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roots for different purposes to get different effects. They
use it inside of things like skulls and bones and different
animals give different results. The results are different
because of the nature of each animal and the power of the
acceptance and harmony between the two natures but it it
matched with the human nature the result is amazing most
of the time.
The magicians also claimed that if we take a mandrake
seed and some of its root then bury it in the middle of a
watermelon field and leave it there till it grows the effect
that it will have on the watermelons and the people that
eat from it is very amazing and the magicians had divided
their magical work into male and female functions.
1 have read in the month of December in the year three
hundred a book that was written by one of the famous
workers in this field and he is name is Abu Mansur Ai-
Hussein Ibn Mansur also known as Al-Hallaj. He wrote
that the watermelon seeds have many magical functions
such as if you put a watermelon seed in a fresh human
skull and bury it in an agricultural area and cover it with
dirt that is useful for the seed and will help it grow. Then
you water the seeds with human blood that is mixed with
warm water and this will make the watermelon that grows
there has a horrific reaction on the human mind and body
if it is fed to any one.
Al-Ilallaj also mentioned that there is a charm between
the chicory plant and the rooster especially with white
roosters and he said if you take some of the chicory plant
leaf and wrap it then feed it to the rooster three times a
day for a three days and make sure that the first day
would be on Wednesdav. Then that rooster will be veryacquainted
with the human that fed him the wraps and
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