thaumaturgy
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When you start playing around with thaumaturgy and all the ways you can manipulate things you’re opening up all sorts of gameplay possibilities.
From Forbes • Nov. 28, 2012
Then there’s the environment, thaumaturgy and everything else.
From Forbes • Nov. 28, 2012
Even without thaumaturgy a table or a door can make the difference between life and death, even a chair.
From Forbes • Nov. 28, 2012
Golemetry, cut loose from the traditional constraints of mud, dust or sand, is also a notable branch of thaumaturgy in China Miéville's rebellious, seething New Crobuzon and its environs.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010
Some of these are connected with thaumaturgy and shamanism, some are connected with the powers of nature, and the several devices overlap and interlace in puzzling fashion.
From The Siouan Indians by McGee, W. J. (William John)
