Mabon:
(Pronounced "May-bone") The Autumnal Equinox, heralding the coming of Winter. The Goddess is revered in her aspect as the Crone. It is known as the Festival of Gathering In.
Macrocosm:
The greater world, or universe. Distinguished from the microcosm, with which it corresponds.
Mage:
A general term for anyone doing magic, especially of the active kinds; often used as synonym for “magus.”
Magi:
Zoroastrian priests. Later used for powerful magicians of any sort.
Magick:
(1) A general term for arts, sciences, philosophies and technologies concerned with (a) understanding and using various altered states of consciousness within which it is possible to have access to and control over one’s psychic talents, and (b) the uses and abuses of those psychic talents to change interior and/or exterior realities.
(2) A science and an art comprising a system of concepts and methods for the build-up of human emotions, altering the electrochemical balance of the metabolism, using associational techniques and devices to concentrate and focus this emotional energy, thus modulating the energies broadcast by the human body, usually to affect other energy patterns whether animate or inanimate, but occasionally to affect the personal energy pattern.
(3) A collection of rule-of-thumb techniques designed to get one’s psychic talents to do more or less what one wants, more often than not, one hopes. It should be obvious that these are thaumaturgical definitions.
Magic Circle:
A mandala-mudra-mantra combination used around an area where all or part of a ritual is to take place, so that an individual or group can more easily control the energies generated.
Magician:
(1) As a general term, anyone who does any sort of magic at all.
(2) More specifically, someone who uses mostly active talents and rites for mostly thaumaturgical purposes.
Magician, Goetic:
A magician and psychic who frequently “summons up” various nonhuman entities (good, bad or ugly) in order to gain both occult and mundane knowledge, which is then used for thaumaturgical, theurgical and nonmagical purposes.
Magick:
The movement of natural energies or universal forces through acts of will. 'Creating' matter and energy from that which can be either manifested or unmanifested. Note that magick is perfectly natural, not super- or preter-natural, as many believe. This type of magick (spelled with a 'k' at the end) differs from the common "magic" in most Pagans' eyes, in that magic is nothing short of slight of hand trickery and illusions, though both spellings for the term are accepted. Magick is real and it does work. See also "Sex
Magick", "Colour Magick", "Candle Magick", "Sympathetic Magick", " "High" Magick", and " "Low" Magick".
Magickal Name:
A name given to an initiate, or chosen by the one who is self-initiated, to signify the death of the old life and the birth into the magical life.
Magickal Voice, the
The commanding, assertive voice used to read power words during rituals which allows no doubt or insecurity in. This applies whether the voice is speaking tone, a loud whisper, or in song.
Magister:
Master, teacher or magician.
Magnetic Control:
An APK talent involving the control of magnetic, diamagnetic and paramagnetic lines of force and other magnetic phenomena.
Magos:
Greek word for “magi.”
Magus:
Originally, the singular form of “magi.” Later, a powerful magician.
Mahayana (or “Greater Vehicle”) Buddhism:
A later, “heterodox” version of Buddhism which incorporates many Paleopagan deities from throughout Asia as Buddhas or Saints.
Maiden
The name of one of the members of a coven, generally the assistant to the High Priestess.
One of the aspects of the triple goddess (maiden, mother, crone) symbolized by the waxing moon, creation, and the time between Beltane and Imbolc.
Malachite:
A stone whose magickal qualities are that of balance and communication and understanding with nature and animals.
Malleus Maleficarum:
The Latin title of a book, translated as The "Witch Hammer" written in 1486 by two German monks, Heinrich Institoris Kramer and Jakob Sprenger. This book gave definite instructions for the persecution of Witches. An interesting note: When the book was submitted to the Theological Faculty at the University of Cologne - the appointed censor of the time - the majority of the professors refused to have anything to do with it. Then, nothing daunted, Kramer and Sprenger forged the approbation of the entire faculty; a forgery that was not discovered until 1898! (Disgusting, isn't it?)
Mana:
Polynesian word for psychic energy.
Mandala:
Sights (especially drawings, paintings and carvings) used primarily as associational and/or trance inducing devices.
Manifested Energies:
Magickal energies that are tangible reality.
Mantic Arts:
The various methods of divination.
Mantis:
A diviner or seer.
Mantra:
Sounds used primarily as associational and/or trance inducing devices. A Gothic rune magick; rune singing.
Mass:
The property of a body that is a measure of its inertia, that causes it to have weight (in a gravitational field), and that is a measure of the amount of material it contains.
Mass Control:
An APK talent for increasing or decreasing the mass of an object or being.
Matriarchal;
Based on the Goddess or feminine as the head of the "family". Descent, kinship, and succession are determined through the mother.
Maya:
Sanskrit for “illusion.”.
Mayin:
One who controls the worlds of illusion, a magician or mystic.
Mead Moon:
The seventh Full Moon of the Year.
Mechanistic:
A word used (usually as an insult) to refer to those who prefer to analyze even supposedly non-physical phenomena in terms of physical or mechanical patterns of behaviour.
Medicine Person:
A tribal official who combines the modes of magician, psychic and cleric, using her or his talents for personal and tribal benefit; especially in such matters as healing, hunting, fertility, weather and war magic.
Meditation:
A process through which we attempt to reach a higher state of consciousness or understanding. There are many types of meditation some generalized and applicable to any situation, others oriented to specific tasks.
Megalith:
A huge structure usually composed of stones. Stonehenge is a Megalithic Circle.
Medium:
A psychic (and frequently cleric as well) who specializes in being possessed by or otherwise communicating with, various spirits especially those of dead humans; someone who knows how to plug-in to the metapatterns of the recently dead, or can arrange such plug-ins for others. See Necromancer.
Menhir:
A standing stone. These are either found naturally or moved by wo/mankind.
Mental Projection:
An OOBE or psi talent that may involve traveling GESP without the image of an “astral body” being brought along.
Merging:
he state of becoming one with all things (the Astral state). Diffusing into Oneness and the boundless; Astral Travel.
Merry Meet
A greeting commonly used by Wiccans and pagans. It basically means "Greetings". Abbreviated as MM.
Merry Part
A friendly phrase that basically means "Goodbye", used by Wiccans and pagans. Abbreviated as MP.
Mesmerism:
From Franz Mesmer, a form of telepathic sending in which the data sent consists of suggestions backed by the insistent power of the sender.
Mesopaganism or Meso-Paganism:
A general term for a variety of movements both organized and nonorganized, started as attempts to recreate, revive or continue what their founders thought were the best aspects of the Paleopagan ways of their ancestors (or predecessors), but which were heavily influenced (accidentally, deliberately and/or involuntarily) by concepts and practices from the monotheistic, dualistic, or nontheistic worldviews of Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, or early Buddhism. Examples of Mesopagan belief systems would include Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, Spiritualism, etc., as well as those forms of Druidism influenced by those movements, the many Afro-Diasporatic faiths (such as Voudoun, Santeria, Candomble, etc.), Sikhism, several sects of Hinduism that have been influenced by Islam and Christianity, Mahayana Buddhism, Aleister Crowley’s religion/philosophy of Thelema, Odinism (most Norse Paganism), most “Family Traditions” of Witchcraft (those that aren’t completely fake), and most orthodox (aka “British Traditionalist”) denominations of Wicca. Some Mesopagan belief systems may be racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. There are at least a billion Mesopagans living and worshiping their deities today.
See Paleopaganism and Neopaganism.
Metabolism:
The sum or gestalt of the processes going on inside your body.
Metamorphosis:
Change, especially of the outward appearance. See Werewolf, or your local politicians.
Metapattern:
As used in this text, the sum and gestalt of all the interlocking patterns that make up an individual, including the body (or bodies), the various levels of mind or awareness, the psychic and artistic abilities, memory and intellectual capacities, and perhaps whatever it is that is usually called “the soul.”
Metaphysical
Having the nature of metaphysics.
Metaphysics
A field of abstract thought and philosophy about topics not on the concrete or physical level of understanding. This includes subjects like existence, the soul, being, the supernatural, astral travel, psychicism, and so on.
Metaphysics:
Philosophy of the relations between “underlying reality” and its manifestations. A science of philosophy of life that attempts (it has done great so far) to explain reality and knowledge. The study of the real nature of things. See also "Nine Maidens".
Microcosm:
The lesser world, man, which in the Middle Ages was believed to correspond in every respect with the greater world, called the macrocosm. This correspondence was used to explain many magical effects.
Midsummer:
-Also called "Letha's Day". The longest day of the year, the Summer Solstice is a time of powerful energy. The Goddess is revered in all of her aspects.
Mind's Eye:
The "Chakra" in the center of your forehead roughly an inch above your brow. This is responsible for generating the magickal energies associated with mental prowess, usually through mild meditation one can feel it "energize". Things such as divination, psychic, and other empathic abilities. The root of magick itself is the bending of reality through the mind's will. This is also called the "Third Eye".
Miracle:
A paranormal act or occurrence done by or for someone who belongs to a religion that you approve of, usually credited to divine intervention.
Miracle, Counterfeit:
A paranormal act or occurrence done by or for someone who belongs to a religion that you do not approve of; usually credited to demonic intervention.
Mojo
Magick.
Mojo Bag
A small bag generally worn around the neck which is charged with energies towards a certain goal and filled with charms, herbs, and/or stones.
Monotheism:
A style of religion in which the theologians (or theologians) claim that there is only one deity (theirs of course) and that all other spirits claiming (or claimed) to be deities are “actually” demons in disguise. If other deities have cults that can be made to support the One Deity, they are kept on as “angels” or “saints.” See Hyper apotheosis.
Moon Sign:
In astrology, the zodiacal sign that the moon appeared to be in at the time and location for which the chart is cast.
Moonstone:
A stone whose magickal qualities are that of the feminine, receptivity, tidal flow, and emotion.
Moonwise - See "Widdershins".-
Motif:
A common pattern running through stories, folktales or myths.
Motion:
The act or process of a body passing from one place or position to another. Completely relative.
Mudra:
Physical gestures, positions or postures (including dance movements) used primarily as associational and/or trance inducing devices.
Mundane:
Worldly, ordinary, common, simple; pertaining to “the earth plane.”
Mysteries:
Secret rituals usually involving the display of sacred mandalas and other objects to, and the performance of various mudras with and in front of, and the chanting of mantras and dharanis in the hearing of, properly initiated worshipers, for theurgical purposes in this life and the next.
Mystery Cult:
A group of people who get together regularly to perform sacred mysteries and to study their meanings.
Mystery School:
In theory, a group of magicians and/or mystics who have gathered together to share their wisdom and secrets with each other and with new seekers. In practice, usually a group of would-be “enlightened masters” who are primarily interested in impressing each other and in fleecing the gullible. After all, “there’s a seeker born every minute!”
Mystic:
(1)One who practices mysticism.
(2) A person who uses mostly passive talents and rites for mostly theurgical purposes.
Mysticism:
(1)The doctrine or belief that direct knowledge of the God(s), o spiritual truth, of ultimate reality, or of comparable matters is attainable through immediate intuition, insight or illumination and in a way differing from ordinary sense perception or conscious thought.
(2) The concepts and theories behind the theurgical approach to occultism.
Myth:
(1) Technically, a traditional story with its emphasis upon the actions of deities;
(2) Commonly, a false or simplistic belief.
Mythic Cycle:
A Mythic Cycle is an archetypal story seen through many pantheons.
Mythology:
The study of myths, and thus a field overlapping folklore; sometimes used to refer to a specific body of myths pertaining to a given culture or motif. The study of someone else’s religious stories. Cultural religious lore. E.g. Norse Mythology, Native American Mythology, Judeo-Christian Mythology (the Bible), etc.
Mythos:
A system of myths within a society or culture.