Sentences with phrase «magical powers as»

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This time, reading it felt almost magical as it laid out solutions to all our problems, and this inspired us to create the change to power through.»

Again, this isn't the claim that «I can make water have magical saving power» but that Jesus and those who learned directly from Him treated conversion and baptism as inseparable because true faith bears fruit.

As evidence that Jesus possessed magical powers, knew the right incantations or was on good terms with the prince of demons, they would be of most dubious worth!

The result is that America is a nation deeply divided between people who are concerned about real - life issues — war and peace, social justice, the health and welfare of people — on one hand, and other people who are concerned, instead, about «values,» by which they mean adherence to ancient taboos, dependence on a magical God, enforcing acceptance of ancient creeds, requiring everyone to believe as they do, and finding safety in raw (though often hidden) social and economic power.

He attains the most profound level of meditation; he achieves countless «deliverances,» as well as magical formulas and powers.

By sacrifice the gods could be at first won over to grant favors sought after; then as time went on, it became magical in its powers, and the gods themselves could not resist the prayer spell; indeed, what power they had they owed to the sacrifice.22 It became a matter of primary importance that the sacrifice be properly performed, for in this its efficacy rested.

Because alcohol has the power to give temporary feelings of adequacy, expansiveness, and ecstasy, it has been regarded in many cultures as something magical, even divine.

As to your point about Jesus, there are very few references to him outside of the four gospels and none of them claim magical powers.

The few characters who might be described as heroic — Galahad, Bors, Percivale, and, by the end, Lancelot — do not save the world from the machinations of a sorcerer - villain or secure some magical artifact for the safekeeping of the benevolent powers; they become saints.

A side plot opens up in Deathly Hallows as Harry discovers the existence of three magical objects that seemingly give power over death — objects that even Voldemort has not managed to discover, or at least not in their proper context.

Yet we may with confidence assert that, for the time of the Judges, such law as existed in established usages like blood revenge, and in certain tribal and family customs, was not sufficient to supplant the belief that might constituted the supreme socially valid norm, qualified mainly by the restraining magical powers of the oath and curse.

Results in the form of fertility could and would come only as men voluntarily chose to perform the necessary magical rites, but the fact to be firmly grasped is that the world of magical powers stood constant, whether or not man invoked it.

The gift of the Spirit is not to be understood as bestowing some kind of magical power.

It's adapted from Babycakes NYC — the recipe was developed by the genius Erin McKenna who used the strange magical powers of the soy milk powder to create a vegan frosting using agave instead of powdered sugar, which I prefer as agave doesn't give me the heart - palpitating sugar high of straight up sugar.

How dare you question my magical powers to know precisely how good Paxton Lynch will be as a football player from now to the end of his career.

I do believe what she was getting at, was that your time and energy would be better - spent worrying MORE about vaccination as someone in the field of healthcare, and less about the magical mystical powers of the Almighty Teat.

In 1953, D.W. Winnicott published his paper Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena in which he described, from his perspective as both pediatrician and psychoanalyst, the significance of what many parents term «lovey,» or that particular soft object that has a seemingly magical power to comfort a young child.

The ancient Romans and Greeks believed in the magical power of amber, they even buried people with amber necklaces as a symbol of influence and power.

In one of the core texts that many modern stage magicians read while in training, Professor Hoffmann's Modern Magic, the wand is described as an ideal prop for distracting the eyes, for granting an excuse to close the hand and hide something within it, and to provide the illusion of having real magical power.

What began as a desire simply to look good and dance better turned into a journey of discovery, of unlocking the magical power of my body and falling in love with the process of self - improvement.

On the inside, where people tend not to know all that much about body chemistry, vitamins are regarded as an almost magical product with mysterious powers.

Now, if you base your nutrition knowledge on the kinds of books you find in health food stores, bestsellers like Kombucha — Miracle Fungus will tell you that already by the Tsin dynasty, it was known and honored as a beverage with magical powers, enabling people to live forever.

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As Eragon discovers the powers hidden within him he learns to unleash magical attacks to decimate his foes.

Like a poor man's Lord of the Rings, the film jumps around to a number of various, cheap looking locations as our heroes try to discover the source behind Gul» dan's magical powers.

She opens his mind to the magical power around him, and as he develops his powers with the serious, more experienced Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Stephen is pulled into an epic clash with the rebel sorcerer Kaecilius (Mads Mikkelsen), who wants to heal humanity by sending it into a dark, timeless parallel universe.

Her powers include the ability to alter probability by casting magical «hexes» that often manifest physically as bolts or spheres.

This is also true for the items used in the game such as Lara and Carter with their grappling hooks or Isis and Horus with their magical powers that not only slow down time but allows them to create shields.

Prospera's journey spirals through vengeance to forgiveness as she reigns over a magical island, cares for her young daughter, Miranda, and unleashes her powers against shipwrecked enemies in this exciting, masterly mix of romance, tragicomedy and the supernatural.

The story about the boy with magical powers is treated with the same self - serious tone as Nichols's other films, more grounded dramas that required such direction.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I follows Harry, Hermione (Watson) and Ron (Grint) as they embark on an off - campus adventure to find evil wizard Voldermort's (Fiennes) remaining Horcruxes (dark magical objects used to attain immortality) and thus relinquish the Dark Lord of his power.

On the Red Planet called Barsoom by its inhabitants he discovers that he possesses magical powers and becomes entangled in an inter-species war between the green skinned, four armed warriors known as Tharks and the redskinned humanoid factions of Zodanga and Helium.

Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.

A little green jokester, Paul isn't handled with any sort of widescreen awe, instead put forth as a wiseacre with magical healing powers, bonding with his human pals over the mysteries of the universe and the joys of full frontal nudity.

Love ya Brutus — good on ya for pursuing that law degree — you will be great — but where you got it wrong — and you know me — is the New haven teachers union is giving power to teachers more than ever before — and TFA has run its course (but has provided bodies in classrooms where none were there before)-- no nonsense my friend — only a vision and creed that will change the lives of our children, families and school community for the better — we need you to be a part of this as you should be — no more negativity, for this is our time — the stars are aligned and the proper people are in place to make this magical — and we will — T

Unlike previous retreats, GM is doubling down, releasing this year at Detroit's North American International Auto Show both a revamped Volt extended - range electric vehicle with more power and range as well as a fully electric Bolt, this last to boast the magical numbers of a US$ 30,000 price tag and a 300 + kilometre range.

Despite pumping all that power through only the front wheels, Honda's magical suspension engineering nullifies the torque steer that makes lesser front - wheel - drive vehicles feel as if they tug to one side during heavy acceleration.

I hope you'll be as fascinated as I am by the intersection of the modern as against the ancient, the scientific as against the belief in the magical powers of the gods and the spells they weave.

One of the reasons why Wife of the Gods is intriguing as a title is that, just like the book itself, it melds the physical world with another realm in which magical and supernatural powers are believed to exist.

By May of this year, Danuta Kean at The Guardian was writing of how, «Women such as Random House's Gail Rebuck, Penguin's Helen Fraser, Macmillan's Annette Thomas and Little, Brown's Ursula Mackenzie — who had all embodied the ideal that women publishers faced no glass ceiling — have in the last five years all been replaced by men... Look at the magical «C - circle» of group chief executive, group chief operating officer, and group chief finance officer — where the real power lies — and women are notably absent.»

Later on, when I was too big to hide, they came to ask her other things, for by this time her reputation as a cunning woman with magical powers had spread as thistledown does, blown on the hot winds of gossip.

Thus, Ginta begins a mystical quest in search of the magical items known as «ÄRMS,» one of which may have the power to send him home.

«Written with power and grace, this enchanting, startling, gripping story casts a spell as strong and magical as any created by the sorceress Circe.»

To be honest, I hated the fact that I could pick a story as an editor and give that story some sort of special magical powers of sudden quality.

They were closely associated with magical spiritual powers and served as protective talismans.

I don't have any magical powers (as a fantasy writer I wish I did!)

There's also Part II, several bonuses, including Part ll, The Magical Power of Headlines, which contains 7 chapters that summarize lessons David learned during his career as one of America's leading direct marketing copywriters.

I recently threw out the question to you BlackBerry Passport owners of «How do you scroll», as over the past few months I've found myself using the Passport's display to scroll rather than utilizing the magical powers that are in the hardware keyboard, which also allows for scrolling.

As an author, you know books are these amazing magical vehicles of deep meaning, with the power to inspire, inform, and entertain.

In Under the Same Blue Sky, a young German - American woman discovers that more than magical healing powers are needed as World War I up - ends her community.