FIG. 2. DEMON MASK.Side view of mask, representing a forest demon, showing profile.Page 508..“‘Peace be unto Thee! I am about to remove from thee my Grandsire who art
styled Pĕtĕra Gûru, the original teacher, who art from the beginning, and who art
incarnate from thy birth. Teacher who dwellest as a hermit in the recesses of the
Moon, and who practisest thy magic arts in the womb of the Sun; teacher of
mine whose coat is wrought of green beads, whose blood is white, who hast
stumps for bones, the hairs of whose body are turned the wrong way, and the
veins of whose body are adamant, whose neck is black, whose tongue is fluent,