from the Greek Magical Papyri
-Michael J Dangler
“Palindrome”: literally, “running back again”, refers to magical words, most often making no recognizable sense, read and pronounced the same way frontwards and backwards. Note that pronunciation is key, not spelling, so they may not be spelled the same front and back, but may simply *sound* the same.
AAAAAAA
-PGM I.139
ABERAMENTHOOULERTHEXANAXETHRENLYOOTHNEMARAIBAI
-PGM I.296. variation of ABERAMENTHO
ABERAMENTHOOUTHLERTHEXANAXETHRELTHUOOTHENEMAREBA
-A magical name in PGM, includes the name of Thoth within it. No real decipherment has been made. variation of ABERAMENTHO
ABERAMENTHOOUTHLERTHEXANAXETHRELUOOTHNEMAREBA
-PGM II.126. variation of ABERAMENTHO
ABERAMENTHOOUTHLERTHEXANAXETHRELTHYOOTHNEMAREBA
-PGM III.119. variation of ABERAMENTHO
ABERAMENTHOOUTHLERAEXANAXETHRELTHYOOETHNEMAREBA
-PGM III.69. variation of ABERAMENTHO
ABLANATHANALBA
-PGM III.63,63,80,150. Possibly the most common palindrome in magical literature, often found with SESENGENBARPHARANGES, a common magical name in the PGM. Often invoked for beneficial magic, undeciphered, but the word may include Hebrew.
ACHACHA
-PGM I.147
ACHAIPHOTHOTHOAIEIAEIA / AIEAIEIAOTHOTHOPHIACHA
-PGM I.327-328. Name of Thoth appears in this palindrome: “THOTHO”, meaning Thoth the Great
AEA
-PGM II.140. refers to Apollo, the Kastalian One.
AEEIOYOYOOOIEEA
-PGM I.139
AEMINNAEBAROTHERRETHOBABEANIMEA
-PGM I.296. variation of ABERAMENTHO
AEOBAPHRENEMOUNOTHILARIKRIPHTHNAIYIANTHPHIRKIRALITHONYOMENERPHABOEA
-PGM III.60
BARBATHIAO BAINCHOOOCH NIANBOAITHABRAB
-PGM III.12. “BAINCHOOCH” = “soul of Khukh”. Khukh is the god of Darkness. This portion of the name is often noted seperately, but was made into a palindrome for numerological reasons, and adds up to 3663, another palindrome.
CHACHACH
-PGM I.139
CHATHACH
-PGM I.141
IAEOBPHRENEMOUNOTHILARIKRIPHIAEYEAIPIRKIRALITHONUOMENERPHABOEAI
-spoken as part of a request to Helios for an assistant. No decipherment.
IEOOEI
-PGM II.140. Refers to Apollo of the Muses.
OTHO
-PGM II.15
