Witchcraft

Witchcraft is a type of Magic featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. It first appears in the first episode of the first season.

Uses
Witchcraft is a form of magic that requires the user to be adept in using spell books and incantations. When used, witchcraft often gives away a pink or violet glow and at times will manifest as a puff of smoke, which can vary in colors, depending on the practitioner. Some people, like Zelena, are born with these powers, but the person needs to be taught in order to control them.

The use of witchcraft is not an intellectual endeavor, but is tied to strong emotions like love and anger. One way to channel these emotions into magic, is to think about and relive a moment that made you angry in the past. Another way is to think about your loved ones and how you want to protect them, and feel it.

Known Practitioners

 * Aladdin
 * Amara †
 * The Apprentice  †
 * Belle French
 * Blind Witch †
 * Cora †
 * The Dragon †
 * Emma Swan
 * Evil Queen/Regina Mills
 * Evil Queen (Serum)
 * Fendrake the Healer †
 * Gideon
 * Glinda
 * Hook
 * Ingrid  †
 * Jafar


 * Maleficent
 * Merlin †
 * Gideon
 * Nimue †
 * Peter Pan †
 * Red Queen
 * Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold
 * Snow White
 * Trish †
 * Ursula
 * Witch
 * Witch of the East
 * Witch of the North
 * Zelena
 * Zoso †

Magical Abilities
Some of the more common magical abilities include:

Conjuration
Conjuration is the ability to create something out of thin air. This ability first appears in the fourth episode of the first season.


 * Known Practitioners


 * Emma Swan
 * Red Queen
 * Evil Queen / Regina Mills
 * Jafar
 * Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold
 * Zelena


 * Notes


 * When an object is conjured,it is often accompanied by a cloud of smoke, such as when Rumplestiltskin creates Cinderella's Glass Slippers in "The Price of Gold", when Zelena conjures a rag in "It's Not Easy Being Green", or when Emma produces a piece of paper in "Best Laid Plans". However, it is also possible to conjure without smoke, such as when Mr. Gold creates a necklace for Lacey in "Lacey".
 * It is also possible to make an object vanish into thin air, like when Regina makes Henry's stick of dynamite disappear, or when Mr. Gold rips out Keith's tongue and allows it to disappear completely. This ability is not limited to witchcraft, as Poseidon, who is a Deity, used his powers to make a bottle of Squid Ink disappear.
 * Conjuration is not limited to witchcraft only. Fairies and practitioners of Belief are also able to do this. It is also possible to create something out of thin air by using the Enchanted Quill, and by using a magic wish from a Genie.
 * Conjuration can also be used to create a copy of something else, like when Emma conjures a copy of a page from Henry's storybook. However, an experienced practitioner of witchcraft, can tell if it's a forgery.
 * Potioncraft can also be used for conjuration. The Witch creates an Enchanted Helm for King Fergus this way.

Energy Blast
Energy Blast is the ability to create magical blasts to harm the enemies in the most effective way. This ability first appears in the fourth episode of the fourth season.


 * Known Practitioners


 * Emma Swan
 * Regina Mills

Healing
For more information, see the Healing Spells article.

Immobilization
For more information, see the Magical Immobilization article.

Immobilization is not limited to only witchcraft.

Pyrokinesis
Pyrokinesis is the ability to create and control fire. This ability first appears in the second episode of the first season.


 * Known Practitioners


 * Cora †
 * Emma Swan
 * Evil Queen/Regina Mills
 * Red Queen
 * Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold
 * Snow White
 * Zelena


 * Notes


 * Practitioners of witchcraft are able to use fireballs without conjuring them: They can also pull fire out of a source such as a fireplace and shape it into a ball, like when Regina pulls fire from Maleficent's fireplace during their duel, and when Emma sets the Magic Wardrobe on fire and Cora pulls the fire into her hand and launched it at Emma.
 * Pyrokinesis seems to be one of the more basic forms of witchcraft. When Regina teaches Emma magic and when Cora instructs the Red Queen, they both start by teaching them how to create fire. When Rumplestiltskin gives Regina lessons, pyrokinesis is one of the first things that he teaches her.
 * Two sorcerers are able to combine their fireballs to create a bigger and more powerful fireball, like when Cora and Regina combined their fireballs to break the Protection Spell cast on Mr. Gold's shop.
 * Fairy Magic can also be used for fire-making, as evidenced when Tinker Bell lights a candle with her powers.
 * Zelena has displayed the ability to conjure different colored fireballs, more specifically green fireballs, which stayed green from "Our Decay" onward.

Shapeshifting
For more information, see the Shapeshifting article.

This ability is not limited to only witchcraft.

Telekinesis
Telekinesis is the ability to move objects and people without physical interaction. This ability first appears in the second episode of the first season.

It is not limited to witchcraft, as Ingrid, who has ice powers, and Cyrus, who has Genie Magic, have also used this ability. Fairy Magic can also be used for this purpose.


 * Known Practitioners


 * Amara †
 * Blind Witch †
 * Cora †
 * Emma Swan
 * Evil Queen/Regina Mills
 * Gideon
 * Hook
 * Jafar
 * Maleficent
 * Merlin †
 * Nimue †
 * Peter Pan †
 * Red Queen
 * Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold
 * Maleficent
 * Zelena
 * Zoso †

Teleportation
For more information, see the Teleportation article.

This ability is not limited to practitioners of witchcraft, as Ingrid, a practitioner of ice magic, and Hades and Poseidon, who are Deities, are also known to have this ability.

Transformation
Transformation is the ability to change an object's form or appearance. This ability first appears in the fourth episode of the first season.


 * Known Practitioners


 * Amara
 * Cora
 * Emma Swan
 * Evil Queen / Regina Mills
 * Rumplestiltskin / Mr. Gold
 * Zelena

Notes
 * A rare form of transformation is alchemy, which involves spinning straw into gold. Rumplestiltskin and Cora are the only people known to have this skill.
 * Belief can also be used for transformation.

Trivia

 * -|On-Screen Notes=

On-Screen Notes

 * When Jafar's summons a dragon, he casts a spell, Ego vocare te dolor. Ego vocare te damnum. Ego vocare te faciam scelus, which is Latin for "I call you pain. I call you loss. I call do (will do) crime.
 * When Cyrus uses a Locator Spell, to activate the enchantment, he uses the spell locus mirabilis, Latin for "wonderful place".
 * To light up the Jabberwocky's prison, Jafar casts a spell, fiat lux, which is Latin for "let there be light".
 * When Jafar uses Lizard's eyes to view the last person her eyes saw after death, he casts a spell: De visu intueri. Visione revelare, which is Latin for "Look out of sight. Reveal vision."
 * The incantations Jafar uses to take control over the Genie Lamps are:
 * Incipio.Tres genies in utres. Ego te coniungere. Da mihi virtutem! Which is Latin for "Begin. Three genies in bottles. Give me power!" [Note that there is no word for "genie" in Latin, so this word is plain English.]
 * When that doesn't work, he tries Magicae res tres. Vult totam! Which means "Three magic things. He wants all!" Unfortunately, that doesn't work either.
 * Mr. Gold's spell book says:

Y     ou are ready to use your own

magical ability. You must be able to

concentrate. You must be able to focus intensity and visualize the

magic. What you want to happen

must be perfectly clear in your mind.

In performing a magical act, you will build up a massive

cone of energy with your powers at intention, then when

that energy is at its zenith, you will send it out to work

for you and effect physical changes in the material

realm.

I feel the need to remind you of the [two illegible words] principle: whatever energy or intention is sent out, whether it be ill or good, it will be returned to you in kind, three-fold. If you send out positive energies you will will get positive energies in return. It's akin to [illegible word] a rock into a pool of water. Energy positive [two illegible words] send out has the potential [three illegible words] and [two illegible words] this way, your life will [illegible word] expand and [illegible word].


 * The "cone of energy" is a reference to the cone of power, a method of raising energy in ritual magic. Traditionally, this is done by a group, although it can also be done without the assistance of other people. As energy is raised, a cone forms above the wielder(s). When the magic reaches its apex, that energy is sent out en masse, directed towards whatever magical purpose is being worked on.
 * The principle of magic energies being returned to the wielder three-fold, is a reference to the Rule of Three, a tenet held by people in some magical traditions, primarily Wiccans. It states that whatever energy a person puts out into the world, be it positive or negative, will be returned to that person three times.


 * Belle's library book says:

Spelle for the Removal of Errant Hairs on Any Parte of the body.

Stand ye in front of a large looking glass.

Looke fulle at the part of your body whereabouts the folicles [sic] are to be diminished. Thereafter fashion a concoction of clove spice, macerated rose-hips and milk whey.

Mix the ingredients together full well and apply to the glass that reflects the portion of the body to be acted on.

Say the incantation follicles be damned, get thee gone by wave of my hand.

[illegible] wave your right hand in a [obscured] a front of thine likeness [obscured] pasted into a pannie[obscured]

This mixtu[obscured] when the moo[obscured]


 * -|Production Notes=

Production Notes

 * According to visual effects supervisor Andrew Orloff, magic on Once Upon a Time is an elemental force that people can harness. This is the reason why it involves smoke, fire, dirt, wind and water. For example, when Cora pulls Regina off the horse in "We Are Both", she doesn't telekinetically lift Regina off the horse, but instead makes the trees reach out with their branches. Another example is when the Evil Queen throws a fireball in "The Thing You Love Most", she actually pulls the fire out of the fireplace and shapes it in her hand.
 * However, as seen in several episodes, telekinesis and conjuring fire out of thin air are possible.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.