TERMINOLOGY
WHAT DOES ATW STAND FOR
AMERICAN TRADITIONAL WITCHCRAFT
WHAT YEAR DID THE SOLAR COURT COVEN FORM
2017
WHAT IS MARGERET MURRAY KNOWN FOR
Her main legacy to the study of the ancient world was probably her fieldwork, together with her influence on the large number of Egyptologists who were her pupils. Murray is probably best known today not for her life-long Egyptology but for her work on the 'witch-cult'.
THE FIRST EVER SCC SABBAT WAS HELD IN A CEMETARY
FALSE
WHEN DOES THE FROSTMOURNE MOON OCCUR
NOVEMBER
BRITISH TRADITIONAL WITCHCRAFT
WHAT IS COURTING SEASON AND WHAT SABBATS OCCUR WITHIN THAT SEASON
COURTING SEASON IS DURING THE LIGHT HALF OF THE YEAR, IT OCCURS FROM THE SPRING EQUINOX TILL SUMMER SOLSTICE. THIS MARKS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE DEDICANTS SEEK THE PATH TO THE COURT OF THE SUN BY GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF COURTING. GUEST - DEDICANT - GREY - PETITIONER - INITIATE - FIRST DEGREE
WHO IS STINGY JACK
Stingy Jack O'Lantern, also known as Jack the Smith, Drunk Jack, Flaky Jack or Jack-o'-lantern, is a mythical character sometimes associated with All Hallows Eve while also acting as the mascot of the holiday. The "jack-o'-lantern" may be derived from the character.
FALSE
WHAT IS A RED POUR
PASSING OF WINE IN A CEREMONIAL FASHION BY CHALICE OR LIP REPRESENTING THE POURING OF THE RED SOUL FROM BLOOD TO BLOOD
WHAT DOES AFW STAND FOR
AMERICAN FOLKLORIC WITCHCRAFT
WHAT SABBAT MARKS THE BIRTHING ANNIVERSARY OF SCC
SAMHAIN
WHO IS JONNY BARELEY CORN AND WHAT IS THE THEME OF HIS TALE
John Barleycorn, the song's protagonist, is a personification of barley and of the alcoholic beverages made from it: beer and whisky. In the song, he suffers indignities, attacks, and death that correspond to the various stages of barley cultivation, such as reaping and malting. His tale is centered around the theme of ressurection as he is born raised reaped and sown again
SCC CELEBRATES 9 SABBATS
FALSE
THE COLORS REPRESENT THE RED GODD OR WITCH DEVIL AND THE TWO FACES OF THE GODDESS. THE THREE SOULS AND THREE DEGREES
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SABBAT AND SABBATH
A SABBAT IS A SOLAR HOLIDAY SUCH AS AN EQUINOX OR A SOLSTICE, SCC ACKNOWLEDGES THE FOUR CROSS QUARTER HOLIDAYS THAT FALL INBETWEEN THEM MARKED BY ZODIAC POINTS, A SABBATH IS A NOCTURNAL RITUAL INVOLVING THE WITCHES DEVIL
WHAT I THE NAME OF THE RITUAL LOCATION WITHIN THE WOODS SCC TYPICALLY HONORS MAY DAY
THE FAERY MOUND
WHAT ARE THE FOUR COLORS OF THE WITCHES DEVIL AND WHAT SEASONS DO THEY CORRESPOND TO?
GOLD GREEN RED BLACK
SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER
SCC INITIATES ARE DEVOTEES OF THE DARK MOTHER
TRUE
DEFINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW MAGICK
LOW MAGICK IS FOLK MAGICK AND HIGH MAGICK IS CEREMONIAL MAGICK
WHAT IS THE DEFINNITION AND ORIGIN OF ESBAT
The term esbat is derived from Old French s'esbattre (Modern French ébat), meaning to frolic and amuse oneself, diversion. It was a borrowing by 20th century anthropologist Margaret Murray's use of French witch trial sources on supposed Witches' Sabbaths in her attempts to "reconstruct" a Witch Cult in Western Europe. Today we use this term for a Lunar ceremony typically a full moon but not restricted to that phase,
WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE DEGREES WITHIN SCC
FIRST DEGREE - COURT OF THE SUN
SECOND DEGREE - COURT OF THE MOON
THIRD DEGREE - COURT OF THE STARS
THE WHITE GODDESS IS REPRESENTED IN THE LIGHT HALF OF THE YEAR AND THE DARK GODDESS IS RELATED TO THE DARK HALF OF THE YEAR. GODA & KOLYO. LIFE AND DEATH, THEY FORM THE GREAT GODDESS. KORE & PERSEPHONE
RAYMOND BUCKLAND IS AN INFLUENTIAL FIGURE IN ATW
TRUE
WHAT IS THE OAK AND HOLLY KING
A TALE OF TWO KINGS WHO ARE IN CONSTANT BATTLE ONE REIGNS OVER THE LIGHT AND THE OTHER OVER THE DARK HALF OF THE YEAR. THIS STORY IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE SILVER AND GOLD QUEENS, SCC REPRESENTS THIS WITH KORE AND PERSEPHONE OAK AND HOLLY HORN AND ANTLER