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This is a running reference for terminology used throughout your lessons and content. This isn’t meant to overcomplicate anything, it’s here so you’re not guessing what something means or piecing it together from five different sources. If a term shows up and you’re not sure about it, check here. This will continue to grow as the lessons do and as I remember more to add.

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Akasha / Ether / Aether

The fifth element. Not something physical you hold, but the field that connects everything else. When all elements are working together, this is what holds them in place.

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Akashic Records

An energetic archive of information. Some believe it contains all experiences, thoughts, and potential outcomes. Not necessary for beginner work, but you’ll hear it referenced.

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Altar

Your working space. Doesn’t need to be elaborate. It’s where your practice physically exists and where you return to consistently.

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Anointing

Applying oil or substance with intention. You’re physically imprinting purpose into something.

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As Above, So Below

What happens internally reflects externally. Your inner state and outer world are connected.

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Astral / Astral Work

Working beyond the physical body, often through visualization or altered awareness. Not beginner-level work, but commonly referenced.

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Aura

Your personal energy field. It shifts depending on your emotional, physical, and mental state.

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Banishing

The act of removing or releasing energy. Not always negative, it can be clearing out anything that no longer serves you.

 

Besom

A broom used for energetic cleansing, not physical cleaning.

 

Binding

Restricting or limiting energy, behavior, or influence. Should be approached with awareness and responsibility.

 

Centering

Pulling your energy and awareness into a focused point within yourself.

 

Chakras

Energy centers within the body that regulate physical, emotional, and spiritual flow.

 

Charging

Adding energy to an object or tool to strengthen its effect.

 

Circle Casting

Creating a defined energetic space for work. Acts as both a boundary and a container.

 

Cleansing

Removing residual or unwanted energy from a space, object, or person.

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onsecration

Aligning a tool or object to your energy and defining its purpose.

 

Correspondences

Associations between things, colors, elements, planets, herbs, that carry similar energy.

 

Coven

A group of practitioners working together within a shared structure or tradition.

 

Deity

A spiritual entity or figure that some practitioners work with. Not required for witchcraft.

 

Deosil

Clockwise movement. Used for building, attracting, or raising energy.

 

Divination

Methods used to gain insight: tarot, runes, pendulums, scrying, etc

 

Ego

Your sense of self. Not something to “destroy,” but something to understand and manage.

 

Elemental Magick

Working with Air, Fire, Water, Earth, and sometimes Ether/Akasha as foundational forces.

 

Energy Work

The practice of sensing, moving, and directing energy.

 

Egregore

A collective energy form created and sustained by a group’s focus or belief.

 

Familiar

A spiritual or symbolic companion. Not every pet is a familiar, despite what social media says.

 

Frequency

The “vibration” or state of energy. Higher or lower isn’t about better, it’s about alignment.

 

Glamour

A form of magick related to perception: how you are seen or how something appears.

 

Gnosis

A focused mental state used in some practices to bypass distraction and access deeper awareness.

 

Grounding

Anchoring your energy into your body and the physical world.

 

Grimoire

A personal or traditional book of knowledge, spells, and practices.

 

Hex

A form of baneful magick intended to disrupt or harm. Not beginner work.

 

High Magick

Structured, ceremonial, often complex systems of magick.

 

Intention

The purpose behind what you’re doing. This directs everything.

 

Invocation

Calling something inward, into yourself or your space.

 

Evocation

Calling something external to appear or interact outside of you.

 

Karma

Often misunderstood. Not instant punishment or reward, but cause and effect over time.

 

Left Hand Path

A path focused on individuality, self-development, and personal power.

 

Right Hand Path

A path focused on structure, morality, and often devotion to external systems.

 

Manifestation

Bringing something into reality through aligned intention, energy, and action.

 

Meditation

Training your awareness. Not about having no thoughts, its about controlling your focus.

 

Mediumship

The ability to communicate with spirits. Not beginner level practice.

 

Moon Phases

Cycles of the moon that influence energy, such as new, waxing, full, waning.

 

Necromancy

Working with the dead. Highly advanced and not for beginners.

 

Occult

Hidden or unseen knowledge. Not inherently negative.

 

Pentacle

A symbol and tool used for grounding, protection, and stability.

 

Protection

Maintaining energetic boundaries and stability.

 

Psychic

Relating to intuitive or extrasensory perception.

 

Reiki

A specific form of energy healing. Not the same as general energy work, but related.

 

Ritual

A structured set of actions performed with intention.

 

Runes

A divination system rooted in Norse tradition.

 

Scrying

A form of divination using reflective surfaces like mirrors or water.

 

Shadow Work

Working with the parts of yourself you avoid or suppress.

 

Sigil

A symbol created with intention to represent a specific goal or outcome.

 

Smoke Cleansing

Using smoke to clear energy. The correct general term (not smudging).

 

Solitary Practice

Working alone without a group or coven.

 

Spellwork

The act of directing energy toward a specific outcome.

 

Spirit Guides

Entities believed to guide or assist. Not required for practice.

 

Tarot

A structured divination system using a deck of cards.

 

Transmutation

Changing one form of energy into another.

 

Veil

The perceived boundary between the physical and spiritual.

 

Visualization

Using your mind to create and interact with energy.

 

Wand

A tool used to direct and amplify energy.

 

Widdershins

Counterclockwise movement. Used for banishing or releasing.

 

Witchcraft

The practice of working with energy, intention, and natural/spiritual forces.

 

If you come across a term in a lesson that isn’t listed here yet, it will be added. This is a living reference, not a fixed list.

And over time, you’ll stop needing to look things up…

because you’ll actually understand what you’re doing.