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Pagan terms
Just a few definitions
for you beginners:
1st Degree: A person
who gets to do all the work.
2nd Degree: A person
who gets to complain about the 1st degrees and the High Priestess.
3rd Degree: A person
who never shows up at rituals.
Athame: A ritual knife;
the bigger the knife, the less power the bearer has.
Book of Shadows: A messy,
handwritten book that contains copies of everyone else's rituals.
Ceremonial Magician:
Someone with bad hygiene habits, who reads Crowley, takes drugs
and practices looking menacing.
Circle: Some assemblage
of people standing or sitting in an uneven, or oval shape.
Coven: A bunch of people
who fight like family and get together several times a month to
party.
Crowley: A weird guy
whom lots of people worship because he died a syphilitic drug addict.
(Kinda like Curt Cobain and Elvis).
Full Moon: Any Saturday
that occurs sometime close to the actual calendar full moon.
High Priest: Whoever
the High Priestess is sleeping with this week.
High Priestess: A self-appointed
leader; must be bossy, opinionated and have a large ego.
Initiation: Status that
you receive after a big party held in your honor.
Magick: Any weird result
after you do a spell or ritual for something; may or may not have
anything to do with what you were working for.
Maiden: An ambitious
2nd degree (usually a womyn) who aspires to be High Priestess, so
she can do things right!
New Moon: A chance for
the High Priestess to get really drunk and sleep with (and initiate)
a new High Priest.
Pagan: A person who wears
tie dye and practices the party religion.
Pagan Standard Time:
If a ritual is scheduled for 6pm, people show up around 9, and the
ritual finally gets started at 10:30.
Pagan Daylight Time:
If a ritual is scheduled for noon, everyone usually shows up before
dark.
Ritual: A reason to assemble
with others, kvetch and eventually have some sort of ceremony.
Ritual Wear: A flashy
dress or outfit that makes the wearer look like an actor in a bad
fantasy movie.
Sabbat: Any Saturday
close to the actual day, excuse for a big party.
Wiccan: Conservative
person who wears normal clothes, lots of jewelry, recycles everything
and used to be a witch.
Witch: Someone who wears
lots of black and jewelry, reads Gardner and practices the party
religion.
- by by Sylvana SilverWitch

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