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The Enchanted Garden of Messer Ansaldo by Marie Spartali Stillman (1889): A magician uses magic to survive. [1]A magician, also known as an archmage, mage, magus, magic-user, spellcaster, enchanter/enchantress, sorcerer/sorceress, warlock, witch, or wizard, is someone who uses or practices magic derived from supernatural, occult, or arcane sources.
This is a list of magicians/illusionists, prestidigitators, mentalists, escapologists, and other practitioners of stage magic. For the list of supernatural magicians, see List of occultists . Magicians are listed by the most common name used in performance.
Magician's choice – see Force. Magician's rope – soft, usually white rope used for rope tricks. Magician's wax – wax used to temporarily attach objects. The earliest known magician's wax is beeswax. Manipulator – a magician with a showy sleight of hand act, often set to music. Mark – a subject for a con game.
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, ...
The Magician (Stein novel), a 1971 young adult novel by Sol Stein; The Magicians, a 1976 novel by James E. Gunn; The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, a 2008 novel by Michael Scott; The Magicians (Grossman novel), by Lev Grossman, published 2009; Magician (Feist novel), a 1982 novel in the Riftwar series by Raymond E. Feist
Magicians know that our attention is, as Roy puts it, “a limited resource” — and they use that to their advantage by getting the “spotlight” to focus on what they want. How it works in a ...
The history of magic extends from the earliest literate cultures, who relied on charms, divination and spells to interpret and influence the forces of nature. Even societies without written language left crafted artifacts, cave art and monuments that have been interpreted as having magical purpose.
Mage (paranormal) or magician, a practitioner of magic derived from supernatural or occult sources; Mage (fantasy) or magician, a type of character in mythology, folklore, and fiction; Mage, a character class in some role-playing games Mage (Dungeons & Dragons) Mage(s) (or variations) may also refer to: