Article: Pietro d' Abano

Article: Priscillian
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      144 words ......church had been attacking his views for some time when Roman Emperor Maximus ordered that Priscillian be put to death for practicing magic. His execution was strongly protested by his former opponents in the church, St. Ambrose, St. Martin, and the pope. After...

Article: A traveling female spirit: Nalo Hopkinson takes her inspiration from the magic of the Caribbean and the strength of women.(spotlight)
Black Issues Book Review;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Caribbean-seasoned magic are the vehicles Nalo Hopkinson uses to smoothly travel from one category of writing to another. At its mot, practicing magic is the effort of imposing your will upon things in the world, Hopkinson says. In that sense, magic and science were once...

Article: Allen, Woody
U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ......is a sister. As a teenager Woody did not show much intellectual or social interest and spent long hours in his bedroom practicing magic tricks. He started using the name Woody Allen at age seventeen when he began submitting jokes to a local newspaper. People...

Article: Portable Magic: Tarot is the Only Tool You Need.(Book review)
ForeWord;  January 1, 2007 ;     496 words ......developed by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (HOGD), founded in 1888 by freemasons and dedicated to studying and practicing magic for the betterment of humanity. A correspondence is a specific association between two or more concepts. For example, the...

Article: (book reviews)
The Christian Century;  May 24, 1995 ;     596 words ......the suicide of his alcoholic father, Wade escapes into the world of magic and illusion. He spends his lonely childhood practicing magic tricks and discovers that he can retreat behind the magic mirrors in his mind and deny both his father's death and his...

Article: Witches and Wizards
Myths and Legends of the World;      700+ words ......finally asked for advice from the Witch of Endor, who had "a familiar spirit." Assured that she would not be punished for practicing magic, the witch called up the spirit of Samuel, a dead prophet of the Israelites. The spirit predicted Saul's defeat in the...