May The Thing Be Destroyed

"For when the mental faculty is joined To evil will and power of execution, Mankind has no defense to offer them." - Dante Alighieri, Inferno from Canto 31 Dethroned shall I be; with one spell erased By my will, I will be undone By thy will, I am no more Now I descend upon this world Blessed with the silence of all creation VOCATVSATQUENON VOCATVSDEUSADERIT Within spirit and favor A spell upon my lips 'May the thing be destroyed!I reign in an ancient land Of grace, desert, and war With the blood of the watchers And the line of the holy ones Shed blood! My sons, shed blood! Abracadabra: A medieval spell or charm serving as talisman against diseases and other perils. The term may be derived from the Aramaic avada kadavra, 'may the thing be destroyed.” [- Joseph Kaster, Putnam's Concise Mythological Dictionary]