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This article explores and discusses magical thinking in the context of chronic pain. While few publications address this topic, a recent article highlights the relevance of magical thinking (which is often dismissed or pathologized) to evidence-based practice medical care (). Magical thinking, like religion and spirituality () or artistic expression (), may help people make sense of the complex and often challenging experience of living with chronic pain. While religion and art have received some scholarly attention in pain research (, ), magical thinking remains largely marginalized and excluded from the scholarly pain discourse. This article offers an exploration, discussion and an invitation to consider magical thinking as a potentially supportive orientation for people living with chronic pain. We adopted a reflective, interpretive, and conversational approach grounded in life- and practice-based experience to co-construct conceptual insight rather than generating empirical generalisations.