Fire is one of the five elements that appear in most Wiccan traditions influenced by the Golden Dawn system of magic, and Aleister Crowley's mysticism, which was in turn inspired by the Golden Dawn.

The Watchtowers derive from the Enochian system of magic founded by Dee.

Wicca in particular was influenced by the Golden Dawn system of magic, and Aleister Crowley's mysticism, which was in turn inspired by the Golden Dawn.

Wicca in particular was influenced by the Golden Dawn system of magic and Aleister Crowley's mysticism, which was in turn inspired by the Golden Dawn.

Wicca in particular was influenced by the Golden Dawn system of magic, and Aleister Crowley's mysticism which was in turn inspired by the Golden Dawn.

The D & D magic system, in which wizards memorize spells that are used up once cast and must be re-memorized the next day, was heavily influenced by the Dying Earth stories and novels of Jack Vance.

Editor Scott Haring noted ( referring to the FASA edition ) that " Earthdawn had an original, inventive magic system ( no mean trick given the hundreds of fantasy RPGs that came before ), and a game world that gave you the classic " monsters and dungeons " sort of RPG experience, but made sense doing it.

Earthdawns magic system is highly varied but the essential idea is that all player characters ( called Adepts ) have access to magic, used to perform abilities attained through their Disciplines.

Raw casting is perhaps the most dangerous aspect of the Earthdawn magic system.

A hero wanting access to magic, as opposed to a few specific Powers, must design their own magic system.

The game's rules suggest listing examples of what the magic system can do at each power level, working these out with the GM.

Under the next three centuries of Hellenistic Egypt, the Coptic writing system evolved and the Library of Alexandria was opened, and this likely had an influence upon books of magic, with the trend on known incantations switching from simple health and protection charms to more specific things such as financial success and sexual fullfillment.

The rules for simulating magic were inspired by the works of fantasy author Jack Vance, and the system as a whole drew upon the work of authors such as Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, and Fritz Leiber.

* Pow-wow ( folk magic ), the Pennsylvania German magical system of " hex work "

The Linux kernel's reboot system call accepts their dates of birth ( written in hexadecimal ) as magic values.

One of Mage's highlights is its system for describing magic, based on spheres, a relatively open-ended ' toolkit ' approach to using game mechanics to define the bounds of a given character's magical ability.

Because Mage's themes are potentially quite complex and esoteric, and because its Sphere system rules are relatively open-ended, Mage is often daunting, particularly to novice roleplayers and those accustomed to other games whose rules govern the use of magic with greater precision but less flexibility ( e. g., games with catalogs of established " spells ").

* Magic: a rules expansion outlining a surprisingly detailed ( for TWERPS anyway ) magic system and spell-list.

Its 32-page rulebook included most of the Melee combat system, with the difference being that it added magic.

Perhaps the most novel feature was the use of a point-based skill system, an extension and generalization of the magic system inherited from Wizard.

The listening computer waits for a magic packet addressed to it and then initiates system wake-up.

He speaks your language too, for he is the grandson of a chieftain on Taui who made much magic and was strong and cunning.

As Lipton puts it: `` The Eros is felt in the magic circle of marijuana with far greater force, as a unifying principle in human relationships, than at any other time except, perhaps, in the mutual metaphysical orgasms.

The magic circle is, in fact, a symbol of and preparation for the metaphysical orgasm ''.

that is, he is suspect, guilty, punishable, as is anyone in Mann's stories who produces illusion, and this is true even though the constant elements of the artist-nature, technique, magic, guilt and suffering, are divided in this story between Jacoby and Lautner.

Now the Stone Harbor bird sanctuary, 31 acres of magic attraction for exotic herons, is threatened, but the battlefront extends far beyond our state.

There is no such magic in man-made laws.

We found that wherever you can use two teams on a job, five men, not four, is the magic number ''.

And where is `` home '', that magic place of the heart??

But, again, we have no real evidence on this from that quarter until the close of the ninth century A.D., when an Arabic scholar, Tabit Ibn Korra ( 836-901 ) is said to have discussed the magic square of three.

If one takes the middle number, 5, and multiplies it by 3 ( the base number of the magic square of three ), the result is 15, which is also the constant sum of all the rows, columns, and two main diagonals.

* Psyche is used for feats of willpower or magic.

However, in general, the books only feature mental battles when there is some reason for mind-to-mind contact ( for example, Trump contact ) and magic or Trump is involved in all three of the above conflicts, so it is not clear whether Zelazny intended his characters to have such a power ; the combination of Brand's " living trump " powers and his high Psyche ( as presented in the roleplaying game ) would have guaranteed him victory over Corwin.

Armida is a tale of love and duty in conflict and is saturated in magic.

Abracadabra is an incantation used as a magic word in stage magic tricks, and historically was believed to have healing powers when inscribed on an amulet.

The word is thought to have its origin in the Aramaic language, in which ibra ( אברא ) means " I have created " and k ' dibra ( כדברא ) which means " through my speech ", providing a translation of abracadabra as " created as I say ", thus its use in magic.

In the Nintendo / GameFreak video game franchise " Pokémon ", there are three creatures in the same evolutionary chain named Abra, Kadabra, and Alakazam ( the third of which is also an alleged magic word used by stage magicians ).

Abra Kadabra is the name of a DC Comics villain, who originally uses futuristic technology to create effects that appear magic to present-day people, and later gains actual magic powers.

The Renaissance saw the continuation of interest in magic that had been found in the Mediaeval period, and in this period, there was an increased interest in Hermeticism amongst occultists and ceremonial magicians in Europe, largely fuelled by the 1471 translation of the ancient Corpus hermeticum into Latin by Marsilio Ficino ( 1433 – 1499 ).

Each of the Traditions are largely independent organizations unified by a broadly accepted paradigm for practicing magic.

His collection of books on magic and witchcraft was one of the finest in private hands and was largely sold at Sotheby's in 2003, and a substantial part of the remainder of his library was sold at auction in May 2007 by Lyon & Turnbull.

It was largely through the occultists inspired by him that Lévi is remembered as one of the key founders of the 20th century revival of magic.

In 1996, C & E Inc., a Taiwanese software company, released an RPG video game for Sega Genesis, entitled Xin Qigai Wangzi ( literally New Beggar Prince ), which featured a story largely inspired by the book, but adding fantastical elements such as magic, monsters, and other typical RPG themes.

* In Ultima VI: The False Prophet, Lord British was again largely impervious to weapons and magic.

Spare's esoteric legacy was largely maintained by his friend, the Thelemite author Kenneth Grant in the latter part of the 20th century, and his beliefs regarding sigils provided a key influence on the chaos magic movement and Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth.

He had a deep impact on the magic of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and later Aleister Crowley, and it was largely through this impact that Lévi is remembered as one of the key founders of the twentieth century revival of magic.

The rituals performed drew largely upon rituals and sex magic described by English author and occult teacher Aleister Crowley.

He claimed that not only were examples of magic largely incredible but that the crime of witchcraft was literally impossible, so that anyone who confessed to the crime was likely to be suffering some mental disturbance ( mainly " melancholy ," which was at that time a very flexible category with many different symptoms ).

Furthermore, even major heroes and cosmic entities have distinct vulnerabilities, such as: Superman's weaknesses to magic, kryptonite, and red sun light ; Green Lantern's initial problems with wood or the color yellow ( which have since been largely overcome ); or Batman's lack of superhuman powers, which he supplements with keen intellect, constant training, and specialized technology.

However, this incident actually sparked the research movement, led by Paul Lazarsfeld and Herta Herzog, that would disprove the magic bullet or hypodermic needle theory, as Hadley Cantril managed to show that reactions to the broadcast were, in fact, diverse, and were largely determined by situational and attitudinal attributes of the listeners.

The tradition is based largely upon Gardnerian Wicca, in which Sanders was trained to the first degree of initiation, and also contains elements of ceremonial magic and Qabalah, which Sanders had studied independently.

He authored more than fifty works on magic and medicine, established an independent publishing company, and was an avid promoter of birth control during a time when it was largely against the law to mention this topic.

Witch magic is very different from the wizard magic taught in the Unseen University, and consists largely of finding the right lever that makes everything else work.

Card magic, in one form or another, likely dates from the time playing cards became commonly known, towards the second half of the fourteenth century, but its history in this period is largely undocumented.

The score was largely based on five major thematic concepts: 1 ) the suffering of the Urlanders ; 2 ) a " magic " motif ; 3 ) the amulet ; 4 ) the sacrificial virgins ; 5 ) the relationship between Galen and Valerian.

It is largely known for its heavy, grinding riffs and association with the use of illicit substances, particularly marijuana, peyote, and magic mushrooms.

Intangibly-constructed, nearly-omnipresent entity of immense influence and wry humor, called the Accounting Office in later books, whose purpose is largely ( though not exclusively ) to monitor the use of magic by Magickians of the Collegiate, and thus to determine whether or not they have the right to accomplish certain magical feats.

Through the " magic " of political connections, the whole group of Outfit mobsters was released after three years, largely due to the efforts of Outfit " fixer " Murray " The Camel " Humphreys.

While Gnostic magic is largely forgotten ( being the dominant art of the Ancient North, destroyed during the First Apocalypse ), Anagogic magic is more widely studied among multiple schools.