0 MAGIC WORDS Ithni Asme Ata, Ithni Manamee, Drutha Lotacata Facts: This incantation, spoken while walking in a circle, is from Clive Barker's Abarat (2002). It Is All Right The welcome sound of these two magic words, All Right! -- D.H. Larwence, Aaron's Rod (1921) In Literature: • "Magic occurs between parent and child. I recall awful nights as a fledging father with a crying infant, my first child. Night after night, she would scream and I would yell just as wildly in my mind. But magic occurred. Sometimes, I would pick her up, hold her close to me and say, 'It is all right. It is all right.' This is word magic. It was not all right from the everyday- life point of view. She was miserable and I was too. Besides, she could not understand what I said. Furthermore, I could not understand it either. But both of us were made content. 'It is all right.' That was a conviction about her, me, our relationship and our future. This is very basic magic." -- Robert E. Neale, Magic and Meaning (1995) • "Mr. B. was also made to sleep in one minute, and rendered deaf to the loudest noises, till the magic words 'All right' awoke him." -- William Gregory, Animal Magnetism or Mesmerism and its Phenomena (1909) It Is Time (see now and presto) In Literature: • "'It is time.' Salvador would never forget as long as he lived the ring of these three magic words, 'It is time.'" -- Victor E. Villaseñor, Rain of Gold (1991) It Sil Heve Origins: This is a Dutch phrase meaning "it shall happen."12 12 Jane Ewart, Holland (200 )