Magic of Luban

"The [akól]alafír do have [akól]afawat and should not be disturbed. It is the duty of the barógal to use [akól][rahisa]hatamilík to see to it that the [akól]alafír do not wake from [akól]afawat. With hatamilík and mir'qot as in [akól]alamilók the [akól]dahiník should be kept from waking the [akól]alafír. Siwagat and sómagan should help the barógal as much as they can, because it is the duty of them to see to it that society can live on and the [akól]amisakat can put to sleep in peace."

(From a manuscript found at the Hauhsloz Market,
where it was apparently sold by the Luban Hindairus)

The manuscript does make sense for those who know something of the Luban Language. [akól] indicates words that are taboo and should not be heard or read by the evil spirits, the [akól]dahiník. In spoken languages, a specific gesture replaces the prefix [akól] that is, as all prefixes, never spoken aloud.

The [akól]alafír are the Luban gods. They are in a state of sleep, known as [akól]afawat. They should stay in that state, because time ends if they wake. To keep the [akól]dahiník from waking the gods, the barógal has to see that life is lived along the rules as indicated in the ancient scrolls (the "alamilók"). The barógal is a kind of wizard, who has learn how to handle [akól]rahisa, the magic, and knows the hatamilík, or spells, to handle the [akól]dahiník and to keep them from the healthy amisakat, the soul or splinter of the truly religious Lubanian. He can use the mir'qot to do so. The siwagat, the kings should help him, and so have the sómagan, the priests, because what the barógal does is important for the whole of the Luban society.

There are three kinds of [akól]dahiník:
1. Those who can be seen with the bare eye, those who wander free in our world, those who have taken full control of amisakat-less bodies. They are noticed by most people and therefore rather powerless.
2. Those who are invisible to the normal eye, who hide in stones, and those who are disguised as something else. Only barógal and sómagan can see these [akól]dahiník.
3. Those who are only detected after they have been called upon, those, who normally wander the other worlds and not ours. These are the most powerful.
Only pure barógal can detect these [akól]dahiník; they can be summoned by the sómagan and some siwagat.

Education of the barógal

The barógal should have a proper education. This education is open to all who are male and are free of [akól]dahiník rahisa. These qualifications are tested by the barógal at the very start of the education, sometimes at birth. Being educated to be a barógal is a hard job and the consumption of mir'qot is forbidden during education.
The pupils should obey their teachers at all times. Disobeying can be very dangerous, because the [akól]dahiník are always near to take revenge on their enemies. Because disobeying pupils can not only put themselves in danger, but also the rest of the pupils and the teachers, they are punished and taken from the school. They will be scarified soon after. To prevent the ex-pupil from fleeing, body parts will be taken off (usually legs, sometimes arms, feet or hands, taking off smaller parts is rarely done). These parts will be sacrificed immediately. Errors like disobeying important orders from the barógal during an act of [akól]rahisa can wake the [akól]alafír from their [akól]afawat.

The young pupil will be amisakat-washed first. This preparation is needed to clean the amisakat in the body from all tainted thoughts and traces of [akól]dahiník. The washing will be repeated every twelve days. The washing is done in a temple, where the mir'qot is burned and the naked pupil can be cleaned by the smoke. Afterwards, the body is rinsed in water that has been perfumed with mir'qot and sometimes (on special occasions such as the first and last washing of the education, and on the holy days) the oil of sumaka flowers.
During the washing, the pupil is guarded by a barógal and a sómagan, who will keep the [akól]dahiník away during this ritual. An educated barógal or sómagan is of course free of evil and does not have to have fear for an unexpected [akól]dahiník in the temple - they will recognise it as soon as it approaches.

The education starts with theory. The pupil has to learn how to behave in front of [akól]dahiník and how to reorganise them. This in done in a sober surrounding where it is free of [akól]dahiník. The pupil should not be distracted by anything. He learns the names of the [akól]dahiník, and their behaviour.

As soon as the teachers think the pupil is ready to face a [akól]dahiník, he will be taken to a ceremony of maditír.

(Here ends the first part of the manuscript. Apparently, someone has torn out some pages here.)