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Acolyte, v. 2, issue 2, whole no. 6, Spring 1944
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ginous ecstasy, a rout of alien beings are whirled recurrently, rising from, and sinking into, unknown abysses. Geast is possessed by a growing fear (and also a desire) that he will somehow be precipitated into this alien world. His diary is found following his unexplained disappearance from his studio and customary haunts. -oOo- FANTASTIC NAMES: Phenquor, Fulbra, Zactyra, Amprefense, Luthomns, Manthar, Nisque, Zabdamar, Mirouane, Mygon, Athystixot, Chronomage, Alabbac, Chronisper, Thirlain, Camorba, Valzain, Fustura, Famorte, Gnydron, Avalzant, Pnidleethon. -oOo- INCANTATION: Thirteenth century conjuration of the devil in words not belonging to any known language: Bagabi laca bachabe Lamao cahi achababe Karrelyos Lamac lamec Bachalyas Cabahagy sabalyos Baryolos Lagos atha cabyolas Samahac et famyolas Harrahya. (Note: this formula has been used with telling effect by a dancer friend of Smith's, as an accompaniment to her interpretive dance, Witches' Sabbath.) -oOo- THE COSMIC SEQUEL: The ultramundane reverberation of extension of earthly events, with unimaginable forms and significances. A man stimulates a dormant, unused sense, so that he is able to perceive the ultimate consequences of his own acts. He goes mad. -oOo- LOVE-SPELLS: Grillot de Givry, in his Witchcraft, Magic, and Alchemy, quotes these formulae from an eighteenth century manuscript: To gain the love of a person, rub your hands with the juice of vervain (verbena) and touch the woman or man you wish to inspire with love. Another and simpler formula: While touching the girl's hand with yours, you may say the following words: Bestarberto corrumpit viscera ejus mulieris." (Bestarberto entices the inward parts of the woman.) de Givry adds slyly, "It would be very silly to hunt for complicated liquors when so simple a process is available, and my readers cannot be forgiven if they fail to give it a trial." *************************************************************************** FURTHER NOTES ON OLIVER ONIONS. J. Michael Rosenblum. I have two fantasies by Onions, both novels, which Wakefield does not mention in his article in the #4 Acclyte. They are The Hand of Kornelius Voyt (Hamish Hamlton, 1939) and A Certain Man (Heineman, 1931). The former is primarily scientific fantasy, with a little occultism thrown in, and clouded in an atmosphere of intense and brooding horror. A German servant, custodian of an English boy, succeeds in developing the child mentally and physically into a mature adult before he is 16 years old, in an attempt to create a superman. The tale is told by the subject of the experiment, a broken old man at the age of 18. A Certain Man deals with a middle-aged commercial artist, estranged from his family, who meets on the bus a man with a peculiar coat. Following a half-told, half-hinted narrative of hideous experiences in Tibet, the coat is delivered to the artist, and, in spite of his revulsion, gradually changes his life and reconciled him with his family. Both are thoroughly recommended. --16--
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ginous ecstasy, a rout of alien beings are whirled recurrently, rising from, and sinking into, unknown abysses. Geast is possessed by a growing fear (and also a desire) that he will somehow be precipitated into this alien world. His diary is found following his unexplained disappearance from his studio and customary haunts. -oOo- FANTASTIC NAMES: Phenquor, Fulbra, Zactyra, Amprefense, Luthomns, Manthar, Nisque, Zabdamar, Mirouane, Mygon, Athystixot, Chronomage, Alabbac, Chronisper, Thirlain, Camorba, Valzain, Fustura, Famorte, Gnydron, Avalzant, Pnidleethon. -oOo- INCANTATION: Thirteenth century conjuration of the devil in words not belonging to any known language: Bagabi laca bachabe Lamao cahi achababe Karrelyos Lamac lamec Bachalyas Cabahagy sabalyos Baryolos Lagos atha cabyolas Samahac et famyolas Harrahya. (Note: this formula has been used with telling effect by a dancer friend of Smith's, as an accompaniment to her interpretive dance, Witches' Sabbath.) -oOo- THE COSMIC SEQUEL: The ultramundane reverberation of extension of earthly events, with unimaginable forms and significances. A man stimulates a dormant, unused sense, so that he is able to perceive the ultimate consequences of his own acts. He goes mad. -oOo- LOVE-SPELLS: Grillot de Givry, in his Witchcraft, Magic, and Alchemy, quotes these formulae from an eighteenth century manuscript: To gain the love of a person, rub your hands with the juice of vervain (verbena) and touch the woman or man you wish to inspire with love. Another and simpler formula: While touching the girl's hand with yours, you may say the following words: Bestarberto corrumpit viscera ejus mulieris." (Bestarberto entices the inward parts of the woman.) de Givry adds slyly, "It would be very silly to hunt for complicated liquors when so simple a process is available, and my readers cannot be forgiven if they fail to give it a trial." *************************************************************************** FURTHER NOTES ON OLIVER ONIONS. J. Michael Rosenblum. I have two fantasies by Onions, both novels, which Wakefield does not mention in his article in the #4 Acclyte. They are The Hand of Kornelius Voyt (Hamish Hamlton, 1939) and A Certain Man (Heineman, 1931). The former is primarily scientific fantasy, with a little occultism thrown in, and clouded in an atmosphere of intense and brooding horror. A German servant, custodian of an English boy, succeeds in developing the child mentally and physically into a mature adult before he is 16 years old, in an attempt to create a superman. The tale is told by the subject of the experiment, a broken old man at the age of 18. A Certain Man deals with a middle-aged commercial artist, estranged from his family, who meets on the bus a man with a peculiar coat. Following a half-told, half-hinted narrative of hideous experiences in Tibet, the coat is delivered to the artist, and, in spite of his revulsion, gradually changes his life and reconciled him with his family. Both are thoroughly recommended. --16--
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