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[5] [6] The Greeks made offerings to the "averting gods" (ἀποτρόπαιοι θεοί, apotropaioi theoi), chthonic deities and heroes who grant safety and deflect evil [7] and for the protection of the infants they wore on them amulets with apotropaic powers and committed the child to the care of kourotrophic (child-nurturing) deities. [8]
The Magic Circle by John William Waterhouse (1886) A Solomonic circle with a triangle of conjuration in the East. A magic circle is a circle of space marked out by practitioners of some branches of ritual magic, which they generally believe will contain energy and form a sacred space, or will provide them a form of magical protection, or both.
Articles relating to Wicca, a modern Pagan religion. Scholars of religion categorise it as both a new religious movement and as part of the occultist stream of Western esotericism. It was developed in England during the first half of the 20th century and was introduced to the public in 1954 by Gerald Gardner, a retired British civil servant.
Here's everything to know on witchcraft, spells, magic, covens, broomsticks and more. Mary (KATHY NAJIMY), Winifred (BETTE MIDLER) und Sarah (SARAH JESSICA PARKER) beim brauen eines Zaubertrankes ...
A cauldron is often associated with witches and witchcraft in western culture. In Wicca, it is sometimes used to represent the womb of the Goddess, like the chalice. [citation needed] It is often used for making brews (such as oils), incense-burning, and can be used to hold large, wide pillar candles depending on how small it is. A fire is ...
The Wiccan Web is a user guide to the online Wiccan culture of the late 1990s and early 2000s. It opens with a chapter on accessing the Internet, noting that while experienced users could disregard that chapter, some potential readers may have had little or no exposure to using computers or finding websites.
Christian talisman (Breverl), 18th century. The word talisman comes from French talisman, via Arabic ṭilasm (طِلَسْم, plural طلاسم ṭalāsim), which comes from the ancient Greek telesma (τέλεσμα), meaning "completion, religious rite, payment", [3] [4] ultimately from the verb teleō (τελέω), "I complete, perform a rite".
However, the 2011 census made it possible to describe oneself as pagan-Wiccan, pagan-Druid and so on. The figures for England and Wales showed 80,153 describing themselves as pagan (or some subgroup thereof). The largest subgroup was Wicca, with 11,766 adherents. [147] The overall numbers of people self-reporting as pagan rose between 2001 and ...