MAGIC WORDS Variations and Incantations: Abba-dabba-do -- Steve Rivkin, The Making of a Name (2004) Abba-dabba-ooga-booga-hoojee-goojee-yabba-dabba-doo -- Edward Allen, Mustang Sally (1992) Yabba-dabba-doo-fiddledy-dee-tiddly-pom-fi-fi-fo-fum -- Daniel C. Dennett, Consciousness Explained (1991) In Literature: • D.A. Carson, Sunsets: Reflections for Life's Final Journey (2005) Yagazuzi, Yagazuzi, Yagazuzi, Zim Zoomazoozi, Zoomazoozi, Zoomazoozi, Bim Zuzzi, Hi! Zuma Huga Pits Facts: In the Bewitched episode "The Joker is a Card" (1965), warlock Uncle Arthur convinces Darrin he can protect himself from the wrath of the witch Endora by saying "Yagazuzi, yagazuzi, yagazuzi, zim [sound of cowbell, and a duck call]; Zoomazoozi, zoomazoozi, zoomazoozi, bim [cowbell, duck call repeated]; Zuzzi, hi! Zuma Huga Pits." Yaldabaoth Meanings: • Demi-Urge -- Scott A. Leonard, Myth and Knowing (200 ) • Ruler of Darkness and Evil -- Victor Paul Furnish, II Corinthians (1984) • Son of chaos -- Yuri Stoyanov, The Other God (2000) • Yahweh, the "blind," "jealous" god -- Alan H. Hauser, A History of Biblical Interpretation (200 ) Facts: "The magic word Yaldabaoth [has been] found in many of [the Hellenistic- Egyptian amulets and] ancient spells . . . suggesting that the sacred pronunciation [of the Tetragrammaton] was indeed well known at [that] time to religious cognoscenti and magicians." 5 Mark Belletini, "Arius in the Mirror" (200 )