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frankincense, bush-grass and vellow sandalwood, sai
Andab, andab fifteen times, the spirit will appear to vo u
ask for what you desire, the spirit will grant you vour wish
immediately and do not be afraid of his appearance.
Invoking the Moon when it is descending in Viro-o.
Take thirty white starlings and you cook them after
sacrificing them with the feathers till it is well done. You
take the birds out and the feathers will ail fall off. Add a
normal amount of salt to it and you make this before the
thirty davs is up in the sign. Then you eat one of the birds
even- day after censing the bird with quarter dirham of
saffron and don't cat any thing after it for six hours. You
do this every day and you need to be careful not to drink
any alcohol during that time. When you are done u ith this
wash up with a eastern water spring and put of this water,
half a pound in a bottle that was made when the Sun wa*;
on its third day of the Pisces sign and the Moon was on its
seventh day in Aquarius. Seal the bottle very well with tar
that did not touch fire. Then go out to invoke the Moon's
power and put in front of vou a brazier that has one ounce
of grass and saffron in an open empty area, then say O
Moon the Beautiful Sighted, the extreme in giving, the
extreme in height, the one that lights the dark, you make
every soul happy, your joy and delight give us joy and fills
our hearts with delight. I depend on you to get me wha 11
desire". Then you reach your left hand to the bottle and
say Afoot, afoot and you dig with your right hand in the
ground, you keep repeating and digging tUI you have dug
about a cubit deep in the ground. Then put the bottle -
facing the south and vou cover it with the dirt slowi\ >> 5
you still repeat the names, till the ground is smooth- Then
you draw with a gold needle in a piece of lead the picture
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