magick
Ritual supernatural arts
Magick is an archaic spelling of magic, revived in the early 20th century by occultist Aleister Crowley to distinguish ceremonial or spiritual practices from stage illusions and fantasy tropes.
Practitioners use it to signal serious engagement with ritual, Wicca, or esoteric traditions: She's been studying chaos magick for years.
The spelling carries connotations of authenticity or pretension, depending on your perspective.
Ceremonial set of actions
- altarSacred ritual table
- pentagramFive-pointed mystical star
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- evocationCalling forth to mind
banishing · circle · sigil · grimoire · conjuration · summoning · incantation · chant
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- hexMalevolent incantation
- curseInvoked harm through words
- charmAttractive personal quality
- covenAssembly of witches
bewitchment · familiar · cauldron · broomstick · enchantment · potion · binding · moon phases
Jewish mystical tradition
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- theosophyMystical divine knowledge system
- gnosisExperiential sacred understanding
- occultismBelief in supernatural forces
arcana · ceremonial · secret doctrine · initiatory · adept · neophyte
Mediation between worlds
- voodooFolk magic, often Caribbean
- hoodooFolk magic tradition
- rootworkFolk magic using plants
- jujuMagical West African charm
animism · medicine man · wise woman · poppet · mojo bag
Divination card set
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- scryingVisionary surface-gazing
- numerologyMystical significance of digits
- runesOld Germanic script
pendulum · augury · oracle · crystal ball · tea leaves · palmistry · geomancy · omen
Complete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- elixir of lifeLegendary immortality concoction
- base metalsNon-precious metallic elements
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
lead into gold · alembic · crucible · calcination · sublimation · coagulation · distillation · tincture
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
- altarSacred ritual table
- pentagramFive-pointed mystical star
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
evocation · banishing · circle · sigil · grimoire · conjuration · summoning · incantation · chant · consecration
spell
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coven · bewitchment · familiar · cauldron · broomstick · enchantment · potion · binding · moon phases · hedge witch
kabbalah
Jewish mystical tradition
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- theosophyMystical divine knowledge system
- gnosisExperiential sacred understanding
occultism · arcana · ceremonial · secret doctrine · initiatory · adept · neophyte
shamanism
Mediation between worlds
juju · animism · medicine man · wise woman · poppet · mojo bag
tarot
Divination card set
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- scryingVisionary surface-gazing
- numerologyMystical significance of digits
runes · pendulum · augury · oracle · crystal ball · tea leaves · palmistry · geomancy · omen · portent
transmutation
Complete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- elixir of lifeLegendary immortality concoction
- base metalsNon-precious metallic elements
lead into gold · quintessence · alembic · crucible · calcination · sublimation · coagulation · distillation · tincture · amalgamation
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, tarot, occult
- Old Spellingsaether, connexion, shew, shoppe, olde
- paganismWicca, pagan, heathen, polytheist, polytheism
- ThelemaAleister Crowley, 666, A.A., grades
magickscience
Systematic study through observation
empiricism · rationalism · materialism · skepticism · naturalism
- magic wandTool for casting spells
- magic trickPerformed feat seeming impossible
- magic showPerformance of illusions
- magic carpetEnchanted aerial floor covering
- magic wordCourtesy term required
- magic spellSupernatural verbal formula