sorcerer

Everyday

A person who uses magic; a wizard. tree →

In the lessons

in tales, a magician who can cast spells or change into an animal

Examples

• The sorcerer waved his wand. tree →
• The villagers shouted, «Sorcerer!» tree →
• The old sorcerer gave them a magic word. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

The Egyptian sorcerers copied some of Moses's signs, and the Torah forbids Israel to have sorcerers. Later, Babylon's king called sorcerers to explain his dreams, and Jeremiah told Judah not to heed those who said not to serve Babylon.

Interpretation. Tradition reads their copying as showing the limits of magic against God's power, and forbids magic as turning away from God. In Daniel the sorcerers fail where Daniel, helped by God, succeeds.

Examples

• Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their secret arts. (Torah EXO.7.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, (Torah DEU.18.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. (Writings DAN.2.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; (Prophets JER.27.9, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths