Since Dan and Raul seem to have given up the quest for fewer characters,
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Marshall
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 09:56:43AM -0400, Jose Mario Quintana wrote:
> v=. ... NB. J Incantation...
>
> v'ABRACADABRA'
> 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
>
> v'I create as I speak'
> I c r e a t e a s I s p e a k
> I c r e a t e a s I s p e a
> I c r e a t e a s I s p e
> I c r e a t e a s I s p
> I c r e a t e a s I s
> I c r e a t e a s I
> I c r e a t e a s I
> I c r e a t e a s
> I c r e a t e a s
> I c r e a t e a
> I c r e a t e
> I c r e a t e
> I c r e a t
> I c r e a
> I c r e
> I c r
> I c
> I
> I
>
> David Darling
> The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes
> http://www.amazon.com/The-Universal-Book-Mathematics-Abracadabra/dp/0471270474
>
> abracadabra
>
> A word famously used by magicians but which started
> out as a cabalistic or mystical charm for curing various
> ailments, including toothache and fever. It was first mentioned
> in a poem called Praecepta de Medicina by the
> Gnostic physician Quintus Severus Sammonicus in the
> second century A.D. Sammonicus instructed that the letters
> be written on parchment in the form of a 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
>
> This was to be folded into the shape of a cross, worn for
> nine days suspended from the neck, and, before sunrise,
> cast behind the patient into a stream running eastward. It
> was also a popular remedy in the Middle Ages. During
> the Great Plague, around 1665, large numbers of these
> amulets were worn as safeguards against infection. The
> origin of the word itself is uncertain. One theory is that it
> is based on Abrasax, the name of an Egyptian deity.
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