b 1 9 mine, and the secrets of the mysterious cults of Africa and India! Behold!'" -- Patricia C. Wrede, Mairelon the Magician (1991) • "He put on a flowering robe, a turban, and a long, white cotton beard. He looked like a magician. 'Behold!' he cackled. 'Murko the Magnificent!'" -- Jean Lewis, "Rainbow Brite Twink's Magic Carpet Ride" (2005) Believe There's that magic word believe. -- Bill Althaus, The Examiner (2004) Mystique: All magic involves belief, since "seeing is believing," as the saying goes, and we "wouldn't have believed it if we hadn't seen it." There is a cultural given that without belief, no good things, no love, no Santa Claus, no God will exist for oneself. Facts: Believe is a favorite magic word for professional conjurer Dan Run fola, "Magician for All Occasions." A news feature about Runfola reported: "The magic word for the show was 'believe,' and children of all ages who attended Runfola's performance no doubt left in the firm belief that despite computer games and television, a crowd still reacts to a good magician."18 In Literature: • "[T]he magic's in the word -- believe." -- Treva McLean, The Basic Humanity Handbook (200 ) Benatir Cararkau Dedos Etinarmi Meanings: According to the 1652 grimoire La Chouette Noire ("Black Owl"), Benatir conjures the spirit of water, adding Cararkau conjures the spirit of the sea, Dedos conjures the spirit of earth, and Etinarmi conjures the spirit of air. Origins: Benatir Cararkau Dedos Etinarmi are antiquated magic words to grant both invisibility and the power to penetrate any obstacle, even a brick wall. The phrase comes from an Egyptian book of magical talismans entitled Treasure of the Old Man of the Pyramids, "translated from the Language of the Magi" in the eighteenth century.19 18 Tom Boyle, "'Magician for all Occasions' Thrills Audience at Benson Memorial Library," The Titusville Herald (2005) 19 Arthur Edward Waite, The Book of Ceremonial Magic (191 )