Mabon Or on around September 21, the autumn equinox, Wiccans celebrate the second harvest. Nature is preparing for winter. Mabon is a vestige of ancient harvest festivals which, in some form or another, were once nearly universal among peoples of the Earth.

Macrocosm The world around us.

Magick The use of natural energies to create needed change. Energy exists within all things, ourselves, animals, plants, stones, crystals, colors, sounds, movements. Magick is the process of rousing or building up this energy, giving it purpose, and releasing it. Magic is a natural, not supernatural, practice, though it is little understood.

Magickal Correspondences 'Correspondences' is a word used for all sorts of things - colours, numbers, plant, creatures, compass points, concepts - they have an affinity with each other. In other words they harmonize. They are used in magick on the principle that 'like attracts like' and so for spells one would choose colours, stones or whatever that they are in keeping with the purpose. These are traditions, not dogmas, and the traditions vary.

Magick Circle A protective sphere constructed of personal power in which Wiccan rituals are practiced. The term 'circle' refers to the circle that marks the sphere's penetration of the ground, for it extends both above and below it.

Magick Knife See 'Athame'.

Meditation Reflection, contemplation, turning inward toward the self or outward toward Deity or nature. A quiet time in which the practitioner may dwell upon particular thoughts or symbols.

Megalith A huge stone monument or structure. Stonehenge is perhaps the best-known example of megalithic construction.

Menhir A standing stone probably lifted by early people for religious, spiritual or magical reasons.

Midsummer The summer solstice, ususally on or near June 21st (Northern Hemisphere), one of the Wiccan festivals and an excellent night for Magick. Midsummer marks the point of the year when the Sun is symbolically at the height of its powers, and so too the God. The longest day of the year.

Mighty Ones Beings, deities or presences often Invoked during Wiccan ceremony to witness or guard the rituals. The Mighty Once are thought to be either spiritually evolved beings, once human, or spiritual entities created y or charged by the Goddess and God to protect the Earth and to watch over the four directons. They are sometimes linked with the Elements.