Magic Words & Symbols Spotted in the Wild

Abracadabra

From Thomas Ingoldsby's The Ingoldsby Legends, 1881.

Magic Spells and Hate Speech

We're pleased to be cited in this paper entitled:

Spells and Hate Speech: Linguistic Violence and Vulnerability in the Harry Potter Series 

Abracadabra

(See also our earlier post about abracadabra.)

A Cosmic Abracadabra

“A flawless sapphire, star-bright, a cosmic abracadabra...” —Lisa Rosenblatt

An Abracadabra Talisman followup

Our magician friend and home-hacking expert Gordon shares a lovely photo response to our previous post about the abracadabra talisman. Our favorite detail in the photo is the ironic "Do Not Duplicate" message on the key next to the talisman. By the way, Gordon inspired and co-authored our latest book on magic, JINX Companion.

An Abracadabra Talisman

This Wills's cigarette card from the 1920's shows an abracadabra talisman. It's number 13 of a series on lucky charms.

A Substitute for Abracadabra

We reveal a substitute for "abracadabra," worthy of fairy tales, in our outpost at Twitter.

Chimay (Instead of Abracadabra)

In the delightful Swedish short film Istället för abrakadabra ("Instead of Abracadabra"), by Patrik Eklund, the alternative magic word is chimay. The film is available in HD via iTunes.

(Thanks, Gordon!)

The Fairy Origin of Abracadabra

Our article tracing the magic word abracadabra back to fairy origins is now available for free reading over at Witches & Pagans.

Abracadabra

(Photo by SFDenverLV)