Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson

40 Beelzebub Tells How People Learned and Again Forgot About the Fundamental Cosmic Law of Heptaparaparshinokh

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“These bamboos were soaked in a liquid consisting of:

(1) The white of the eggs of the bird then called ‘Amersamarskanapa’
(2) The juice of the plant called ‘Chiltoonakh’
(3) The excretion of a quadruped being bearing the name ‘Kezmaral’
(4) A specially prepared what is called ‘mercury-amalgam’