96 MAGIC WORDS • "kazaam! Your kids were never born. shazoom! Your husband never existed, or you never met." -- Andrea Nemerson, "Oh, Mama!" Alt.sex. column (200 ) • "Then, shazoom! I felt myself become a hostel manager again, and Dianne remembered that she didn't like to be touched by men, and our hands fell apart." -- Greg Hills, "History" (1994) Shazza Bowzer Googly Nowzer Common Magician's Applications: Production. In Literature: • "What words would make the dog reappear? 'Shazza Bowzer Googly Nowzer!'" -- Susan Meddaugh, Lulu's Hat (2002) Shibumi Shibumi, the value of empty space. -- Maribeth Fischer, The Language of Good-Bye (2001) Mystique: "Shibumi. This word conjures up an idea of gentle but continuous motion, almost like drifting or floating in a mist free from shocks or sudden changes." Shibumi is a magical state of mind in which manifestation automatically follows intention. "It's a kind of subtle power, an effortless authority. In the narrower, intellectual sense, it might be called wisdom." 4 Shibumi is related to the Zen Buddhist concept of Sabi, an expression of the everyday world "veiled exquisitely with the mist of transcendental inwardness." Meanings: • Effortless perfection -- Trevanian, Shibumi (198 ) • Elegant, unpretentious beauty -- Matsuo Basho, Narrow Road to the Interior (1998) • "Carefully restrained grace and form" -- Keith R. Laux, The World's Greatest Paper Airplane and Toy Book (1987) • Minimalism -- Lee Wedlake, Kenpo Karate 101 (2000) Takashi Sawano, Creating Your Own Japanese Garden (1999) 4 Barry Eisler, Rain Fall (2002) 5 Daisetz Suzuki, Zen Buddhism (1956)