Thaumatology

Thaumatology (a noun) is the study or description of miracles.   The origin of the word is Greek, 1850-1855.  The root of the word thaumato comes from Greek thauma - "wonder or  marvel".   If one is a miracle worker they are referred to as a thaumaturge or thaumaturgist.  

Broadly, it is the study of wonderworking and a theoretical analysis of the principles upon which the practice of magic is based.  It is a word recently brought back to life by Harry Potter with Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. 

Do you believe in miracles?  Do you believe in magic?  Are they the same?  

I love the use of this word by the English author HG Wells in 1898 from his book: 

The Man Who Could work Miracles  - "There were astonishing changes.  The small hours found Mr. Maydig and Mr. Fotheringay careering across the chilly market square under the still moon, in a sort of ecstasy of thaumaturgy, Mr. Maydig all flap and gesture, Mr. Fotheringay short and bristling, and no longer abashed at his greatness". 

"Seeing, feeling and hearing are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle" 

Walt Whitman