If you believe in magic, then you’ll find it.
A few — without implying any affiliation to, or any desire to (practice)— definitions, and their corresponding descriptions follow:
(I like to read, and be knowledgeable in more than one field of interest .)
- Magic: 1
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The art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring: to pull a rabbit out of a hat by magic.
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The art of producing a desired effect or result through the use of incantation or various other techniques that presumably assure human control of supernatural agencies or the forces of nature. Compare contagious magic, imitative magic, sympathetic magic.
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The use of this art: Magic, it was believed, could drive illness from the body.
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The effects produced: the magic of recovery.
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The power or influence exerted through this art: a wizard of great magic.
- Occultism: 2
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The study of occult practices, including (but not limited to) magic, alchemy, extra-sensory perception, astrology, spiritualism, and divination.
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