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Daayans worship evil, "black magic spirits". [14] Many believe they are the handmaidens of goddesses, and are known as yoginis in local lore. The word daayan is used in many Hindi films, short films, Indian and Pakistani TV serials as well as in social media as a female, who does things that are not for the good cause or promote evil in society.
Magic fingers, or variants, may refer to: Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed, invented by John Houghtaling; The Magic Finger, a 1962 fantasy story by Roald Dahl; Music
Michael Moorcock, Aleister Crowley and chaos magic: A symbol originating from The Eternal Champion, later adopted by occultists and role-playing games. Tetractys (Tetrad) Greek school of Pythagoreanism: The tetractys is an equidistant and equiangular arrangement of ten points inside a triangle, akin to the fourth triangle number.
On Wednesday, John Joseph Houghtaling, the inventor of the Magic Fingers bed, died in Fort Pierce, Florida. He was 92. In their time, Houghtaling's Magic Fingers beds were a goldmine. While the ...
A hanging hamsa in Tunisia. The hamsa (Arabic: خمسة, romanized: khamsa, lit. 'five', referring to images of 'the five fingers of the hand'), [1] [2] [3] also known as the hand of Fatima, [4] is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout North Africa and in the Middle East and commonly used in jewellery and wall hangings.
The Magic Finger is a 1966 children's story by British author Roald Dahl. [3] [4] First published in the United States by Harper & Row with illustrations by William Pène du Bois, [1] [5] Allen & Unwin published the first U.K. edition in 1968. [2] Later editions have been illustrated by Pat Marriott, Tony Ross, and Quentin Blake. [5]
The practice is that the stranger or visitor is asked to touch their finger with saliva to the child's body, arm or foot ("lawayan") to prevent the child from getting overpowered ("upang hindi mausog"). Protective charms may also be added to an infant's clothing to ward off usog. [5]
Finger clip – a technique used to clip coins or small objects secretly. Usually used for production. Finger palm – to palm in the fingers. Flash – to accidentally expose an object or part of an object momentarily during a secret move. Flash paper – a magic gimmick that allows