A spell or verbal charm used in religious or magical rituals. They vary from culture to culture, tradition to tradition, and as to what end is sought by the ritual. Often they are sung, or recited while music plays in the background. The power, it is believed, lies not only in the appeal to whatever deity the worshipper calls upon, but in the mind of the worshipper himself. Because he is thinking the incantation; saying the incantation; and hearing the incantation - and in rituals where the incantation is read, also seeing the incantation - its power is reinforced; thus it is more likely that the worshipper's desires will be fulfilled.

A chant performed while casting a spell.

The verbal component of a magic spell.

a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect

a charm or spell

a formula of words sung or spoken during a ceremony or ritual

a kind of word which has special power

a minor form of invocation that embues the talisman with additional power

a spell or verbal charm used in magic rituals

To sing and chant formulaic words, phrases or sounds to special rhythm and tonation.

words ritually spoken or chanted in a magickal spell or ritual

The chanting of words thought to have magical power.

Set verbal phrase used to provoke the attention of a listener or reader, commonly found in remants of oral folk art.

The ritual recitation of words of power or special phrases, often rhymed, in order to produce a Magickal effect.

An incantation is the words spoken during a ritual, either a hymn or prayer invoking or praising a deity, or in magic, occultism, witchcraft with the intention of casting a spell or an object or a person. The term derives from Latin incantare (tr.), meaning "to chant (a magical spell) upon," from in- "into, upon" and cantare "to sing".