spellcraft
Art of enchantment
Spellcraft is the art or practice of casting spells—the skills and knowledge involved in magical workings.
The word appears in fantasy fiction and games where characters develop their spellcraft through study or innate talent: Her spellcraft was unmatched among the academy's students.
It also surfaces in discussions of witchcraft and neopagan traditions.
Spoken magical formula
- conjurationMagical act of summoning
- evocationCalling forth to mind
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- thaumaturgyMiracle-working as an art
wizardry · sorcery · witchcraft · necromancy · divination · enchantment · hex · charm
Old Germanic script
- sigilMagical or heraldic symbol
- glyphVisual form of character
- symbolRepresentational mark or sign
- grimoireTextbook of sorcery
scroll · tome · codex · inscription · seal · talisman · amulet · charm
Formal event marking occasions
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
- pentagramFive-pointed mystical star
- altarSacred ritual table
coven · seance · shamanism · offering · consecration · invocation · sacred space · moon phases
Complete change of form
- elixirMythical healing draught
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
- distillationPurification via vaporization
alembic · crucible · tincture · potion · homunculus · hermeticism · mercury · sulfur
Practitioner of sorcery
- sorcererWielder of arcane power
- witchPractitioner of dark arts
- magePractitioner of sorcery
- warlockMale practitioner of dark magic
enchanter · magus · shaman · necromancer · conjurer · hedge witch · cunning folk · brujo
incantation
Spoken magical formula
- conjurationMagical act of summoning
- evocationCalling forth to mind
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
thaumaturgy · wizardry · sorcery · witchcraft · necromancy · divination · enchantment · hex · charm · ward
runes
Old Germanic script
grimoire · scroll · tome · codex · inscription · seal · talisman · amulet · charm · runic alphabet
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
altar · coven · seance · shamanism · offering · consecration · invocation · sacred space · moon phases · solstice
transmutation
Complete change of form
- elixirMythical healing draught
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
distillation · alembic · crucible · tincture · potion · homunculus · hermeticism · mercury · sulfur · salt
wizard
Practitioner of sorcery
warlock · enchanter · magus · shaman · necromancer · conjurer · hedge witch · cunning folk · brujo · druid
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
- arcanagrimoire, incantation, enchantment, arcanum, grimoires
- demonologydemons, devil, Satan, Lucifer, Lilith
- witch huntswitch trials, witch hunt, witch hunts, Salem witch trials, Salem trials
spellcraftmanual labor
Work done bodily
handiwork · craftsmanship · manual trade · natural ability · common labor
spellcraftmiracles
Supernatural extraordinary events
theurgy · prayer · faith healing · divine intervention · blessing
spellcraftscience
Systematic study through observation
technology · empiricism · scientific method · engineering · mechanics
spell, craft, spells, spelling, craftsman, dispel, craftsmanship, spellbound, speller