M Make It So In Literature: • "I became Captain Picard on Star Trek, uttering the most magical of words: Make it so." -- Trish MacGregor, The Everything Love Spells Mini Book (2002) Mambo Jambo (see mumbo jumbo) Meanings: • Greeting similar to "What's happening?" -- Stephen F. Soitos, The Blues Detective (1996) Origins: Mambo jambo is a Swahili phrase.18 Marathon Origins: Marathon is the name of a Greek town, made famous by the legend of the hero Pheidippides. In Literature: • "Marathon became a magic word at Athens. The Athenian people in succeeding ages always looked back upon this day [when the Persians departed] as the most glorious in their annals, and never tired of hearing its praises sounded by their orators and poets." -- William Smith, A Smaller History of Greece (1892) Matba Meanings: • "Bring forth," "let it be forthcoming" -- S. Liddell MacGregor Mathers, The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, Book III (translated 1898) • Coin -- Raphael Patai, Jewish Alchemists (1994) 18 Stephen F. Soitos, The Blues Detective (1996)