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Classic magic words. Magic words are phrases used in fantasy fiction or by stage magicians. Frequently such words are presented as being part of a divine, adamic, or other secret or empowered language. Certain comic book heroes use magic words to activate their powers. Magic words are also used as Easter eggs or cheats in computer games, other ...
The words sometimes occur in significantly different variants, for example on the lead tablet of Phalasarna, Crete: ασκι κατασκι αασιαν ενδασιαν aski kataski aasian endasian. There were various attempts by ancient authors to make sense of the words. Damnameneus was interpreted as the name of a Dactyl.
Magic tablet from Pergamon with Greek voces magicae surrounding each of the figures. Voces magicae (singular: vox magica, "magical names" or "magical words") or voces mysticae [1] are pronounceable but incomprehensible magical formulas that occur in spells, charms, curses, and amulets from Classical Antiquity, including Ancient Greece, Egypt, and Rome.
[7]: 235 Magical speech is therefore a ritual act and is of equal or even greater importance to the performance of magic than non-verbal acts. [8]: 175–176 Not all speech is considered magical. Only certain words and phrases or words spoken in a specific context are considered to have magical power.
A table of magical correspondences is a list of magical correspondences between items belonging to different categories, such as correspondences between certain deities, heavenly bodies, plants, perfumes, precious stones, etc. [1] Such lists were compiled by 19th-century occultists like Samuel Liddell Mathers and William Wynn Westcott (both members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ...
A magical alphabet, or magickal alphabet, [1] is a set of letters used primarily in occult magical practices and other esoteric traditions. These alphabets serve various purposes, including conducting rituals , creating amulets or talismans , casting spells , and invoking spiritual entities . [ 2 ]
Magical formula, words or formulae used in ceremonial magic; Magic words (baseball), words that will likely see a player ejected from the game if directed at an umpire; Magic words (politics), words or phrases as illustrative of speech that qualified as "express advocacy" in relation to United States politics "Please" and "thank you", often ...