Magic, or Magick? Witchcraft, or…

tarigrove:

If all of the similar names and phrases that float around witchcraft posts confuse you as much as they have confused me in the past, I submit to you my personal method for understanding the difference between everything:

Disclaimer: I am a solitary eclectic witch with a highly personal craft, and the definitions that follow are my own personal understandings of each word or phrase.  

• Magic is the energy that vibrates between everything.  It is the primary energy that witches use to perform magick. 
• Magick is the transmuted energy that witches send out when they are performing magick. 
• Performing magick is the act of using invisible energies and forces to alter the world as you wish to alter it.
• Witchcraft is learning to use magic (and other energies and forces that you are familiar with) to perform magick, and then actually performing magick with a personal flair.
• Practicing magick or witchcraft is the act of having it become an integral and embedded aspect of your life.
• Spellcraft is learning how to properly use a spell or type of spell for your own personal craft, and then actually using the spell to perform magick.
• Spells are usually the main method that witches use to perform magick.  Spells can be viewed as magick enhancers or carriers.  I view a spell as being a way to organize the magick being performed so that it is more concentrated and focused when it is sent out.  

• A type of witchcraft is any sort of witchcraft that has some overarching connection.
• A path of witchcraft is any type of witchcraft that operates under a set theme.
• A way of witchcraft is any type of witchcraft that operates under a set of rules.

• To cleanse something is to remove all negative energies from it.
• To purify something is to convert its existing energies into its original pure form.
• To charge something is to feed it with energy that may or may not have been imbued with a specific essence and intent.  You can charge it with unused magic.

• To enchant something is to magickally give it a specific task.

• To place a glamour is to magickally affect how something is viewed.

• To charm something is to magickally cause it to attract or repel something. 

• A charm can either be a spell to charm something, or a charmed object, depending on the context that the phrase is used in.
• An amulet is an object (often charmed) object that is meant to repel evil, bad energy, or anything negative.
• A talisman is an object (often charmed) that is meant to draw power. Talismans are usually connected to the other realms.

That is all that I have at the moment, but I will add more or create a Part II once my understanding of other similar terms grows a little bit.  In the mean time, you are welcome to use these definitions if they work for you.  I hope that y’all like it!  ^_^