ABSTRACT
Aye, lord demon, attract, inflame, destroy, burn, cause her to swoon from love as she is being burnt, inflamed. Goad the tortured soul, the heart of Karosa … until she leaps forth and comes to Apalos … out of passion and love, in this very hour, immediately, immediately; quickly, quickly … do not allow Karosa herself … to think of her [own] husband, her child, drink, food, but let her come melting for passion and love and intercourse, especially yearning for the intercourse of Apalos. (An ancient spell designed to work love magic. Dug up in Eshmunen, Egypt, the prayer was inscribed on a lead tablet wrapped around strands of brownish red hair and placed in the mouth of a mummy, to whom the spell was addressed; Faraone, 2003.)
