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created, and knows the strength of the Gods. His Word is ARRABABAAL and his Seal is this:
The Thirty-Eighth Name is LUGALDURMAH
The Lord of the Lofty Places, Watcher of the Skies and all that travels therein. Naught traverses the starry
element, but that this Power is aware. His Word is ARATAAGARBAL and his Seal is this:
The Thirty-Ninth Name is ARANUNNA
Giver of Wisdom, Counsellor to our Father, ENKI, Knower of the Magickal Covenant and of the Laws and of
the Nature of the Gates. His Word is ARAMANNGI and his Seal is thusly:
The Fortieth Name is DUMUDUKU
Possessor of the Wand of Lapis Lazuli, Knower of the Secret Name and the Secret Number. May not reveal
these to thee, but may speak of other things equally marvellous. His Word is ARATAGIGI and his Seal is:
The Forty-First Name is LUGALANNA
The Power of the Eldest of the Elder Ones, possesses the secret knowledge of the world when the Ancient Ones
and the Elder Ones and where One. Knows the Essence of the Ancient Ones and where it might be found. His
Word is BALDIKHU and his Seal is this:
The Forty-Second Nam is LUGALUGGA
Knows the Essence of all Spirits, of the Dead and the Unborn, and the Starry and the Earthly, and the Spirits
of the Air and the Spirits of the Wind as well. Which things he may tell thee, and thou wilt grow in wisdom.
His Word is ZIDUR and his Seal is thus:
The Forty-Third Name is IRKINGU
This is the Power that laid capture to the Commander of the forces of the Ancient Ones, KINGU Mighty
Demon, that MARDUK might lay hold of him and, with its blood, create the Race of Men and seal the
Covenant. His Word is BARERIMU and his Seal is this:
The Forty-Fourth Name is KINMA
Judge and Lord of the Gods, at whose name they quake in fear. That the Gods may not err, this Power was
given to oversee their activities, should they be lawful and within the nature of the Covenant, for the Gods are
forgetful, and very far away. His Word is ENGAIGAI and his Seal is this:
The Forty-Fifth Name is ESIZKUR
This Spirit possesses the knowledge of the length of Life of any man, even unto the plants and the demons and
the gods. He measureth all things, and knoweth the Space thereof. His Word is NENIGEGAI and his Seal is
this:
The Forty-Sixth Name is GIBIL
This Power has been given the Realm of the Fire and the Forge. He keepeth the sharp point of the Sword and
the Lance, and giveth understanding in the working of metals. He also raises the Lightning that comes from
the Earth, and maketh Swords to appear in the Sky. His Word is BAALAGNITARRA and his Seal is this:
The Forty-Seventh Name is ADDU
Raises storms that fill the entire heavens and causes the Stars to tremble and the very Gates of the IGIGI to
shake in their stead. Can fill the skies with his brightness, even in the darkest hour of the night. His Word is
KAKODAMMU and his Seal is this:
The Forty-Eighth Name is ASHARRU
Knower of the Treacherous Ways. Gives intelligence of the Future and also of things Past. Put the Gods in
their courses, and determined their cycles. His Word is BAXTANDABAL and this is his Seal:
The Forty-Ninth Name is NEBIRU
The Spirit of the Gate of MARDUK, Manages all things in their ways, and moves the crossings of the stars
after the fashion known to the Chaldeans. His word is DIRGIRGIRI and his Seal is this:
The Fiftieth Name is NINNUAM
This is the Power of MARDUK as Lord of All That Is, Judger of Judgements, Decider of Decisions, He Who
Determines the Laws and the Reigns of Kings. He may not be called, save at the destruction of a city or the
death of a king. His Word is GASHDIG and his Seal is this:
Here endeth the Book of the Fifty Names, which the Gods have granted me the strength and the time in which
to lay it down. This Book is not to be shown to the unclean or the profane or the uninitiated, for to do so is to
call the most awful curse of the Book upon thee and upon thy generations.
Spirit of the Book, Remember!
THE MAGAN TEXT
THE verses here following come from the secret text of some of the priests of a cult which is all that is left of
the Old Faith that existed before Babylon was built, and it was originally in their tongue, but I have put it into
the Golden Speech of my country so that you may understand it. I came upon this text in my early wanderings
in the region of the Seven Fabled Cities of UR, which are no more, and it tells of the War between the Gods
that took place in a time beyond the memory of man. And the horrors and ugliness that the Priest will
encounter in his Rites are herein described, and their reasons, and their natures, and Essences. And the
Number of the Lines is Sacred, and the Word are Sacred, and are most potent charms against the Evil Ones.
And surely some Magicians of the country do write them on parchment or clay, or on pottery, or in the air,
that they might be efficacious thereby, and that the Gods will remember the words of the Covenant.
I copied these words down in my tongue and kept them faithfully these many years, and my own copy will go
with me to the place where I will go when my Spirit is torn from the body. But heed these words well, and
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