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| • Talisman - An object that has been magickally charged in order it bring something to the bearer. Such an item could be a gemstone to win a court case, or a drawing to put in your pocket that will bring good luck.
• Talismanic Magick - A talisman is an object that has been created for a specific magickal purpose. Often it has complex symbols inscribed upon it, which constitute magickal formula. • Tara - Hindu, Mother Goddess, the absolute, unquenchable hunger that propels all life. • Tara, Green - Buddhist female Buddha, Tibetan Buddhism - compassion, liberation, success. Compassionate Buddha of enlightened activity • Tara, White - Buddhist Goddess known for compassion, long life, healing and serenity; also known as The Wish-fulfilling Wheel, or Cintachakra • Tara, Red - fierceness, magnetizing all good things • Tara, Black – power • Tara, Yellow - wealth and prosperity • Tara, Blue - transmutation of anger • Tarot Cards - A special deck of 78 cards used for divination. They feature pictures and symbols used to connect with the collective unconscious in the conscious state. They also help to connect with spirit guides. • Tarologist - One adept at the art and science of handling the Tarot. • Tasseography - Divination by reading tea leaves. • Telepathy - The transfer of thoughts, images and sensations between minds without verbal conversation, written or physical means. Soulmates usually have this connection and is also known as “Lovers Telepathy”. • Telekinesis - The ability to physically move objects by the power of the mind whether concentrated on or not. • Temple - A specific building or room used for religious or magickal working. • Thelema - A religious belief that has at the core a focus on the use of magick through the use of the hierarchy of the Christian Pantheon. / One who follows this belief. • Theurgy - Magick involving the use of divine spirits and oneness or closeness with one's God/Deitie(s). • Third Eye - The astral "eye"; connected with the brow center in the middle of the forehead. • Three-fold Law - A Wiccan principle which originated from the teachings of Gerald Gardner. It states that any action made by a person will be returned them three times as powerful, whether the action was good or bad. By this law, you are encouraged to do good things so that you will be rewarded later on with three times the benevolence, as opposed to bad things which result in thrice the consequence. Karmic principle that energy that is released is returned three times over. Also known as “Three times three”. • Three Times Three - Request during an invocation that the energy being sent out will return three times to each aspect of the human whole; request for karmic energy to return to each mind, body and spirit. • The Craft - Another name for Wicca or Witchcraft. • The Four Powers - Also called the Four Powers of the Magus. These are “To Know” (Air), “To Dare” (Water), “To Will” (Fire), and “To Be Silent” (Earth). • The Wiccan Rede - The phrase “Do what you will if it harm none.” Which is the basic meaning of the Wiccan Rede. It is a Rede that Wiccan's adhere to. • Thor - Scandinavian; God of the Sky and Thunder. A kindly God of the common people, including farmers and sailors. • Thoth - Egyptian; God of Reincarnation. Also a Moon God and favorable to science and wisdom. • Thurible - A fire-proof container suspended from a chain and used to burn incense. Purifies the ritual area and attunes the energy current in the environment to the proper frequency for a specific working. Symbolizes the element of fire. • Tiamat - Mesopotamian dragon Goddess, embodiment of primordial chaos (the Velvet Dark) • To Hive Off - When two or more members leave a coven to start their own. • Tools - Athame, Besom, Altar, Chalice, etc; an object for magickal use that helps achieve a purpose. • Torc - Circular metal necklace, common in many Celtic traditions as well as many different traditions from Northern England and Ireland. Used as a symbol of initiation and respect following death ceremonies. The shape of the necklace is thought by some scholars to be a reference to the snake, Ourobouros swallowing it’s own tail and thus a return to one’s source, a concept analogous the "Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust" of Christian religions. Also used as a symbol of protection and good fortune that was hung over doorways in much the same way horseshoes are used today. • Totem - An animal, a plant, or a natural object serving among certain tribal or traditional peoples as the emblem of a clan or family and sometimes revered as its founder, ancestor, or guardian. • Transcendent - In Wicca deity is referred to as transcendent as it is generally considered to be unknowable completely. It may be as well that deity exists outside our Universe as well as within it. • Tree Of Life - The central Qabalistic diagram on which are placed the ten Sephiroth. When it is called the “World Tree”, it represents the psychic axis between this world and the Otherworld, the bridge used by shamans and astral travelers to enter the Otherworld. • Tradition, Wicca - An organized, structured, specific Wiccan subgroup. Much like Christianity has denominations each with their own style, Wicca has many traditions (and some Wicca follow no specific tradition see eclectic Wicca). Common examples include Garnerian, Seax (not sex), Dianic, Faery, Pecti, Teutonic, Caledoni, Alexandrian, and there are many others... • Traditional - Sects or groups which practice Wicca. Each tradition has a different set of rules and guidelines by which it follows, so when one chooses a tradition, one much be aware of the facets of the tradition and believe that the rules suit them best. Some examples of traditions are Gardnerian, Alexandrian, Celtic, Faery, and Strega. • Transmutation - The work of alchemy, changing base metals and elements into precious things. • Tree Calendar - The celtic system of reckoning the 13 lunar months of the year by assigning each a sacred tree. • Trilithon - A stone arch made from two upright slabs with one lying atop these. They are featured in Stonehenge. • Triple Goddess - One Goddess in all of her three aspects: Maiden, Mother, Crone. • Triquetra - A symbol that represents the threefold nature of the Goddess as Virgin, Mother and Crone. It symbolizes life, death, and rebirth and the three forces of nature: Earth, Air, and Water. The inner three circles represent the female element and fertility. The Catholic view (can be found in the New King James Bible)~ Represents the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The unbroken circle represents eternity. The interwoven nature of the symbol denotes the indivisibility and equality of the Holy Trinity. It symbolizes that the Holy Spirit is three beings of power, honor, and glory but is indivisibly one God. Witches and Christians are in a debate over who stole this symbol from who... not a surprise . • Tuathail - Counter-clockwise movement or movement opposite to the movement of the sun. Literally translates to "Northward" in Gaelic tongues from the term Tuath or "North". Used by in some pagan rituals to banish energy rather than invoking it. Analogous to the term "Widdershins". |
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