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
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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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    TRANSLATION xllx I cursed tliem in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, which is Eternal, and a third of God: (saying), You are accursed and bound in the name of Gabriel, Michael, and Azrael, the three holy angels; in the name of that angel who judged the woman that combed (the hair of) her head on the eve of holy Sunday; and in the name of the Lord of the angels; so that you may not proceed on your way, nor finish your journey. May God break your teeth, and cut the veins of your head, and the nerves ^ of your teeth, (keeping them off) from the cattle of the one who carries these writs. As the smoke vanishes from before the wind, may they vanish, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; in the name of the Father, the Fatherhood, in the name of the Son, the Lordship, and in the name of the Holy Ghost, the Emanation: in the name of the glorious Trinity, now, and for all time, for ever and ever. Amen ! ^ § 40. For favour in the sight of all men. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. As God loved Solomon, and he subjected the rebellious devils by his ring ^; and as God loved Moses, and divided the Red Sea before him: and as God loved Joseph, and made him, in place of a servant, lord over all Egypt, so, O Lord, God of Hosts, cast the flame [fire] of benevolence towards the bearer of these writs into the heart of rulers, judges, prefects, chiefs, ofiicers, and commanders. I bind and bridle their mouths and tongues by the power of Elijah the Prophet, by which he bound the heavens three years and six months^, so that no rain came down upon the earth ; and by the name, I Am That I Am, Almighty God, Adonai, Lord of Hosts. Amen ! * is modern, Syriac for ‘ nerves ’ or ‘ vein 2 Vide § 41.
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