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Me. 0. P. Brown's Telugu Spells. 



" Om hum glaum, Ghost ! who delightest in human flesh 

 and blood, and eatest the honeyed cake ; destroyer of thou- 

 sands ! devourer of numberless living creatures, devour so 

 and so ; devour him, drink his blood ! eat, eat his flesh ! Ha ! 

 hau, hum, phat." 



This supreme spell is to be recited in a cemetery; the sa- 

 crificer must be naked; he must stand on a shroud, and 

 facing the south. In the wane of the moon he must com- 

 mence it, and continue through the fortnight, reciting the 

 spell in the order called The Dark Path. Then shall the 

 queen of demons obey his call and come surrounded by her 

 ghosts. She will ask him what he requires, and he must 

 say, The death of my foe. She will graciously reply that 

 she will bring it about. She will immediately undertake it. 



Then let the sorcerer frame the name of his enemy into 

 a spell, and thus bring about his death- by reciting it one 

 hundred times. Of this there can be no doubt. 



I will next describe the Andhra mantras [or, spells potent 

 in the Telugu country] which were composed by A'dinatha. 



Spell: " Omhrim glaum, Lady Bhairavafa,), who destroy est 

 the times of destruction, who art adored by hosts of potent 

 devils ; who joy est in human flesh and blood, approach ap- 

 proach, come come to me, hum, phat, Svaha." 



This spell is to be used commencing with the name of 

 Bhairava, and shall gain all power over spells. Repeat the 

 name of your enemy and recite the spell a thousand times. 

 Be he rich as Kubera (god of wealth) he shall sink into 

 poverty. 



This spell beginning with the name of Bhairava is to be 

 recited : and when the proper time is come recite it with the 

 name of the enemy. This is to be recited 1,000 times and 

 it shall cause his death in a fortnight. 



(0) Lit, ' Formidable', a name for Durga Ed. 



