Abracadabra !!!

 

Abracadabra

The first known mention of Abracadabra was in the 2nd century AD in a poem called De Medicina Praecepta by Serenus Sammonicus, physician to the Roman emperor Caracalla.

What is known about the word A B R A C A D A B R A  is that it was first recorded in a Latin medical poem, De medicina praecepta, by the Roman physician Quintus Serenus Sammonicus in the second century AD. It’s believed to have been published into English, French and Latin from a Greek word abrasadabra. Serenus Sammonicus said that to get well a sick person should wear an amulet around the neck, a piece of parchment inscribed with a triangular formula derived from the word, which acts like a funnel to drive the sickness out of the body:

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

However, abracadabra is older and that it derives from one of the Semitic languages, though nobody can say for sure, because there is no written record before Serenus Sammonicus. Some theories:

    It’s from the Aramaic phrase avra kehdabra, meaning “I will create as I speak”.
    The source is three Hebrew words, ab (father), ben (son), and ruach acadosch (holy spirit).
    It’s from the Chaldean abbada ke dabra, meaning “perish like the word”.
    It originated with a Gnostic sect in Alexandria called the Basilidians and was probably based on Abrasax, the name of their supreme deity (Abraxas in Latin sources).

Steve Miller Band

"Abracadabra"

I heat up, I can't cool down
You got me spinnin'
'Round and 'round
'Round and 'round and 'round it goes

Where it stops nobody knows

Every time you call my name
I heat up like a burnin' flame
Burnin' flame full of desire

Kiss me baby, let the fire get higher

Abra-abra-cadabra
I want to reach out and grab ya
Abra-abra-cadabra
Abracadabra
You make me hot, you make me sigh
You make me laugh, you make me cry
Keep me burnin' for your love
With the touch of a velvet glove

Abra-abra-cadabra
I want to reach out and grab ya
Abra-abra-cadabra
Abracadabra
I feel the magic in your caress
I feel magic when I touch your dress
Silk and satin, leather and lace
Black panties with an angel's face

I see magic in your eyes
I hear the magic in your sighs
Just when I think I'm gonna get away
I hear those words that you always say

Abra-abra-cadabra

Abra-abra-cadabra
I want to reach out and grab ya
Abra-abra-cadabra

Abracadabra

Abra-abra-cadabra

Every time you call my name
I heat up like a burnin' flame
Burnin' flame full of desire
Kiss me baby, let the fire get higher

I heat up,

Abra-abra-cadabra

Abra-abra-cadabra

Abra-abra-cadabra
I can't cool down
My situation goes 'round and 'round
I heat up, I can't cool down
My situation goes 'round and 'round
I heat up, I can't cool down
My situation goes 'round and 'round

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