MAGIC WORDS • Magical letters -- Malcolm Jones, The Secret Middle Ages (2002) • Magical word -- Paul Foster Case, True and Invisible Rosicrucian Order (1981) • Mysterious name -- Manly Palmer Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928) • Perfect word -- Nigel Pennick, Magical Alphabets (1992) • Primal nature of God, fountain of truth -- Nigel Pennick, Magical Alphabets (1992) • Protective word -- Harald S. Naess, A History of Norwegian Literature (199 ) • Strength "Now meditate on the name agla. This is the name that is related to the Strengths." -- Aryeh Kaplan, Meditation and Kabbalah (1982) Figure 9. A sleight-of-hand performer can use sign language to fingerspell a magic word (such as Agla, shown above) before producing an object out of thin air.