Magic and Superstition
- Any "lucky charm" such as:
- amulets
- charm bracelets
- touch pieces
- painted pebbles,
- Italian charm bracelet
- A spell (paranormal) or incantation
- Similar to blessing, the infusion of something with holiness, divine will, or one's hopes
- Snake charming, a performance involving the control of snakes
- Charm, a magical spell frequently found in role-playing games that allows the spellcaster to take control of another being
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Famous quotes containing the words magic and, magic and/or superstition:
“Magic and all that is ascribed to it is a deep presentiment of the powers of science.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The most refined skills of color printing, the intricate techniques of wide-angle photography, provide us pictures of trivia bigger and more real than life. We forget that we see trivia and notice only that the reproduction is so good. Man fulfils his dream and by photographic magic produces a precise image of the Grand Canyon. The result is not that he adores nature or beauty the more. Instead he adores his camera—and himself.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
“When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)