Magic Words

Create pure wonder and awe whenever you speak.

A one-of-a-kind resource for magicians and word lovers, exploring the most intriguing magic words and phrases from around the world.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Begone!

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A line taken out of context, from our dictionary of magic words: “Persian poets say that Satan is sustained by his memory of the sound of Go...

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The Magical Word is the Chanted Word

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"'This is really a magical revolution', [W.B.] Yeats concluded, 'for the magical word is the chanted word.'" —Sean...

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Designed to Hoodwink the Public

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A line taken out of context, from our dictionary of magic words: “It smacked of impenetrable mumbo jumbo, designed to hoodwink the public.” ...

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Tohin-ontan

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“You'll tell me the magic word, then?” Morgan relented. “It's Tohin-ontan.” —Julie Tetel, Sweet Sarah Ross (2011)

Monday, December 12, 2011

A Door to an Alternative Reality

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"When we find a magical word like epopt or construe words to bring a surprise in our life, like placing an unexpected ad in a newspape...

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Love

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"When love reaches you, it is a magical feeling. It is a magical word, 'love', in my language and in all languages: amore, saya...

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Strung Together Fantastically

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"The hymns from the Rig-veda are no longer used with any regard to their sense, but the verses are taken away from their context and st...

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