Though it presents a generally contemptuous attitude towards magic ( Muhammad was accused by his detractors of being a magician ), the Qur ’ an distinguishes between apparent magic ( miracles sanctioned by Allah ) and real magic.

The Dulcimer Grove, located in the corner of the camping site right next to the secondary stage hosts the kid's area which presents crafts, juggling, magic, and music.

* African American hoodoo presents us with the jinx and crossed conditions, as well as a form of foot track magic which was used by Ramandeep, whereby cursed objects are laid in the paths of victims and activated when walked over.

It presents a typical example of Renaissance magic.

She tells Junior he isn't allowed to watch the magic show at her birthday party for touching her presents, but Junior get his revenge by ruining her party down by the river.

The roleplaying game Ars Magica is one such ' historical ' game, set in what its source materials call ' Mythic Europe ': while history is generally accepted to unfold as depicted in real-world historical accounts, Ars Magica presents a detailed background for its setting, tying the existence of magic, wizards and the Faerie realms into a historical context while allowing for ' fantasy ' elements to come into play.

For example, Deadlands presents a Wild West in which elements of horror and magic are prevalent, and Castle Falkenstein presents a Victorian-era world with Jules Verne-and H. G. Wells-inspired technology alongside fantasy elements like magics and the denizens of Faerie.

Ariel's father King Triton presents Melody with a magic locket.

The Weave is the way in which magic presents itself to beings for their use, and it flows throughout the world, touching almost every corner or existence, with exception of dead magic zones.

Later at the magic shop, Buffy and Xander struggle to come up with ideas for presents for Tara, coming to the realisation that they don't really know her very well.

' Magic Realism ' for Roh, as a reaction to expressionism, meant to declare “ the autonomy of the objective world around us was once more to be enjoyed ; the wonder of matter that could crystallize into objects was to be seen anew .” With the term, he was emphasizing the “ magic ” of the normal world as it presents itself to us — how, when we really look at everyday objects, they can appear strange and fantastic.

Mercedes Lackey presents a gently lampooned version of the concept in her Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms series, in which Fairy Godmother and White Wizard are career options for young women and men who have access to magic, the blessing of the Fae folk, and a certain depth of character.

The song is notable for its use of the vocoder voice effect, saying the lines, " Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Disneyland proudly presents our spectacular festival pageant of nighttime magic and imagination in thousands of sparkling lights and electro-synthe-magnetic musical sounds.

Disneyland proudly presents our spectacular festival pageant of nighttime magic and imagination.

Disney proudly presents our spectacular festival pageant of nighttime magic and imagination.

Walt Disney World proudly presents our spectacular festival pageant of nighttime magic and imagination.

The Magic Kingdom proudly presents our spectacular festival pageant of nighttime magic and imagination.

Walt Disney proudly presents our spectacular festival pageant of nighttime magic and imagination.

As a conjurer he is known for his skilful performances of card magic and for his books and lectures in which he presents original tricks and routines.

Although modern scholars have expressed surprise that `` the simple magic square of three '', a mere `` mathematical puzzle '', was able to exert a considerable influence on the minds and imaginations of the cultured Chinese for so many centuries, they could have found most of the answers right within the square itself.

The stories of the Dying Earth series are set in the distant future, at a point when the sun is almost exhausted and magic has reasserted itself as a dominant force.

The tradition is itself named after Gardner ( 1884 – 1964 ), a British civil servant and scholar of magic.

Through this, a strong belief was placed in the idealism of whomever used mojo, creating a spiritual trust in the magic itself.

They are masters of the sphere of Prime, the raw essence that fuels magic itself.

While contemporary biomedicine has distanced itself from its ancient roots in religion and magic, many forms of traditional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine ( CAM ) continue to espouse vitalism in various guises: ' As long as life had its own secret properties, it was possible to have sciences and medicines based on those properties ' ( Grossinger 1980 ).

This also manifests itself in a competitive streak and she accuses others who share their concerns that she uses magic for selfish purposes of being jealous.

The story itself tells of events where the Taliesin of legend is placed in difficult or impossible situations but invariably overcomes all obstacles, usually through feats of magic.

Magical realism, according to Roh, instead faithfully portrays the exterior of an object, and in doing so the spirit, or magic, of the object reveals itself.

The magic system itself is based on the premise that the world is resistant to magic and to learn a spell or enchant a material to make something magic, a magician must lower the resistance ( Basic Magick Resistance or BMR ) of this fate or what material to 0.

In the three books of the original trilogy, the impression is given that this is inherent in the nature of magic itself.

In addition, there are real " magical " creatures and objects on the Disc, demons and magic purses and flying carpets-all of them, the travellers realise, highly advanced and sophisticated technological constructs like the Disc itself.

In Finn Family Moomintroll, the third book of the Moomin series of children's books by Tove Jansson, The Hobgoblin is a strange magical creature ; even his hat, when found by other creatures, can work strange sorts of magic all by itself.

Then, when an alien mecha attacks the city, Poemy encounters a mysterious and silent man playing the shamisen, who is apparently her real father, and he gives her a fish, which when gutted and used as a magic wand, allows her to transform into Puni Puni Poemy, a magical girl embodying the will of Earth itself.

When " wild ", typically with young and untrained children, magic will still manifest itself subconsciously in moments of strong apprehension, fear or anger.

To forestall a future invasion of Oz Glinda uses a magic charm to render Oz invisible and unreachable to everyone except those within the land itself.

This sets Jackie, his uncle ( Uncle ), his niece ( Jade ), and allies on many adventures involving magic, danger, and often the fate of the world itself.

Initially, this manifested itself as a refusal to admit the supernatural side of the world ( beyond basic magic ) even existed.

After magically transforming itself into a bird with a magic wand, he is forced by his father to remain that way overnight as punishment, resulting in his escape from kidnapping when the Tails Brigade comes to the village.

It was strongly hinted that the island itself was the source of Roarke's mysterious powers as his assistants have been shown wielding its magic with varying degrees of success.

The benediction " Peace be to this house ", with which, in accordance with apostolic usage, he greeted every dwelling he entered, was not inappropriate to his figure and aspect, and it is said he took the people's attention wonderfully, the more especially after the magic of his personality found opportunity to reveal itself in close and homely intercourse.

Stroked him, snaked all through him, the lyrics lifted him, took him from one magic isle to another, stopping briefly at each Brandon.

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.

Crocheted fabric is begun by placing a slip-knot loop on the hook ( though other methods, such as a magic ring or simple folding over of the yarn may be used ), pulling another loop through the first loop, and repeating this process to create a chain of a suitable length.

Cortés wrote that the other lords would be too frightened to plot against him again, as they believed he had uncovered the plan through magic powers.

When a PC dies, it is often possible for the dead character to be resurrected through magic, although some penalties may be imposed as a result.

In Barsaive, magic, like many things in nature, goes through cycles.

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.

Individuals could also interact with the gods for their own purposes, appealing for their help through prayer or compelling them to act through magic.

In possible connection with the Book of Enoch, the idea of Enoch and his great-grandson Noah having some involvement with books of magic given to them by angels continued in various forms through to the mediaeval period.

He is for some identified as the archetype of healer ( López-Pedraza 2003 ) ... in ancient Greece he healed through magic ( McNeely 2011 ).

This may, through misapplication of intuition, lead some individuals to conclude that a well-designed compression algorithm can compress any input, thus, constituting a magic compression algorithm.

Shula introduced himself to the Miami press by saying that he didn't have any magic formulas and that the only way he knew to make his teams successful was through hard work.

" A popular medieval saying was, " The better the witch ; the better the midwife "; to guard against witchcraft, the Church required midwives to be licensed by a bishop and swear an oath not to use magic when assisting women through labour.

By rationalisation, Weber understood first, the individual cost-benefit calculation, second, the wider, bureaucratic organisation of the organisations and finally, in the more general sense as the opposite of understanding the reality through mystery and magic ( disenchantment ).

Here, again, science makes myth obsolete: as Frazer puts it, man progresses " from magic through religion to science ".

The magic lantern has a concave mirror in front of a light source that gathers light and projects it through a slide with an image scanned onto it.

Merlin matures to an ascendant sagehood and engineers the birth of Arthur through magic and intrigue.

The Kings of Egypt were associated with Osiris in death — as Osiris rose from the dead they would, in union with him, inherit eternal life through a process of imitative magic.

The attributes of the characters ( such as magic and fighting ability ) are given as numerical values which can be increased as the gamer progresses and gains rank and experience points through accomplishing goals or fighting enemies.

These traditions include hermetic mages, whose control of magic comes through study and manipulation of magical energy or mana, and who summon and bind elementals in lengthy and expensive rituals to be called on later ; and shamans, whose magic derives from a connection to nature via a totem spirit, and who can summon the nature spirits associated with a particular place.

Early adherents of the Kabbalah portray Solomon as having sailed through the air on a throne of light placed on an eagle, which brought him near the heavenly gates as well as to the dark mountains behind which the fallen angels Uzza and Azzazel were chained ; the eagle would rest on the chains, and Solomon, using the magic ring, would compel the two angels to reveal every mystery he desired to know.