Words of Power – sorcery in 1666

Words of Power in the world of The Last Seal

The World in The Last Seal is our world: London as it was in September 1666 but with a difference.

The Last Seal is a historical fantasy where the real world of 1666 – the world of Pepys, King Charles II and the Great Fire of London is blended with a supernatural world of sorcery and demons.

In The Last Seal, the race of demons exist and are almost indestructible and very ancient creatures who existed on our earth centuries before mankind. Our ancestors fought a war in prehistoric times – a war fought with weapons and with sorcery – and in time banished the demons to the void outside our world.

Over the centuries some men tried to bring the demons back and to free them from their captivity – these became the Liberati. Others strives to protect our world from the demons and these were the Praesidium. Their battle raged through the centuries.

In the 14th Century Blake – a Liberati – managed to free the demon Dantalion. His triumph was short lived as Cornelius – a Praesidium – bound the demon in a tablet and buried the tablet under the city of London. Now, three hundred years later, the Liberati are poised to release Dantalion and a new battle to save the city and the world will ensue.

Words of Power

“Kipofu‒Lumen‒Glimt,” Gabriel had shouted and then had explained how the words usually combined the different components needed to make the power work.

“Firstly, there is always a word that represents the type of effect desired: perhaps to fire a projected bolt of energy, maybe influencing the mind, or altering the physical world. The word focuses the mind on the end result. Secondly, comes a word that summons the force or power that will actually be used to make it happen, such as fire or light, pressure or subtle hypnotic effects. Finally, another word actually triggers the effect, in much the same way that an officer shouting the command, ‘Fire’ to his men will result in them shooting at the enemy. As you learn the words you have to work out what part of the syntax or the grammar they are and then you can combine them to build up different phrases with wide-ranging effects.”

“Like learning a language at school I guess,” Ben had mused.

“Exactly the same really, so then, go ahead and try.”

Benjamin had tried and found that not only could he master it, but the power and force he used were much more than Gabriel had produced. The older man had nodded appreciatively, but then looked anxious. Ben had tried to appear modest, but inside he had felt the raw power build up and channel through him. It was intoxicating. It took away the pain of his parents’ death and replaced it with a giddy, exhilarating sensation. He had to learn more; he must know more.

In The Last Seal Gabriel, Artemas and Ben use Words of Power as weapons with which to fight, a means of defence and a method of summoning a demon.  These were once words that the demons spoke in their infernal language and which held power. These same words found their way into our many languages, buried away in a thousand dialects, but both the Liberati and the Praesidium have discovered and combined the words and now they can use these words in their conflict. Here are some of these words, which I used in this book. I have included here the words used and shown the languages they come from as well as a pronunciation guide.
Flash bang: “Kipofu-Lumen-Glimt”
Blind (Swahili Kipofu); Light (Latin Lumen) ; Flash (Norweigian Glimt)
Bolt of Lightning: “Calamus Aστραπή  Cтрелять”
Arrow (Latin calamus); Lightning (Greek astrapi); Shoot (Russian strelyat)
Rite of freeing Dantalion: “Eleuthero  Libertas Dantalion”
Separate (Eleuthero Greek) Freedom (Liberats Latin) Dantalion (name of the demon)
Cone of Ice: “κώνος , jää , décharge!”
Cone (Greek Konus ) Ice (Finish Yar); discharge (French daysharge)
Dismissing Illusion: “Ostendu, Realität, núhwílum!”
Reveal (Latin ostendu) ; Reality (German realitate) ; Now (Old English newveelum)
Mystical Shield:“Contego,Aeris, Minä!”
Shield (Latin contego), Air (Latin airis), Myself (Finish mineh)
Open doorway to Abyss “Ingang, Vácuo Nepokriven”
Entance (German ingank); Vacuum (Portuguese vaqwo) Open (Serbian nepocriven)

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