goety

Examples

• All

• Is the portrait an act of sympathetic goety or black magic performed by the victor over the vanquished?

  Academic text (1995)

• In later myth, she continues to practice goety, or black magic, often with sexual overtones.

  Academic text (1997)

• Many feared the consequences of goety, believing that meddling with magic could bring misfortune.

• The witch's book contained spells for goety, which were said to summon otherworldly entities.

Synonyms

M

magic

vsgoety

∞ 3.2

Power that makes impossible things happen, often in stories or rituals

is an archaic name limited to sorcery practices that summon spirits

W

witchcraft

vsgoety

• Literature

87 7.0

A practice of using magic and spells to help or harm people

is an old term that concentrates more on ritual spirit invocation

S

sorcery

vsgoety

• Literature

29 9.2

To use magic to control people or events, often to harm

is an archaic label for such practices with special focus on spirit calls

O

occult

vsgoety

20 9.8

Beliefs about secret supernatural powers and practices

is a narrower old term focused specifically on invoking spirits

W

witching

vsgoety

8 9.9

Use of magic to harm or control people

is an older word emphasizing ritual calls to spirits during practice

W

witchery

vsgoety

3 9.1

The use of magic and spells to do strange things

is an archaic expression that highlights summoning spirits rather than identity

G

goetia

vsgoety

1 9.9

A way of doing magic or a book that shows how to call spirits

is an old term that especially names invoking spirits in practice

G

gramarye

vsgoety

• Archaic

9.9

Knowledge of magic and secret powers

is an older name that points more to calling spirits specifically

Surface Forms

Etymology