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Magician may refer to:

Performers of magic

• Magician (paranormal), a person who performs feats using supernatural means
• Magician (fantasy), a character in a fictional fantasy context who performs supernatural feats
• Illusionist, an entertainer who creates illusions of impossible or supernatural feats (magic tricks)
• Escape artist, a type of magician who specializes in escapes from restraints
• A practitioner of ceremonial magic, a system of occult techniques for spiritual development

Books

• Magician (novel), a novel in the Riftwar series by Raymond E. Feist
• The Magician (novel), a 1971 young adult novel by Sol Stein
• The Magician (Maugham novel), a 1908 fantasy novel by Somerset Maugham
• The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, a 2008 fantasy novel by Michael Scott
• The Magician, a novel by Leitch Ritchie
• Magician, a minor character in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe

Film and television

• The Magician (1900 film), a silent film by Thomas Edison
• The Magician (1926 film), a horror film directed by Rex Ingram
• The Magician (1958 film), a drama directed by Ingmar Bergman
• The Magician (2005 film), a crime drama directed by Scott Ryan
• The Magician (2006 film), a comedy drama directed by Cem Yılmaz
• Magicians, a 2000 film directed by James Merendino and starring Til Schweiger and Claire Forlani
• Magicians (2007 film), a 2007 comedy directed by Andrew O'Connor
• The Magician (TV series), an American series that aired in 1973-1974
• The Magician (animated series), an animated series that aired in 1999

Other uses

• The Magician (Tarot card)
• Magician (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Magician (video game)
• Fabrice Santoro, French tennis player
• Antonio Esfandiari, poker player

See also

• List of magicians
• List of magicians in fantasy

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From BibleWiki

The Jews seem early to have consulted the teraphim for oracular answers (Jdg 18:5f; Zech 10:2). There is a remarkable illustration of this divining by teraphim in Ezek 21:19ff. We read also of the divining cup of Joseph (Gen 44:5). The magicians of Egypt are frequently referred to in the history of the Exodus. Magic was an inherent part of the ancient Egyptian religion, and entered largely into their daily life.

All magical arts were distinctly prohibited under penalty of death in the Mosaic law. The Jews were commanded not to learn the "abomination" of the people of the Promised Land (Lev 19:31; Deut 18:9ff). The history of Saul's consulting the witch of Endor (1Sam 28:3ff) gives no warrant for attributing supernatural power to magicians. From the first the witch is here only a bystander. The practice of magic lingered among the people till after the Captivity, when they gradually abandoned it.

It is not much referred to in the New Testament. The Magi mentioned in Mt 2:1ff were not magicians in the ordinary sense of the word. They belonged to a religious caste, the followers of Zoroaster, the astrologers of the East. Simon, a magician, was found by Philip at Samaria (Acts 8:9ff); and Paul and Barnabas encountered Elymas, a Jewish sorcerer, at Paphos (Acts 13:6ff). At Ephesus there was a great destruction of magical books (Acts 19:18f).

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