The Court of Oyer and Terminer
After a month of arrests William Phipps, the new Massachusetts governor, and Boston minister Increase Mather arrived from England with a new provincial charter for the colony see Chapter 3 . On June 2, 1692, Phipps created the Court of Oyer and Terminer an Old French language term for To hear and determine . This court was composed of Lieutenant Governor William Stoughton, Nathaniel Saltonstall, Bartholomew Gedney, Peter Sergeant, Samuel Sewall, Wait Still Winthrop, John Richards, John...
The Book Of Fifty Names
THE BOOK OF FIFTY NAMES OF MARDUK, DEFEATER OFTHE ANCIENTONES THIS is the Book of MARDUK, begotten of our Master ENKI, Lord of Magicians, who did defeat TIAMAT, known as KUR, known as HUWAWA, in magick combat, who defeated the Ancient Ones that the Elders may live and rule the Earth. In the time before time, in the age before the heaven and the earth were put in their places, in the age when the Ancient Ones were rulers of all that existed and did not exist, there was nought but darkness. There...
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Fox, Selena 1949- American Wiccan high priestess, Pagan scholar, ecospiritual minister and ritual artist. Selena Fox is renowned for her leadership role in the international Wiccan-Pagan community and for founding Circle Sanctuary, a legally recognized Wiccan church with a worldwide Pagan ministry. Selena Fox PHOTO BY LYNNIE JOHNSTON COURTESY NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA Selena Fox PHOTO BY LYNNIE JOHNSTON COURTESY NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA Born October 20, 1949, in Arlington, Virginia,...
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tist whose work was GODDEss-inspired. Her grandmother Ilona was a herbalist and healer. At age three, Budapest had her first psychic experience, an apparition of Ilona at the time of her death. According to Hungarian tradition, a death apparition portends that the departed one will assume the role of guardian spirit in the life of the one who has observed him or her. Ilona has served in that capacity throughout Budapest's life. In childhood, Budapest appreciated nature, playing priestess and...
The Magick of Hers
from Priestess and Pentacle by Gerina Dunwich In this section you will find close to 250 different plants arranged alphabetically by their common names. Each listing herein contains the plant's botanical name in Latin , its Pagan folk name s if known , type perennial, annual, or biennial , planetary and elemental rulers, and the Pagan gods and goddesses that the plant is associated with in myth or magick. Botanical name Acacia Senegal Plant type deciduous evergreen shrub Planetary ruler Sun...
The Roses From Sirius
On one certain occasion, when I, Samael Aun Weor, was in the star Sirius, I saw from far away some trees which were each penetrated by a damsel of an ineffable and touching beauty. Those damsels called me so that I could approach them. They were elemental damsels nymphs who were incarnated within those shrubs. Their melodious voice was music from Paradise. I conversed with them, and then I withdrew, astonished with their plentiful beauty. That planet has vast seas, and the inhabitants from that...
And the AKHKHARU may be summoned if its Sign be known and it is thus
And the LALASSU may be called, which haunteth the places of Man, seeking also to become like Man, but these are not to be spoken to, lest the Priest become afflicted with madness, and become unto a living LALASSU which must needs be slain and the Spirit thereof exorcised, for it is Evil and causeth only terror, and no good can come of it. It is like the LALARTu, and of the same Family as that, save the LALARTU was once living and is caught between the Worlds, seeking Entrance into one or the...
The Chalice
The chalice, or ritual cup, used for rituals is traditionally made of silver, but you can also use crystal, glass, stainless steel or pewter. The chalice represents the Water element and is placed in the West of the altar. Like the sword, it is a sacred Grail treasure and is a source of spiritual inspiration. The Grail cup is most usually represented as the chalice that Christ used at the Last Supper, in which His blood was collected after the crucifixion. As such, it signifies not only a...
SpeCC to Banish a Roommate
One thing worse than living next door to an obnoxious person would surely have to be living under the same roof with one One tried-and-true method to make someone move out of your home is to make a brew from an herb known as jenjible. When the moon is waning, sprinkle it upon all items of clothing belonging to the person you wish to be rid of. You can also secretly add the brew to the wash water when your roommate's clothes are being washed. Within a short period of time, he or she will be...
Chapter Gods and Goddesses
The following is an alphabetically-arranged list of Pagan gods and goddesses from various pantheons throughout the world. Each deity is linked in one way or another to plants, trees, flowers, medicinal herbs, magickal herbs, and the planting and or harvesting of crops. Invoke one the next time you plant an herb garden, gather wildflowers, or celebrate a harvest rite. Abellio Romano-Celtic Gallic god of apple trees. Abnoba Romano-Celtic Continental European goddess of forests and rivers....
Altar Pieces
Of your altar pieces the most important will be these candles, incense, water, and salt. These represent the four Elements, which are considered the building blocks of creation. You will learn more about the four Elements in LESSON V. Of course you will also need matches or a lighter or as we call it, the sacred lighting instrument . Strictly speaking it is preferable to have matches or lighter that are used only for the altar, and for no other purpose -but this is not always practical, and a...
Hyssop
Derived from the Hebrew esob, hyssop is mentioned many times in the Bible for its ability to cleanse the body of illness. It relieves coughs, bronchitis, painful throats and viruses, tension and stress-related conditions, burns, and ear pains and problems, especially in children. It is primarily a herb of purification and will help to banish sad thoughts, despair and doubts, and leave a positive approach. Hyssop removes negativity from the home and from objects that have unwelcoming or...
Tituba and the Parris Family
Little is known about Tituba's life aside from her connection to the Parris family, primarily because she was a slave but also because she came from far-away Barbados. It is believed that Parris bought Tituba and her husband John Indian while living in Barbados in the 1670s. He took them to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1680 after his failed business attempts in Barbados convinced him to seek a job as a pastor in New England. Eventually he was hired to start a church in Salem Village. Tituba and...
B Types of Words
Sanskrit grammarians traditionally describe four types of words kriya verb , naman noun , upasarga verbal prefix , and nipata particle . The naman and kriya have the fundamental notions of 'being' and 'becoming' respectively. The kriya type includes the basic kriya verbs derived from a dhatu and the nama-dhatu verbs derived from nouns , which conjugate according purusa vacana and lakara, as well as the verbal qualifier kriya-visesana which is indeclinable avyaya . The naman type includes the...
The Servants Of Satan
While Christian theology portrayed the Devil as interested in drawing souls away from God and, ultimately m imposing his rule on the world, there were other images of evil that were incorporated into Christian demonology. As well as being the source of evil in the world, Satan and his demons were believed to have human allies and servants. According to Cohn 1970 it is this that distinguishes Christian beliefs m evil from those of other religions. The elaboration of this idea into the notion of...
Wormwood Curses and Charms
Wormwood is a dual-purpose herb that has long been used by Witches and other magickal folks to send curses as well as to protect against them. In the southern region of the United States, it is not uncommon for a hoodoo practitioner to seek revenge against an enemy by sprinkling a bit of dried and powdered wormwood upon the individual's path when the moon is waning. According to hoodoo belief, wormwood causes strife and misfortune to befall those who tread upon it or upon whose footprints it is...
Passionflower
Harmine and related alkaloids. Called a psychic sedative. Isomer harmaline has been tried in Parkinsonism. It is a very potent monoamine oxidase inhibitor. See Yohimbe, Note of Caution When smoked, a very mild, short-lasting marijuana-like high occurs. It acts as both a sedative and a tranquillizer. In larger quantities, it acts more like a hallucinogen. Usually smoked in combination with damiana, scullcap, and spearmint or peppermint for flavor . See recipe for Yuba Gold Alchemy has a number...
Graves William
The Devil scourges witches, 17th century was under the dominion of some peculiar species of lunacy. In The Occult 1971 , Colin Wilson suggests she was a highly sexed woman with a vivid imagination, who turned to fantasies to alleviate the boredom of a dull existence at some point, her fantasies became real to her. But after 15 years, the excitement of having a secret grew thin, and there was only one way to recharge it by making a public confession. The records also do not indicate what became...
Arteriosclerosis
Arteriosclerosis can be cured with vegetal teas of Garlic, 'Siete Sangrias', Guaiacum Guaiacum officinale 'Espinillo', Mistletoe, Fumitory Fumaria officinalis L. , Dog Rose Rosa canina , etc. These plants must be boiled and the patient must drink the tea as an ordinary beverage, until the sickness disappears. Any of these plants cure Arteriosclerosis. If the sick person becomes tired of drinking the tea of one plant, then he can continue with another. Then, at the end, he chooses the plant with...
Deity The God and Goddess
Divinity is in its omniscience and omnipotence like a wheel, like a circle, a whole, that can neither be understood nor divided nor begun nor endedf . Illustrations of Hildegard of Bingen M icca is a very individualized religion, in which each person chooses his or her own deities to worship. Generally, the supreme being is considered to be a genderless energy source like The Force in the Star Wars trilogy. This force is referred to as the All and is comprised of many different aspects of the...
The Tower Key Pathway
The seventeenth card given the key of sixteen. The Tower signifies the rise and fall of the industrial age. With materialism replacing spirituality in the level of importance with man the need to grow and progress and develop the new industrial creation is understandable. Man built factories and industries and materialism flowered but the divine will not be suppressed indefinitely and as with the images of this card mans material tower would eventually feel the destruction of lightening from on...
To protect natural habitat and wildlife
When you find a natural habitat in danger, contact the National Wildlife Federation and other similar organizations to determine exactly what to do and to whom to write. Praise our Lord Agni, the Hindu embodiment of plants, fertility, and male vitality. His element is the element of war itself Fire Drown your flesh with his oil and burn his incense in great billows of smoke. Coat your tools and fill your thurbles with his blood dragon's blood resin and perfume oil . Dance the circle deosil and...
MAGIC OF THE GUALANDAY TREE Jacaranda caucana Pittier
The elemental of the 'Gualanday' tree has a dark green tunic. He belongs to the wisdom of the serpent. I remember a very interesting case in those forgone times when the submerged continents of Lemuria and Atlantis were still united with South America. A young female Indian, who was the promised fianc of a handsome man from the same tribe, was suffering horribly because of the consequences of a quarrel, which threatened to frustrate the matrimonial agreement. Since I was the Medic Magician from...
Cernunnos Incense
For use in any invocation of Cernunnos, or spell designed to arouse lust. A few drops patchouli essence or patchouli leaves finely powdered 1 part good-quality fine-grain church incense 1 part bay leaves finely reduced 1 part Cyprus wood or pine needles finely reduced 1 part wormwood herb 1 part vervain herb Finally, a drop of civet or musk essence if you can get hold of them. If not, never mind. As with all your other incenses, let this mixture steep overnight, adding more solid ingredients if...
A Vowel Accents
Accent is the sounding of a vowel at a higher or lower pitch or tone svara . There are three tones raised udatta , not raised anudatta , and a combination of the two or moving tone svarita . These are only marked in the Veda, for example The horizontal bar under the syllable indicates anudatta the vertical line above the syllable indicates svarita and udatta syllables are not marked. In classical Sanskrit texts, the accent is not marked. Where these are marked in the dictionary in Roman...
Tormentil Spell
This can be performed as it stands of with full ceremonial chalice preparation as used for your other philters, among which it may be grouped. I place it here rather than with the others on account of the rarity of the herb itself, which though once commonly stocked by herbalists for its astringent properties, is now something of a rarity and, as such, only deserves mention among our quainter reminders of bygone days. Pound or grind to powder the root of Potentilla tormentilla, repeating the...
Cough Bronchitis Chronic Asthma
Besides helping coughs, bronchitis, asthma, obesity, etc., Horehound Marrubium vulgare L. is also useful against inappetence lack of appetite and other disorders of the digestion in general. A medicinal wine can be prepared with twenty grams of Horehound. It is enough to leave the twenty grams of this plant in maceration within a bottle of wine. This maceration must endure forty days. One little cupful of this medicine, as an appetizer, will be consumed before every meal.
Rose quartz
Rose quartz is the stone of gentle healing and protection. It is known as the children's stone because it is so gentle in soothing away childhood ills and sorrows that may haunt us into adulthood. It is good for protecting families, the home, pets and anyone who is ill or vulnerable. It promotes family love and friendship, and brings peace, forgiveness, emotional harmony and the mending of quarrels. It heals emotional wounds and heartbreak, grief, stress, fear, lack of confidence, resentment...
See hex signs powwowing
hex death Also called voodoo death, hex death is death from a HEX or curse resulting from black MAGIC or the breaking of a taboo. The critical factor in hex death is belief. If a person believes that a wiTCH or sorcerer can make him die by cursing him or by pointing a finger or bone at him, he probably will expire, and no amount of Western conventional medicine can save him. Hex death may be in part a self-fulfilling prophecy. In her studies on hex death, anthropologist Joan Hali-fax-Grof lists...
The Wand of Divination
The wand, or staff, is the magical instrument which is par excellence emblematic of the powers of divination or prophecy. The staff of the prophet, the divining rod of the water witch, or dowser as opposed to the pendulum , and the wand of the necromancer are all variations on the same theme. In the witch processes that I enumerate here, a wand or wands in the plural all play a primary part. The rod is obviously a phallic emblem and has always been associated with divine wisdom whether it is...
Wood Betony
According to Penelope Ody in The Complete Medicinal Herbal, wood betony was the most important herb among the Anglo-Saxons, who found at least 29 medicinal uses for it. She also suggests that wood betony was possibly the most popular amulet herb, used well into the Middle Ages to ward off evil or ill humors. A ninth century Saxon work called Herbarium Apuleii says that wood betony is good whether for a man's soul or his body it shields him against visions and dreams. Other popular herbs in...
Hestia
Hestia is the Greek goddess of the hearth and home, all family matters and peace within the home. She is a benign, gentle goddess and so can be invoked for matters involving children and pets. Juno Juno, the wife-sister of Jupiter, is the Roman queen of the gods, the protectress of women, marriage and childbirth and also wise counsellor. Together with Jupiter and Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, she made up the triumvirate of deities who made decisions about humankind and especially Roman...
The Satanic Oath
1. A spoken denial of the Christian faith. 2. Re-baptism in the Devil's name, the novice given a new name to replace the Christian one. 3. Symbolic removal of the baptismal chrism consecrated oil mixed with balm by the Devil's touch. 4. Denial of godparents and gaining new sponsors. 5. As a token of submission, obedience, novice makes a gift of clothing to the devil. 6. While standing in a magic circle the novice pledges an Oath of Allegiance to the Devil. 7. Initiate's name is included in the...
Parsley
parsley can be used for enriching the blood and helping all skin conditions such as eczema and acne. It is also good for anaemia and relieves premenstrual tension, kidney, bladder and urinary tract infections, gout, jaundice, and menstrual and menopausal disorders. A divinatory herb, parsley is said to encourage fertility, love and passion. It is also protective - a poppet or sachet filled with parsley is a gentle but powerful defence against psychological or psychic attack. Plant it on Good...
Physical Characteristics Igo
TTU Scorpios tend to have problems with the reproductive system. TTU Like Pisceans, Scorpios usually have dark hair, but if they're not dark-haired, then they have very luminescent eyes. TTL Scorpio women have a tendency to do lovely things with their hair they have beautiful manes of it. TTL, Like the Libra, a Scorpio can put on weight very easily. But Libras usually battle with it most of their life, whereas Scorpios can put it on and take it right off. TIL Scorpios get very barrel-chested,...
Correspondences
Magical Image A king, a child, a sacrificed god. Name of Power Yahveh Eloah Va Daath God Goddess made manifest in the Sphere of the Mind Archangel Raphael, Michael. Angels Malachim, the kings. Planetary Attribution The Sun. Virtue Devotion to the Great Work. Vice False pride. Titles The Lesser Countenance. Spiritual Experience Vision of the harmony of things, understanding the mysteries of sacrifice. Deity Colour Clear rose-pink. Archangel Colour Yellow. Angel Colour Rich salmon-pink. Planetary...
Lecture Eighteen The Witch Craze and Its Historians
Scope The witch craze was a period in Western European history when as many as 80,000 to 100,000 people, mostly elderly women, were executed because they were believed to be witches. To explain how it came about, Lecture Eighteen continues to contextualize the witch craze using specific social, political, and economic developments. The lecture looks in detail at the social, economic, and political changes enclosure, conscription, new attitudes toward the poor, rising population, and so on that...
God Of The Month Iris
As Wiccans we believe that Deity is like a diamond a single stone with many facets. Each facet is another face of Deity. Because the Diamond is too big to understand in its totality, we work with the facets. There are many facets, and each reflects some of the attributes of Deity in a form which is more easily understood and identified with by we humans. The two principle facets of Deity are Goddess and God, the polar powers of the Universe, Whose loving interaction forms, sustains, and...
Tituba
Date of birth unknown Barbados, West Indies Date and place of death unknown Tituba was a female Carib Native South American slave in the household of Samuel Parris, the minister of Salem Village church see biography entry . She told voodoo stories to Parris's young daughter Elizabeth called Betty and his niece Abigail Williams. Betty and Abigail invited other local girls to join Tituba's storytelling circle, and before long all of the girls were lapsing into fits and accusing local residents of...
A Womans Spett to Hex a CrueC Man
If a woman desires to place a hex on a man who has treated her in a cruel fashion, she should carry out the following spell on a night when the moon is waning and the sky is dark and void of stars. A night that hosts a raging storm is even better Anoint a jezebel root with Jezebel Oil, and then sprinkle Destierro powder upon it while stating and visualizing your intent. Place the root inside a small jar and then seal it with a lid. Wrap the jar in a piece of black cloth, secure it with a black...
History
The exact role of the Druids in Celtic society is open to interpretation and varies according to geography. In the third century C.E., Diogenes Laertius said that the Druids were an ancient institution in the fourth century B.C.E., during the time of Aristotle. Julius Caesar said the Gaulish Druids were one of the two highest castes, along with the knights, and were organized under a single titular head. In Ireland, the Druids were the second highest of three castes, below the nobility and...
The trial of Rebecca Nurse
After Corey was found guilty accusations began flying anew across Salem Village and taking down other respected people. During Corey's trial, Reverend Lawson paid a visit to the home of Salem Village preacher Samuel Parris see biography entry , where Parris's neice Abigail Williams was living see Chapter 3 . Lawson witnessed Abigail undergoing a particularly severe fit. During the commotion she repeatedly Once the trials started, so many people wanted to come and watch that the hearings had to...
Parts of Speech
There are nine types of word called Parts of Speech. These are a Noun used to name a person or thing. There are two types i Proper nouns name a person, place, etc., and are usually written with an initial capital letter John and Mary went to London on Tuesday. ii Common nouns name general things, both concrete and abstract The love of money is the root of all evil. b Pronoun used instead of a noun to designate a person or thing without naming it He kissed her when they met she enjoyed it. Note...
Recommended Reading
m here is no such thing as a bad book. A book my be poorly written or not to your taste, but that does not make it bad. All books contribute in some way to the perspective and knowledge of a given subject, even if the only information we glean from them is what not to do. When one begins to pursue any magickal or religious philosophy it is always best to consider as many viewpoints as possible before making judgements. The following books offer a variety of opinions and perspectives on Wicca,...
Scullcap
Scullcap - A sacrament for healing the nerves Botanical Name Scuttellaria laterifoli. Synonyms Mad dogweed, blue pimpernel, hoodwort. Geographical Location East coast of United States from Connecticut south to Florida and as far west as Texas. Also found in Europe. Habitat Indigenous herb, growing in damp places, meadows, ditches, and alongside ponds. Flowers in July and August. Botanical Description A perennial with a big porous, yellow rootstock that produces a branching stem growing from 1...
Protection Of Ones House And Hearth
Beneath my guardianship I am safe against all tempests and all enemies, J. J. J. These three I's signify Jesus three times. This must be written on paper and the cattle made to swallow it in their feed. A Good Remedy Against Slander If you are calumniated or slandered to your very skin, to your very flesh, to your very bones, cast it back upon the false tongues. Take off your shirt, and turn it wrong side out, and then run your thumbs along your body, close under the ribs, starting at the pit...
The Hierarchies and Functions of Demons
Demons have been catalogued, ranked and classified since at least 100-400, the period in which the Testament of Solomon appeared, describing Solomon's magic ring for commanding the djinn and listing the names and functions of various Hebrew, Greek, Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian and perhaps Persian demons. Christian demo-nologists of the 16th and 17th centuries catalogued demons into hierarchies of hell and ascribed to them attributes and duties, including ambassadorships to various nations....
Early English Witchcraft Pamphlets and Treatises
All consulted online through Early English Books Online, listed in date order 41. Phillips, J 1566 The Examination and confession of certaine wytches at Chensforde in the countie of Essex before the Quenes Maiesties judges, the xxvi daye of July, anno 1566, at the assise holden there as then, and one of them put to death for the same offence, as their examination declareth more at large London 42. Galis, R 1579 A brief treatise containing the most strange and horrible cruelty of Elizabeth...
The Mechanics Of Witchcraft
Magick takes place at what TS Eliot in The Four Quartets called the 'still point of the turning world', that moment of timelessness that enables thought to be turned into reality on the material plane. It operates on the principle As above, so below'. This phrase comes from the beginning of The Emerald Tablet, attributed to Hermes Trismesgistos thrice-blessed Hermes , thought to be a powerful first-century Egyptian sorcerer who became worshipped as a god after his death. This tablet is said to...
Negro Remedies
The death of a child is much more regretted than the demise of a parent, as children represent so much capital and value to a mother and father. Disputes often occur between a man and a woman as to which of them shall have the custody of an illegitimate child. A woman having four or five children, can rest on her laurels, and subsist on the money earned weekly by her brats in the small gang employed on a sugar estate. Talking of registration of deaths, it is frequently very difficult to...