A single tone can shatter a glass to oblivion. Certain words have much the same effect on a magickal level. They can create, or destroy. They can nurture or wound. They can conjure or banish.

"Don't tell your dreams before breakfast..." for fear of their coming true.

"Don't SAY that, child!" for fear it will happen.

"Oh no! We must NEVER say his name!"...Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, JK Rowlings,© Scholastic Trade; (September 1998), © Warner Brothers, 2001.

"Ever have the feeling, Rool, that you were being stalked?"
"Everytime I see a cat. Or worse, don't see one. Stalked by what?"
"I wish I knew." Then, in the same rushed breath: "I'm glad I don't. If I call its name, I think I make it easier for it to find me. Assuming there's an 'it' that's looking."

Rool nodded agreement. Learning the true name of an arcane being, or a person, was the most effective means a sorcerer could use to gain power over them, but that knowledge could be a double-edged sword. There were some beings so powerful that no words were proof against them. Worse, merely saying their name aloud might be all the invocation necessary to attract their attention. The consequences of such foolishness were often deadly.
Shadow Dawn, Chris Claremont & George Lucas
© 1997 Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.™
and Lucasfilm Ltd.
New York, New York, 10036

Arcane words should be properly pronounced and never used in folly or jest. There are many known "words or power," which contain power in themselves; in their very pronunciation; in the sounds that comprise them. They cannot be changed, or else their power would be lost forever. Some of them will be difficult to pronounce at first, but take it very slowly and you will derive much benefit from them.

I have a listing of the ancient names of Marduk, Sumerian/Babylonian God. He had many names and many functions. These names were once spoken thousands of years ago in the Sumerian temples to summon cosmic forces of such scope that the mind clearly balks at trying to picture the rituals that must have accompanied them in those days. So take the time and trouble to learn the correct way to pronounce the words you want to use. The effort will pay off a hundredfold when you actually employ them correctly.

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