Re: Magical term used in Julian May's "Intervention"

Peter Knutsen <pe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
> > Hmmm, well, he wandered around thinking a phrase like, "Nham Dham Na
> > Thom," or summat like that.
>
> Yes, a phrase like that is used in the novel on several occasions. But
> there's also a particular single word. I think it referes to some
> ancient superstitious ritual or custom, and I believe it to be Keltic or
> Greek, rather than Sanskrit.

Don't know the word, but I'd like to add he considered himself
a follower of Kali. Maybe he equated her with Morrigan and
Hecate.

An offering to Morrigan is a feast for crows.