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Abracadabra

Abracadabra (Latin abracadabra) is a supposedly magical word, first mentioned at the end of the II century AD in the medical treatise De Medicina Praecepta by Sammonicus, the physician of Emperor Septimius Severus for the treatment of hay fever. The word (a spell against various diseases) was prescribed to be used as follows: it was written out in a column on a tablet 11 times, with the last letter cut off each time. The result was a triangle. Such a gradual shortening of this word was supposed to destroy the power of the evil spirit, and the patient, putting on the amulet, was supposed to gradually recover.

One version of the word's origin is based on its consonance with phrases in the Hebrew Aramaic language: avda kedavra, "what has been said must be done," and avra kedavra, with an approximate translation of "what has been said must come to pass." In Aramaic, b and v could be interchanged, hence the variant "abra kedabra" and further "abracadabra".

According to the English researcher of the Old Testament John Allegro, the word comes from the Mesopotamian expression "AB-BA-TAB-BA-RI", which was pronounced during religious rituals among the ancient Sumerians. John Allegro also believes that this combination is consonant with the Aramaic pronunciation of the name of God, which is found in the New Testament prayer "Our Father."

G. Higgins believes that the word Abracadabra comes from the Celtic language and is formed from the words "Abra" or "Abar" — "god" and "cad" — "saint".
According to Helena Blavatsky, the word "Abracadabra" is a late distortion of the sacred Gnostic term "Abraxas", as the Basilidians called the supreme deity.

Juan Kerlot points out that "Abracadabra" comes from the Hebrew phrase "abreg ad habra" — "sword your lightning even in death."

Sampson McKee's book "Mythological Astronomy of the Ancients" provides a version according to which "Abracadabra" is one of the names of the deity in Ancient Egypt. Decomposing the "Abracadabra" formula into its components, S. Mackey receives a sentence: "Ab'r — achad — ab'ra". "Ab'r" — "Bull"; "achad" — "the only one". In addition, "Achad" is one of the names of the Sun. Thus, the formula "Abracadabra" symbolizes the sign of Taurus, and since it consists of eleven letters, it also contains the remaining 11 zodiac signs.

Some esotericists believe that "Abracadabra" is a modification of the Chaldean spell "ab bada ke daabra" — "perish like a word."

The words of the Killing Curse— one of the main spells in the Harry Potter universe, are Avada Kedavra. The spell is designed to cause instant, painless death without physiological damage. According to one version, it is considered a combination of "abracadabra" and the Latin cadaver - "corpse". There is also a version that this spell originated from the Aramaic language.

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