Category: Witch Glossary

Witch’s butter is in old Swedish lore, the yellow vomit of witches’ cats found in gardens. In centuries past, it was believed that the Devil…

A witch’s cradle is a means to torture accused witches. A witch was tied up in a sack, string the sack over a tree limb…

A witch bottle is a Charm used in folk Magic to protect against evil spirits and magical attack, and to counteract spells cast by witches.…

Wiccan Rede The creed of contemporary Paganism and Witchcraft is expressed simply: Eight words the Wiccan rede fulfil; An’ it harm none, do what ye…

Wicca is an alternate, and sometimes preferred, name for the religion of contemporary Witchcraft. Some witches prefer to call themselves Wiccans rather than Witches and…

Water has ancient associations with the pure and holy. The Celts were particularly fascinated by its powers of life, Healing, cleansing, regeneration and destruction and…

Walpurgisnacht In German witch lore, the greatest of the pagan festivals celebrating fertility and one of the major Sabbats observed by witches. Walpurgisnacht is the…

Toads are associated with witches both as ingredients in brews and as Familiars. Toad skins are covered with glands that secrete a thick, white poison…

Threefold Law of Return (also Threefold Law of Karma) An ethic more than a law of uncertain origin that emerged in the Gardnerian tradition (see…

The number three plays a prominent role in myth, mysticism, the mystery traditions, folklore, alchemy, Ritual and Magic. Three is the numerical vibration that opens…