Eko Eko Azarak

This article is about the Wiccan chant. For the manga, anime, TV series and movies, see Eko Eko Azarak (manga).

Eko Eko Azarak is the opening phrase from a Wiccan chant. It is also known as the "Witch's chant", the "Witch's rune", or the "Eko Eko chant".[1] The following form was used by Gerald Gardner, considered as the founder of Wicca as an organized, contemporary religion.

The Eko Eko chant appeared in his 1949 occult novel, High Magic's Aid. In Chapter XVII, it was used in first-degree initiation.[2]

Eko, eko, azarak. Eko, eko, zomelak.
Bagabi lacha bachabe, Lamac cahi achababe.
Karrellyos.
Lamac lamac bachalyas.
Cabahagy sabalyos. Baryolos.
Lagoz atha cabyolas. Smnahac atha famolas.
Hurrahya.

Another variant of the chant expanded the Eko, eko opening to four lines, using these words to salute various Wiccan deities, typically Cernunnos and Aradia.[3][4] Other combinations include Karnayna and Aradia, Hern and Hecate, Osiris and Isis, and Kernunnos and Arida.[1]

By the mid-1980s, there were many versions of the Eko Eko chant used by Wiccans, some with alternate spellings for Azarak and Zomelak.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Myth Woodling (April 2012) [December 2006]. "EKO EKO Chant". Yet Another Wicca Website. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  2. ^ Gardner, Gerald (1996) [1949]. High Magic's Aid (fiction). Godolphin House. ISBN 0-9630657-8-5.
  3. ^ Lady Sheba, The Book of Shadows (Llewellyn, 1971; repr. 2002. ISBN 0-87542-075-3)
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Eight Sabbats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).