MAGIC WORDS "These words ['open sesame'] were, in effect, mantras. It's no fairy tale, it's a fact, when you know the 'magic' words, you can find the hidden treasure!" Common Magician's Applications: Escapes. Variations and Incantations: • Arise sesame -- Lauren Henderson, Strawberry Tattoo (1999) • Open, open, open sesame -- Ann McCaffrey, Acorna's Rebels (200 ) -- Meena Alexander, Manhattan Music (1997) • Open Says Me -- Jeanne Rose, The World of Aromatherapy (1996) "Open! he thought at the door, feeling absurdly like an Arabian prince ling in some ancient story. Open sesame! Open says me!" -- Stephen King, Song of Susannah (2004) • Open Sez Me! -- Piers Anthony, Swell Foop (2002) • Open Sesame, open sunflower -- Lexa Rosean, Powerspells (2001) • Open sesame seeds -- P.D.Q. Bach, "The Seasonings," Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach (1976) • Open Sesame Voilà! -- Charles Busch, Red Scare on Sunset (1991) • Open shazaam -- Milena McGraw, After Dinkirk (1998) • Presto, Open Sesame! -- Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (200 ) • Voilà, Open Sesame! -- Thomas Beller, Open City #15 (200 ) -- Andrew Humphreys, Time Out Shanghai (2004) In Literature: • "She levered open the passenger door. It swung out like some Ali Baba mountainside to my unspoken 'Open, Sesame.' I had to jump back so it wouldn't knock me flat." -- Paul De Filippo, Neutrino Drag (2004) • "She was reading 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,' and every time she read 'Open sesame,' Matt sang out the magic words with her." -- Siri Hustvedt, What I Loved (200 ) 5 Shakto Parwha Kaur Kaisa, Kundalini Yoga (1996)