MAGIC WORDS
In Literature:
• "He withdrew his wand from a pocket, then waved it in a circular motion
in front of the large eye-shaped glyph in the very center of the door. Then,
quietly, he spoke the magic word, 'Apokalypto,' and four of the many
glyphs glowed golden, forming a word." -- Thalia M. Kendall, "Charms
and Curses" (2002)
Arbadacarba
(see abracadabra)
Facts: Arbadacarba, the word abracadabra spelled backwards, is "the most
powerful magic spell extant" according to Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue
in The Royal Road to Card Magic (1951).
Common Magician's Applications: Reversing an effect.
In Literature:
• "The Magician put a serious expression on his face and raised his cloaked
arms. 'Arbadacardba,' he muttered mysteriously." -- T. S. Ionta, The Cloak
of Dreams (200 )
• "'Arbadacarba!' he shouted, lowering his hands at the same time, like pulling
an invisible curtain over the frustrating magical scene he surveyed."
-- Lloyd H. Whitling, This World (2002)
Ariath Dupius Cancyck
In Literature:
• "'Ariath dupius, cancyck!' chanted the mage, and the trees and thornbushes
before him curled out of the way." -- Douglas Niles, Black Wizards (2004)
Art
Just pronounce the magic word 'Art', and everything is O.K.
-- George Orwell, "Benefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador
Dali," Fifty Orwell Essays (1944)
In Literature:
• "And then, too, Madame Chebe no longer believed in her husband,
whereas, by virtue of that single magic word, 'Art!' her neighbor never had
doubted hers." -- Alphonse Daudet, Fromont et Risler (c. 1874)