A
Figure 14. Alu is an acronym of three Norse runes.
Amber
Mystique: "I recalled a magical word. Amber. . . . The word was charged
with a mighty longing and a massive nostalgia. It had, wrapped up inside it,
a sense of forsaken beauty, grand achievement, and a feeling of power that
was terrible and almost ultimate."158 "Since ancient times, amber has been
an object of value and mystery. . . . Part of the mystery of amber is its ability
to become electrically charged when rubbed with a soft cloth."159
Amen
The god Amen, the only god, shall be with thee.
-- E.A. Wallis Budge, Egyptian Magic (1901)
The Liturgie is naught
With magicke, and Amens (god blesse us) fraught.
-- Sir Thomas Aston (1640)
158 Roger Zelazny, Nine Princes in Amber (1970)
159 Charles Reasoner, The Magic Amber: A Korean Legend (2002)