03/05/2024
So recently someone said I had High Priestess Energy. I think I better start acting like it. That being said I'd like to start sharing knowledge. Today we learn about the Word of Power. The most famous being Abracadabra.
Word of Power is one of the most common of the healing talismans. Frequently the word would be repeated a number of times with a letter dropped each time ( as in photo) each time a letter is dropped you say what is left till nothing is left.
If the sick person was too sick to speak then someone else would speak for them. As the word diminished so did the illness or disease.
The paper with the Word of Power would be tied around the neck of the ill and the words would be said everyday for 9 days. At the end of the 9 days the talisman would be taken to a river flowing east and with a final recitation of the words the talisman would be thrown over the left shoulder into the water. This allows the water to carry away both it and the illness or disease.
Abracadabra was used to heal fevers and the plague. The earliest mention of the word was 208 AD but is believed to be much older. Abracadabra is believed to come from the Chaldean words abbâdâ ke dâbrâ that means "perish like the word".
Source: Budge, Sir A. E. Walls: Amulets and Talismans. University Books, 1961.
The next post will be about a Jewish scholar's "perfect Hebrew amulet" that contains the magical word Abrakala as seen in text from the Bible.