homoeopathy also manifests itself in the formulasimilia similibus curantur;the Brahman in India treated dropsy with ablutions, not in order to add to, but to subtract from, the quantity of liquid in the patient's body. So, too, the yellow turmeric was held to be a specific for jaundice...
The best-known type of magical practice is the spell, a ritualistic formula intended to bring about a specific effect. Spells are often spoken or written or physically constructed using a particular set of ingredients. The failure of a spell to work may be attributed to many causes, such as ...
Greenstones of exceptional size are made into greenstone amulets (protective devices that make the wearer immune to many mind-influencing spells, based on the protections of an ongoing mind blank spell), but not all greenstone jewelry is so enchanted. Often a ruse involving nonmagical g...
W. R. Smiths is so sure that the contrary opinion is right, that but " for the great name of Fleischer it would be hardly necessary to waste a word on the rival theory that the word first meant a magical formula and then came to denote divination." Wellhausen' writes equally strongly...
Google definies magic as “The power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces.” The key word here is mysterious. I don’t, and won’t waste a reader’s time defining rules for a system of physical laws if I’m writing fantasy. When you ...
There is an extremely high probability the person you are thinking of as lucky has worked very hard for a large portion of time to achieve their dreams. If you are really enamored with the word "luck" I will give you a formula for luck you can reasonably use to enhance your life: P ...