Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun In Wicca and certain other belief systems, action or effort undertaken to effect personal transformation or external change.
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- noun Obsolete spelling of
magic . - noun Wicca Core component of the mystical system of
Thelema by Aleister Crowley. (The spelling with the terminal "k" was repopularized in the first half of the 20th century by Aleister Crowley.) - noun neologism Actual magic or
sorcery withinfiction or real life, as opposed toillusion or "stage magic".
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Druids practiced what they called magick (the Welsh spelling of the word), but is now believed to be their method of communicating with their gods, somewhat like Christian prayer.
Celtic Interactions with Other Cultures, by Steve Myles (Research Paper) 1994
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I fear my magick is growing a little darker every year, only ...
"You say that things change, my dear." docbrite 2009
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Satan requires nothing other than devotion and understanding, his magick is more than powerful its enlightening and requires no membership fees however requires one to practice amongst the others of like minds.
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Satan requires nothing other than devotion and understanding, his magick is more than powerful its enlightening and requires no membership fees however requires one to practice amongst the others of like minds.
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He meant that a modern day "sorcerer" would employ video cameras, printing presses, television, electronic instruments, the Internet and so forth to work their magick and since so much of magick is about INTENT, then it stands to reason that something like the Internet can have magical uses.
Boing Boing: December 21, 2003 - December 27, 2003 Archives 2003
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Most people have this assumption that magick is all about some kind of 'hocus pocus' or 'eye of newt, tongue of toad' thing or the sort of 'incense and affirmations' school of thought that a lot of New Agers and Wiccans are into.
Boing Boing: December 21, 2003 - December 27, 2003 Archives 2003
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You idolize her personal attractions, as long as they influence your senses; when they begin to pall, the magick is dissolved; and prejudice is ever eager to condemn what passion has degraded.
Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination 1799
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You idolize her personal attractions, as long as they influence your senses; when they begin to pall, the magick is dissolved; and prejudice is ever eager to condemn what passion has degraded.
Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination 1799
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I hate the spelling "magick"--it's the kind of pretentious old-style spelling that ranks with "shoppe" in my list of annoyances.
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #141 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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He knew they had been learning Spanish, but he didn’t know the word for magick was part of the vocabulary lessons.
Solitary Man Jeff Mariotte 2003
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magic as a verb
January 10, 2007