The Book of the Wizard

La

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

text

ShS&S

1

1

1

1

1

1

creaking of the house

 

2

2

2

2

2

2

ringing in the ears

 

3

3

3

3

3

3

cawing of a crow

 

4

4

4

4

4

4

crowing of a cock

 

5

5

7

5

5

5

blinking (twitching, XII; tic, Latin) of the eyen

 

6

6

6

6

6

6

roaring (hissing, Latin) of the fire

 

7

7

5

7

7

7

howling of a hound

 

8

8

 

8

8

8

shrieking of a mouse (shrew, Latin)

 

9

15

 

15

15

15

something (clothing, Latin) catching on fire

 

10

10

 

10

10

10

croaking (jumping into window, XIV -- p. 149) of toad [earth-tremor, Latin] {cf. Aztec toad-god Tlal-tecuhtli as earth-monster}

5. toads

11

18

 

18

18

11

miaowing of a cat (caterwauling, Latin)

6. monkeys

12

         

clothing stained

7.

13

19

 

19

19

18

falling of a man [falling of a bird in thy path, Latin]

8.

14

20

 

20

20

19

[sudden, Latin] extinguishing of a candle

9.

15

11

   

11

 

cat in a window [seen through a hole, Latin; in a dream, XI] {cf. "Square Window" as one of the dream-realms in Radha-Svami}

10.

16

12

8

12

12

12

twitching of a muscle (of the arm (?), XII; of the arm, Latin)

11.

17

13

 

13

13

13

a fearful dream (night-terror, Latin http://www.nightterrors.org/ )

12.

18

14

 

14

14

14

meeting a blind man (meeting a wild animal, Latin; a blind man shooteth, XIV -- n. 150) {cf. shooting by the blind Ho`dr of Baldr (in Norse myth)}

13.

19

9

 

9

9

9

[if, Latin] gnawing by mouse (biting hole through, Latin) on clothes

14. gnawing by mouse on mats, pillows, or coat (p. 161)

20

         

it hath torn the garment

 

21

22

 

22

22

21

mounting of ox by ox [(=, p. 142) sudden entry of a beast into courtyard, Latin]

 

22

16

 

16

16

16

[if, Latin] squeaking (crackling, Latin) of the fire

1. butterflies [cf. [Aztec, etc.] moth entering flame]

23

17

 

17

17

17

giving off of sparks by the fire

 

24

21

 

21

21

20

neighing of a horse [if a garment be stained in blood, Latin] {cf. "They washed their robes and made them white in the blood ..." Revelation of St. John 7:14; "blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles" Revelation of St. John 14:20}

 
 

23

 

23

23

23

singing by bird [so in XV; XI & XIII have bee, fish, & grass; XIV hath birds, fish, & grass]

2. bees

 

23

 

23

23

24

floundering of fish

 
 

23

 

23

23

25

rustling of grass

 
     

24

24

26

scraping by tree on tree

 
     

25

25

27

rustling of a leaf

 
 

24

 

26

26

28

chattering of a magpie

3.

 

25

 

27

27

29

a woodpecker

4. woodpeckers

 

26

 

28

28

30

a large woodpecker

 
 

27

 

29

29

31

howling of a wolf

 
 

28

 

30

30

32

arrival of a guest (coming of grief, XV; XIV -- n. 151)

 

[11 (18). miaowing cat = 6. monkey (cf. howler monkey) because both have round head, can curl tip of tail, and climb trees -- cats & monkeys are related in biochemical genetics]

ShS&S p. 160 Malay portents of impending ill-luck to be converted by recitals

1

butterlies

alighting on roof

2

bees

3

hawks

4

woodpeckers

5

frogs

invading house or garden

6

monkeys

7

snakes

8

geckoes

9

tortoise

under floor

10

fungus

growing in kitchen

11

coconuts

2 growing on 1 stem

12

wasps

in clothes

13

mason-bees

14

mouse

gnawing on mat

MAGIC IN HISTORY SERIES. W.F. Ryan: The Bathhouse at Midnight. PA State U. Pr, 1999.

La = Latin (pp. 141-142); there is an extension (beyond the 24) in the Liber Zebelis of Heinrich Khunrath

XI-XV Russian (p. 140)

ShS&S = R. O. Winstedt: Shaman Saiva and Sufi. Constable & Co., 1925.