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  2. Magic word - Wikipedia

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    (literally "Swan, hold fast") - a spell used by the Youngest Brother in the tale "The Magic Swan" in the collection of Ludwig Bechstein. This spell made the people, who touched his magic swan, stick to the latter. Shimbaree, Shimbarah, Shimbaree, Shimbarah – used on the children's video and TV series Barney and the Backyard Gang and Barney ...

  3. List of Book of the Dead spells - Wikipedia

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    Spell for passing on the upper road of Rosetjau. [5] Rosetjau is the "name of the Necropolis of Giza or Memphis, later extended to the Other World in general." [6] 5. Spell for not doing work in the realm of the dead. 6. A shabti spell. First attested as Spell 472 of the Coffin Texts. The text of the spell reads-

  4. Incantation - Wikipedia

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    An incantation, spell, charm, enchantment, or bewitchery is a magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect on a person or objects. The formula can be spoken, sung, or chanted . An incantation can also be performed during ceremonial rituals or prayers .

  5. Cantrip - Wikipedia

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    A Cantrip is a magic spell of any kind, [1] or one which reads the same forward and backward. [citation needed] It can also be a witch's trick, or a sham. [2]The word "cantrip", of Scots origin, possibly comes from the Gaelic term canntaireachd, a piper's mnemonic chant. [3]

  6. Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Egypt, these household rituals (performed in the home, not in state-run temples) were embodied by the deity who personified magic itself, Heka. [1] The two gods most frequently invoked in these rituals were the hippopotamus -formed fertility goddess , Taweret , and the lion-deity, Bes (who developed from the early apotropaic dwarf ...

  7. Ceremonial magic - Wikipedia

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    When Parsons declared that the first of the series of rituals was complete and successful, he almost immediately met Marjorie Cameron in his own home, and regarded her as the elemental that he and Hubbard had called through the ritual. [54] Soon Parsons began the next stage of the series, an attempt to conceive a child through sex magic ...

  8. Evocation - Wikipedia

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    The Latin word evocatio was the "calling forth" or "summoning away" of a city's tutelary deity.The ritual was conducted in a military setting either as a threat during a siege or as a result of surrender, and aimed at diverting the god's favor from the opposing city to the Roman side, customarily with a promise of a better-endowed cult or a more lavish temple. [4]

  9. Gray magic - Wikipedia

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    According to D. J. Conway, practitioners of white magic avoid causing any form of harm, even to enact positive outcomes.Gray magic incorporates all the beneficial purposes of white magic but also works towards ridding the world of evils. [3]