Originally published in Peacock Goat Review Vol. 1 No. 5
An ancient Mesopotamian style headless rite.
Materials:
- Alter
- Spring water
- Soapwort
- Rosette amulet
- Shugurra crown
- Dagger/Knife
- Wheat beer libation
- Incense (any)
Place your alter to the East.
Preparing the consecrated water
Prepare consecrated water by mixing spring water with diced soapwort.
Place the water on your alter, make the orans sign facing your alter and recite:
Oh pure plants grown in a pure place, sprouting from the water of the Abzu!
O soapwort, pure plant, who’s roots grew in pure earth and branches touched holy sky!
Enki, Lord of the Abzu, will now purify and cleanse this in perpetration for holy ritual!
Damgalnunna, Queen of the Abzu, will now purify and cleanse this in perpetration for holy ritual!
May evil speech stand aside!
Wear a rosette amulet as a necklace.
Light incense and sprinkle area with consecrated water.
Enenuru formula
Use everywhere you see en2-e2-nu-ru
Touch your forehead and say using your great voice:
en2
Touch your solar plexus and say using your great voice:
e2
Touch your right shoulder and say using your great voice:
nu
Touch you left shoulder and say using your great voice:
ru
The four winds invocation
Draw your dagger
Face the South, use your dagger to draw a pentagram in the air in front of you starting from the bottom point, and recite using your great voice:
ĝe26-nu!
im-u18-lu-ke4 ĝe26-nu!
a dlammař-ke4 ĝe26-nu!
im-ke4 ùru-m zur!
Face the West, use your dagger to draw a pentagram in the air in front of you starting from the left point, and recite using your great voice:
ĝe26-nu!
im-mar-tu-ke4 ĝe26-nu!
izi dalad-ke4 ĝe26-nu!
im-ke4 ùru-m zur!
Face the North, use your dagger to draw a pentagram in the air in front of you starting from the upper point, and recite using your great voice:
ĝe26-nu!
im-si-sá-ke4 ĝe26-nu!
ki dlammař-ke4 ĝe26-nu!
im-ke4 ùru-m zur!
Face the East, your dagger to draw a pentagram in the air in front of you starting from the right point, and recite using your great voice:
ĝe26-nu!
im-sa12-ti-um-ke4 ĝe26-nu!
líl dalad-ke4 ĝe26-nu!
im-ke4 ùru-m zur!
Face the south and recite the following:
dlammař-ke4 igi ĝe!
dlammař-ke4 igi-gal ĝe!
dalad-ke4 zag ĝe!
dalad-ke4 zag-gal ĝe!
da5 ĝe mul gíbil!
da5 ĝe dingir!
dingir za-me!
Exorcism formula
Face the North, put on the shugurra crown, make the orans sign and recite:
en2-e2-nu-ru
I invoke you, Weila, God with intelligence;
You who’s flesh formed the world;
You who’s blood gave life to the earth;
I call upon you oh awesome and invisible god who’s gidim2 is Ala;
Hear me, dab-zu dengir dnamma dan dki dgeshtu-e daw-ilu dweila
Subject to me all gidim2, so that every gidim2, whether líl or dug4, of ki
or of kur, on bar-rim4 or in ab, and every nam-šub and uš11 might be
obedient to me.
Deliver me from all restraining gidim2 and uš11.
en2-e2-nu-ru
Hear me, dgir-unug-gal dne-ti ddumu-zid dereš-ki-gal dĝeštin-an-na-še3 dutu
I have called upon you, Gods of Night;
With you I have called upon Night, the Veiled Bride
I have called on Twilight, Midnight and Dawn;
Hear me, dab-zu dengir dnamma dan dki dgeshtu-e daw-ilu dweila
Subject to me all gidim2, so that every gidim2, whether líl or dug4, of ki
or of kur, on bar-rim4 or in ab, and every nam-šub and uš11 might be
obedient to me.
Deliver me from all restraining gidim2 and uš11.
en2-e2-nu-ru
Hear me, dea dnusku dasri-lú-du10 den-ki dgira dšamaš dištar-šu dmarduk
O Asari, bestower of planting, founder of sowing,
Creator of grain and plants, who caused the green herb to spring up!
O Asaru-alim, who is revered in the house of counsel, who abounds in counsel,
The gods paid homage, fear took hold upon them!
O Asaru-alim-nuna, the mighty one, the light of the father who begat him,
Who directs the decrees of An, Ninurta, and Enki!
He was their patron, he ordained their offices;
He, whose provision is abundance, goes forth!
Tutu is he who created them anew;
I am your prophet to whom you have transmitted your mysteries;
the whole quintessence of sorcery!
Hear me, dab-zu dengir dnamma dan dki dgeshtu-e daw-ilu dweila
Subject to me all gidim2, so that every gidim2, whether líl or dug4, of ki
or of kur, on bar-rim4 or in ab, and every nam-šub and uš11 might be
obedient to me.
Deliver me from all restraining gidim2 and uš11.
en2-e2-nu-ru
O dki, dki, yes dki!
dgiš-gim2-maš master of your curses, to whom zi-ud-su3-ra2 revealed his wisdom;
What you have ensourced, I know it!
What I have ensourced; you do not know it!
Hear me, for I am the messenger of King dbil-ga-maš,
which is your true name, handed down to the en of uruunug.
Hear me, dab-zu dengir dnamma dan dki dgeshtu-e daw-ilu dweila
Subject to me all gidim2, so that every gidim2, whether líl or dug4, of ki
or of kur, on bar-rim4 or in ab, and every nam-šub and uš11 might be
obedient to me.
Deliver me from all restraining gidim2 and uš11.
en2-e2-nu-ru
Hear me, dnin-din-ug-ga dnin-a-ha-qud-du mulkak-si-šá dgibil dsȋn
I am headless Weila, with sight in my feet;
I am Gibil, the mighty one who possesses primeval fire;
I am Utu, who hates the fact that unjust deeds are done in the world;
I am Ninurta, who holds the mighty thunderbolt;
I am Enlil, who’s sweat falls upon the earth as rain so that life can begin;
I am Enki, who’s mouth speaks great wisdom;
I am Inanna, who begets and destroys;
I am Dumuzid, the consort of the queen of heaven;
I am Ningizada, the entwining of serpents;
God, King, Master, Prince, empower my soul!
Quickly, quickly, o su-kal of dan!
Come forth and follow.
Face the south and recite the following:
dlammař-ke4 za-mi igi ĝe!
dlammař-ke4 za-mi igi-gal ĝe!
dalad-ke4 za-mi zag ĝe!
dalad-ke4 za-mi zag-gal ĝe!
ma4 ĝe mul gíbil!
ma4 ĝe dingir!
dingir za-me!
Pour out a libation of wheat beer.
*A note on pronunciation: the superscripts represents honorifics which are written to denote specific kinds of proper nouns, and should not be pronounced. The subscript numbers denote which variant of the sign is used and is added for scribal purposes and also should not be pronounced.
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