Can anybody tell me what is " ABRA- CA- DABRA"?!
Question: While the actual origin of the word is uncertain, it has been said that it was the name of the supreme deity of the Assyrians, but it may also be an Aramaic phrase. It is a magical word often appearing on amulets, and was first mentioned by the third-century physician Quintus Severus Sammondicus. It is often seen in the configuration of a diminishing triangle:
A B R A C A D A B R A
A B R A C A D A B R
A B R A C A D A B
A B R A C A D A
A B R A C A D
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It was believed that certain evils would diminish and vanish in the same way the word did. The word was often used by conjurors as an exclamation at the culmination of a trick. Now not so often employed, and in any case totally ineffective.
Answers: While the actual origin of the word is uncertain, it has been said that it was the name of the supreme deity of the Assyrians, but it may also be an Aramaic phrase. It is a magical word often appearing on amulets, and was first mentioned by the third-century physician Quintus Severus Sammondicus. It is often seen in the configuration of a diminishing triangle:
A B R A C A D A B R A
A B R A C A D A B R
A B R A C A D A B
A B R A C A D A
A B R A C A D
A B R A C A
A B R A C
A B R A
A B R
A B
A
(see link. Does not show well here)
It was believed that certain evils would diminish and vanish in the same way the word did. The word was often used by conjurors as an exclamation at the culmination of a trick. Now not so often employed, and in any case totally ineffective.
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It is a nonsense term said to be rooted in Jewish Kabbalistic "Magic" but with no actual meaning.
Much the same way as "poof" is used to describe the sound of the arrival or disappearance of an entity on the physical plane.
This is a magical expression which has made it into general parlance over the years, from children's books & folklore & poetry & myths. The meaning actually varies by the situation in which it is used, but generally means close to " a sudden opening into our plane of existence " .
I remember not in great detail though a class religious studies class that I took, it comes from the old catholic church. It has something to do with the Priest didn't know the Aramaic they only spoke Latin or something like that and when they would say their prayer with the wine as the blood and the bread as the body, they would say abra ca dabra over everything before hand.