letter magic

noun

A type of magical power located within letters, especially of Hebraic, Arabic, or Runic scripts.

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Meanings

nounletter magic (uncountable)

alternative letter-magic

  1. uncountableA type of magical power located within letters, especially of Hebraic, Arabic, or Runic scripts.

    Perhaps underground streams from the Cabbala (the Judaic esoteric tradition) flow into this story, for in it God is clearly imparting a letter-magic to Adam.

    1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 15
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