INCANTATION  , the use of words, spoken, sung or chanted, usually as a set See also:

• FORMULA
• FORMULA (Lat. diminutive of forma, shape, pattern, &c., especially used of rules of judicial procedure)

formula, for the purpose of obtaining a result by their supposed magical See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . The word is derived from the Latin incantare, to See also:

• CHANT (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. cantare, to sing; an old form is " chaunt ")

chant a magical formula; cf. the use of carmen, for such a formula of words . The Latin use is very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early; thus it appears in a fragment of the XII . Tables quoted in See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny (V.H. See also:

• XXVIII

xxviii . 2, 4, 17), " Qui malum carmen incantasset." From the O . Fr. derivative of incantare, enchanter, comes " enchant," " enchantment," &c., properly of the exercise of magical See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, hence to See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm, to fascinate, words which also by origin are of magical significance . The early magi of See also:

• ASSYRIA

Assyria and Babylonia were adepts at this See also:

• ART

art, as is evident from the examples of Akkadian spells that have been discovered . See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel (v . II) is spoken of as " See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the enchanters " of See also:

• BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon . In See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt and in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India many formulas of religious magic were in use, See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness especially the Vedic mantras, which are closely akin to the See also:

• MAORI

Maori karakias and the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICAN

American matamanik . Among the See also:

• HOLY

holy men presented by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• KOREA
• KOREA, or COREA (CH'AO HSIEN, DAI HAN)

Korea to the See also:

• MIKADO (Japanese for " exalted gate ")

mikado of See also:

• JAPAN

Japan in A.D . 577 was a reciter of mantras, who would find himself at See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home with the majinahi or incantation practised by the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese for dissipating evil influences .

One of the most See also:

• COMMON

common, widespread and persistent uses of incantation was in healing wounds, instances of which are found in the Odyssey and the Kalcvala, and in the traditional folk-See also:

• LORE
• LORE, AMBROISE DE (1396-1446)

lore of almost every See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . Similar songs were sung to win back a faithless See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover (cf. the second Idyll of See also:

• THEOCRITUS

Theocritus) . See further MAGIC .