Charm
Derived from the Latin carmen ('song'), this is magical formula intended to be sung or recited to propitiate a spirit or to achieve some desired effect.
Charms
Any magical words, phrases, chants, and incantations recited for protection against or for disease or to ward off evil. Charms have existed since ancient times and are still prevalent in folk magic.
for no other purpose than to keep the minds of their possessors constantly dwelling on the words "God of Truth"; that whoever believed in the "God of Truth" might discard the fear of every other object known to them, the influence or charms and of ...
Amulets, Talismen and Good Luck Charms
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Charm
A talisman meant to be carried, or worn as jewelry.
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Italian Charms come in a vast assortment of categories, colors and themes
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Charm.--Personal charm is that indefinable something which makes every one a friend. It is the result of genuine friendliness, sympathy, kindliness and unselfish interest in others.
Charming magical and superstitious omens are liberally introduced into more serious astrological theories. To discover the sex of an unborn child, ask the pregnarit woman to give you her hand.
The charming girl replied thus: "O revered preceptor, when you yourself cannot move an inch without your Shakti, how will you refute its cult? O Wise One, know me to be Shiva's Shakti - The supreme power activating this world.
Do not all charms fly
At the mere touch of cold philosophy?
Lamia, part 2 (1820)
Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?
Another popular name consists of 42 letters and is often used in charms. Its pronunciation is uncertain. A major area of Kabbalistic magic consists of amulets and seals.
Miss Marryat took a beautiful place, Fern Hill, near Charmouth, in Dorsetshire, on the borders of Devon, and there she lived for some five years, a centre of beneficence in the district.
Some of the most blatant heresy, dualism and/or unorthodoxy in Milton occurs, of course, in the irreverent, though very 'charming' discourse of Satan in Paradise Lost, which, at least until the early nineteenth century mysterious (re)discovery, ...
During the Middle Ages, mandrake charms brought great prices and an art was evolved by which the resemblance between the mandragora root and the human body was considerably accentuated.
A true son of Hermes, he carries himself with the aristocratic grace and charming innocence of Antoine de Saint Exupery's "Little Prince".
I may, however, add, that the charm of the tale depends much upon the age of the person to whom it is addressed; and that the vivacity of fancy which engages us in youth to pass over much that is absurd, ...
The idea that something as tiny as a ring can contain something as powerful as a magical charm or spell has appealed to magicians for millennia.
Yule, being a Sun celebration, was most often noted by the lighting of the Yule Log, a large log burned throughout the Yuletide celebrations and then saved as a protective charm until the next Yule, when it was used to start the new Yule fire.
Charms: An amulet or talisman that has been instilled with energy for a specific purpose through incantation or other magickal enhancement.
Circle: Sacred space where all magickal rituals and workings are performed.
Mantras (Sans.) Verses from the Vedic works, used as incantations and charms. By Mantras are meant all those portions of the Vedas which are distinct from the Brahmanas, or their interpretation.
All of this is tied together by a charming story of a caterpillar who seeks to become a butterfly. The illustrations show children from around the world dancing the divine Paneurhythmy movements created by the Master Peter Deunov.
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In addition, some prayer books promise that viewing particular images raised a magical shield against misfortune. These 'charms' could defend the soul and keeping it safe from the devil. Religious images can perform miracles (Aston 1993).
 See also: Spirit, World, Ritual, Magic, Spiritual
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