单词 | ritual magic |
释义 | > as lemmasritual magic ritual magic n. magic performed as part of, or in the manner of, a ritual. ΚΠ 1864 W. R. Alger Crit. Hist. Doctr. Future Life iv. ii. 407 Christianity was practically reduced to..a system of ritual magic in the hands of a priesthood who wielded an authority of supernatural terrors over a credulous and shuddering laity. 1937 M. Covarrubias Island of Bali viii. 216 The ritual-magic dances characteristic of primitive peoples. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 22/2 The Theosophical Society..had no truck with the ritual magic of the Order of the Golden Dawn, but it too denied any entanglement with the marvellous. < as lemmas |
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