spellwork

See also: spell-work and spell work

English edit

spell +‎ work

spellwork (uncountable)

Any magical practice involving creating or casting spells, especially new enchantments or spells which are intricate or complex.
- 1994, Edain McCoy, A Witch's Guide to Faery Folk, →ISBN, page 116:
  All spellwork with faeries should be done within the safe confines of your circle, with the faeries just outside its perimeter.
- 2009, Louie Jerome, Peter and the Black Dog, →ISBN, page 46:
  I did have a passing interest in Wicca, but once I realized that spell work was involved, I stopped.
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.
- 1993, "Celtic Magic by D. J. Conway" (advertisement) in Ted Andrews, Enchantment of the Faerie Realm, →ISBN, p. 224:
  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.
- 2001, Richard A. Knaak, Legacy of Blood, →ISBN, page 82:
  The spellwork she had utilized to quicker get her to her destination had taken too much from the dark mage.