Meaning of voces magicae | Babel Free

Definitions

Magical formulae, typically consisting of incomprehensible words or syllables, as used in ancient and early-modern amulets and magical texts.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“After that follow 5 passages, all introduced by the anaphorical “You are…” (sy ei) and separated from each other by voces magicae.”

“Bonner contends that while the two might have sounded similar, glossolalia was “spontaneous, unmediated utterance”, while the voces magicae consisted of carefully transmitted, stereotypical formulas.”

“Jewish authors took over the voces magicae in particular, on a large scale, and with them the associated tradition of making geometric shapes out of words to combine the power of texts and mathematics.”

CEFR level