G - K

Question 1

Grain Dolly

Answer 1

Figure usually woven at Imbolcfrom dried sheaves of grain collected at the previous harvest. The dolly is traditionally burned at Yule and a new one made the following Imbolc.

Question 2

Great Rite

Answer 2

Symbolic sexual union of the Goddess and God that is enacted at Beltane. Also sacred marriage. It symbolizes the primal act of creation from which all life begins.

Question 3

Grimoire

Answer 3

This is a magickal workbook containing ritual information, formulae, magickal properties of natural objects and preparation of ritual equipment. Although some wiccans use this term to refer to a Book of Shadows, it is more correctly a name linked with ceremonial magick.

Question 4

God

Answer 4

The consort of and co-creator with the Goddess; the masculine aspect of Divine Power.

Question 5

Goddess

Answer 5

The creatrix of the universe and everything in it.; the feminine aspect of Divine Power.

Question 6

Grounding

Answer 6

Reinforcing one’s connections with the Earth, by releasing one’s excess energy and acquiring the Earth’s stabilizing influence.

Question 7

Guardians

Answer 7

The psychic and astral entities who are called to guard the four quarters of a consecrated circle. The term may also be used when referring to the spiritual guardians of a person.

Question 8

Handfasting

Answer 8

A Wiccan ritual for a pagan marriage.

Question 9

High Priest

Answer 9

The primary male leader within a coven. Usually a second or third degree male witch who either helped found the coven, was chosen by the High Priestess, or was elected by the members.

Question 10

High Priestess

Answer 10

The primary female leader within a coven. Usually a second or third degree female witch who either founded the coven or was elected by the members.

Question 11

Higher Self

Answer 11

That part of us which connects our corporeal minds to the Collective Unconscious and also with the divine knowledge of the universe.

Question 12

Hiving off

Answer 12

This term is used when a small coven splits off from a larger one.

Question 13

Horned God

Answer 13

One of the most prevalent God-images in Paganism

Question 14

I Ching

Answer 14

A Chinese system of divination in which yarrow stalks, or coins are cast to create hexagrams, which are then interpreted from a standard I Ching book.

Question 15

Imbolc

Answer 15

A Wiccan festival celebrated on February 2nd, also known as Candlemas, Lupercalia, Feast of Torches, and Brigit’s Day. Imbolc celebrates the first stirrings of spring and the recovery of the Goddess from giving birth to the Sun God.

Question 16

Immanence

Answer 16

The belief that Diety exists within all living things.

Question 17

Incense

Answer 17

An aromatic substance in the form of sticks, wood, flowers, cones, resins, or dried herbs often burned during rituals and spell working for purification and as a symbol of Fire and Air.

Question 18

Initiation

Answer 18

This is a formal ceremony preformed when an individual is introduced or admitted into a group or coven.

Question 19

Invocation

Answer 19

An appeal or petition to a higher power such as the Goddess and God to invite them into a consecrated circle. Invocation is actually a method of establishing conscious ties with those aspects of the Goddess and God that dwell within us. In essence, then, we seemingly cause them to appear or make themselves known by becoming aware of them.

Question 20

Karma

Answer 20

In Hinduism and Buddhism, it is the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence that determine his destiny

Question 21

Kabbala

Answer 21

Mystical teachings from the Jewish-Gnostic tradition. Ceremonial Magick and the Alexandrian traditions are based in these teachings. A variant of the Cabala.