ritual magic
Structured supernatural practice
Ritual magic is the practice of using prescribed ceremonies, symbols, and incantations to invoke supernatural forces or produce desired effects.
Unlike spontaneous spellcasting, it emphasizes precise sequences and traditional forms: The grimoire contained instructions for ritual magic dating back centuries.
The term spans traditions from ceremonial occultism to folk practices, distinguished by its reliance on structured, repeatable procedures.
- wandThin ceremonial stick
- KabbalahJewish esoteric tradition
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- spirit summoningCalling forth disembodied entities
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
talisman · scrying · witchcraft · hermeticism · banishing · pentacle · Golden Dawn · grimoire · consecration · Aleister Crowley · conjuration · altar · sacred space · purification · spellcasting · chalice · necromancy · esotericism
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, tarot, occult
- dark magicsorcery, witchcraft, dark arts, wizardry, necromancy
- paganismWicca, pagan, heathen, polytheist, polytheism
- secret societiesFreemasons, Illuminati, secret society, secret societies, Masons
- Chinese occultismspirit mediums, geomancy, exorcism, talismans, incantations
ritual magicwild magic
Uncontrolled supernatural energy
natural magic · sorcery · cantrips · natural talent · folk magic
ritual magicscientific method
Structured process for investigation
empiricism · science · materialism · rationalism · secular humanism