Agathodemoning – asking good spirits to do our magical bidding
Alchemy – changing the fundamental substance of elements (or matter)
Angelspeak – communicating with lesser deities and messengers (angels)
Apotropaism & countercharms – defense against demons, ghosts, and evil sorcerers using magic
Apportation or bilocation (psychic ability to be in two places or more at once)
Astral projection – to travel beyond the living realm and into other dimensions
Astral travel – to leave a mortal body and enter the universe as a free spirit
Astrology – charting or plotting future events by studying signs in the heavens (star signs)
Cacodaemoning – appeasing bad spirits / provoking or invoking good spirits
Chaldean Meteorology – to change or improve the weather by magic (done in World War 2)
Hamingjan Fortuning – changing or improving ones chances using magic (i.e. blowing on a dice)
Chronomancy – choosing the right time (or day) to do something, using magic
Enchantment – to trigger desired effects in others through trances or spells
Enochian Communication – talking with demons, elementals, aliens or angelic beings
Exorcism – healing demonic possession
Faith healing – miraculous healing (by the laying of hands)
Fate control – to provide (or take away) general “luck” or good (bad) fortune, using magic or charms
Genethlialogy – predicting the future of a new born using magic
Glossolalia – speaking in tongues (or translating tongues)
Haemony – to heal, cure or perform wonders with magical herbs
Haruspication – interpreting omens and signs
Invisibility – to disappear or use cloaks or make a vanished person or entity appear/disappear
Psychokinetic control – to subvert a dominant worldly power using supernatural means
Jinxing and hexing – placing curses / removing curses
Levitation – to use holy (or witch) flight or levitation
Magical entrapment – freeing a person (or entity) or trapping a person (or entity) using magic
Magical exoticness – to gain or use supernormal powers
Metamorphosis – turning from human archetype to superhero or even angel (or demon) and perhaps back again
Necromantic projection- to travel into death
Oneirocriticism – to decipher or interpret dreams
Perceptionism – to gain or use supernormal, otherworldly or magical & exotic senses
Postcognition – perceiving past events as if one was actually there (by astral travel ‘back’ to an earlier time)
Predestination- to improve wealth & opportunity / remove wealth & opportunity using magic
Prophesy – reading the future
Psychokinesis – influencing or moving solid objects (matter) without any physical interaction
Psychokinetic teleportation – moving or displacing objects (matter) by mind control
Psychoscopy – The ability to obtain information about a person or object purely by touch
Purification – making or using spells to purify or cleanse a sinful heart (or soul)
Pyrokinesis – controlling (or commanding) flames with thoughts or magic
Revenge magic – win fights, provide strength to a weaker side or sap the strength of enemies with magic
Runecraft – reading or translating mystical runes
Sciomancy – talking with ghosts
Spellcrafting – making or brewing love spells & protecting self or others from love spells
Suffumigation – sending messages into heaven using holy smoke or holy flames
Talismanism – to create and or use magical signs, cures (and amulets)
Telepathy – vicarious communication without any physical interaction
Therianthropy – the ability to shapeshift from human to animal form (or vice versa)
Do you have any more? Agree? Disagree? Ideas or comments? Tweet me @neilmach
Neil Mach is the author of “So You Want to Write Fantasy?” and host of the Myth & Magic fantasy writer’s podcast
