spellwork
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See also: spell-work and spell work
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[edit]spellwork (uncountable)
- Any magical practice involving creating or casting spells, especially new enchantments or spells which are intricate or complex.
- The formula or formulation of one or more spells or enchantments; the individual parts constituting such a formulation; the inner workings or structure of a spell.
- 1993, "Celtic Magic by D. J. Conway" (advertisement) in Ted Andrews, Enchantment of the Faerie Realm, →ISBN, p. 224:
- There is also an in-depth discussion of Celtic deities and the Celtic way of life and worship, so that an intermediate practitioner can expand upon the spellwork to build a series of magical rituals.
- 2001, Richard A. Knaak, Legacy of Blood, →ISBN, page 82:
- The spellwork she had utilized to quicker get her to her destination had taken too much from the dark mage.
- 1993, "Celtic Magic by D. J. Conway" (advertisement) in Ted Andrews, Enchantment of the Faerie Realm, →ISBN, p. 224: