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HOONITAN CHARMS. 



human being as an offering acceptable to thee. Take him. Take 

 him this instant as an offering made by thy servant. Oh she-demon ? 

 oh my sister, eat him. Eat his flesh and drink his blood. Eat his 

 bones, and muscles, and nerves. Drink his heart's blood and suck 

 his marrow. Eat his liver and lungs and entrails. Look at him 

 from head to toe, and cover him this instant with thy influence. 

 I command thee this day, oh Aaweysa Cadawara Reeri Yaksanee, 

 who wast born from three drops of blood, to suck the blood out of 

 this human being. I give him over to thee. Take him. I ask 

 thee and all other she-demons to afflict him with heat, fever, and 

 pain in all the 800 joints and 900 nerves of his body, and in the 

 300,000,000 pores of Lib skin. Remain thou with him, till I come 

 back to thee. I teil thee, listen not to any other Cattadiya. By 

 Wissamonny's power I bind thee to do this. I bind thee. I have 

 bound thee. Let this be so." 



The Jeewama of the above— 44 Make three Pidayni Tatu (altars) 

 and divide each Tatuwa into four compartments. Place in each 

 of these compartments boiled rice of a yellow colour, some of a 

 white colour, and some of a black colour; also place on any of the 

 Tatu some milk in two separate leaves, some blood in two separate 

 leaves, five kinds of fried meat, an arrow, and a cock. Surround 

 all these with three turns of a Kan-ya Kool thread. Then placing 

 one of the Tatu to the east of you, and the other two at your feet, 

 pronounce the charm 133 times over a Kan-ya Nool thread and a 

 cluster of Rat Mai flowers, which you hold in your hand.* You 

 will then see three apparitions, but, without getting frightened by 

 them, bind them by your charm. Then take away the thread and 

 the flowers, and get them passed over: after which, keep them 

 carefully secured in a box. This Jeewama must be performed on 

 a grave during three Yamas of a Sunday. The man will get mad 

 in three days." 



* The dummala incense, although not mentioned above, must also be used 

 on this and on all similar occasions. It is omitted here, only because it is too 

 well known as a sine qua non of every demon ceremony to require express 

 mention. 



