“Peace be with you, Prophet Noah, to whom belong the trees,
And Prophet Elias who planted them.
I crave as a boon the leaves of these shrubs
To be a drug and a neutralising (power)
Within the body, frame, and person of So-and-So.
If you (addressing the leaves) refuse to enter (the body of So-and-So),
You shall be cursed with my ‘curse of the nine countries,’
By (the power of) the word ‘There is no god but God,’” etc.
Whilst reciting the above, stand upright, close to the patient’s head, grasping a spear in your left hand. Brandish this spear over the body of the patient, drawing a long breath.[136]
This spear must afterwards be ransomed, (say) for forty cents; in default of which payment it is forfeited to the medicine-man.