Abracadabra...
I.M.Summers
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| ......This magical invocation is associated chiefly with the stage illusionist, used to create drama to the act of magic.... Once even used to conjuror and pantomime witches, but in fact has a much longer history as a cabalistic charm.... The chanted charm was said to have special powers against Fevers,Toothaches and other medical ailments, as well as to provide protection against bad luck. |
| ..... Such charms, according to Daniel De foe, in his journal of the plague year (1722), used widely threw out london in the seventeenth century, was said to be used as protection against the plague. Simply saying the word out loud is said to summons up strong supernatural forces, hence its use by contemporary stage performers and entertainers throughout the world today. |
I.M.Summers |