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Talismans |
Talismans
are objects imbued with magical or supernatural powers and
transmit them to their owners. |
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Tarologist |
One
who is adept at the art and science of handling the Tarot. |
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Tarot |
A
divination tool consisting of a deck of cards (in classic decks,
78) with powerful scenes or images representing various
energies, processes or spiritual condidtions. They are
divided into four suits (wands or rods, discs or coins, cups and
swords) which comprise the Minor Arcana, and 22 other cards
which comprise the Major Arcana. Today there are many
different deck designs available, some of which are very far
from the original designs of the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries. |
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Tasseomancy |
The
art of reading tea leaves and coffee grounds to divine the
future. Tasseomancy evolved from the Middle Ages practice of
reading blobs of wax or molten lead. When tea was introduced
from the orient in the 17th century and gained popularity, the
shapes and symbols formed by leaves left in the bottom of a cup
seemed an obvious target for interpretation. The Italians
claimed to have developed the art of reading coffee grounds in
the 18th century. |
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Temple |
The
temple is the sacred area reserved especially for religious and
magical activities. |
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Tephromancy |
Divination
by looking at ashes from sacrifices. |
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Tetragrammaton |
Another
word for the sacred four-letter name of the Judeo-Christian
Deity YHVH, later anglicized to "Jehovah".
Sometimes used in Jewish- or Christian-oriented magickal
traditions. |
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Thaumaturgy |
Thaumaturgy
is magic used to influence everyday events in life to protect
the house, travel, health etc. |
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Theomancy |
Divination
by oracles. |
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Theurgy |
"High
magick" employed to connect with Deity and foster spiritual
growth. |
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Thirteen |
The
number of bad luck and associated with evil power. Witches'
coven were thought to always contain 13 members, but there is no
firm evidence for this. Most covens range in size from 4 to 20
members. Many neo-Pagan witches consider 13 to be a lucky
number! |
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Threefold
Return, the Law of |
Although
related to the concept of Karma, the Law of Threefold
Return says that whatever one does by Magick, whether of good or
of ill, returns to one threefold |
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Thurible |
A
metal censer, dish or burner to hold charcoal and incense.
It can either stand on the altar or swing from a chain, and is
often considered to be an Air symbol. |
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Tradition |
A
specific subgroup of Pagans, Witches, Wiccans or magick-workers. |
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Traditional
Witches |
Witches
who claim their initiatory descent from surviving hereditary or
traditional Witchcraft, which includes the Gardnerian and
Alexandrian Traditions and their branches and offshoots via
Gerald Gardner and/or Alex Sanders
·
the term "Traditionals" is sometimes used to
distinguish Witches or Traditions that claim initiatory descent
from hereditary or traditional Witchcraft via persons other than
Gerald Gardner or Alex Sanders
·
the term "Traditional" is also sometimes used
to refer to any Tradition that follows a specific body of rites
and practices - including admittedly modern revived or
reconstructed Traditions, especially ones that focus on a
particular ethnic or cultural background - in order to
distinguish between "Traditional" and
"Eclectic" Witchcraft
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Trilithon |
A
stone arch made from two upright slabs with one lying atop
these. Trilithons are featured in Stonehenge. |