December 16, 2004
On the Fabrication from Clay and Subsequent Animation of Loyal Servants
Fafnir has conducted researches into a subject dear to the heart of all friends of magic:
For those of you playin at home here's how YOU can make a golem! First make a big thing outta clay an earth which is but a shadow of the true glory that is divine creation. Then write the hidden name of God on its forehead an pronounce the secret invocation:I had a little golem, I made it out of clay
And when it's dried and ready, Prague armies it will slay.
Golem, golem, golem, I made you out of clay.
Golem, golem, golem, with golem I will play.
Fafnir has obviously modeled his method on the one laid out by Jacques Belasis in The Instructions. The other known version of the incantation was recorded by Walter de Chepe, who, disdaining violence in any form, put the second line as And when it's dried and ready, with golem I will play. It is recommended that beginners use de Chepe's spell, leaving Belasis' to magicians of greater experience and ability.
Posted by abostick at December 16, 2004 12:06 PMOf course, readers with access to a truly great magical library may be aware of other, more potent variations.
Posted by: Debbie Notkin at December 16, 2004 12:10 PMAnd then there's the Pratchett version in Feet of Clay.
Posted by: Lynn Kendall at December 16, 2004 01:06 PM