[HPforGrownups] Avada Kadavra and the circle in the triangle

[Marion Ros]

No: HPFGUIDX 167184

houyhnhnm:

>>>The only sites I came across that had a symbol anywhere 
close to the one on the spine of Bloomsbury DH were the 
Goetia type sites.
http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/symbols/
bldefstriangleart.htm
http://www.hermetic.com/osiris/triangleofart.htm

This particular triangle in a circle appears to be 
associated with Aleister Crowley, "The Wickedest Man 
In the World," and I was startled to find that 
"abrahadabra" is also associated with Crowley.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrahadabra<<<


Marion:
Ah, but the magic word 'abracadabra' has been with us since ancient times (Crowley would have *wished* he could claim it as his own invention <grin>)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abracadabra

Interestingly enough, it was a *healing* magic word, first written down by Serenus Sammonicus, physiscian to the Roman emperor Caracalla (whose grandson Alexander Severus was also a follower of Sammonicus' medical teachings)


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