This is fundamental power indeed and, anticipating his own death, Zephario later gives Candy a second square, before donating his very soul to her as a weapon. The glyph takes sparks of Candy’s soul and the Abarataraba remakes her as ‘a constellation… pieces of her soul speeding in search of Deity’.

But Zephario entrusts her with a square of the Abarataraba with which she inspires the creation of a mighty glyph. Sensing her abilities even from her tarot card, Zephario asks himself what right Candy has to have such power, whilst Candy herself comments, ‘Why not have all the power you can get?’ Candy is perhaps a dangerous person to lay hands on unpredictable spiritual forces if she is by nature, as Joephi remarks, ‘a combination of rage and power’. The Abarat is clearly a very atmospheric creation. Yesterday I finished reading a lavishly illustrated hardcover copy of Clive Barkers fantastical Abarat (2002), and by complete coincidence I also stumbled. The pages of the Abarataraba are entirely connected to the spiritual, creative meaning of the Abarat and hold powers which are far more fundamental. Follow the Author Clive Barker Abarat (Abarat, 1) Hardcover Octoby Clive Barker (Author, Illustrator) 1,276 ratings Book 1 of 3: Abarat Teachers pick See all formats and editions Kindle 10.

When we are introduced to the Abarataraba it is embodied within pages of books but it is a different kind of object to Wolfswinkel’s hats or Mater Motley’s summoning clavicle. Beneath The Surface of Clive Barker's Abarat Chapter Excerpt - Power and Might If magic is an invisible science, which makes what seems immutable flow and become other than itself, then love is its most certain proof.Ĭlive Barker - notes for The Book of Hours, c.2000

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