CHARM TO AROUSE THE PASSIONATE LOVE OF A WOMAN: May love, the disquieter, disquiet thee; do not hold out upon my bed! With the terrible arrow of Kama (*god of love*) do I pierce thy heart! The arrow, winged with longing, barbed with love, whose shaft is undeviating desire, with that, well-aimed, Kama shall pierce thy heart! With that well-aimed arrow of Kama which parches the spleen, whose plumes fly forward, which burns up, do I pierce thy heart. Consumed by burning ardor, with parched mouth, do thou, woman, come to me, thy pride laid aside, mine alone, speaking sweetly and to me devoted! I drive thee with a goad from thy mother and thy father, so that thou shalt be in my power, shalt come up to my wish. All her thoughts do ye, O Mitra (*Vedic god of power*) and Varuna (*Vedic god of cosmology*), drive out of her! Then, having deprived her of her will, put her under my Will alone! (NOTE: The lover should prepare for the above charm by meditating and chanting mantras to Kama and Rati, his wife, visualizing them in their forms: Kama eternally young and beautiful, Rati, black hair flowing, nude and the embodiment of erotic love and devotion. Incense should be lit, garlands of flowers offered, as well as offerings of food and non-intoxicating drink. When the lover has meditated and chanted *to his sufficiency* he recites the above charm, asking for the boon of his beloved. The incense should be allowed to burn down, the flowers left in place for 24 hours, the food and drink consumed, symbolic of the Oneness of Kama/Rati and the lover/his beloved.)