Category: Witch Glossary

Cone of power is the raising and directing of a spiral of psychic energy in ritual and spellcraft. Gerald B. Gardner described the cone of…

Bruxa Evora is a Brazilian witch spirit, a deified Moorish sorceress. Bruxa Evora speaks fluent Portuguese, Arabic, and Latin, but she is full of surprises…

Lithoboly is the mysterious hails of stones have been reported from time to time in cases of witchcraft and possession. Victims claim to be pelted…

Maleficia are malicious acts attributed to witches and sorcerers (see sorcery) in times past that caused harm or death to humans, animals or crops. Since…

The Malleus Maleficarum (The Witch Hammer) is a comprehensive witch-hunter’s handbook, the most important treatise on prosecuting witches during the witch hysteria. Published first in…

Metamorphosis is the ability of witches, sorcerers (see Sorcery) and other magically empowered persons to transform themselves and other humans at will into animals, birds…

Since ancient times, the moon has been associated with woman and her fertility, monthly cycle, powers of nurturing and powers of darkness. The moon, ruler…

Margaret Alice Murray, (1863–1963) was a British anthropologist, archaeologist and Egyptologist best known for her controversial theories on the origins and organization of witchcraft as a…

Ordeal by Touch: A Historical Means of Identifying Witches The ordeal by touch was a method steeped in superstition and fear, used during the height…

The owl is associated with death, sorcery and the dark underside of life. To the ancient Egyptians, the owl represented night, death and cold. The…