What is Magic?
1. magic -- (any art that invokes supernatural powers)
2. magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, illusion, deception -- (an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers)
What is Mesmerism?
1. hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion -- (the act of inducing hypnosis)
What is spiritualism?
Spiritualism - or Spiritism. A system which started up in America in 1848. It professes that certain living persons have the power of holding communion with the “spirits of the dead
