A letter A, and which (from a magical point of view) hints at a hidden meaning in the word, linked with the meanings of the letters at the beginning and end of the word. We see, then, that in terms of magical theory, the word america may be considered as the base of a triangle, the upper part of which is invisible. The word america is therefore a form of the truncated pyramid."161 In Literature: • "America! What magic word. The yearning of the enslaved, the promised land of the oppressed, the goal of all longing for progress. Here man's ideals had found their fulfillment." -- Hippolyte Havel, Emma Goldman (1910) Amichamchou Kai Chochao Cheroei Oueiacho Odou Proseionges Origins: This phrase is of Egyptian origin, dating back to the rd-4th century CE.162 Facts: This phrase is part of "a remedy for ascent of the womb"16 and invokes the names of angels who "sit over the cherubim." Amore (see love) Origins: Amore is an Italian word meaning "love." In Literature: • "Constantly recurring in the song, as if set there for his ear, he understood the magic word 'amore, amore' strung like beads down the necklace warm on a girl's bosom." -- Arlo Bates, The Puritans (1899) • "Love, under the name of Eros, is described [in Marsilio Ficino, De Amore (1496)] as 'sophist and magician'; it is a sophist because under its influence people easily take what is false for truth, and a magician because it functions through the attractive power of correspondences, which establish the harmony of the universe: 'tota vis magice nin amore consistat' (all magic power is founded on love)." -- Michael Mitchell, Hidden Mutualities: Faustian Themes of Gnostic Origins to the Postcolonial (2006) 161 David Ovason, The Secrey Symbols of the Dollar Bill (2004) 162 Mary R. Lefkowitz, Women's Lives in Greece and Rome (1982) 16 Ibid.