A AKRAKANARBA KANARBA ANARBA NARBA ARBA RBA BA A Figure 11. Akrakanarba as a dissolving spell. Akrammachamari Everything seemed bewitched with the inarticulate mumbling of old, forgotten words . . . old magic words. -- Feodor Sologub, The White Dog (1915) Origins: This word is found "in a list of magical words ('Ephesia grammata') on a curse-tablet from Hadrumetum in North Africa," as well as in "magical papyri, sometimes in amulets to ward off ill, sometimes in spells to achieve some object."125 The word is believed to be an imperative, "uproot the spells," to conclude an invocation.126 Variations and Incantations: • Anoch ai akrammachamari "Dipping the boxwood twig toward the writing at each syllable, she said, 'Anoch ai akrammachamari.'" -- David Drake, Lord of the Isles (1997) • Akramachamari -- Marvin W. Meyer, Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power (1999) 125 Ibid. 126 Morton Smith, Studies in the Cult of Yahweh (1996)