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METAPHYSICAL DICTIONARY

Bach Flower Remedies
[bahk]
• A form of alternative medicine using a mixture of flower essences, water & brandy
• Intuitively derived in the 1930’s by Edward Bach, an English physician and homeopath, based on his psychic connections with the plants
• Used primarily for healing emotional and spiritual conditions
• For further information visit Bach Flower Remedies on Wikipedia

Bagua
[bah-gwa]
• Feng Shui “map”
• A template to lay over your home (or land or room) to acertain what part of your house correlates with what aspect of your life.

Bast
[baest]
• Cat goddess (Egypt); Protector goddess of lower Egypt
• Goddess of the sun in Ancient Egypt
• Goddess of the moon (Greek mythology)

Bibliomancy
[bib•lee•oh•man•see]
• Using a book as a tool of divination
• Randomly opening a book to get an answer to a question

Birds (as a symbol)
• Freedom
• Matters of higher spirit
• For more see Tarot Teachings

Black (as a symbol)
• Sophistication, protection, power, mystery, hidden knowledge
• Negative connotations: Depression, sorrow, ignorance

Blue (as a symbol)
• Honesty, truth, emotion, meditation, dreams
• Fidelity, devotion, loyalty, contentment, connection with the divine
• Negative connotations: Aloof, dispassionate, sadness, depression

Bones
• Ancient tool of divination by means of casting

Broomstick (also known as a ‘besom’)
• Used by witches in pagan rituals as a tool of purification
• Represents the element of air
• Were once thought to be flown on by witches, possibly due to a ‘magical ointment’ possibly made from the skin of an hallucinogen type of frog
• For more see Brooms and Witchcraft in Wikipedia