The Book of Talismans

The most famous Talisman, however, of the Middle Ages is the Abracadabra, which, says
the Rev. C. W. King, was first mentioned by Serenus Sammonicus, the most learned Roman of
his time, and physician to Caracalla. Serenus Alexander, a great admirer of Serenus
Sammonicus, ordered the word to be written in the form of an inverted cone, and declares it to be of virtue against all diseases.

“Thou shall on paper write the spell divine
ABRACADABRA called in many a line,
Each under each in even order place,
But the last letter in each line efface,
As by degrees the elements grow few,
Still take away but fix the residue,
Till at the last one letter stands alone,
And the whole dwindles to a tapering cone.
Tie this about the neck with flaxen string,
Mighty the good ‘twill to the patient bring,
Its wondrous potency shall guard his head
And drive disease and death far from his bed.”

The Illustration No. 136, Plate X, is from an example in the British Museum, and the probable
origin of this Talisman is that it is a composition of the Hebrew words Ha - Brachab - Dabarah
“Speak or pronounce the Blessing”; “ Blessing” standing for “ The Blessed One,” being
equivalent to invoking the Holy Name of Jehovah.

Hmm

http://ankhafnakhonsu.net/2013/04/27/abr......ck-word/

Ancient Egyptian medicine. When can't afford the potion - use the word dissolved into a beverage.

Ah. Thanks for the translation.

I liked your post, tommy. BTW- here's a great secret society that just doesn't get enough attention. I wonder what they are REALLY up to?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sons_of_Lee_Marvin

:eek:

That is really cool. I love it.

I look forward to Tommy's posts. One way or the other, he makes me react. And that's good.

Yes I am only a gambler.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPDgXSOBdUQ

Abracadabra!

Can you show me a card trick please?

Stewed or fried?

You have lovely hands tommy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haSOE1kn-0U

Nice! You get a ten silly posts credit for that.

So, as they say, ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking, eh?

:)

Another great mystery of the Magic Café is how one can have such a large post count, when one only posts in this forum, where ones posts do not count.

Wow, a Hitchhiker's Guide reference! Nice.

It was very superficial, my dear Ed, I assure you.

Still impressive.