The book of protection : being a collection of charms, now edited for the first time from Syriac mss / with translation, introduction, and notes by Hermann Gollancz ... with 27 illustrations.

Date:: 1912

Credit: The book of protection : being a collection of charms, now edited for the first time from Syriac mss / with translation, introduction, and notes by Hermann Gollancz ... with 27 illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$§ 33. For noises and sounds. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. By thy name, O God, the Hope of all those who are bound, I bind the Satan and hindrance (lit. dispute) to the handi- work of man; and further the sweet and harsh sounds which cling to the temples corresponding to the eyes of him who beareth these charms. I bind them away from his head, from his eyes, from his cheeks, and from the brain of his head: and it is not in your power to beat or to revolve in the head or in any of the members of the one who bears this charm, through the prayer of my Lady, the blessed Mary, and of Mar John the Baptist, and of Mar Abraham Senior, and of Mar Abraham Kidunaya, and of Mar Simon bar Sabai. Amen ! § 34. For the advantage of the house. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. May He who satisfied a thousand in the desert, when they ate of a little bread bless this table, that it may be full and rich, so that the poor may eat and be satisfied, and the orphans be fed from it May all the crowds be seated around it as (around) the table of Abraham, the Chosen ^; [and as he was blessed, and as were blessed] David, both king and prophet, Solomon and Flezekiah, Daniel and Josiah, and Constantine the Just^, so, my Lord, may be blessed this house, that is, that of thy servant, and may it abound in all good things. O my Lord, bless those who keep it in good order: bless, O our Lord, those who work in it: bless, O my Lord, his house: bless, O our Lord, those who dwell therein. O our Lord, shield his house, and cause to dwell therein the blessings (wherewith) He blessed the righteous and the ^ Cf. Matt, xiv and xv; Mark vi and viii; Luke ix ; John vi. ^ This whole section is rhymed in the original; at all events it has a rhythmic ring about it. ^ Abraham, always regarded as the type of hospitality to strangers. ^ ‘meritorious’, ‘victorious’, ‘holy\ ‘pure’, often ‘ Christian L$