magic (màj´îk) noun
1.The art that purports to control or forecast natural events, effects, or forces by invoking the supernatural.
2.a. The practice of using charms, spells, or rituals to attempt to produce supernatural effects or control events in nature. b. The charms, spells, and rituals so used.
3.The exercise of sleight of hand or conjuring for entertainment.
4.A mysterious quality of enchantment: "For me the names of those men breathed the magic of the past" (Max Beerbohm).

adjective
1.Of, relating to, or invoking the supernatural: "stubborn unlaid ghost/That breaks his magic chains at curfew time" (John Milton).
2.Possessing distinctive qualities that produce unaccountable or baffling effects.

verb, transitive
magicked, magicking, magics
To produce or make by or as if by magic.

[Middle English magik, from Old French magique, from Late Latin magica, from Latin magicê, from Greek magikê, from feminine of magikos, of the Magi, magical, from magos, magician, magus.]

Rosarium Philosophorum, 1550

But here, Sol is enclosed / And poured over with "Mercurio philosophorum".
Hye wird Sol aber verschlossen / Und mit "Mercurio philosophorum" übergossen.
Mais ici Sol est fermé / Et arrosé par le "Mercure des Philosophes".

A human without a magic wand is as castrated as a man without a penis.

Roel van Duyn
whoever he is

Ein Mensch ohne Zauberstab ist so kastriert wie ein Mann ohne Penis.

Roel van Duyn
werauchimmer das ist

Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will.

 (Illustration: It is my Will to inform the World of certain facts within my knowledge. I therefore take "magickal weapons", pen, ink, and paper; I write "incantations"---these sentences---in the "magickal language" ie, that which is understood by the people I wish to instruct; I call forth "spirits", such as printers, publishers, booksellers and so forth and constrain them to convey my message to those people. The composition and distribution of this book is thus an act of Magick by which I cause Changes to take place in conformity with my Will.)

Alistair Crowley
(1875-1947)
British occultist

Our purpose is to conciously, deliberately evolve toward a wiser, more liberated and luminous state of being; to return to Eden, make friends with the snake and set up our computers among the wild apple trees. Deep down, all of us are probably aware that some kind of mystical evolution is our true task. Yet we supress the notion with considerable force because to admit it is to admit that most of our political gyrations, religious dogmas, social ambitions and financial ploys are not merely counterproductive but trivial. Our mission is to jettison those pointless preoccupations and take on once again the primordial cargo of inexhaustible ecstasy.

Or, barring that, to turn out a good juicy cheeseburger and a strong glass of beer.

Tom Robbins
Novelist