66 Mr. C. P. Brown's Telugu Spells. 



Take the white consecrated earth, and one Sunday night 

 go into a cemetery, and continue three nights in prayer. 

 The third night the goddess Mainamma shall appear to thee, 

 and demand what is prayed for. The worshipper must 

 make her promise to come to him whenever he desires it. 

 Then let him tie up the ashes in a shroud and come away. 

 Then he must smear the ashes over the cloth and form it 

 into a wick : with which he must light a lamp tilling it 

 with oil, and this shall give us power over any one we wish 

 to summon ; and you may then release him. 



I will now declare the Andhra Mantram [spell written in 

 the Telugu language], which is mysteriously concealed in 

 the Codes of Rites (Agamas.) 



On a Sunday you must obtain the body of one who has 

 been slain in battle, and at night bring it to a burying 

 ground. Then fasten a cord twenty cubits long to a peg 

 and let this be fastened to the corpse and to a tree. Then 

 you must by the force of spells compel the ghost of the de- 

 ceased to appear. 



The following is the spell to be used. 



" O Mighty Hero, full of might and valour, approach ap- 

 proach, accept accept the sacrifice, accomplish, accomplish 

 the work ! hum ! phat ! " 



This is the mighty spell, which shall cause the ghost to 

 approach. You must offer him flesh, &c. as a sacrifice, and 

 whatever else he desires. This shall make the hero subject 

 to our power. 



Then take the two sorts of ashes already mentioned, and 

 make the lamp. Then recite the spell as before, sitting 

 with your face to the south and in a moment he will obey 

 your power. A most marvellous rite throughout ! 



Use this spell regarding a corpse slain in battle bound 



