Ghosts and Ghouls and witches and bats

Under the wandering moon,
bare-footed and hair disheveled,
Canidia and Sagana,
pale of face,
gather bones and poisonous herbs in the cemetery:
then start whooping a witch-chant.
With their nails they scratch the ground
and tear a black lamb to pieces.
The blood is poured into a pit,
to conjure the spirits of the dead.
There is an image made of wool,
representing Canidia:
another one, of wax,
representing the victim.
The waxen image stands suppliant,
destined to perish.
Hecate, goddess of Hell,
and Tisiphone, one of the Furies, are invoked.
Snakes and hounds of hell appear.
Ghosts utter shrill, forlorn cries.
The waxen image, thrown into the fire, makes a blaze.

Reproduced from www.vampyra.com