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Adept:

 A term usually used to signify an initiate who has reached the highest degree of attainment in the material world, with conscious and complete mastery of the self and the chosen path. Many schools teach that adepts are exerting a guiding influence over the development of mankind. (See also Ascended Master; Master.)

Affenicum:

 A word for soul. (See also Soul; Spirit.)

Akasa or Akasha:

 (Skt)   The most subtle of the elements. It is equivalent to ether or "astral substance." It is the stuff of pattern. It might be said that akasha is the "form" of Lewis Brown's treatise on symbol and existence, The Laws of Form.

Alexandrians:

 Witches initiated by (or stemming from those initiated by) Alex and Maxine Sanders. An offshoot of Gardnerian witchcraft, though founded independently.

Amulet:

 An object worn as a protective charm against evil. (See also Talisman.)

Angas:

 (Skt)   The eight limbs of yoga. These are yama (abstinence), niyama (observances), asana (postures for meditation), pranayama (breath control for meditation), pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses), dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation), and samadhi (contemplation). (See Yoga.)

Anima:

 The buried feminine elements in a man's psyche.

Animus:

 The buried masculine elements in a woman's psyche.

Ankh:

 The crux ansata or looped cross, Egyptian hieroglyph for 'life'. Widely used as an occult symbol of the Life Principle.

Aradia:

 Widely used Wiccan name for the Goddess, derived from the Tuscan witches' usage as recorded in C.G. Leland's Aradia: the Gospel of the Witches.

Atma:

 (Skt)   Literally "breath" or "soul." In Vedantic philosophy the atma is the one omnipresent universal spirit, without any condition or attribute, because it is all things. The true self.

Updated August 27th, 1998