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on a Sunday, and it shall be inspired by a devil, whom he 

 must appease with flesh and wine to the full : offer him every 

 thing he demands, and he will grant all you desire. 



This spell is all powerful. It is called the virgin spell, 

 and came from Malaysia. 



I will now explain the mode used in the Karna'taka 

 country. This is taught in the Sabari, or code of necro- 

 mancy. 



In the midst of a temple sacred to Garuda (the hawk) (a) 

 make white marks with earth, and erect a magic figure, and 

 on a Sunday you must therein place an image, holding it in 

 your left handffr ). 



" Therein sit with your face to the south and use the fol- 

 lowing spell — [which is omitted.] 



But this spell must be delivered by the Teacher : unless 

 delivered by him it is powerless and therefore I will not 

 write it. 



Another spell. " 0 Mighty queen of demons, who inhabi- 

 test the cemetery ! come, approach ! handmaid of Qiva, who 

 devourest the buffalo." [Magic syllables, devoid of sense.] 



Let the above spell be used for one day and night in a 

 cemetery, and the awful goddess shall verily appear to thee 

 in the shape of a buffalo. 



This spell will give the power over ghosts. It is mar- 

 vellous and most holy (loka-pavanamf c J). 



(a) The name of a mythical bird : he is the Prince of Birds, the Poe 

 of snakes, Yishnu's vehicle, and a son of Kacypa by Vinata. Immediately 

 after his birth lie terrifies the gods with his clear-beaming light : they take 

 him for Agni and pray the latter for protection. When they find he is 

 •Garuda, they praise him as the Highest Being and name him Fire and 

 Sun. Aruna, the Sun's charioteer (the personified dawn) appears as the 

 younger brother of Garuda. Bohtlingk and Roth, from whose Dictionary, 

 II, 694, the foregoing has been translated, conclude by observing that 

 some phenomenon caused by light {lichterscliemung) obviously lies at the 

 basis of this mythe. — Ed. 



(/>) The sense here is so far imperfect that it cannot be determined, 



{c) Literally ' world-purifying. — Ed. 



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