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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 ...
The occult is a category of supernatural beliefs and practices, encompassing such phenomena as those involving mysticism, spirituality, and magic in terms of any otherworldly agency. It can also refer to other non-religious supernatural ideas like extra-sensory perception and parapsychology .
Kodoku (蠱毒, 'curse poison'), also called kodō (蠱道, 'curse method'), kojutsu (蠱術, 'curse technique'), and fuko (巫蠱, 'sorcery curse') is a type of poisonous magic found in Japanese folklore. It is the Japanese derivative of the Chinese gu magic. It is said to have been widely used in ancient China.
Ru Yi Jing Gu Bang – Magical staff wielded by the Monkey King Sun Wukong in the Chinese classic novel, Journey to the West.; Some weapons in Chinese folklore do not, strictly speaking, have magical properties, but are forged with materials or methods that are unique in the context of the story.
metagnomy / m ɪ ˈ t æ ɡ n oʊ m i / or / m ɪ ˈ t æ n oʊ m i /: by magic (Greek meta-, ' beside ' + -gnōmoniā, ' interpretation ') meteormancy / ˈ m iː t i oʊ r m æ n s i /: by meteors (English meteor + Greek manteía, ' prophecy ') meteoromancy / ˌ m iː t i ˈ ɒr oʊ m æ n s i /: by thunder and lightning (Greek meteōron ...
Page from the Greek Magical Papyri, a grimoire of antiquity. A grimoire (also known as a "book of spells", "magic book", or a "spellbook") is a textbook of magic, typically including instructions on how to create magical objects like talismans and amulets, how to perform magical spells, charms, and divination, and how to summon or invoke supernatural entities such as angels, spirits, deities ...
Magic is an attempt to understand, experience and influence the world using rituals, symbols, actions, gestures and language. Modern theories of magic may see it as the result of a universal sympathy where some act can produce a result somewhere else, or as a collaboration with spirits who cause the effect.
Misdirection – psychological techniques for controlling attention. Monte – a famous con game where three cards are thrown down and the mark has to follow a chosen card* due to a sleight of hand, the mark never wins. Muscle Pass – A coin pass that involves gripping the coin with the base of the thumb and squeezing it out of the hand