Practical and Esoteric Magic

Natural Magic and Ritual Explained

Glossary Terms

Glossary Terms

  • amulet

    a magical item or object charmed with certain properties that continually emanates its magical effect. unlike a talisman, which must be activated or deliberately put to use, an amulet “runs all the time”.

  • attune

    to connect to and align with, come into harmony with, take on like energy as, a field or current of energy; to do the same with a being, creature, spirit. attunement, etc.

  • axiom

    A principle of knowledge held to be either true or likely true until displaced by a better explanation. Similar in standing or esteem to theory in scientific disciplines.

  • ceremonial

    Derived from ceremony, which is a formal event or series of events with a specific purpose, often marking a significant occasion or transition. Ceremonies often include rituals as part of their structure.

  • chakra

    Sanskrit word meaning wheel and referring to subtle energy centers in the human energetic matrix. These centers emanate, channel, and manage specific types of energy and are found throughout the etheric and astral bodies. The seven primary chakras run along the vertical channel in the center of the torso and parallel to the spine.

  • chakras

    See chakra. Most often when people use this word in plural form they are referring to the seven primary chakras along the middle pillar or Sushumna channel.

  • character

    Visual (drawn or written) unit of an alpha or numeric language or system. Letters, runes, numbers, and notches are all examples of characters.

  • charm

    • verb
    1. to influence a person’s perception of you in a vividly positive way; to cause someone to be delighted with or captivated by you. 2. to infuse an object or place with magic in a manner that causes the magic to remain in effect, i.e. creating a magical item or “putting a spell” on a location.
    • noun
    1. a magically charged item, not always but often a trinket.

  • crystal

    a mineral formed by repeating geometric patterns and having plane faces, excellent conductors and emanators of energy.

  • duality

    1 Two polar opposites or complementary phenomena that together compose the whole and are the fundamental natures of the constituent parts within the whole, e.g., light and dark, male and female, good and evil, etc. 2 In Occult philosophy, the duality is a specific axiom explaining the dual nature of the human being as flesh and spirit. It also explains the dual nature of the universe as God and Nature.