The Magician's Hidden Library Magic Words: A Dictionary

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MAGIC WORDS • Abra-Cadaver "He just waved his hands over the body three times while chanting the magic words: Abra-Cadaver." -- National Lampoon (2002) In an episode of the cartoon series Powerpuff Girls (1998), magician Al Lusion returns from the dead as the evil magical zombie Abracadaver. • Abra-Ca-Dazzle -- Professional magician Larry White (1982) •Abracadebra -- Professional magician Steve Charney, Hocus Jokus: 50 Funny Magic Tricks Complete with Jokes (200 ) • Abracadiddle -- Professional magician Nicholas J. Johnson (200 ) • Abracadoody -- Professional magician Steve Charney, Hocus Jokus: 50 Funny Magic Tricks Complete with Jokes (200 ) • Abra-ca-pocus This magic word for transformation is from the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Transylvania 6-5000" (196 ). • Abracapocus -- Professional magician Steve Charney, Hocus Jokus: 50 Funny Magic Tricks Complete with Jokes (200 ) • Abra-Ca-Whoops -- Professional magician John Pizzi (1982) • Abracazebra -- Professional magician Steve Charney, Hocus Jokus: 50 Funny Magic Tricks Complete with Jokes (200 ) • AbraCowDabra This is the title of an art installation by Julie Alexander for the Texas Children's Cancer Center: "This is sheer magic! You never know what this clever bovine will pull out of its hat. She wears a cape bearing the magic incantation -- AbraCowDabra! The viewer discovers familiar magical transformations -- a rabbit in a hat, doves flying from a cap, card tricks, knotted scarves, and a flower surprise. But who is the magician here? The rabbit carries the magic wand. Doves pull scarves from one pocket and flowers from another Is the magician the big purple cow dressed in formal attire and magic cape, or could it be the rabbit, or the doves? The real magic is in the eyes of the beholder." -- Houston.cowparade.net (2001) • Abra Ca Drab Ra -- Barbara LaBarbera (200 ) • Abrahadabra This is the spelling coined by occult philosopher Aleister Crowley. "[Abrahadabra] means by translation Abraha Deber, the Voice of the Chief Seer" (Israel Regardie, 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley [1986]).
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