuli with the desired effect of forcing Her/His Eternal self to push the Boundaries of Consciousness into hithertofore unexplored territories. For all of the utilization of acts and/or processes, that might normally be considered frivolous, Chaosization should not be undertaken lightly. The effects of any utilization of "Trickster" type energies upon: the Individual focused upon; any and all persons for whom that Individual has physical, financial, emotional, mental or spiritual responsibility; and the other participants must be considered. Chaosization involves Creating an Experiential Field of Potential from which strange beauties may emerge. Below please find the wording that Garden of Life uses in it's Articles of Organization to delineate this Sacrament:
a Work performed by a large group of Members emphasizing the value of Play as a Growth Tool, coordinated by an Officiant (if possible a Chaoist) but usually focused on one Individual, with the Purpose of enabling that Individual to surmount plateau difficulties and promote Spiritual Tachytely (Rapid evolution tending to result in quick differentiation and fixation of new types). Never to be undertaken lightly, the Sacrament of Chaosization must be requested by the Member and any and all persons for whom She/He has physical, financial, emotional, mental or spiritual responsibility. When performed in the Temple context, Chaosization must be recommended by the Body of Catalytic Officiants and performed under the Ægis of, and with the agreement of the Council of Elder Officiants. Chaosization involves Creating an Experiential State of Ergodicity (Field of Potential, resultant not determined or determinable until actualized by interaction with the observer, with the additional modifier that in the manner of a hologram the nature of the whole is contained in, and may be usefully studied within each component part) as the Individual's Environment. The Motif of the Art of Applying this Sacrament is to expose the Individual upon which the Working is Focused, to various seemingly unrelated stimuli with the Desired Effect of forcing Her/His Eternal self to push the Boundaries of Consciousness into hithertofore unexplored territories.
Chaplet - When the term Chaplet is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to a garland or wreath to be worn on the head specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
Charge of the God -
There are many recensions, we are showing here the one by Dianis Lucien (D. W. Piper) from http://www.starkindler.org/arion/chg-god.htm
Charge of the Goddess - There are many recensions
Listen to the words of the Great Mother, Who was, of olde, called amongst men:
Some say that the "At mine Altars, the youths of Lacedæmon in Sparta made due sacrifice." reference in the Wiccan Charge of the Goddess, comes from the Tradition of Cybele. It is sometimes taught in the Temples of Cybele that She was born as Agditis, a hermaphrodite monster, from a stone fertilized (if necessary) by Zeus. Since Her tradition predates Zeus that seems a late addition to the parable. The representative olde guard Deities of that time decided (the reasons vary vastly in different versions of the story) to take away the access to dual sexuality from him(?) and in doing so started a process which created the Goddess Cybele from him. Later Her love for Attis, a human shepherd, drove the mortal insane and he castrated himself for Love of Her. It is thought that in commemoratio of this that Her priests appeared as eunuchs dressed as women. However, there have been other, more esoteric explanations of the reference also.
Isis, Astarte, Deanna, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna and by many other names.
"At Mine altar the youths of Lacedæmon in Sparta made due sacrifice.
Whenever ye have need of anything, once in the month and better it be when the Moon is full,
then shall ye assemble in some private place and contemplate with wonder the Spirit of Me,
Who is Queen of all the Witches.
There shall ye assemble who are feign to learn Magic who have not as yet won My deepest secrets.
To these will I teach that which is yet unknown.
And ye shall be free from all slaverys, and as a sign that ye be REALLY FREE,
ye shall be naked in your rites, and ye shall sing, dance, feast and make music and love
all in My presence, for Mine is the ecstasy of the Spirit, and Mine is also joy on Earth,
for my Law is: LOVE unto ALL BEINGS.
Keep pure your highest ideals, strive ever towards them.
Let no-one stop you or turn you aside, for Mine is the SECRET that opens the door of youth
and Mine is the cup of the Wine of Life that is the Cauldron of Cerridwyn,
which is the Holy Grail of Immortality.
I am the gracious Goddess Who gives the gift of Joy into the hearts of Mankind upon the Earth.
I give the Knowledge of the Spirit Eternal, and, beyond Death,
I give Peace and Freedom and Reunion with those that have crossed over.
Nor do I demand sacrifice or ask for anything, for behold:
I am the Mother of ALL things and My Love is poured out upon the Universe."
Charge of the Star Goddess -
"Hear ye the words of the Star Goddess;
she, the dust of whose feet are the hosts of heaven,
and whose body encircles the Universe."
"I who am the beauty of the green earth, and the white Moon among the stars,
and the mystery of the waters, and the desire of the heart of man, call unto thy soul:
Arise, and come unto me. For I am the soul of nature, who gives life to the universe.
From me all things proceed, and unto me all things must return; and before my face,
beloved of Gods and of men, let thine innermost divine self be enfolded in the rapture of the infinite."
"Let my worship be within the heart that rejoiceth; for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals.
And therefore let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion,
honour and humility, mirth and reverence within you.
And thou who thinkest to seek for me, know thy seeking and yearning shall avail thee not
unless thou knowest the mystery:
that if that which thou seekest, thee findest not within thee,
thou wilt never find it without thee."
"For behold, I have been with thee from the beginning;
and I am that which is attained at the end of desire."
Chartomancy - A type of divination by written upon paper and/or charts A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Chatoyancy - the property of some stones such as Tiger's Eye or Moonstone; of showing apparent movement, illumination or opalescence, within it.
Cheiromancy - the act of reading palms, also called palmistry in divination workings. A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Chest - When the term Chest is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to any of various types of containers for storage (the word comes from the Greek Kiste, or basket or hamper), however normally a sturdy box often with a hinged lid is implied, specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same. The further implication is that of a container for safeguarding valuables or storage of tools and/or implements of a craft.
Chi - Chinese word for the energy or natural life force which comprises the universe. Also called Ki (Japanese) There are many types of chi external/outer/universal chi and internal (inner) chi which is associated with the human body. When internal chi is balanced and flows uninterrupted the mind/body will promote health. It exists in many forms, from pure forms like light to more dense forms like minerals and rock. It is said that the interplay of opposites between opposites (yin and yang) creates chi energy.
Chiromancy - A type of divination by studying the hands, such as by means of palmistry A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Christianity - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding the doctrine of faith based on the acceptance of Jesus of Nazareth as a actual historical figure and as the Messiah and the Son of God (Yahweh/Jehovah) in accordance with the generally accepted version of the New Testament of the Abramic Bible within an Abramic concept of History as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm. Christianity encompasses many sects, including for instance: Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist and innumerable Fundamentalist Christian sects, as well as some extremely obscure Traditions. For convenience the multitude of sects is often divided into three branches, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant. We do not include, as they do not include themselves Unitarians and/or various other Traditions which arose from Christian Tradition but which focus their Traditions elsewhere than on the core concepts of Christianity. Nor do we include Traditions, such as Gnostic, which predate Chrisianity and perhaps Abramic Traditions in general, but which had, and/or attempted to have synergistic interaction with early Christianity. In fact an exact number of component sects would be impossible to determine as many of the component individuals and groups have different lists of which groups they consider legitimately included. As is perhaps inevitable in a diverse Tradition which posits a single correct doctrine as being correct, there is considerable disagreement among groups that a casual modern outside observer would assume are Christian, as to which groups are actually to be considered Christian. This varies obviously according to which group the polled individual claims membership in. This variation is noticible not only from sects considered "on the fringes of the more widely known sects, but even among the ones which would be considered very similar and within the central core of Christianity to outside observers. And that is our position, we include this entry in academic interest toward comparative religion only, it will be as accurate as we can make it. The complete entry on Christianity.
Chronomancy - A type of divination using time and various temporal phenomena A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
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Chrysalization - Garden of Life considers Chrysalization a Pagan Sacrament. In a preliminary description Chrysalization may be an Act and/or Process usually involving a large group of Individuals, coordinated by a panel of Officiants, ordinarily focused on one Individual to aid them in a Spiritual Passage of Attainment. Chrysalization must be requested by the Individual, and agreed to by all involved. Chrysalization enfolds the Individual being Chrysalized in a saturation experience and includes exposure to and immersion in a particular set of Stimuli. It is generally made up of a series of interrelated Experiences over a significant time, determined by the length of time it is possible for the central Individual to be isolated from their normal context. It is essential that such Experiences derive from extremely well researched data, whether from some particular extant Tradition, the product of Archetypal Construction or some combination thereof. Each component part of the Chrysalization must center on the Goal or Goals of the Individual upon whom the Sacrament is focused. The accomplished result accelerates the Spiritual Growth of the focus Individual and often of many if not all of the other participants. Below please find the wording that Garden of Life uses in it's Articles of Organization to delineate this Sacrament:
a Work usually performed by a large group of Members, coordinated by a panel of Officiants, ordinarily focused on one Individual to aid them in a Spiritual Passage of Attainment. Such Act, Acts and/or Process or Series of Acts must be requested by the Individual, recommended by the Body of Catalytic Officiants and enacted under the Ægis of, and with the Agreement of the Council of Elder Officiants. The Work consists of a Process or Series of Acts that enfold the Celebrant being Chrysalized in a Saturation Experience, by Exposure to and Immersion in a particular set of Stimuli from an extremely well researched, particular extant Tradition or Product of Archetypal Construction, incorporating the Goal, that the Individual upon whom the Sacrament is focused, experiences an Entelechical Epiphany (Intuitive Potential Actualizing Awakening and Manifestation of Inherent Divinity) and (a Passing Through & Moving Beyond while assimilating the essence) of one of the Gateless Gates or the Membraenes between Levels of Existence.
Chthonic - of or pertaining to the depths of the Earth. There seem to be rather powerful chthonic magickal or psychic forces tied in with the structure of each planet. Chthonic is also sometimes used in reference to a type of Magick associated with the Necronomicon of H.P. Lovecraft and/or some of it's precedents or antecedents.
Church and/or School of Wicca - Frosts - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding the Wiccan teachings of Gavin and Yvonne Frost as primary or critical parameters of their Spiritual Paradigm. A Welsh-based Wiccan tradition founded by Gavin and Yvonne Frost in the early 1970's. The Frosts are coauthors of The Witches Bible. Gavin and Yvonne Frost founded Celtic Wicca-Celtic Wicca (Church of Wicca) -The Church of Wicca. They offer correspondence courses in their brand of Wicca, which is sometimes called Celtic Wicca. The Church of Wicca has just recently begun including a Goddess in their deity structure, and has been very patrifocal as Wiccan traditions go. The Church of Wicca terms itself "Baptist Wicca". The Frosts call their tradition of Wicca Celtic. To me it seems more of a mixture of Ceremonial Magick and eclectic Wicca, with a smattering of Celtic thrown in. For instance, they use three circles, one within the others, made of salt, sulphur and herbs with runes and symbols between them instead of just one circle. They also insist on a white- handled athame and will not have a black handled one, whereas all the other traditions I have heard or read about use a black handled one. It seems to me the Wicca they practice and teach should not be called Celtic at all; but since a lot of it is made up or put together by them from other traditions they should also give it a made-up name; say Frostism. If you DON'T have to pay for the course, and have some extra time, it would probably be worth reading just for comparison. The Frosts have always been rather more public than most traditions (advertising their course in the Enquirer and similar publications) which has earned them heavy criticism in less public Craft groups. (*Celtic ~ Influenced by Druidic beliefs. Celtic Wicca emphasizes nature and the elements).
Church of All Worlds - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents which holds teachings originating in and/or interpolations thereon as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm. CHURCH OF ALL WORLDS: A Neo-Pagan religion founded in 1962 and incorporated March 4, 1968 that is inspired by science fiction as mythology. It is dedicated to the celebration of Life, maximizing the potential of mankind, and achieving the balance between individual freedom, personal responsibility, and collective harmony in Nature. Founded in 1962, and legally incorporated in 1968, CAW has a good claim on being the oldest legally incorporated Neo-Pagan organization in American. Taking much of its early inspiration from Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 science fiction novel, Stranger in a Strange Land, CAW now sees its mission as evolving "a network of information, mythology, and experience to awaken the divine within and to provide a context and stimulus for reawakening Gaia," and to create a tribal community that will be dedicated to the responsible stewardship of the Earth and evolution of consciousness. The Church of All Worlds is dedicated to "healing the separation between mind and body, men and women, civilization and Nature, Heaven and Earth." It presents public rituals, festivals, and other events, and there are more than fifty local CAW chapters or "nests".
Church of the Black Madonna - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents as
Church of the Eternal Source - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents which holds teachings originating in and/or interpolations thereon as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm. Church of the Eternal Source is a Neo-Pagan religion founded by Don Harrison in 1970 and based on a reconstruction of the Mysteries of ancient Egypt and the worship of the Egyptian Gods and Goddesses.
Church Universal and Triumphant - A MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by it's members and/or adherents as such, and holding the teachings of the I AM Movement lineage, and teachings of Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet as primary or critical parameters of their Spiritual Paradigm. Currently led by Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Church Universal and Triumphant was founded by Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet in 1958. Church Universal and Triumphant broke away from the Bridge to Freedom movement which had broken away from the I AM Movement. In the 1930's Guy and Edna Ballard who founded the I AM Movement drew from sources such as Helena Petrovna Blavatsky's Theosophy , the writings of Baird Spalding and William D. Pelley as well as from their own inspiration. The complete entry on Church Universal and Triumphant.
Cingulum - When the term Chalice is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to a practitionor's girdle cord used in Workings for a variety of purposes depending upon both the Tradition and the Individual.
Circle - When "Circle" is used in reference to a Current Pagan Tradition it is a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents which holds Wiccan teachings originating from Selena Fox and Jim Alan and/or interpolations thereon as primary or critical parameters of their Spiritual Paradigm. Circle is a Wiccan tradition founded in 1974 by Selena Fox and Jim Alan. Circle differs from many traditions of Wicca in that it is more aligned with Shamanism and AmerIndian ways than with the Western European influences found in the majority of Craft traditions. Its headquarters are at Circle Sanctuary, a 200 acre Nature preserve and organic herb farm in the rolling hills of southwestern Wisconsin. Circle is incorporated as a non-profit spiritual center and is recognized as a legal Wiccan Church by state and federal governments.
Circle - When discussed as a Ceremonial or Ritual Tool, a Circle is a SpaceTime PointEvent where Individuals gather, or have gathered and/or will gather for the purpose of effectuating Celebration. A physical Circle which may or may not be marked, often conceived of as being where a Sphere which was equal parts above and below ground would intersect the ground. In addition to simple Circles, marked out with chalk, salt, lime or many other substances, many patterns have developed over the years, usually specific to a particular Tradition or group of Traditions.
Circlet - When the term Circlet is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to to ceremonial jewelry worn around the head at forhead level and symbolizes the Knowledge and Intuition Energy Centers, specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
CiviloPaganism - also called SocioPaganism (perhaps a type of IndigenoPaganism) - is constituted by groups of belief systems which evolved within indigenous PaleoPagan cultures as they became more cosmopolitan, whether still known to be practiced as intact belief systems, or not. Examples of this type of SocioPagan Traditions might include the Archaic Anatolian, Sumerian, Ægyptian, Hellenic, Etruscan, Sabaean, Mayan and Incan spiritual systems. Among the more well known current World religions, Hinduism (as originally practiced), Taoism and Shinto, for example, probably fall within this category.
ClairAudia - One of the Gifts or Persuasions that allows an Individual to receive sounds not physically present within normal or even extraordinary Hearing range.
ClairAudiance - A type of divination by hearing sounds outside one's normal range of hearing, ordinarily from the future, but also may be from the past or at a distance in the present. One of the Gifts or Persuasions that allows an Individual to receive sounds outside normal or even extraordinary range A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
ClairAudiant - An Individual who possesses the innate talent or has become a practitionor of ClairAudiance. A person who hears sounds of nonlocal events, in time and/or space.
ClairGustorance - A type of divination by perceiving tastes not physically in contact with the tastebuds, ordinarily from the future, but also may be from the past or at a distance in the present. One of the Gifts or Persuasions that allows an Individual to receive tastes outside normal or even extraordinary range A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
ClairGustorant - An Individual who possesses the innate talent or has become a practitionor of ClairGustorance. A person who perceives tastes of nonlocal events, in time and/or space.
ClairGustoria - One of the Gifts or Persuasions that allows an Individual to receive sights not physically present within normal or even extraordinary Seeing range.
ClairKinesthesance - A type of divination by perceiving movements outside one's normal range of such perception, ordinarily from the future, but also may be from the past or at a distance in the present. One of the Gifts or Persuasions that allows an Individual to perceive motion outside normal or even extraordinary range A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
ClairKinesthesant - An Individual who possesses the innate talent or has become a practitionor of ClairKinesthesance. A person who perceives motions of nonlocal events, in time and/or space.
ClairKinesthesia - One of the Gifts or Persuasions that allows an Individual to feel motions that they are not experiencing themselves at the time.
ClairOlorance - A type of divination by receiving smells outside one's normal range of smell, ordinarily from the future, but also may be from the past or at a distance in the present. One of the Gifts or Persuasions that allows an Individual to receive smells outside normal or even extraordinary range A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
ClairOlorant - An Individual who possesses the innate talent or has become a practitionor of ClairOlorance. A person who smells fragrances of nonlocal events, in time and/or space.
ClairOloria - One of the Gifts or Persuasions that allows an Individual to receive smells not physically present within normal or even extraordinary Smell range.
ClairSynesthesance - A type of divination by reception of sensory impressions outside one's normal range, ordinarily from the future, but also may be from the past or at a distance in the present but not in their normal context, i.e.: smelling, hearing or feeling colours, seeing sounds, and so forth. One of the Gifts or Persuasions that allows an Individual to receive these stimuli outside normal or even extraordinary range. A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
ClairSynesthesant - An Individual who possesses the innate talent or has become a practitionor of ClairSynesthesance. A person who perceives blended sensations of nonlocal events, in time and/or space.
ClairSynesthesia - One of the Gifts or Persuasions that allows an Individual to perceive information through direct knowledge rather than through the normal sight, hearing, smell, taste or touch receptors while blending or substituting one or more of the types of sensation for others.
ClairTactealance - A type of divination by feeling touches such as of texture, outside one's normal range of touch, ordinarily from the future, but also may be from the past or at a distance in the present. One of the Gifts or Persuasions that allows an Individual to receive touch sensations outside normal or even extraordinary range A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
ClairTactealant - An Individual who possesses the innate talent or has become a practitionor of ClairTactealance. A person who feels textures of nonlocal events, in time and/or space.
ClairTactealia - One of the Gifts or Persuasions that allows an Individual to feel textural or other Tactile sensations when the textures are not physically present within normal or even extraordinary Touch range.
ClairVoyance - A type of divination by seeing outside one's normal range of sight, ordinarily from the future, but also may be from the past or at a distance in the present. One of the Gifts or Persuasions that allows an Individual to see sights outside normal or even extraordinary range A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
ClairVoyant - An Individual who possesses the innate talent or has become a practitionor of ClairVoyance. A person who sees images of nonlocal events, in time and/or space.
ClairVoyia - One of the Gifts or Persuasions that allows an Individual to receive visual images and signals not physically present within normal or even extraordinary Seeing range.
Clearing / Cleansing - Garden of Life considers Clearing/Cleansing a Pagan Sacrament. In a preliminary description Clearing is an Act and/or Process ordinarily performed by Individuals upon themselves to produce a Clearer State within. This Sacrament includes various Operations often referred to as Meditation, Centering and/or Grounding. This Sacrament may be performed by any Member to enhance Her/His Conscious Spiritual Evolution and improve Her/His functioning on any and all Levels of the Fields of Matter, Mind and/or Spirit. Some of the specific applications appertaining to this Sacrament may be described as Cleansing, such as when an Act and/or Process is performed by one or more Officiants or Celebrants with the intent of restructuring the Energy Flow of Persons, Places and/or Objects to be all in one direction for a Celebratory Working or other Purposes. In some circumstances there is the additional purpose of removing negative and/or mundane energy from Persons, Places and/or Objects. Below please find the wording that Garden of Life uses in it's Articles of Organization to delineate this Sacrament:
Clearing is an Act, Acts, a Process, Processes and/or Series of Acts and/or Processes ordinarily performed by Individuals upon themselves to produce a Clearer State within. This Sacrament includes various Operations often referred to as Meditation, Centering and/or Grounding. This Sacrament may be performed by any Member to enhance Her/His Conscious Spiritual Evolution and improve Her/His functioning on any and all Levels of the Fields of Matter, Mind and/or Spirit. Some of the specific applications appertaining to this Sacrament are called Cleansing, of which one instance is an Act, Acts, a Process, Processes and/or Series of Acts and/or Processes ordinarily performed by one or more Officiants or Celebrants with the intent of restructuring the Energy Flow of Persons, Places and/or Objects so that the resultant Energy Flow of the Person, Place and/or Object is all in one direction for a Celebratory Working or other Purposes. In some circumstances there is the additional purpose of removing negative and/or mundane energy from Persons, Places and/or Objects. In the example of Auric Cleansing, the Process may be performed by any and all Celebrants on and for each other before a Celebratory Working. The Auric Cleansing Process ordinarily consists of channeling energies through the hands of the Celebrant or Celebrants who are performing the Cleansing, where the hands are moved over the Person, Place and/or Object to be Cleansed, sometimes touching but often only interacting with the Energy Fields around the Person, Place and/or Object to be Cleansed.
Cleidomancy - A type of divination using keys, such as using a suspended key in some cases a form of radiesthesia A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Cleromancy - A type of divination by throwing small objects, of which sortilege is a special case A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Cloak - When the term Cloak is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
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Cognitive Dissonance - A mental, emotional, or psychological state which results from attempting to hold two totally incompatible beliefs or opposing attitudes at the same time. See Double Bind.
Coherence Theory of Truth - Belief that a proposition is true to the extent that it agrees with other true propositions. In contrast with the correspondence theory's emphasis on an independent reality, this view supposes that reliable beliefs constitute an inter-related system, each element of which entails every other. Thus, such idealists as Bradley, Bosanquet, and Blanshard all defended versions the coherence theory.
Collective Unconscious -Our primal and shared humanity.
College of Thelema - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm.
Communion - Garden of Life considers Communion a Pagan Sacrament. In a preliminary description Communion may be an Act and/or Process wherein a Merging with an Aspect or Aspects of the Divine Force is both symbolized and actualized. Communion is usually facilitated by one or more Officiants. For example: an Earth-Mother Communion, wherein a Merging with the Mother, Below please find the wording that Garden of Life uses in it's Articles of Organization to delineate this Sacrament:
a Process or Series of Acts wherein a Merging with an Aspect or Aspects of the Divine Force of this Cosmos is both symbolized and actualized. For example: an Earth-Mother Communion, wherein a Merging with the Mother, on the part of the Celebrants is effectuated. This Process is usually facilitated by one or more Officiants (ordinarily a Priestess or Priestesses). In the SaltWater type of Earth-Mother Communion, the visible trappings of the procedure often consist of mixing Consecrated Salt and Consecrated Water in a Consecrated Vessel, which is then ReConsecrated as a complete Substance and passed around the Circle offering to all Celebrants at a Celebratory Working, an opportunity to Commemorate and Reaffirm the Relation of the Individual to as the Mother of the Human Species. Celebrants have the opportunity to Speak and Partake, simply to Partake or to Pass along the Chalice. In place of or in addition to the Water and Salt of this Communion, SpringWater and Bread, Wine and Bread and/or other symbolic substances may be used.
Communion Set - When the term Communion Set is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to set of implements specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same, which facilitate the Sacrament of Communion. Normally a container for fluid and containers for any other ingredients which will be mixed in the particular Communion and another container in with they will be mixed and then partaken of, sometimes also a tray or stand or other implements would also be included.
Communion Substance - When the term Communion Substance is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to any of the ingredients which will be mixed into a specific Communion preparation, specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
Compensation - When used in reference to the field of Analytical Psychology for Jung, the unconscious stands in a compensatory relationship to consciousness and functions to restore any imbalance or one-sidedness created by the conscious attitude. Repressed contents re-emerge in dreams, images and symptoms because "every process that goes too far immediately and inevitably calls forth compensation".
Complexes - When used in reference to the field of Analytical Psychology a collection of images and ideas with a common emotional tone which cluster around an archetypal core. They are autonomous and 'behave like independent beings'. Complexes are mediated into consciousness by the ego which can be overwhelmed by them (as in psychosis) or identify with them (as in inflation).
Concatenated Meetings - A type of meeting composed of numerous linked meetings all considered as one meeting. Of particular value in situations where it is impossible or impractical to get all the necessary persons together at one place and one time.
Concatenative Assembly - A deliberative body that is united by being linked together as two, or more bodies that would usually be considered separate; it is authorized to perform binding actions in two or more usually separate fields of function at once.
ConchHorn - When the term ConchHorn is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
Conchomancy - A type of divination using shells A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Concinnity - harmony or fitness in the adaption of parts to a whole and/or of the parts to each other, particularly when referring to a whole system, sometimes inferring studied elegance of design or arrangement.
Confucian Ethics - In contrast to Western philosophy, Chinese thought views man as but a single, though vital part of the complexity of nature. The Chinese have aspired to attain harmony with nature as a source of spiritual satisfaction. Life is not a transitory phenomenon, but real, viewed and appreciated for its beauty and order. They, i.e. beauty and order, are esthetic entities and are to be cherished and savored in life. Man and nature are in a reciprocal relationship, thus affecting each other. Just as the forces of nature can bring bliss but also disaster, so can man upset the delicate balance by his misdeeds. Heaven (the supernatural world), Earth and man constitute a single and indivisible unity. No boundaries between the three exist. Man must do his part, by conforming to natural law. When he does so, society enjoys peace and tranquility. When he transgresses, Heaven and nature are disturbed, the intricate relationships break down, and consequently calamities follow. The preceding is characteristic of an attitude in which Confucian ethics is embedded. The source of desire for harmony lies in prehistoric times, and gave rise to cosmology and philosophy.
The Fourth Century B.C. saw the introduction of new ideas, which encompass two principles representing the two modes of primeval energy: the yang and the ying. The former is the positive and masculine, the latter is the negative and feminine. (This is a very simplistic characterization, on which I can elaborate if desired.) While such concepts are not unique in themselves, in oriental thinking however they complement one another. (In contrast to the dualism such as light and dark or good and evil, in Zoroastrianism for example, in which the forces of light and dark contend.) How does one explain the harmony between the two spheres in Chinese thinking? Tao! Its literal meaning is "a way," "a road," "the way of nature," "universal law." When integrated, the two (yang and yin) transcend their uniqueness or separateness and become the Universal. When resigning one's will, harmony, peace and enlightenment are found. Elaborated by a succession of scholars and sages, the way of Tao became Taoism. Confucianism is something of a derivative. As a matter of fact, Confucius insisted on close adherence to Tao. However, he was pragmatic and concerned with the existential problems of man, hence he deals less with generalities and more with the practical matters of daily and personal relationships. The essence of his system of relationships is fivefold, and fundamental to his social order: ruler and subject; father and son; husband and wife; older brother and younger brother; older friend and younger friend. The ideal of conduct, ordering all human relationships and resulting in an ideal social structure and harmony is: Li. A famous Confucian maxim is: "Never do to others, what you would not like them to do to you." (Golden Rule ?) His disciples later on developed ten attitudes that are to govern the five relationships: love in father and filial piety in the son; gentility in the oldest brother and humility and respect in the younger; righteous behavior in the husband and obedience in the wife; humane consideration in elders and deference in juniors; benevolence in rulers and loyalty in subjects. Confucius did not claim to be the originator of this philosophical/ethical code. Some of the ideas he claims to have derived from classical writings, but he codified them and illuminated them with his own insights and principles.
The heart of Confucian teachings is found in the Analects, the Confucian bible. They are precepts that are applicable to daily living, but the book also contains a good deal of relevant and interesting information on the life of Confucius. For example: regarding the possibility of meeting a faultless man, he said: "A faultless man I cannot ever hope to meet; the most I can hope for is to meet a man of fixed principles. Yet where all around I see Nothing pretending to be Something, and Emptiness pretending to be Fullness, and Penury pretending to be Affluence, even a man of fixed principles will be hard to find." The short maxims and proverbs that constitute the core of Confucianism are all attributed to the Master. The range of topics is wide, for example: Ritual and Sacrifice; The Individual Path; Goodness; Aesthetics; Government and A Gentleman's Conduct. A few excerpts and paraphrases follow:
1. "Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption."
2. "Is courage to be prized by a gentleman? A gentleman gives the first place to Right. If a gentleman has courage but neglects Right, he becomes turbulent. If a small man has courage but neglects Right, he becomes a thief."
3. "It is Goodness that gives to a neighborhood its beauty. ... Imperturbable, resolute, tree-like, slow to speak, such a one is near to Goodness. Neither the scholar who has truly the heart of a scholar nor the man of good stock who; has the qualities that belong to good stock, will ever seek life at the expense of Goodness, and it may be that he has to give his life in order to achieve Goodness."
4. "There are three things that a gentleman fears: he fears the will of Heaven, he fears great men, he fears the words of the Divine Sages. The small man does not know the will of Heaven and so does not fear it. He treats great men with contempt, and he scoffs at the words of the Divine Sages."
5. "Wealth and rank are what every man desires, but if they can only be retained to the detriment of the Way he professes, he must relinquish them. Poverty and obscurity are what every man detests, but if they can only be avoided to the detriment of the Way he professes, he must accept them. ... Never for a moment does a gentleman quit the way of Goodness. He is never so harried but that he cleaves to this; never so tottering but that he cleaves to this."
Confucianism (also called Confucian Ethics) - A MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by it's members and/or adherents as such, and holding the teachings of K'ung Fu Tzu and/or interpolations thereon as primary or critical parameters of their Spiritual Paradigm. In contrast to Western philosophy, Chinese thought views man as but a single, though vital part of the complexity of nature. The Chinese have aspired to attain harmony with nature as a source of spiritual satisfaction. Life is not a transitory phenomenon, but real, viewed and appreciated for its beauty and order. They, i.e. beauty and order, are esthetic entities and are to be cherished and savored in life. Man and nature are in a reciprocal relationship, thus affecting each other. Just as the forces of nature can bring bliss but also disaster, so can man upset the delicate balance by his misdeeds. Heaven (the supernatural world), Earth and man constitute a single and indivisible unity. No boundaries between the three exist. Man must do his part, by conforming to natural law. When he does so, society enjoys peace and tranquility. When he transgresses, Heaven and nature are disturbed, the intricate relationships break down, and consequently calamities follow. The preceding is characteristic of an attitude in which Confucian ethics is embedded. The source of desire for harmony lies in prehistoric times, and gave rise to cosmology and philosophy.
The Fourth Century B.C. saw the introduction of new ideas, which encompass two principles representing the two modes of primeval energy: the yang and the ying. The former is the positive and masculine, the latter is the negative and feminine. (This is a very simplistic characterization, on which I can elaborate if desired.) While such concepts are not unique in themselves, in oriental thinking however they complement one another. (In contrast to the dualism such as light and dark or good and evil, in Zoroastrianism for example, in which the forces of light and dark contend.) How does one explain the harmony between the two spheres in Chinese thinking? Tao! Its literal meaning is "a way," "a road," "the way of nature," "universal law." When integrated, the two (yang and yin) transcend their uniqueness or separateness and become the Universal. When resigning one's will, harmony, peace and enlightenment are found. Elaborated by a succession of scholars and sages, the way of Tao became Taoism. Confucianism is something of a derivative. As a matter of fact, Confucius insisted on close adherence to Tao. However, he was pragmatic and concerned with the existential problems of man, hence he deals less with generalities and more with the practical matters of daily and personal relationships. The essence of his system of relationships is fivefold, and fundamental to his social order: ruler and subject; father and son; husband and wife; older brother and younger brother; older friend and younger friend. The ideal of conduct, ordering all human relationships and resulting in an ideal social structure and harmony is: Li. A famous Confucian maxim is: "Never do to others, what you would not like them to do to you." (Golden Rule ?) His disciples later on developed ten attitudes that are to govern the five relationships: love in father and filial piety in the son; gentility in the oldest brother and humility and respect in the younger; righteous behavior in the husband and obedience in the wife; humane consideration in elders and deference in juniors; benevolence in rulers and loyalty in subjects. Confucius did not claim to be the originator of this philosophical/ethical code. Some of the ideas he claims to have derived from classical writings, but he codified them and illuminated them with his own insights and principles.
The heart of Confucian teachings is found in the Analects, the Confucian bible. They are precepts that are applicable to daily living, but the book also contains a good deal of relevant and interesting information on the life of Confucius. For example: regarding the possibility of meeting a faultless man, he said: "A faultless man I cannot ever hope to meet; the most I can hope for is to meet a man of fixed principles. Yet where all around I see Nothing pretending to be Something, and Emptiness pretending to be Fullness, and Penury pretending to be Affluence, even a man of fixed principles will be hard to find." The short maxims and proverbs that constitute the core of Confucianism are all attributed to the Master. The range of topics is wide, for example: Ritual and Sacrifice; The Individual Path; Goodness; Aesthetics; Government and A Gentleman's Conduct. A few excerpts and paraphrases follow:
1. "Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption."
2. "Is courage to be prized by a gentleman? A gentleman gives the first place to Right. If a gentleman has courage but neglects Right, he becomes turbulent. If a small man has courage but neglects Right, he becomes a thief."
3. "It is Goodness that gives to a neighborhood its beauty. ... Imperturbable, resolute, tree-like, slow to speak, such a one is near to Goodness. Neither the scholar who has truly the heart of a scholar nor the man of good stock who ;has the qualities that belong to good stock, will ever seek life at the expense of Goodness, and it may be that he has to give his life in order to achieve Goodness."
4. "There are three things that a gentleman fears: he fears the will of Heaven, he fears great men, he fears the words of the Divine Sages. The small man does not know the will of Heaven and so does not fear it. He treats great men with contempt, and he scoffs at the words of the Divine Sages."
5. "Wealth and rank are what every man desires, but if they can only be retained to the detriment of the Way he professes, he must relinquish them. Poverty and obscurity are what every man detests, but if they can only be avoided to the detriment of the Way he professes, he must accept them. ... Never for a moment does a gentleman quit the way of Goodness. He is never so harried but that he cleaves to this; never so tottering but that he cleaves to this."
Confucian ethical teachings include the following values:
• Li: includes ritual, propriety, etiquette, etc.
• Hsiao: love within the family: love of parents for their children and of children for their parents
• Yi: righteousness
• Xin: honesty and trustworthiness
• Jen: benevolence, humaneness towards others; the highest Confucian virtue
• Chung: loyalty to the state, etc.
K'ung Fu Tzu (commonly pronounced Confucius in English) was born in 551 BCE in the state of Lu (modern day Shantung Province). He lived during the Chou dynasty, and era known for its moral laxity. Later in life, he wandered through many states of China, giving advice to their rulers. He accumulated a small band of students during this time. The last years of his life were spent back in Lu, where he devoted himself to teaching. His writings deal primarily with individual morality and ethics, and the proper exercise of political power by the rulers. In China, and some other areas in Asia, the social ethics and moral teachings of Confucius are blended with the Taoist communion with nature and Buddhist concepts of the afterlife, to form a set of complementary, peacefully co-existent and ecumenical religions. There are approximately 6 million Confucians in the world. About 26,000 live in North America; almost all of the remainder are found throughout China and the rest of Asia.
Cognitive Dissonance - A mental, emotional, or psychological state which results from attempting to hold two totally incompatible beliefs or opposing attitudes at the same time. See Double Bind and/or the state of being Foresworn
Conscience -
Conscious -
Conscious Spiritual Evolution -
Conscious State-
Consciousness - Self-Awareness and perception of one's existence and of varying degrees of the Consensus Reality (often called: Objective Reality), including the part of the Psyche which is Self-Aware as it processes all the available input, whether: sensations, perceptions, thought, ideas, emotion, volition, attitudes, feelings and/or the interactions of and interpolations thereupon.
Consciousness Variation - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation of Experiential Spiritual Methodology, which is ordinarily characterized by much emphasis being placed on entering into specific non-ordinary states of consciousness
Consecration - Garden of Life considers Consecration a Pagan Sacrament. In a preliminary description Consecration may be an Act and/or Process performed by an Officiant, Officiants and/or Celebrants upon Persons, Places and/or Objects affirming their Dedication To and/or Preparation For Specific Sacred Acts or Processes. Consecration ordinarily consists of Verbal Affirmations and may include the making of various Symbolic Gestures, which have become Sacred to a Tradition. This Sacrament often also includes an agreed Statement of Intent to Consecrate a Working to a specific goal or purpose. Below please find the wording that Garden of Life uses in it's Articles of Organization to delineate this Sacrament:
an Act, Acts, a Process, Processes and/or Series of Acts and/or Processes performed by an Officiant, Officiants and/or Celebrants upon Persons, Places and/or Objects delineating their Dedication To and/or Preparation For Specific Sacramental Acts or Processes. Such Acts ordinarily consist of Cathexis and Verbal Affirmations of Consecration and may include the making of various Symbolic Gestures, which have become Sacred to our Tradition. This Sacrament also includes the Statement of Intent at the beginning of a Working, whether single or series; the Statement of the agreed upon Intent is considered to Consecrate the Working to that effect.
Consensus Reality -
Consequentialist - When used in reference to a point of view within the field of Ethical, Value and/or Behavioural Matters, this is a Point of View in which the prime parameter for effectuating a course of action is determined by choosing that which is
Constative Utterance of Opinion - Within Garden of Life context: a Statement both Uttered aloud at a Garden of Life Event and with Originally Signed Exact Written Record of the Statement entered into Garden of Life Archives; made by one or more of The Council of Elder Officiants; characterized by their Certainty, and their Desire to Establish, Authenticate, Ascertain or otherwise to Articulate a Judgment, View, and/or Appraisal of one cogent Idea or System of Ideas; based upon their interpretation of observed facts and experience, and their Understanding of the Matter at hand; and being a Belief stronger than Impression, verging toward the Positive Knowledge end of the Spectrum of Certainty.
Constative Utterances -
ContraReActivism - When used in reference to a point of view within the field of Ethical, Value and/or Behavioural Matters, this is a Point of View in which the prime parameter for effectuating a course of action is determined by choosing that which is contrary to the values of some specific person, persons, or group that had formative influence on the Individual. [see Aberrantism, a related concept]
Conversant -
Cord - When the term Cord is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to an actual length of cording or a sash that is worn at least at some times around the waist of the practitionor, specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same. In some Traditions the cord is a specific length, for instance, twice the practitionor's height, or the number of feet of the normal diameter of a Celebratory Circle in that Tradition.
Correlated Dating or Relative Dating - Historical Dating (Ultimately archaeologists and historians share the same general objectives; the principal contrasts lie in the kinds of evidence that they explore, and the different aspects of the human past that they are able to address most successfully with the material or documentary information available to them); Typology (in a given culture, artifacts and architecture change in minor or major points of style over time, Typology has not been superseded, but radiocarbon dates have reduced the burden of prehistoric chronology that it was once made to carry (fig. 4.5). Type-series remain an extremely useful means of describing and classifying artifacts of any period, and for understanding their technology and function.); and/or Sequence Dating or Seriation (applied to finds from grave groups, strata, or other kinds of assemblages, whether found on individual sites or over a wider area. It works best on assemblages that contain a range of definable characteristics, such as types of pottery or flints, especially those that are subject to change rather than continuity. ... Seriation is only a relative dating method, but it remains useful in the study of finds that do not occur on stratified sites where the sequence is revealed by excavation; like artifact typologies, it is now used within an absolutely dated framework.)
Correspondence Theory of Truth - Belief that a proposition is true when it conforms with some fact or state of affairs. While this theory properly emphasizes the notion that propositions are true when they correspond to reality, its proponents often have difficulty explaining what facts are and how propositions are related to them.
Correspondences - A Field of Study of or relating to the state or condition of agreement of things or of one thing with another, including but not limited to relation of congruity and/or resemblance or similarity of detail. Similar to what was called the "Doctrine of Signatures" in the past. The Field also includes the Nature and Principles of such application of Correspondences in Consensus Observable Reality, and the Mathematical principles of definite association of certain members of one aggregate with each member of a second (or more) aggregate, and of certain members of the second aggregate with each member of the first aggregate.
Coscinomancy - A type of divination using a sieve and a pair of shears A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Cosmic Consciousness - The cosmic consciousness we seek is the ultimate blank page. Nothing can be written on it and there is no dogma inside it. No individual can claim ownership of it and no country can pollute it with its customs and prejudices. Cosmic consciousness remains an eternally wild and pure phenomena because it is beyond all of our minds. Our methods may be organized but the thing itself is anarchic and beyond the realm of society and culture.
Cosmos - The Universe of which we are potentially aware with our physical senses, that is a function of coordinates of a selection of the possible Dimensions, Manifested Locally.
Council of American Witches - An alliance of American Wiccans from different traditions that was active in 1973-74 in an effort to define the principles of Wicca. Carl Weschcke, a Wiccan priest and president of Llewellyn Publications, spearheaded the effort. The group drafted 'The Principles of Wiccan Belief' which many Witches endorse and which was later incorporated into one or more editions of the handbook for chaplains in the United States Army.
Counseling -
Coven - ("a group of confederates, a band"): An organized group of Witches that regularly meets and works together. Most commonly used to identify the groups of initiated Witchcraft or Wicca practitioners that follow a specific Tradition, and its rites and practices. Covens are sometimes limited to no more than thirteen members for both practical and magickally symbolic reasons.
Covenant of the Goddess - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding the code of ethics defined by Covenant of the Goddess and their desire for membership in a federation of organizations and individuals of like mind as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm. Covenant of the Goddess is a cross-traditional federation of over one hundred covens, solitary elders and associates who organized in 1975 at Coeden Brith. The Covenant works to have Wicca recognized as a legitimate and legally recognized religion. It is incorporated as a non-profit religious organization in California, though it has grown to be a nationwide organization with members throughout the United States, as well as a few in Canada and Overseas. Decisions are made at an annual Grand Council or in local councils that may cover a city, state or an even larger area. A coven can apply for membership if it a cohesive, self-perpetuating group which has been meeting for six months or more; the group follows the code of ethics defined by Covenant of the Goddess; the coven has three or more members studying for the priesthood, one of whom is an Elder; and the focus of the group's ritual and theology is the worship of the Goddess and the Old Gods (or the Goddess alone).
Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents which holds teachings originating in and/or interpolations thereon as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm.
Cratons - When used in the field of Geology the term Cratons refers to ancient stable areas of the planetary crust, stable due to being "anchored" to the planetary mantle.
CreaResponsibility - A constructed word used in the context of Garden of Life in referring to the rights and responsibilities of an individual for and towards any creation and/or innovation.
Creation Myth -
Creationism - When used in reference to a point of view within the field of Ethical, Value and/or Behavioural Matters, this is a Point of View in which the prime parameter for effectuating a course of action is determined by choosing that which is
Creative Ritualizing creation of new ritual practices to fit specific needs or goals - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation of Experiential Spiritual Methodology, that
Creator
Creatrix
Cresset - When the term Cresset is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to a metal basket or vessel used to hold burning oil, pitchy wood and/or other illuminants, mounted as a torch or suspended as a lantern, (often also referred to as a "fire basket") specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
Crisis Nihilism - When used in reference to a point of view within the field of Ethical, Value and/or Behavioural Matters, this is a Point of View in which the prime parameter for effectuating a course of action is determined by choosing that which is
Crithomancy - A type of divination examining markings in freshly baked bread, in some cases by strewing meal over sacrifices A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Critomancy - A type of divination using viands and cakes A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Cromnyomancy - A type of divination using onions A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Crook - When the term Crook [in Aleister Crowley's 777 Tables of Correspondences, key number 4] is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to a artefact shaped like a shepherd's crook, specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
Cross- When the term Cruet is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to an implement with normally only one upright and one transverse component, specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same with a wide range of meanings. Some of the most well known types are the Celtic Cross, the Tau Cross, the Cross of Suffering, the Cross of Equilibrium, but there are countless variations, each with it's own symbolism.
Cross of Equilibrium - When the term Cross of Equilibrium [in Aleister Crowley's 777 Tables of Correspondences, key number 22] is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
Cross of Suffering - When the term Cross of Suffering [in Aleister Crowley's 777 Tables of Correspondences, key number 23] is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to a representation of the style of crosses made by the old Romans to utilize in crucifixions as punishment specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same. It is typically used in some Workings to represent those concepts and/or forces.
Crown - When the term Crown [in Aleister Crowley's 777 Tables of Correspondences, key number 1] is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to any object intended to be worn on the head, specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same, representing the reward of a victory, a mark of honour and/or certain intrinsic self-sovereignty qualities.
Cruet - When the term Cruet is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to a regular or specially designed object in the shape of an Arrow which is a stoppered bottle or vessel, typically made of glass, normally small and decorative. Best specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
Crux Ansata - When the term Crux Ansata is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to the symbol that the Ægyptians called the Ankh, representing Life, resembling a sandalstrap and thus "The Way of the Going" and/or perhaps "The Only Dance There Is". The emphasis of this symbol is upon the glory of the journey rather than the destination. Best specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
Crystal - When the term Crystal is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to a mineral object that is transparent or nearly so (from the Greek Krystallos), usually a small piece considered to correspond to certain concepts and/or vibrations, specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same. There is a particular sort of Quartz Crystal that is totally clear and is called Rock Crystal, which is considered to be most potent in such applications.
Crystal Ball - When the term Crystal Ball is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to a sphere of perfect Quartz Crystal or in some cases leaded Crystal, normally held on a stand, specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same, often utilized to facilitate visionary trances in practitionors.
Crystal Scrying - A type of divination by means of a Crystal Ball or some other Crystal object A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Crystallomancy - A type of divination by means of clear objects, in some cases scrying into a piece of Rock Crystal or a crystal ball A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Crystals - When the term Crystal is used in reference to Magickal Implements, Sacred Objects, Ceremonial Tools and/or Foci it generally refers to a range of mineral objects that are transparent or nearly so, covering a full spectrum of colour and mineral content, specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same.
Cube - When the term Cube is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to any object with 6 equal and square sides, specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same, normally used as an altar, or altar component, but sometimes to represent certain facets of the Cosmos or Forces in a Working, depending on the correspondences of the materials from which it is constructed.
Cubomancy - A type of divination by throwing dice A general Divinatory System list with short definitions
Cult of Rhea/Cult of the Double Axe - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents which holds teachings originating in and/or interpolations thereon as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm.
Cultural Flavourings -
Culturism - When used in reference to a point of view within the field of Ethical, Value and/or Behavioural Matters, this is a Point of View in which the prime parameter for effectuating a course of action is determined by choosing that which is
Cup - When the term Cup [in Aleister Crowley's 777 Tables of Correspondences, key number 23] is used in reference to a Magickal Implement, Sacred Object, Ceremonial Tool and/or Focus it generally refers to a practitionor's Ceremonial Cup (specifically made for general or particular Magickal Working, and/or consecrated to the same) used to represent the component of Emotions and Feeling in Workings and to help focus or direct the flow of the Energy created. In most Traditions the Cup is considered to correspond to the Elemental Water Energies.
Curandera, Curandero - The Spanish terms for the medicine women and men of Mexico, Meso-America and Hispanic communities in the US. The curandero and curandera have a different healing function than the bruja and brujo. Curanderos function primarily as folk psychiatrists, providing magical cures for mental and emotional problems. Both Curandeos and Brujos use herbal and folk remedies.
Cybernaut -
Cycladic - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by it's members and/or adherents which holds teachings originating in and/or interpolations thereon as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm.
Cyclical Time -
Cymri - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding the Celebrations of the Mysteries as they evolved in Wales as primary or critical parameters of their Spiritual Paradigm. Pronounced KIM-ree or KEEM-ree, this tradition is the principle Pagan tradition of Wales. It is influenced in part by the Arthurian legends
Cypriot (Aphroditean) - When used in reference to a MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by its members and/or adherents holding as a primary or critical parameter of their Spiritual Paradigm.
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