Magic Circle
London conjurers' guild
Magic Circle refers to a protective boundary drawn or visualized during ritual magic, meant to contain power and keep out unwanted forces.
Practitioners stand within while performing spells or summoning spirits.
The term extends to any exclusive group whose membership confers special access or privilege: She finally broke into the magic circle of senior partners.
In game theory, a magic circle is the boundary separating the rules and reality of play from ordinary life.
- game mechanicsRules structuring play
- altarSacred ritual table
- role-playingActing out characters
- liminalityTransitional ambiguity between phases
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
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