A Spell
(For the release of a Giant)
Amanatha!. Zaranthula!.
I call upon the powers of the sky!.
(Come thunder, lightning, storm-bred wind!).
Paranatol!. Baracadum!.
(Come, quake and rockfall, fluxive flame!).
Catuthanap!. Barrangabin!.
(Come waterfall, tsunami, flood!).
Eractumon!. Fantulimac!.
(Come delvers and excisioners!).
Gorimbolo!. Herretacop!.
(Come mystic solving agencies!).
Immolok!, Nobinod!, Jammos!.
(Come deities of woodland rites!).
I call upon the powers of the air;
I call upon the powers of the earth;
I call upon the powers of the waves!.
Combine your potent forces and create
Fantastical and irresistible
Spells to release from his unfortunate
Imprisonment that Giant who entreats
The alchemical aid of poetry
To end his undeserved captivity
Under the woodlands near my house!.
Transmute the essences of sky!;
Transform the elements of earth!;
Transpose the mysteries of waves!;
Now metamorphose all your parts
Into compulsive confluence
Of liberating energy!.
Meld into ultimate omnipotence
The noumenal with the phenomenal
That in your varied aspects are dispersed!.
Come in your unifying amplitude
And, in the vastness of your might,
Evoke the puissance of creativity!.
Pour all your elemental powers through
The magic matrix of my spell.
Release the Giant from his living Hell!.
Come all!. Combine your forces in fantastical
And irresistible proud potency,
In order to produce
A charm whose magic force
Will liberate this huge unfortunate
From his predicament!.
From Amanatha and Zaranthula
To Immolok, Nobinod and Jammos;
I ask this favour so that he —
The hapless mountain Giant trapped
There at the margin of the wood —
Can finally return agian
To his high home.
Amanatha!. Jammos!.
My invocation is complete.
Now, through its potent charm,
I break the theurgic ties that bind
The Giant in his woodland plight.
He is at liberty again!.
