This was about 20 years ago, and clozapine — then viewed as a miracle antipsychotic drug — seemed to have wrought some deep, transforming magic.
Lears uses these men and women as exemplars of broad cultural trends: Houdini transformed magic "from spiritualism to strenuousness"; Addams represented "an alternative to militarism for romantic young professionals".
Somehow, the concept of "magic bullets" transformed to "magic guns," that is, NDDS [ 35, 55].
The sidekick Harry and Ron have come to rely on for her brains and common sense has been transformed like magic into a lovely young woman.
Henderson plays Imma, an old woman who yearns to be like her sister, Dora, who has been transformed by magic into a beautiful young maiden, who has beguiled the king.
Gawain seizes his sword, helmet and shield, but the Green Knight, laughing, reveals himself to be the lord of the castle, Bertilak de Hautdesert, transformed by magic.
I come from the theater, and my favorite thing to do is transform using the magic of theater, the artifice, the makeup, the wardrobe and hair, so performances like the two of theirs I find incredibly effective.
But never has that been more apparent than on songs like the teeth-chattering sample exercise "Rumor and Choir"—which is continually twisting and transforming in magic-hour light.
Above all, he knows how to transform space into a magic box.
What teenager hasn't fantasized about wielding magic to transform an indifferent object of desire into a besotted lover?
