j Origins: This magic nonsense word for obtaining euphonic results was coined by Mexican writer Alfonso Reyes11 in his book La Experiencia Literaria (1942). "Jitanjáfora is a term for the use of onomatopoeia in Spanish Afro- Caribbean poetry . . . to invoke an aesthetically Africanist sensibility into the poetic expression. . . . [J]itanjáfora does not literally mean. It means nonliterally: it evokes, not denotes; it must be thought about. To that end, it makes the other into a self. It reconstitutes what it re-envisions -- the cultural roots of African spirit -- leaving out the meaning of what it is imitating, admitting that it does not really know."12 Variations and Incantations: • PrestoChango, Shazam! Jitanjáfora! -- Gustavo Pesoa, "Collateral Beauty" (200 ) Josta Ablati Agla Caila Origins: This phrase is comprised of "four magical words God spoke with his mouth to his servant Moses," each the name of an angel, as discussed in the Grimorium Verum (a.k.a. "The True Clavicule of Solomon"), originally translated from the Hebrew in 1517.1 Junky Monkey, Stinkeroozer, This Old Apple Is a Loser In Literature: • Deborah Hautzig, Little Witch Goes to School (1998) Jurisprudence Origins: Jurisprudence is of Latin origin, meaning the theory or philosophy of law. Facts: According to the 17th-century Grimoire of Armadel, the spirit Samael teaches "Magic, Necromancy, Jurisprudence, and all of the Occult Sciences." 14 11 Leopoldo de Trazegnies Granda, Diccionario Literario (2005) 12 David Colón, "Other Latino Poetic Method" (2001) 1 Gustav Davidson, Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels (1994) 14 S.L. MacGregor Mathers, The Grimoire of Armadel (1980)