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2. Hoodoo (spirituality) - Wikipedia

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   The mojo bag or conjure bag derived from the Bantu-Kongo minkisi. The nkisi (singular) and minkisi (plural) are objects created by hand and inhabited by a spirit or spirits. These objects can be bags (mojo bags or conjure bags), gourds, shells, or other containers. Various items are placed inside a bag to give it a particular spirit or job to do.

3. Mojo (African-American culture) - Wikipedia

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   t. e. A mojo (/ ˈmoʊdʒoʊ /), in the African-American spiritual practice called Hoodoo, is an amulet consisting of a flannel bag containing one or more magical items. It is a "prayer in a bag", or a spell that can be carried with or on the host's body. Alternative American names for the mojo bag include gris-gris bag, [1] hand, mojo hand ...

4. Magic (illusion) - Wikipedia

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   Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close-up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means. [1][2] It is to be distinguished from paranormal magic which are effects claimed to be created through ...

5. Glossary of magic (illusion) - Wikipedia

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   Packet trick – a card magic effect involving a small quantity of cards. Palm – to secretly hold an object in the hand in a manner which is unnoticeable. Pass – a secret move to transpose the halves of a pack* a way to secretly cut a deck of cards. Patter – The dialogue used in the performance of an effect.

6. List of magic tricks - Wikipedia

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   In magic literature, tricks are often called effects. Based on published literature and marketed effects, there are millions of effects; a short performance routine by a single magician may contain dozens of such effects. Some students of magic strive to refer to effects using a proper name, and also to properly attribute an effect to its ...

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8. Juju - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Juju or ju-ju (French: joujou, lit. 'plaything') [1][2] is a spiritual belief system incorporating objects, such as amulets, and spells used in religious practice in West Africa [3] by the people of Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Cameroon. [4] The term has been applied to traditional Western African religions, [5] incorporating ...

9. The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack

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   Grimm Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm. " The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack " is a fairytale by the Brothers Grimm. The original German name is Tischlein deck dich, Goldesel und Knüppel aus dem Sack. The tale is classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 563, "The Table, the Ass, and the Stick", as ...