Magic
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| From Middle French ''magique'' (noun and adjective), from Latin ''magicus'' (adjective), ''magica'' (noun use of feminine form of ''magicus''), from Ancient Greek ''μαγικός'' (''magikos'', “magical”), from ''μάγος'' (''magos'', “[[magus]]”). Displaced native Middle English ''dweomercraft'' (“magic, magic arts”) (from Old English ''dwimor'' (“[[phantom]], [[illusion]]”) + ''cræft'' (“art”)), Old English ''galdorcræft'' (“magic, [[enchantment]]”), Old English ''drȳcræft'' (“magic, [[sorcery]]”). | From Middle French ''magique'' (noun and adjective), from Latin ''magicus'' (adjective), ''magica'' (noun use of feminine form of ''magicus''), from Ancient Greek ''μαγικός'' (''magikos'', “magical”), from ''μάγος'' (''magos'', “[[magus]]”). Displaced native Middle English ''dweomercraft'' (“magic, magic arts”) (from Old English ''dwimor'' (“[[phantom]], [[illusion]]”) + ''cræft'' (“art”)), Old English ''galdorcræft'' (“magic, [[enchantment]]”), Old English ''drȳcræft'' (“magic, [[sorcery]]”). | ||
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Illustration: The Temple of the Rose Cross from the Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum (1618) by Teophilus Schweighardt Constantiens
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Magic may refer to:
- Black magic
- Magic (paranormal), a term for various supernatural, mystical, and paranormal practices.
- Magick, a variant term popularized by Aleister Crowley
- Magic in the Greco-Roman world, a branch of the disciplines of Classics, Ancient History and Religious Studies that has become a popular object of study especially in the last twenty years or so
- Magic (illusion), also known as stage magic, street magic, and sleight of hand; the art of entertaining audiences by performing illusions and tricks.
- Magician
- Magic and religion
- Magic realism
- Magic in fiction
- Magus, a Zoroastrian priest; the origin of the word magic
- Magic mushroom
- History of magic
- Timeline of magic
Etymology
From Middle French magique (noun and adjective), from Latin magicus (adjective), magica (noun use of feminine form of magicus), from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikos, “magical”), from μάγος (magos, “magus”). Displaced native Middle English dweomercraft (“magic, magic arts”) (from Old English dwimor (“phantom, illusion”) + cræft (“art”)), Old English galdorcræft (“magic, enchantment”), Old English drȳcræft (“magic, sorcery”).
See also
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