The Black Pullet - Science of Magical Talismans.

The Black Pullet - Science of Magical Talismans.
These characters should be engraved on the inside of the ring.
should be brought before you in an instant? Put the ring on the second finger of your left hand, press the
talisman against your lips, and say tenderly in a whisper: o Nades, Suradis, Manier." Suddenly a spirit
with rose-coloured wings appeared; he placed himself on his knees before me. "He awaits your orders,"
the old man said. "Say to him: Sader, Prostas, Solaster." I repeated these words, and the spirit vanished.
"He is going to traverse an immense space with the rapidity of thought, and the most beautiful forms will
appear before your eyes and will serve as a model to paint those houris which our Divine Prophet
promises to his faithful servants. O my son, how blessed you are; not every mortal obtains from the Great
Spirit such favours as I can see by the speed with which your wishes are executed."
He had finished speaking when the spirit with the rose-coloured wings arrived carrying in his arms a
woman enveloped in a large white veil. She seemed to be asleep, and he placed her gently on a couch
which appeared near me. He raised the veil which hid her. Never had anything so beautiful been offered
to my eyes; she was Venus with all the charms of innocence. She sighed and opened the most beautiful
eyes in the world which came to rest on me 0 In a most harmonious voice she uttered a cry of surprise
saying, "It is he." The old man told me to approach the beauty, place a knee on the ground, for it is thus
that one should speak to her, and to take her hand. I obeyed, and the divinity to whom I addressed my
homage said to me: "I have seen thee in a dream, and the reality thereof makes thee more dear to my
heart. I prefer you to the Sultan who for a long time has fatigued me with his homage." "That is enough,"
said the old man, and he said forcefully, "Mammes Laher." Four slaves appeared to remove the couch
and she who had made such a vivid impression on my heart. The old man noticed my emotion and the
pain which resulted from her departure. He said to me, "You will see her again. Understand that in order
to possess wisdom, it is necessary to know how to resist the allurements of voluptuousness."
His words made me come to myself, and I said to him, "Pardon, my father, but you have seen her, that is
my excuse."
I replaced the ring and the talisman in the casket, and he gave me that which is illustrated in Figure No.
5.