Sabbat A Wiccan festival. See Beltane, Imboc, Lughnasadh, Mabon, Midsummer, Ostara, Samhain and Yule for specific descriptions.

Samhain A Wiccan festival celebrated on October 31st, also known as November Eve, Hallomas, Halloween, Feast of Souls, Feast of the Dead, Feast of apples. Samhain marks the symoblic death of the Sun God and His passing into the "land of the young," where He awaits rebirth of the Mother Goddess at Yule. This Celtic word is pronounced by Wiccans as: SOW-wen; SEW-wen; SAHM-hain; SAHM-ain; SAV-een and others ways. The first seems to be the one preferred among most Wiccans.

Scry A method of divination where one gazes at or into an object to still the Conscious mind and contact the psychic mind.

Servitor They are independant thought-forms which carry on activities in the ideosphere/astral space in the manner in which they are programmed. A servitor can continue existing even after the death of the mage/witch/magician that spawned it.

Shaman A person who has obtained knowledge of the subtler dimensions of the Earth, usually through periods of alternate states of consciousness. Various types of Ritual allow the shaman to pierce the veil of the physical world and to experience the realm of energies. This knowledge lends the shaman the power to change her or his world through Magick.

Shamanism The practice of shamans, usually ritualistic or magical in nature, somtimes religous.

Sigilic Magick Sigilic magick works as a deep-seated trigger in the magickians subconscious mind, whereas a servitor becomes an independant entity. Although the mage/witch/magickian may use bits of his/her emotional centre to spawn the entity (the birthing process).

Sigl Symbols and/or pictures drawn to represent something. Used to focus on during Magick rituals.

Simple Feast A Ritual meal shared with the Goddess and God.

Sky Clad The act of celebrating or doing a magickal working in the nude.

Spell A magical Ritual, usually non-religous in nature and often accompanied by spoken words.

Spirial This signifies an inward journey. It represents the emergence into consciousness of what was previously hidden. It also suggests the round of seasons, where life unfolds and fades, unfolds again in a repeating cycle - it means life. It is also the symbol of 'coming into being.'

Spirial, Double The double spiral means descent and return.

Spirits of the Stones, The The elemental energies natural inherent at the four directions of the Magic Circle, personified within the Standing Stone Traditions as the "Spirits of the Stones." They are linked with the Elements.