[The following is the thirty-fourth of many posts–here is the first, here is the second, here is the third, here is the fourth, here is the fifth, here is the sixth, here is the seventh, here is the eighth, here is the ninth, here is the tenth, here is the eleventh, here is the twelfth, here is the thirteenth, here is the fourteenth, here is the fifteenth, here is the sixteenth, here is the seventeenth, here is the eighteenth, here is the nineteenth, here is the twentieth, here is the twenty-first, here is the twenty-second, here is the twenty-third, here is the twenty-fourth, here is the twenty-fifth, here is the twenty-sixth, here is the twenty-seventh, here is the twenty-eighth, here is the twenty-ninth, here is the thirtieth, here is the thirty-first, here is the thirty-second, and here is the thirty-third–about a fictitious discovery of ancient manuscripts of a religious text of narratives and magic spells. Its purpose for my readers and me is to provide a cosmology and mythography on which I am basing much, if not most, of my fiction–short stories and novels. If anyone is interested in reading this fiction, he or she can use these blog posts as references to explain the nature of the magic and universe in my fiction.]
Translator’s note: please remember that all of this collection of spells is incomplete. As excavations of the area continue, more will be found and published in future editions. The current set is only what has been found for the moment.
[Sing the following verse repeatedly, louder and louder, with increasing intensity. Pluck individual strings on a zither, each plucking for each line.]
May I take, ///
and escape. \\\
May I keep ///
what I steal. \\\
[Sing the following verse repeatedly, in as low a bass voice as possible, with the soft hitting of a gong.]
Take your life, \\\
take your soul. \\\
Take your breath, \\\
leave you low. \\\
[Sing the following verse repeatedly, with accompanying flute.]
Make my tales \\\
seem as real ///
as if they \\\
had been seen. ///
[Sing the following verse repeatedly, with loud drums.]
Ai, Lord of Fire, ////
god of lust ///
and desire, //
come from hell ///
to the earth, ///
give me what ///
in my heart burns. ////
Commentary: The following two spells are not particularly ‘wicked’ ones, yet they are included among the Lyrics all the same. The first is a verse of protection, often sung before one is about to eat a dish blessed by the spell. It is also sung while the singer, naked, has his or her hands on the plates on the dishes, to transfer the spell into the food, and give its power to the eaters.
[Sing the following repeatedly, with hands on the food to be blessed and to protect those who eat it. The singer must be naked.]
Keep our enemies far away. \\\\\
We eat what will keep us safe. \\\\\\\
Commentary: the second spell is of protection put on necklaces.
[Sing the following repeatedly, with the necklaces to be blessed lying nearby. The singer must be naked.]
Keep the necklace wearers safe. ///\\
May no enemy give them strife. ///\\\
Commentary: in keeping with the malevolent nature of so many of these lyrics, though, one spell has been devised here to make the wearers of the protective necklaces want to take them off, rendering them vulnerable to their enemies again, as we’ll see.
May the necklace itch, itch, itch. /\/\/\
May the wearer twitch, twitch, twitch. /\/\/\
May the wearer take it off, /\/\/\
and at his protection scoff. /\/\/
The wearer being naked now, /\/\/
I can make him kneel and cow. /\/\/\/
[Sing the following repeatedly, with flute and drum accompaniment to guarantee success.]
May boils grow all over your skin! ////\\\
May no one love you ever again! ////\\\
Infinite Ocean 