MAGIC WORDS Levitation Meanings: • To rise into the air by supernatural means Origins: Levitation is derived from the Latin word levis, "light." In Literature: • "His thoughts were consumed by that magic word -- levitation." -- Theodore Taylor, The Boy Who Could Fly Without a Motor (2002) Levram Niatpac (see also shazam) Facts: These words are "Captain Marvel," the comic book hero, spelled backwards. In Literature: • Paulette K. Johnson, Wings of Our Own (2001) Li Meanings: • Ceremonies, rites -- Pao Chao Hsieh, Government of China 1644-1911 (1966) • Propriety "[T]his magic word means . . . propriety." -- Pao Chao Hsieh, Government of China 1644-1911 (1966) • Right principles -- Pao Chao Hsieh, Government of China 1644-1911 (1966) Origins: Li is of Chinese origin. Liberty Mystique: "[F]ew words are more important and none is less capable of precise definition than the magic word liberty." Carl Lotus Becker, Safeguarding Civil Liberty Today (1949)