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Incantation
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incantation, set formula, spoken or sung, for the purpose of working magic magic, in religion and superstition, the practice of manipulating and controlling the course of nature by preternatural means. Magic is based upon the belief that the universe is populated by unseen forces or spirits that permeate all things.
..... Click the link for more information. . An incantation is normally an invocation to beneficent supernatural spirits for aid, protection, or inspiration. It may also serve as a charm or spell to ward off the effects of evil spirits. In black magic an incantation may be the means of summoning or materializing the powers of darkness.
incantation - Any particularly arbitrary or obscure command that one must mutter at a system to attain a desired result. Not used of passwords or other explicit security features. Especially used of tricks that are so poorly documented that they must be learned from a wizard. "This compiler normally locates initialised data in the data segment, but if you mutter the right incantation they will be forced into text space."
Incantation 

a verbal formula supposedly having magical power, according to the superstitious ideas of early antiquity, and used to achieve some aim, such as a good harvest or change in the weather. In its origin, the prayer is closely related to the incantation: through the incantation people tried to compel the appearance of what was desired, while in prayer they turned to a spirit or god with a request.
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Of the book's 13 narrators, some voices are necessarily more compelling than others, but at its best Peace's prose is more incantatory than ever, dense with repetition, obsessed and paranoid.
For Him.. by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Of the book's 13 narrators, some voices are necessarily more compelling than others, but at its best Peace's prose is more incantatory than ever, dense with repetition, obsessed and paranoid.
Books by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Of the book's 13 narrators, some voices are necessarily more compelling than others, but at its best Peace's prose is more incantatory than ever, dense with repetition, obsessed and paranoid.
SWITCH OFF by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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