<![CDATA[The meaning and origin of the magic word "abracadabra" is hotly debated.]]>The meaning and origin of the magic word "abracadabra" is hotly debated. Its first known mention was in a 2nd-century medical text by the Roman physician Serenus Sammonicus, who said malaria sufferers should wear an amulet with "abracadabra" written in the form of a triangle. It was later used on a wide range of other healing amulets, as well as a magic formula by Gnostics to invoke beneficent spirits against disease and misfortune.

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