Calling Of The Dead - The Mad Arab, Necromantic ritual Options

Conjure the fire god.
Light the fire.

Baad Angarru! Ninnghizhidda!
Thee I invoke serpent of the deep!
Open Ninnghizhidda!
Open that I may enter!
Ninnghizhidda spirit of the deep Watcher of the gate remember!
In the name of our father before the flight Lord and master of magicians open that I may enter!
Open lest I attack the gate!
Open lest I break down its bars!
Open lest I leap over it by force!
Open the gate lest I cause the dead to rise and devour the living!
Open the gate lest I make the dead outnumber the living!
Ninnghizhidda spirit of the deep watcher of the gate open!
May the dead rise and smell the incense!

Burn the bread.

Call out your ancestors name or the name of the dead person you are calling 3 times.

Uug uduug uuga gishtugbi! <This is said to make the spirit take more solid form. Ashnook translates it as Difficult storm raven clothe the shade with fire.>

Commune with the dead person. Talk to it etc.

The banishing.

Barra uug uduug uugga!

Greetings,

It's absolutely possible to call the dead. And I do so on a regular basis. The most efficient and effective method I've found for this is to begin communing with the Fifty Names spirit Namtillaku. He is the Lord of the Dead and can grant you the power to communicate and work extensively with them.
And by 'communing' with Namtillaku I mean to summon him every day and sit silently after asking him to fill you with his essence. Afterwards just burn some incense to him in thanks, (a mix of patchouli and pine works very well here).
As for calling the Mad Arab, I've got no idea on that. I tend to doubt he ever existed, but ya never know. Even if he didn't it may still be possible to summon and interact with his thoughtform. With so many people reading about him and thinking about him this past century since Lovecraft either discovered or created the character I'm sure a heck of a lot of astral energy has been directed into such a thoughtform.
And speaking of such a thoughtform, any Chaotes out there care to opine on this?

Also, good points Rishi Bhrigu. I did not consider that maybe my having walked all but the last of the Visible Gates may be affecting my experiences here. Although I think it would also be a matter of how one wished to work with the dead. As you pointed out, calling up a specific spirit without having ''conquered'' the Dark Queen's realm would be considerably more difficult.
However, I cannot stress enough the dangerous nature of Ereshkigal. Unless you are a dedicated Priest/Priestess of the Lady such as Darkgoddess, I feel working with her on any significant level is to swim in treacherous waters.
And one final note. It does say specifically that Namtillaku is capable of bringing you contact with the Dead without alerting Ereshkigal and Nergal to the fact. So just work with this carefully Sephiroth, but by all means do experiment.
Peace,
Lugal Nosotro Tehuti.

This post has been edited by Nosotro Tehuti: Feb 7 2007, 07:59 PM