spellwork

Any magical practice involving creating or casting spells, especially new enchantments or spells which are intricate or complex.

Noun

Any magical practice involving creating or casting spells, especially new enchantments or spells which are intricate or complex.
- All spellwork with faeries should be done within the safe confines of your circle, with the faeries just outside its perimeter. - 1994, Edain McCoy, A Witch's Guide to Faery Folk, →ISBN, page 116:
- I did have a passing interest in Wicca, but once I realized that spell work was involved, I stopped. - 2009, Louie Jerome, Peter and the Black Dog, →ISBN, page 46:
Coordinate Terms: charmwork wandwork witchwork bewitchery black arts conjuration conjuring craft dark arts diablerie druidcraft dweomercraft dwimmer dwimmercraft enchantment goety gypsycraft hexcraft hexerei jugglery magic mojo sorcery sortilege
The formula or formulation of one or more spells or enchantments; the individual parts constituting such a formulation; the inner workings or structure of a spell.
- There is also an in-depth discussion of Celtic deities and the Celtic way of life and worship, so that an intermediate practitioner can expand upon the spellwork to build a series of magical rituals. - 1993, "Celtic...
- The spellwork she had utilized to quicker get her to her destination had taken too much from the dark mage. - 2001, Richard A. Knaak, Legacy of Blood, →ISBN, page 82:

From spell + work.