T Talitha, Kum "Talitha!" It went to my soul immediately. -- Walter Wangerin, Ragman and Other Cries of Faith (2004) Meanings: • Arise, daughter Origins: Talitha, kum is an Aramaic phrase used in incantations to raise the dead. Facts: In the New Testament, Jesus uses the words Talitha, kum to resurrect a girl.1 Variations and Incantations: • Talitha, Cum • Talitha, Cumi • Talitha, Koum • Talitha, Kumi • Talitha, Qumi In Literature: • "Those words are the very words of his magic curative power, as he actually spoke them: 'Ephphatha,' the magic word that healed deafness, and 'Talitha, kum!' the magic words that raised the dead." -- Norman Weeks, The Test of Love (1992) • "Mark's recording of the Aramaic words Jesus used, Talitha kum, seem to suggest they have some magical power." -- John P. Keenan, The Gospel of Mark: A Mahayana Reading (1995) Talkarpas Ang Shirak (see shirak) In Literature: • "'Talkarpas ang shirak,' he declared. Magic flashed through him, too little and too quick to bring about the euphoria he usually felt. Light spells were parlor tricks, cantrips initiates learned early on." -- Chris Pierson, Divine Hammer (2002) 1 Jaroslav Pelikan, Jesus through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture (1985)