M 28 In Literature: • "I heard the magic word 'magic.'" -- Lucius Apuleius, The Golden Ass (c. 200 CE), translated by E.J. Kenney (1999) • "He knelt and spoke a single word -- Magic." -- J. Robert King, Scourge (200 ) Magick (see magic) O, there's a Magick-musick . . . -- Henry Fielding, The Tragedy of Tragedies (17 1) Magick is what makes things happen. -- Edain McCoy, Making Magick (1997) Mystique: "The 'k' in magick balances the energy of the word; the 'k' reaches for heaven while the 'g' roots down to earth."1 Meanings: "Some modern occultists spell their 'magick' with a k to differentiate it from the rabbit-out-of-the-hat kind of magic."14 "Magick spelled with a 'k' denotes real magick -- using your will to create form."15 "When your emotions evolve from anger to acceptance, that's magick. When you feel the connection between a ladybug and yourself, that's magick."16 Origins: Though popularly attributed to Aleister Crowley, the spelling of magick with a 'k' has been traced back to the alchemist John Dee, Queen Elizabeth's consultant. In Archidoxes of Magic (1656), Theophrastus Paracelsus uses three spellings: "Magick," "Magicke," and "Magic." Facts: In 165 , a woman named Dorothy Magicke was imprisoned as an alleged witch in Middlesex.17 Variations and Incantations: • Magic(k) • Magicke In 1590, the poet Edmund Spenser wrote of Merlin's "Magicke slights" ("The Ruines of Time"). 1 Jamie Wood, The Wicca Herbal (200 ) 14 Dan Burton and David Grandy, Magic, Mystery, and Science (200 ) 15 Silver Raven Wolf, Silver's Spells for Prosperity (1999) 16 Jamie Wood, The Enchanted Diary (2005) 17 James Sharpe, Instruments of Darkness: Witchcraft in Early Modern England (1997)