0 MAGIC WORDS Kalamazoo Origins: Kalamazoo is a Potawatoni and Algonquian Indian word. Meanings: • Boiling pot -- Dick Branch, "Kalamazoo County Brief History" (2005) • Boiling water • Morning mist rising steam-like from the surface of water -- Dick Branch, "Kalamazoo County Brief History" (2005) • River crossing • River that empties into Lake Michigan • Swirling rapids -- Dick Branch, "Kalamazoo County Brief History" (2005) In Literature: • "When my roommate and I were high [on LSD], we both became imbued with a sense of magical power. We stared at the candle flame, trying to change its color. Nothing happened. My roommate suggested that we utter a magic word. We tried 'Abracadabra.' The color did not change. We tried 'Open Sesame' to no avail. I shouted 'Kalamazoo!' Believe me, we both saw the color of the flame change from orange to blue! It remained blue for five minutes. At that time, my roommate blew out the flame. We were quite shaken by the experience but wanted to try it again. We relit the candle. The flame was orange. We uttered the magic word. It turned blue. This was several days ago. Neither of us has dared to light the candle and utter the magic word. We knew the flame would change from orange to blue as soon as one of us said 'Kalamazoo!' And then where would we be?" -- Stanley Krippner, "Psychedelic Experience and the Language Process," Journal of Psychedelic Drugs (1970), quoted in The Ecstatic Imagination: Psychedelic Experiences and the Psychoanalysis of Self-Actualization by Daniel Merkur (1998) Kambok Lovage Zweibach Zim, Koombek Levege Zweindol Zim In Literature: • Han Nolan, Dancing on the Edge (1999)