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1. abracadabra, n. and int. View full entry 1565
...An instance or utterance of the magical word ‘abracadabra’, supposed to act as a charm against illness, evil, etc., or (in later use esp.) to assist in the performance of magic; a...
2. abraxas, n. View full entry 1713
...An instance or utterance of the magical word ‘abraxas’, supposed (esp. in Gnosticism) to act as a charm; a gem, amulet, etc., inscribed with this word or other cabbalistic signs. Cf. ...
3. absent healing in absent, adj. and n. View full entry 1906
...the healing of illness by a spiritualist medium who is not present with the patient; cf. contact healingcontact2....
4. adder-bead in adder, n.1 View full entry 1694
...a bead worn as an amulet, believed to be generated by a snake or snakes (see adder-stone)....
5. adder-stone in adder, n.1 View full entry 1587
...a stone of varying descriptions, typically having a naturally formed hole and used as a bead or amulet (see snake-stone)....
6. adept, n. View full entry 1673
...Originally: a person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult, (now esp.) an initiate into the secrets of a particular hermetic order or occult...
7. adeptical, adj. View full entry 1662
...Of or relating to the work of adepts (adept1), esp. alchemists....
8. adeptist, n. View full entry 1662
...A person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult, esp. a skilled alchemist. Cf. adept1, adeptus...
9. adeptship, n. View full entry 1816
...The condition or status of an adept, esp. an expert in magical or occult practices; the fact of being very skilled or proficient at something....
10. adjuration, n. View full entry c1405
...The action or an act of invoking, summoning, or commanding an evil spirit; an incantation used for this. Cf. exorcism...
11. aetites, n. View full entry a1500
...A hollow nodule or pebble of hydrated iron oxide containing a loose kernel that makes a noise when rattled, formerly regarded as having medicinal and magical properties; the eagle stone; = ...
12. afflict, v. View full entry 1583
...trans.Astrol. To affect by a negative or inauspicious planetary aspect; to subject to a harmful or malefic influence....
13. afflicted, adj. and n. View full entry 1645
...Astrol. Affected by an inauspicious planetary aspect; under a harmful or malefic influence. Cf. afflict4....
14. afflicting, adj. View full entry 1573
...Grievously painful, distressing. Also (Astrol.) of a planet: harmful, malefic (cf. afflict4)....
15. affliction, n. View full entry 1606
...Astrol. The fact or quality of being in an inauspicious or malefic planetary aspect....
16. agent, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1882
...Parapsychology. In telepathy: the person who originates an impression (opposed to the percipient who receives it)....
17. ague spell in ague, n. View full entry 1714
...a charm believed to cure or prevent ague....
18. air, n.1 View full entry c1300
...The invisible gaseous substance which immediately surrounds the earth, is breathed by all terrestrial animals, and is now recognized as a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, with smaller amounts of other substances;...
19. air sign in air, n.1 View full entry 1875
...a sign providing information, positioned above eye level;Astrol. any of the three zodiac signs associated with the element air (cf. sense 2a), Gemini, Libra or Aquarius; (also) a...
20. Aladdin, n. View full entry 1777
...(in the story of Aladdin in the Arabian Nights) a magic lamp which when rubbed released a genie sworn to obey the lamp's holder; chiefly in similative and figurative contexts;...
