A silver talisman from the 6th or 7th century, inscribed with words similar to abracadabra.

What is Abracadabra?

Regia Marinho
3 min readDec 17, 2021

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The word is thousands of years old.

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Abracadabra is a word used in magic.

It is an incantation used in magic spells.

Many people are unaware that abracadabra is derived from the sacred language of Hebrew.

Abra-Abracadabra is referred to as a word of power.

Abracadabra word is used in many magic rituals.

Abracadabra is an incantation word used as a magic word in stage magic tricks, and historically was believed to have healing powers when inscribed on an amulet.

Abracadabra word is a word that is written to be used as an incantation, a spell, a charm, or a “word of power”.

What is the original meaning of abracadabra?

I will create as I speak.

It’s from the Aramaic phrase avra kehdabra, meaning “I will create as I speak”.

The source is three Hebrew words, ab (father), ben (son), and ruach acadosch (holy spirit). It’s from the Chaldean…

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