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Afreet   Listen
noun
Afreet, Afrite, Afrit  n.  (Moham. Myth.) A powerful evil jinnee, demon, or monstrous giant.






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"Afreet" Quotes from Famous Books



... know how men have always hankered after unlawful magic, and you know what a great part, in magic, WORDS have always played. If you have his name, or the formula of incantation that binds him, you can control the spirit, genie, afrite, or whatever the power may be. Solomon knew the names of all the spirits, and having their names, he held them subject to his will. So the universe has always appeared to the natural mind as a kind of enigma, of which the key must be sought in the shape of some illuminating ...
— Pragmatism - A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking • William James



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