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66 Take the white consecrated earth, and one Sunday night go into a cemetery, and continue three nights in prayer. The third night the goddess Mainamma shall appear to thee, and demand what is prayed for. The worshipper must make her promise to come to him whenever he desires it. Then let him tie up the ashes in a shroud and come away. Then he must smear the ashes over the cloth and form it into a wick: with which he must light a lamp tilling it with oil, and this shall give us power over any one we wish to summon; and you may then release him.

I will now declare the Andhra Mantram [spell written in the Telugu language], which is mysteriously concealed in the Codes of Rites (Ágamas.)

On a Sunday you must obtain the body of one who has been slain in battle, and at night bring it to a burying ground. Then fasten a cord twenty cubits long to a peg and let this be fastened to the corpse and to a tree. Then you must by the force of spells compel the ghost of the deceased to appear.

The following is the spell to be used.

"O Mighty Hero, full of might and valour, approach approach, accept accept the sacrifice, accomplish, accomplish the work! húm! phaṭ!"

This is the mighty spell, which shall cause the ghost to approach. You must offer him flesh, &c. as a sacrifice, and whatever else he desires. This shall make the hero subject to our power.

Then take the two sorts of ashes already mentioned, and make the lamp. Then recite the spell as before, sitting with your face to the south and in a moment he will obey your power. A most marvellous rite throughout!

Use this spell regarding a corpse slain in battle bound