Think of him, classically, as a magus, both a magician and a juggler.
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Smith finally argued his view that the historical Jesus was a magus possessed by the Spirit.
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The mullahs have spoken but the magus may yet have the last word.
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For a modern magus, the late Steve Jobs had several minus points.
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No demon or magus possesses him, no enchantment holds him.
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Last year's pavilion was a hortus conclusus, or secret garden, designed by the Swiss magus Peter Zumthor.
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Magus subsequently erases his memories and awakens in a forest, determined to find what he had lost.
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As a result, Morrison created the magus Willoughby Kipling.
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An extra assumption, that the magus had a point of view that could be recovered, was fashionably added.
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A magician or sorcerer of ancient times
A member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians
Magi (/u02C8meu026Adu0292au026A/; Latin plural of magus) is a term, used since at least the 6th century BCE, to denote followers of Zoroastrianism or Zoroaster. The earliest known usage of the word Magi is in the trilingual inscription written by Darius the Great, known as the Behistun Inscription...
This is a listing of notable characters from the video game Chrono Trigger, a console role-playing game released in 1995 by Square Co. (now Square Enix) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. ...
The Magus is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain. He is an evil version of the hero Adam Warlock.
The Magus is a 1968 film directed by Guy Green. The screenplay was written by John Fowles, based on his novel of the same name. It starred Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Candice Bergen and Anna Karina. It was released as the "God Game" in the UK, and in Germany (Teuflische Spiele).
The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer is a handbook of the occult and ceremonial magic compiled by Francis Barrett and published in 1801. ...
The Magus (1966) is the first novel written (but second published) by British author John Fowles. It tells the story of Nicholas Urfe, a teacher on a small Greek island. Urfe finds himself embroiled in psychological illusions of a master trickster that become increasingly dark and serious.
Magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan; a Zoroastrian priest