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 Malayáḷa.
I will now explain the mode used in the Karṇáṭaka country. This is taught in the Sabari, or code of necromancy.
In the midst of a temple sacred to Garuḍa (the hawk)[1] 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 hand[2].
"Therein sit with your face to the south and use the following 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. "O Mighty queen of demons, who inhabitest the cemetery! come, approach! handmaid of Çiva, 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 marvellous and most holy (loka-pávanam[3]).
- ↑ The name of a mythical bird: he is the Prince of Birds, the Foe of snakes, Vishnu's vehicle, and a son of Kaçypa by Vinatâ. Immediately after his birth he terrifies the gods with his clear-beaming light: they take him for Agni and pray the latter for protection. When they find he is Garuḍa, they praise him as the Highest Being and name him Fire and Sun. Aruṇa, the Sun's charioteer (the personified dawn) appears as the younger brother of Garuḍa. Böhtlingk and Hoth, from whose Dictionary, II, 694, the foregoing has been translated, conclude by observing that some phenomenon caused by light (lichterscheinung) obviously lies at the basis of this mythe.—Ed.
- ↑ The sense here is so far imperfect that it cannot be determined.
- ↑ Literally 'world-purifying.—Ed.
