Heretics book 3 - The Apocryphile Press

GLOSSARY :: 401
of monks’ and friars’ heads? That’s it. Page boy haircut for
the rest of the hair is optional.
Tridentine: The Roman Catholic mass as celebrated between
the years of 1570 and 1962. The name comes from the city
of Trento, in Italy, and the Church Council that met there
from 1545-1547. It is celebrated only in Latin.
Warding: In magickal practice, warding sets up protective
barriers by means of spells or angelic invocations.
Whiteheadian: Pertaining to the philosophy of Alfred North
Whitehead, known as Process Theology. Process Theology
holds that God is evolving and is dependent on the universe
for God’s own fulfillment. Process Thought also holds that
matter is an illusion and that only actions exist. All beings
are really events, nested within the largest event, God.
Wicca: A contemporary revival of native traditions, especially
Native European tradition. Also called “witchcraft”
Wiccans (or witches) worship the Goddess, her embodiment
in the Earth, and seek to be in harmony with natural forces,
the seasons, etc. Wiccans work with a variety of pantheons
(Celtic, Greek, etc.) and may hold their deities to be
metaphorical personifications of natural forces or actual
entities.
Wiccan: Pertaining to Wicca—a Wiccan priestess or priest, a
Wiccan ritual, etc.
Yoruban: Pertaining to the Native African religion of
Yoruba, which has its origins in Southwestern Nigeria.