S 81 Variations and Incantations: • Sadak • Sadik Safety First Facts: Safety first are the magic words professional magician Johnny Magic uses during his touring magic show that counsels children about peer pres sure, gun and fire safety, and drug abuse. Salabim (see sim sala bim) Facts: Salabim is the name of a site in ancient Palestine, "on the road between Scythopolis and Neapolis," as noted by Saint Jerome. Samboobia Facts: This is professional magician "Dandy Dan" Dyer's phrase for making magic happen. Saritap Pernisox Ottarim Origins: Saritap Pernisox Ottarim are antiquated magic words for opening locks. The phrase comes from an Egyptian book of magical talismans entitled Treasure of the Old Man of the Pyramids, "translated from the Language of the Magi" in the eighteenth century.7 Facts: These magic words were believed to grant the speaker the ability to "open all locks at a touch, whatever precautions have been taken to secure them,"8 including the doors of prisons and fortified castles.9 5 Rhonda Rosner, "Amazing Magic Messages," The Daily Record (2001) 6 Susan Weingarten, The Saint's Saints (2005) 7 Arthur Edward Waite, The Book of Ceremonial Magic (191 ) 8 Ibid. 9 The Black Pullet: Science of Magical Talismans, an eighteenth century treatise on nec- romancy and conjuration.