spell casting
Performing arcane rituals
Spell casting is the act of performing magic through words, gestures, or rituals—the stuff of fantasy novels, role-playing games, and occult practice.
In gaming contexts, it often involves selecting spells, managing resources like mana, and aiming effects: Her spell casting was interrupted when she took damage.
The term applies equally to fictional wizards and real-world practitioners of Wicca or ceremonial magic.
- grimoireTextbook of sorcery
- ceremonial magicFormalized supernatural invocation practice
- magic circleProtective ritual boundary
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- magic wordsUtterances that work wonders
spoken word · invocation · runes · witchcraft · black magic · white magic · dark arts · shamanism · druidry · summoning · enchantment · charm · ritual · talisman · wand · arcane · sorcery · necromancy
- fantasy abilitiesshapeshifting, mind reading, teleportation, time travel, necromancy
- occult horrorsupernatural horror, demonic possession, black magic, dark magic, occult rituals
- supernatural phenomenalevitation, telekinesis, telepathy, teleportation, apparition
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
- witchcraftwitch, spellwork, witches, spells, hex
- mythical powersimmortality, shapeshifting, telepathy, teleportation, invisibility
spell castingmanual labor
Work done bodily
brute force · scientific method · physical effort · engineering · empirical method
spell castingscientific method
Structured process for investigation
empiricism · skepticism · materialism · scientific experimentation · evidence-based practice
spell castingdispelling
Scattering or eliminating
counterspell · disenchantment · exorcism · banishment · unbinding