MAGIC WORDS Kha-khe, Khi-khi Origins: This magic phrase is of Sioux origin. Facts: According to Native American storyteller Zitkala-Sa (1876-19 8), these magic words are to be said by a medicine man with the croaking voice of a buzzard.8 In Literature: • "With every step he pronounced magic words, 'Kha-khe, Khi-Khi!' with a croaking voice." -- Zitkala Sa, "Buzzard Skin and the Sea Monsters," Dreams and Thunder (2001) Khabs Am Pekht (see also konx om pax) Say the Mystic Words, Khabs Am Pekht. -- Israel Regardie, The Golden Dawn (1989) Meanings: • Attainment of the star -- "Musings on Mystic Phrases," Aletheia (2000) • May light be extended in abundance upon you -- "Musings on Mystic Phrases," Aletheia (2000) Origins: "Recent investigation, with the assistance of the British Museum, has revealed that the most probable Egyptian origin for this phrase is 'hbs m pht,' pronounced 'khebs m pekht.' The word khebs actually means star or lamp rather than light, and the word pekht is a noun from the verb pekh, meaning 'to reach or attain.' The museum thought that extension was a possible but unlikely translation. Thus, the most accurate translation of 'Khabs am Pekht' is rendered as 'the attainment of the star,' a phrase of particular and peculiar significance. The corruption Konx om Pax is, at least according to the museum, 'a complete mystery, being neither Greek nor Coptic nor indeed a rendering of the hieroglyphics.' As the Fellowship of Isis documents note, 'initiates [of the Elusian Mysteries] were dismissed with two barbarous words, Konx Ompax, of which perhaps the Hierophants themselves did not comprehend the import . . . they had been introduced by the first Egyptian mysteries. To us the words in question appear to be Syriac, and signify, 'be vigilant, be innocent.' Another offered version is 'light is strength.'"9 8 Zitkala Sa, "Buzzard Skin and the Sea Monsters," Dreams and Thunder (2001) 9 Fehta Murghana, Liner Notes for "Konx: Wholy Ghost" (2002)