Warlock : a word stemming from the Old English WAERLOGA meaning an "oath breaker" and used derogatorily by the Church as a name for a male Witch. In Wicca, the word Warlock is seldom, if ever, used. Both male and female practitioners of the Craft are called Witches.

Water : one of the four elemental signs

Water Signs : the astrological signs attributed to the element water are Cancer, Pisces and Scorpio.

WereWolf : a man transformed into a wolf through supernatural power or black magick; a lycanthrope.

White Magick : positive magick that is practiced for good purposes or as a counter to evil. Love spells and healing rituals are two examples of white magick; true magick.

Wicca : a religion of witchcraft

Wiccan : a witch

Wiccaning : a Wiccan birth rite by which a baby is given a name by its parents, anointed on the forehead with salted water by the coven priestess, and then passed through the smoke of incense by its mother as a gesture of purification

Wiccan Rede : a simple and benevolent moral code of witches that is as follows: "An it harm none, do what thou wilt."

Widdershins : a Wiccan word meaning "counterclockwise."

Witch : a person, male or female, who practices the ancient art and science of magick; a follower of the Old Religion; a Wiccan. According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the word WITCH stems from the Old English 'WICCE' (feminine) meaning a witch, and "WICCA"(masculine) meaning a wizard. Many modern witches and writers of the occult argue however that the word WICCA is Anglo-Saxon meaning "the wise one" or "a magician who weakens the power of evil."

Witchcraft " Wicca; a pre-Christian religion having one main tenet, the Wiccan Rede. Witchcraft includes the practice of various forms of magick, as well as the rites attuning oneself with the natural rhythm of life forces marked by the phases of the moon and the seasons. The Mother Goddess of Fertility and the Horned God are the two main deities honoured and worshipped in witchcraft rites. Their names vary from one Wiccan tradition to the next.

Witches' Ladder : a special string with 9 knots wused by black magick witches as a powerful magickal weapon to harm or kill enemies.

Witches' Sabbat : see Sabbat

Wizard : a male magician or witch. The word Wizard derives from the Middle English WIS, meaning "wise."

Wizardry : the art, skill or practice of a magician.

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