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:
“You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion.... Dogs do not ritually urinate in the hope of persuading heaven to do the same and send down rain. Asses do not bray a liturgy to cloudless skies. Nor do cats attempt, by abstinence from cat’s meat, to wheedle the feline spirits into benevolence. Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, quite intelligent enough.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
“Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)