Coven, basic group in which witches are said to gather.

The homophone for ”witch” is ”which.

Witch Synonyms – WordHippo Thesaurus….What is another word for witch?

The word witch derives from the Old English nouns ƿiċċa [ˈwittʃɑ] (‘sorcerer, male witch, warlock’) and ƿiċċe [ˈwittʃe] (‘sorceress, female witch’).

In this page you can discover 50 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for witch, like: sorcerer, enchantress, crone, supernatural, sorceress, pythoness, sibyl, voodoo, charmer, wizard and warlock.

A person practicing witchcraft is called a witch, although a man practicing witchcraft is often mistakenly called a wizard (a word from Northern Europe), a warlock (a word from 14th century England), a sorcerer, or shaman (a term for people who practice magic in Siberia).

In folklore, a crone is an old woman who may be disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner, often with magical or supernatural associations that can make her either helpful or obstructing. The Crone is also an archetypal figure, a Wise Woman. As a character type, the crone shares characteristics with the hag.

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In our case, “witches” in OE, turned into ME “witch’s” and was also substituted by “of a/the witch”. That “witch’s” remained into New English (NE). Thus, “witches’ broom” or “witches’-broom” are NOT the correct translation of Hexenbesen.

The occult, in the broadest sense, is a category of supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing such phenomena involving otherworldly agency as mysticism, spirituality, and magic.

Tantra (Sanskrit: तन्त्र “weave” meaning continuity), tantricism or tantrism is the name for a number of traditions from Indian religions. These traditions are usually esoteric in their nature. Tantra is derived from 2 words – “Tanoti” (Liberation of energy) and “Trayati” (Expansion of consciousness).

Esotericism has pervaded various forms of Western philosophy, religion, pseudoscience, art, literature, and music—and continues to influence intellectual ideas and popular culture.

1 : the experience of mystical union or direct communion with ultimate reality reported by mystics. 2 : the belief that direct knowledge of God, spiritual truth, or ultimate reality can be attained through subjective experience (such as intuition or insight)

Mysticism is the sense of some form of contact with the divine or transcendent, often understood in Christian tradition as involving union with God. Mysticism played an important role in the history of Christian religion and emerged as a living influence in modern times.

Some mystics find the spiritual to be immanent within the world of ordinary sense perception, but others discount the perceptible world as illusion and attribute reality to the spiritual alone. Not only do mystics feel that they have experienced a hidden dimension of reality, they generally seek to conform with it.

False Mystics examines why the Catholic church viewed the accused as deviants and argues that this categorization was due in part to unconventional aspects of their spirituality and in part to contemporary social anxieties over class and race mixing, transgressions of appropriate gendered behavior, and fears of Indian …

Medieval women mystics experienced visions during what medieval historians refer to as the Illuminative stage of their lives that contained instructions from God and would communicate their revelations in written form.

Broadly defined, mysticism can be found in all religious traditions, from indigenous religions and folk religions like shamanism, to organized religions like the Abrahamic faiths and Indian religions, and modern spirituality, New Age and New Religious Movements.

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A person who has mystical experiences is called a mystic. Most mystics find such experiences difficult to describe. Many say they are filled with light, have visions, or hear inner music or voices. Some mystics feel that their spirits fly out of their bodies or become possessed by a higher power.

17th century

• Jean Joseph Surin (1600–65)
• John Eudes (1601–80)
• María de Ágreda (1602–1665) also known as Maria of Jesus, or Blue Nun.
• Adam Boreel (1602–1665)
• Ursula de Jesus (1604–1666)
• Thomas Browne (1605–1682)
• Dame Gertrude More (1606–33)
• John Pordage (1607–1681)

Sufism, known as tasawwuf in the Arabic-speaking world, is a form of Islamic mysticism that emphasizes introspection and spiritual closeness with God. Sufi practice focuses on the renunciation of worldly things, purification of the soul and the mystical contemplation of God’s nature.

Mystic healers act as priests, social workers, friends and advisors, psychologists, psychiatrists and philanthropist to traditional Himalayan communities and they seek refuge in the transcendent realm of supernatural world.

Mystics are healers of life because they don’t develop their spiritual side and gain great spiritual knowledge (Gnosis) just to lord over others or take their land and money.

According to James, mystical experiences have four defining qualities:

• Ineffability. According to James the mystical experience “defies expression, that no adequate report of its content can be given in words”.
• Noetic quality.
• Transiency.
• Passivity.

Christian mysticism refers to mystical practices and theory within Christianity. They range from ecstatic visions of the soul’s mystical union with God and theosis (humans gaining divine qualities) in Eastern Orthodox theology to simple prayerful contemplation of Holy Scripture (i.e. Lectio Divina).