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Besom

A besom is a special broom, used to sweep away evil and negative energies. Although they aren’t really used for flying over the moon, in old customs druids and pagans used besoms for “broom hopping” an old type of marriage ceremony mostly performed on the night of Beltane. It is also said that when a besom or broom falls a visitor is coming (also meaning sometimes a spiritual visitor) most times this means more of a warning that the visitor isn’t a pleasant house guest.

Bezoar

A bezoar is a stone found in the digestive system of animals usually a goat. It has also has been rumored that bezoars could be found in the heads of toads. They were once used for an antidote for most poisons (some of you might of heard of it from the famous Harry Potter tales.)

Black Magick

Real magic is neither black nor white. It is both because nature is both. Magic becomes black or white/negative or positive, good or evil depending on the one the energy or magic is coming from. “Black magic” is negative energy directed in a spell from a person wishing someone or something harm or to force someone or something to do their negative bidding, or to basically force another to go against their own will.

 

Book of Shadows

The book of shadows or (B.O.S) is a record or dairy a witch keeps from the day she first enters into the craft and fills it with all the knowledge and experiences she has through out her life, spells, rituals, and other very useful information. If she or he trains another in the family usually they pass down their B.O.S. to the newer witch to read and record what they will in their own B.O.S. and so on. At least that is the tradition I have started in my family. Everyone is different, some never show their Book Of Shadows some witches never keep one. Some keep one large book that spells and rituals are added into through out their family line (kind of like in the T.V. series Charmed, but in these cases the spells etc. are real.) and they have inside it a family tree that is added onto as well (like what you find in some old Christen Bibles.) Everyone is different and every B.O.S. is different and full of lots of different information.

Burning Times

These were the darkest times in all history for both witches and people of all types of religions and backgrounds, and histories. No one was safe through out these hard times (may they be over for all time) Commonly known as the time of the witch hunts and when many were accused of witchcraft most of whom did not practice it some were burned at the stake, others tortured in ways well I’d rather not go into. Basically it was a time of blood and lies and massacre. If you want more information contact me and I’ll refer some sites and books I don’t have the stomach to write on it myself.

Beltane

A pagan/druid/wiccan holiday celebrated on the 1st of May at sundown. It is mostly known as the celebration of sex (not the sick porno gang-banging nastiness) but the beauty of sex and reproduction of life. In old times Beltane fires would be lit and a maiden (who was normally a virgin) would be chosen and she would play the spring maiden and another (the stag) would be chosen to play the god or Cerunnos. This couple would invoke the deities into their bodies and make love in hope to create life, a child conceived of the magical union. It was said that a child conceived in such a union would have great gifts of the craft.

 

Botanomancy

A type of divination based on the manipulation of specific plants and trees.

Blessing a doll

I won’t go into how this is done. It is a common “Awaking spell” done to voo-doo dolls in black magic.

Blessing of ritual tools

Some people do this before they use their tools for the first time, others like to bless their tools before each use. There is several ways and little rituals to bless your ritual tools, one of the easiest and probably most used that I know of is blessing them by the elements; earth, air, fire, water, and spirit.

Black Arts

See Black Magick

Banishing

Banishing someone is a spell that is not to be taken lightly. Every spell can hold different outcomes, so when banishing anyone or anything from a person to a common ghoul or astral creature use caution and BECAREFUL. Banishing is just, a spell to banish a person or thing. It could be to get rid of that person or thing permanently or temporally.

Bindings

Bindings are tricky. It can be done to “bind a person or thing to you” or to “bind” or prevent a person from doing something (for example causing harm to themselves or others.) It is always wise to use extreme CAUTION when doing a binding spell because they can always backfire. Marriage rituals like hand fasting or broom hopping is also a kind of binding spell it is the binding of two souls for an amount of time, sometimes for always meaning in this life and the next and so on. These do work so be careful and always, always think out a spell before doing it!!

Blessed water

Water used for cleansing (such as cleansing one’s house of negative energies) made usually at the full moon with water and sea salt under the light of the ripened moon and blessed by the goddess.

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