I personally believe that they are. I see spells, prayers, wishes and etc. as the same. You set out a goal and you channel your energies into that goal and send it forth in to the universe for the powers that be to hear it and hopefully bring your spell/prayer/wish to fruition.
Another View
A wish is just that, a wish. For most people, wishing is just an act of optimism.
For those of us who believe in magic, we understand the very act of wishing can be the beginning of a magical act. There is, however, more needed to bring about the manifestation of that wish.
no it is just a movie
Yes
Magic Adventures of Mumfie - 1995 If Wishes Were Pancakes 2-10 was released on: USA: September 1999
The two main characters in "The Magic Gourd" are a young boy named Wang Bao and a magic talking gourd. The gourd grants wishes to Wang Bao, but he soon learns that these wishes can have unintended consequences.
The Three and Many Wishes of Jason Reid
as the intense study of this topic continues, a specific group of scientists in Iceland have come to a conclusion that magic wishes do not exist.
That is the correct spelling of "wishes" (plural of wish, form of to wish - to hope or desire).The similar word is witches, female practitioners of magic or natural religions.
A magical wizard who grants wishes but only if u say the three magic words "glarcinshaf"
Mindy L. Klasky has written: 'When good wishes go bad' -- subject(s): Wishes, Jinn, Dramaturges, Fiction 'The glasswrights' master' 'Magic and the modern girl' -- subject(s): Fiction, Magic, Witches 'The glasswrights' journeyman'
magic because you can also make wishes for other people and make anything appear
The Genie. If you rub the magic lamp a genie supposedly will come out and grant you three wishes.
Aladdin was granted 3 wishes when he rubbed the magic lamp