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Energies

Energy \En"er*gy\, n.; pl. Energies. [F. ['e]nergie, LL. energia, fr. Gr.?, fr. ? active; ? in + ? work. See In, and Work.]

  1. Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive.

    The great energies of nature are known to us only by their effects.
    --Paley.

  2. Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.

  3. Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy.

  4. (Physics) Capacity for performing work.

    Note: The kinetic energy of a body is the energy it has in virtue of being in motion. It is measured by one half of the product of the mass of each element of the body multiplied by the square of the velocity of the element, relative to some given body or point. The available kinetic energy of a material system unconnected with any other system is that energy which is due to the motions of the parts of the system relative to its center of mass. The potential energy of a body or system is that energy which is not kinetic; -- energy due to configuration. Kinetic energy is sometimes called actual energy. Kinetic energy is exemplified in the vis viva of moving bodies, in heat, electric currents, etc.; potential energy, in a bent spring, or a body suspended a given distance above the earth and acted on by gravity.

    Accumulation, Conservation, Correlation, & Degradation of energy, etc. (Physics) See under Accumulation, Conservation, Correlation, etc.

    Syn: Force; power; potency; vigor; strength; spirit; efficiency; resolution.

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energies

n. (plural of energy English)

Wikipedia
Energies (journal)

Energies is a monthly open access, peer-reviewed, scientific journal. It was established in 2008 and is published by MDPI. The editor-in-chief is Enrico Sciubba ( Sapienza University of Rome). The journal publishes original papers, review articles, technical notes, and letters to the editor.

Usage examples of "energies".

We can draw down their energies into ourselves to amplify and replenish our own, like tapping into a cosmic energy supply rather than having to recharge our powers from our own, separate dynamos.

They danced around the maypole on May morning, the beginning of the old Celtic summer, to stir into life the Earth energies in a sacred spiral pattern.

The benefit is that by focusing and directing your own inner powers and natural energies you can give form to your thoughts and needs and desires and bring them into actuality.

Hunters would re-enact the successful outcome of a hunt and would carry these energies into the everyday world.

Negativity can be transformed into healing energies through positive ritual.

Keep your magical tools separate from your everyday household equipment in a large box or chest, so that you can keep them charged with positive energies for magical and healing work.

Fresh herbs have more immediate energies than dried, though the latter are better in sachets and poppets.

Most spells are carried out with the purpose of changing someone's life for the better or sending healing energies to others.

These spiritual powers include our own evolved self, which some say is formed through many lifetimes, and the higher divine cosmic energies, such as a supreme god or goddess, or, more abstractly, some sort of divine light, spirit and goodness.

So individual prosperity or fertility was attained both through private spells and charms and by sending positive energies to the Earth and the cosmos and, in a sense, receiving bounty as those beams were amplified and returned to the sender.

Such actions were quite a normal part of life, a way of tapping into the same energies that made the cattle fertile and the corn set seed.

You can draw a square on the screen and enclose in it anything you wish to bind from harming you, perhaps the name of a destructive habit or a malicious person, and send it to the recycle bin where the energies will be transformed.

You can attract objects or people by filling your screen with them, then print out the images on the screen and burn the paper in a candle flame to get the energies moving.

Many kitchen witches would carry out private spells using the equinox energies, to empower talismans and cast spells to ensure their own family would survive the inhospitable months of winter.

They are used to send out energies to whoever needs them, for example of love, happiness, health or abundance.