Call Invoking divine forces.

Candles In addition to illuminating the altar, candles are also used to mark each of the four Quarters, and are often used in spellworking. They are sometimes annointed with oil and inscribed with magickal symbols.

Casting Stones Several systems of divination call for small stones to be cast upon the ground, or on a special board or cloth. These stones may be marked with runes, or their colour may indicate their meaning. Also called Lithomancy.

Casting the Circle The psychic creation of a sphere of energy around the area where a ritual is to be preformed, both to consentrate and focus the power raised, and to keep out unwanted influences or distractions. The space enclosed exists outside of ordinary space and time.

Cauldron This is used to make brews, contain a ritual fire, used for scrying. Can be four-legged or three-legged. It represents the womb of the Goddess, as in Cerridwen's cauldron named Aven, or the source of all plenty, as in the Dagda's cauldron. Most modern practitioners use it either as a symbol, to cook in for sabbat feasts, to burn things in as part of a spell, for scrying, etc.

Censer An holder in which incense is burnt. It symbolizes the Element of Air.

Centering The process of moving one's consciousness to one's spiritual centre, leading to a feeling of great peace, calmness, strength, clarity and stability.

Chakras Seven major energy vortexes found in the human body, sometimes described as 'organs in the spiritual body' and awakening them is a process of spiritual enlightenment.Being able to sense and influence the chakras is an important form of healing.

Chalice This is used to consecrate drinks during rituals, such as The Simple Feast. It is both a symbol of Water and the womb.

Chant This can be a rhyme, sometimes called a rune, intoned rhythmically to raise power. Such rhymes can be simple and repetitive, it makes them easier to remember, but it is not a requirement.

Charging The magical act of infusing an object with ones own personal powers.

Cleansing The act of 'cleaning' such things as sacred space, magickal tools, crystals etc. Salt is often used to purify and rid objects of unwanted negative energy.

Cone of Power The energy raised during magick that is visualized in the form of a cone, where at its peak it is reaching for a specific goal.

Consecrating The act of blessing an object or place by instilling it with positive energy. Normaly performed on things such as magickal tools before they are used.

Cord It's also called a girdle, or cingulum. In many traditions, the colour signifies a degree. It may also be used in knot magick, as well as in binding and loosening spells.

Correspondences A system of symbolic equivalences used in magick.

Coven A group of Wiccans, usually 13, who practice ritual magick together.

Cowan Anyone who is not a Witch, Wiccan or Pagan.

Craft, The Wicca, Witchcraft, Folk magic.