MAGIC WORDS In Literature: • Alohomora is a spell used for unlocking doors and windows in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (1997). Alpha and Omega Meanings: • Beginning and end • Eternal present -- Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now (1999) • First and last • Ineffable name of God -- Migene Gonzalez-Wippler, The Complete Book of Spells, Ceremonies and Magic (1978) • Infinite Godhead -- Nevill Drury, Everyday Magic (2001) • Invisible center-point around which existence revolves -- Douglas Monroe, The Lost Books of Merlyn: Druid Magic from the Age of Arthur (1998) • Magic "Alpha and Omega. . . . I want you never to forget this. . . . This is the greatest magic that man will ever come to. . . . The ultimate source of energy. . . . The greatest magic." -- Barry Targan, Kingdoms (1980) • Primal oneness -- Printer Bowler, The Cosmic Laws of Golf (and Everything Else) (2001) • Symbol of Christ "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, sayeth the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." -- Revelation 1:8 • Timeless perfection -- Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now (1999) • Transcendence; spiritual awareness "[T]he circle represents . . . Alpha and Omega, the state of spiritual awareness and transcendence to which the magician aspires." -- Nevill Drury, Everyday Magic (2001) • Union of opposites -- Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now (1999) Origin: Alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet.