ABSTRACT
Take a lead plate and write the same formula on it and tie it to the figures in three hundred sixty-five knots with thread from a loom and recite the “Abrasax, hold tight” formula, which you know, and deposit this at sunset near the tomb of someone who died before his time or died a violent death, with flowers of the season. The spell that must be written and recited is this:
“I deposit this binding spell with you, gods of the underworld, [magical words] and the Kore¯ Persephone Ereschigal and Adonis, the [magical words] Hermes of the underworld, Touth [magical words] and powerful Anubis, who holds the keys of those in Hades, the gods and daemons of the underworld, those who died before their time, male and female, youths and maidens, year after year, month after month, day after day, hour after hour. I conjure all the daemons at this place to assist this one daemon. Wake up for me, whoever you are, male or female and go to every place, to every street, into every house, and fetch and bind. Bring me X, the daughter of Z, whose magical substance you have, and make her love me, Y, the son of A. Let her not have intercourse, neither from front nor from behind, and let her not have pleasure with any other man except me, Y. Let her, X, not eat, not drink, not love, not be strong, not be healthy, not sleep, except with me, X, because I conjure you in the name of the terrifying one, the horrifying one. When the earth hears his name, it will open up. When the daemons hear his awful name, they will be afraid. When rivers and rocks hear his name, they will burst. I conjure you, daemon of the dead. . . .
