Triple Goddess (Neopaganism)The Triple Goddess is a deity or deity archetype revered in many Neopagan religious and spiritual traditions. In common Neopagan usage, the Triple Goddess is viewed as a triunity of three distinct aspects or figures united in one being. These three figures are often described as the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone, each of which symbolizes both a separate stage in the female life cycle and a phase of the Moon, and often rules one of the realms of heavens, earth, and underworld.
White magicWhite magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for selfless purposes. Practitioners of white magic have been given titles such as wise men or women, healers, white witches or wizards. Many of these people claimed to have the ability to do such things because of knowledge or power that was passed on to them through hereditary lines, or by some event later in their lives. White magic was practiced through healing, blessing, charms, incantations, prayers, and songs.
YuleYule est une fête du solstice d'hiver occidentale, que certaines personnes attribueraient à une sorte de proto-noël chez certains peuples germaniques. Suivant la même logique de syncrétisme que pour les Saturnales et le Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, Yule a été associée aux fêtes de Noël dans les pays nordiques depuis la christianisation des peuples germaniques et balto-finnois.
Celtic reconstructionismCeltic reconstructionism or CR (also Celtic reconstructionist paganism) is a polytheistic reconstructionist approach to Ancient Celtic religion, emphasising historical accuracy over eclecticism such as is found in most forms of Celtic neopaganism such as Neo-druidism. It is an effort to reconstruct and revive, in a modern Celtic cultural context, pre-Christian Celtic religions. Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism originated in discussions among amateur scholars and Neopagans in the mid-1980s, and evolved into an independent tradition by the early 1990s.
Cunning folkCunning folk, also known as folk healers or wise folk, were practitioners of folk medicine, helpful folk magic and divination in Europe from the Middle Ages until the 20th century. Their practices were known as the cunning craft. Their services also included thwarting witchcraft. Although some cunning folk were denounced as witches themselves, they made up a minority of those accused, and the common people generally made a distinction between the two.
Pagan studiesPagan studies is the multidisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of modern paganism, a broad assortment of modern religious movements, which are typically influenced by or claiming to be derived from the various pagan beliefs of premodern Europe. Pagan studies embrace a variety of different scholarly approaches to studying such religions, drawing from history, sociology, anthropology, archaeology, folkloristics, theology and other religious studies.
Les Mythes celtesThe White Goddess: a Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth is a book-length essay on the nature of poetic myth-making by the English writer Robert Graves. First published in 1948, the book is based on earlier articles published in Wales magazine; corrected, revised and enlarged editions appeared in 1948, 1952 and 1961. The White Goddess represents an approach to the study of mythology from a decidedly creative and idiosyncratic perspective.
Satanisme LaVeyenLe satanisme selon Anton Szandor LaVey est une philosophie qui se distingue du culte de Satan ou l'un de ses avatars (voir Luciférisme ou Satanisme théiste), car il ne s'agit pas du culte d'une entité divine ou démoniaque mais d'une « croyance » dans l'égo et l'individualisme, c'est-à-dire que le but premier de cette philosophie satanique est de croire en soi-même. Cette philosophie a été développée par Anton Szandor LaVey, qui prône la totale liberté des hommes de ne pas suivre les dogmes religieux ni de vénérer aucune divinité et d'être leur propre dieu.
Incantationthumb|Odin guérit le cheval de Baldr (illustration de Walhall, die Götterwelt der Germanen d'Emil Doepler, 1905). Dans le vocabulaire de la magie et du chamanisme, l'incantation est la composante orale d'un acte surnaturel : le magicien ou le chamane prononce des paroles magiques qui vont l'aider à transgresser les lois de la réalité. Dans le chamanisme, les incantations font souvent référence à la mythologie. Souvent, l'incantation est un chant (une mélopée) ; d'où son étymologie, l'incantation est une "invitation" - préfixe in, idée d'entrée, de venue - "par le chant" - racine verbale cantare.
Nuit de Walpurgisvignette|redresse=1.4|Célébration de la nuit de Walpurgis dans le théâtre à ciel ouvert de Heidelberg. La nuit de Walpurgis (Walpurgisnacht ou aussi Hexenbrennen ou nuit des sorcières en français ), nommée en l'honneur de la sainte saxonne Walburge (710-779), est une fête qui a lieu dans la nuit du au . Célébrée clandestinement dans toute l'Europe depuis des temps reculés, malgré les interdits et les excommunications de l'Église catholique, elle a été identifiée au sabbat des sorcières.
