A Wicca 101 Test
You are about to embark on a question odyssey. In the Black Forest Clan, you must receive a 97 percent on this test to obtain your Wicca 101 teaching degree. Be careful; there are several trick questions on this test. Some of the questions are simply designed to make you smile, but you must answer them correctly anyway.
Please do not send Silver RavenWolf your completed test. Look up the answers in this book (and others) and see if your ideas were correct. Hint: You will find many answers in To Ride a Silver Broomstick. (Special thanks to MaraKay Rogers who helped me design the original, smaller version of this examination.)
Helpful Hints
1. Read each question carefully.
2. Take your time. If you don’t know an answer, skip it and come back to it later.
3. There are a few multiple-part questions, where you must answer several parts. Be sure not to miss any parts of a question or they will be marked entirely wrong.
4. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
The Black Forest Wicca 101 Test
Name: ________________________ Date: __________________________
1. What is the definition of Witchcraft?
2. What is the definition of magick?
3. What is a traditional Witch?
4. What is an eclectic Witch?
5. What is a solitary Witch?
6. Explain the history of Strega Witchcraft:
7. Explain the history of Gardnerian Witchcraft:
8. Explain the history of Alexandrian Witchcraft:
9. What is a Dianic Witch?
10. What is a kitchen Witch?
11. What is a British Traditional Witch?
12. What is a Black Forest Witch?
13. Who is Raymond Buckland? What is his contribution to modern Witchcraft?
14. Who is Z. Budapest? What is her contribution to the Craft?
15. Who is L. Cabot?
16. Who is Starhawk?
17. Name five books you would use to teach Wicca 101.
True or False
(If the answer is false, give the correct definition)
18. BOS means Bullshit Of Science.
19. Familiar means how close you get to the High Priestess.
20. Skyclad means wearing a blue robe.
21. An elder is a tree.
22. Pentacle means the top of the degree scale.
23. Drawing Down the Moon is the process of using paper magick and illustration.
24. List all the sabbats and their approximate dates:
A. celebrated on
B. celebrated on
C. celebrated on
D. celebrated on
E. celebrated on
F. celebrated on
G. celebrated on
H. celebrated on
25. Explain “Pantheon.”
26. Give the various purposes for a magickal name.
27. What is an affirmation?
28. Write an affirmation.
29. What does “hive” mean?
30. What is the difference between a stang and a staff?
31. What is the purpose of the altar?
32. What is creative visualization?
33. What is the difference between sacred space and a magick circle?
34. Name the five elements, their directions, and their elementals.
35. How do you make holy water AND what is it used for?
36. Outline the steps for a spell AND list all the supplies AND tell when it should be performed (including day, time, phase of moon, etc.) AND give the complete directions.
37. Write a cleansing and consecrating invocation.
38. Define the following AND explain the significance of each to the Craft individual:
A. Broom
B. Chalice
C. Wand
D. Cauldron
E. Sword
F. Bolline
G. Scourge
39. What is a magickal journal?
40. What is compass point magick?
41. What are minor magicks?
42. List five minor magicks.
43. What can minor magicks be used for?
44. Name ten gems and give a magickal definition of each.
45. Name ten herbs and give a magickal definition of each.
46. Name ten deities (male or female) and explain their archetypal meaning.
47. What is the chakra system?
48. How many chakras are there?
49. Where are the chakras placed? (Show by diagramming)
50. What is graphology?
51. List what goes in a BOS.
52. Name a system of divination AND explain its basic rules and how it operates.
53. Write a self-blessing.
54. How do you dress a candle to bring something toward you? (include diagram)
55. How do you dress a candle to send something away from you? (include diagram)
56. What is the Summerland?
57. Explain reincarnation.
58. Explain karma.
59. Give one example of bending time.
60. Explain the following sentence: The Witch is the magick.
61. Write the Rule of Three.
62. Write the Witches’ Rede.
63. List each of the cards of the major arcana and give their brief meanings.
64. Why do you call the quarters?
65. How do you call the quarters?
66. Why do you cast a circle?
67. How do you cast a circle?
68. How do you draw a circle?
69. How do you Draw Down the Moon?
True or False
(If the answer is false, give the correct definition)
70. A poppet is a flower.
71. A chaplet is a sacred space.
72. Sybil Leek is the founder of Dianic Wicca.
73. The center of any circle is where the Witch is.
74. If you don’t know where the directions are, you can pick them by intention.
75. A binding spell should always be done at a handfasting.
76. Only a female can Draw Down the Moon.
77. Only a male can strap on the sword.
78. Every time you have a gripe, you call the High Priestess.
79. A wolverine is a renegade coven.
80. Witches can have rosaries.
81. A cord spell involves musical instruments.
82. Cakes and ale are served at the beginning of a ritual.
83. The eightfold kiss is when you kiss the person next to you every time you fold the altar cloth.
84. Illuminator candles are absolutely necessary in ritual.
85. You must annoint all who come into the magick circle.
86. A Witch must make a Witch for a Witch to be valid.
87. Name the aspects of the Triple Goddess AND explain them.
88. Match the following candle colors to their magickal meanings:
Red _________ A. Good fortune, opening blocked communication, wisdom, protection, spiritual inspiration, calm, reassurance, water, creativity
Orange _________ B. Spirituality, the goddess, peace, higher self, purity, virginity
Green _________ C. Influence, friendships, special favors
Gold _________ D. Influencing people in high places, third eyes, psychic ability, spiritual power, self-assurance, hidden knowledge
Light blue _________ E. Energy, strength, passion, courage, element of fire, fast action, lust, driving force, love, survival
Dark blue _________ F. The sun, intelligence, accelerated learning, memory, breaking mental blocks, selling yourself
Purple _________ G. Earth Mother, physical healing, monetary success, abundance, fertility, growth, personal goals
Silver _________ H. Protection, repelling negativity, binding, shapeshifting
Black _________ I. Business goals, property deals, career, ambition, justice, legal matters, action
Brown _________ J. Telepathy, clairvoyance, clairaudience, psychometry, intuition, dreams, astral energies, female power, communication, the goddess
White _________ K. Wealth, the god, promote winning, safety, winning, happiness
What candle color do you NEVER use for magick?
89. Who is Doreen Valiente?
90. What is ritual clothing?
91. How does a person “raise energy”?
92. There are eight phases of the moon, which are given below. Explain when they occur AND their magickal applications:
A. Balsamic (dark moon)
B. Full moon
C. First quarter
D. Disseminating
E. New moon
F. Crescent
G. Gibbous
H. Last quarter
93. Name the twelve astrological signs and when they occur during the year.
94. What is a medicine bag?
95. Are Witches considered Shamans? Explain your answer.
96. What does the nine of cups stand for in the tarot deck?
97. What are the Principles of Belief, who wrote them, AND in what year?
98. What is meditation used for?
99. Explain the god.
100. Explain the goddess.
101. Draw two pentagrams, and add arrows to show the invoking and the banishing.
102. What is auric healing?
103. What is an esbat?
104. What is a sabbat?
105. What is the descent of the goddess?
True or False
(If the answer is false, give the correct definition)
106. Totem animals are vegetables.
107. An inverted pentagram is a sign of Satanism.
108. A talisman is the name for a poet.
109. Warding is binding magick.
110. To Know, To Dare, To Will, and To Be Silent are called “The Witches Pyramid.”
111. A secret way to tell someone you are in the Craft is to cut an apple in half.
112. Blood of the moon is when the moon is red.
113. A Witch can’t heal unless she or he can harm.
114. Runes should be used as a magickal alphabet.
115. Grounding is when you gather earth to put on the altar.
116. What does “ground and center” mean AND when should it be done?
117. What is shapeshifting?
118. What is an OBE?
119. How many Witches does it take to screw in a light bulb?
120. Match the planet to the day AND give the symbol:
Sunday ______ A. Mars
Monday ______ B. Saturn
Tuesday ______ C. Venus
Wednesday ______ D. Sun
Thursday ______ E. Moon
Friday ______ F. Mercury
Saturday ______ G. Jupiter
121. Give the element for each day:
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
122. Explain invoking and evoking.
123. Explain aspecting.
124. Write a generic ritual outline.
125. Do Witches pray?
126. Write a ritual format to empower a talisman.
127. Write a ritual outline to catch a criminal. Include deity chosen and why.
128. Name the three aspects of the god and what they stand for.
129. What is the magickal reason that Witches do not use an unequal-armed cross in their work?
130. What does the spiral stand for?
131. What is the new chakra vortex? (Hint: its color is pink)
132. Explain how the practice of hypnotherapy may be helpful to a Witch.
133. What are the names of the four types of brainwaves? In which type of wave is meditation begun? In which type of wave do most “visions” occur?
134. What does the six-rayed star stand for in the Lesser Banishing Ritual?
135. What is an altar devotion? Write a short one.
136. Write three brief devotional hour prayers.
137. What is a salute?
138. What is the difference between summoning, stirring, and calling when discussing quarter energies? Who do you summon? Who do you stir? Who do you call?
139. Draw and name the symbols of the elements.
140. Name the four angels and the quarter each represents.
141. Name the colors of the four winds.
142. What is the Lesser Banishing Ritual?
143. Do Witches believe in guardian angels? Why or why not?
144. Why do spells usually rhyme?
145. What is a sigil? List two ways in which it could be used.
146. What is the difference between a charm and a spell?
147. What does moon void-of-course mean?
148. Name the five major asteroids and their energy associations.
149. Why do we cast a natal chart?
150. What does “as above, so below” mean?
151. What is a “thoughtform”?
152. Is Michael a Chaldean prince, predating both Christianity and Judaism, or is he an archangel?
153. What is the fastest way to break a hex?
154. What does “A Witch cannot heal if he or she cannot hex” mean?
155. What is the first thing you should do, should you be faced with discrimination because of your religion? (I’ll give you the answer to this one: call an attorney).
156. What is the Key of Solomon the King?
157. What are planetary hours and how are they used?
Bonus Question
What does “fault of the sword” mean?