E Elprup Facts: This is the magic word that Donnie Osmond spoke on "The Donnie and Marie Show" (late 1970s) to transform into Captain Purple. The word is purple spelled backward. Emptiness Mystique: "'Emptiness' is the magic word that names the essence of the universe."11 Common Magician's Applications: Vanishing. Engorgio Origins: Engorgio is from the French word meaning "to swallow greedily." In Literature: • Engorgio is a spell causing things to swell in size in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (2000). Ephphatha Origins: Ephphatha is an Aramaic word used in incantations to cure deafness. Facts: In the New Testament, Jesus uses the word Ephphatha to heal a deaf man.12 Meanings: • Be opened In Literature: • "Those words are the very words of his magic curative power, as he actually spoke them: 'Ephphatha,' the magic word that healed deafness, and 'Talitha, kum!' the magic words that raised the dead." -- Norman Weeks, The Test of Love (1992) 11 Stephan Beyer, Cult of Tara: Magic and Ritual in Tibet (1978) 12 Jaroslav Pelikan, Jesus through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture (1985)