EKO EKO AZARAKThis version of the EKO EKO chant was usually attached to the end of the "Wiccan Chant" aka the "Witches Rune" and was used to raise power in a spiral or circular dance.
EKO EKO ZANILAK
EKO EKO KARNAYNA
EKO EKO ARADIA
According to some Wiccans, EKO EKO was from the Basque language of Spain and meant "here is." ARADIA, of course, was the Italian Witch Goddess. KARNAYNA stood for Cernnunos, the Celtic male figure in artwork, depicted with horns or antlers and often surrounded by animals. AZARAK and ZANILAK were likewise assumed to be names of deities--possibly very old names.
Therefore it was also assumed that these four deity names might be summoning powers from the four directions to strengthen the circle and empower its magic. KARNAYNA (Cernnunos) was associated with the North, the element of earth. ARADIA, being a moon Goddess, was associated with the ocean and its tides, which associated her with the element of water and the direction of West. Thus, AZARAK and ZANILAK ought to be attached to the East, air, and the South, fire.
Myth's Notes:
The ultimate origin of the EKO EKO chant is unknown. According to James W. Baker, the original version of the EKO EKO chant first appeared in an article by J. F. C. Fuller, "The Black Arts," Form, vol. 1, no. 2 (November/December), 1921. Baker stated the chant was apparently quoted from "some Victorian source." (James W. Baker, "White Witches: Historical Fact and Romantic Fantasy," Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft, Editor James R. Lewis, 1996, p. 175) There are many versions of this chant used in Wicca. The version I prefer does not mention Aradia:
EKO EKO PARALDAThis version clearly invokes the rulers of the four elements.
EKO EKO JINN
EKO EKO NIKSA
EKO EKO HOB
ZOD RU KOZ E ZOD RU KOO
ZOD RU GOZ E GOO RU MOO
EEO EEO HU HU HU
I have also seen a version, similar to the Alexandrian one, sewn onto the beginning of an invocation of the Auld Hornie, allegedly the pre-Christian Scotish Horned God:
EKO EKO AZAREKThe last nine lines were actually a garbled version from a 13th century French story called, Le Miracle de Theophile, involving the sorceror, Salatin. The passage was used as an invocation of the devil. According to Baker (ibid, p. 175), the passage can be found in the first English edition of Grillot de Givry's Picture Museum of Sorcery, 1931. Some Wiccans have speculated that this 13th century passage might have been a piece of an old Latinized-Gaelic folk spell which invoked the ancient Horned God of some Gaelic tribes in France. This speculation explained why these nine lines in sundry versions kept reappearing in Wiccan rituals connected with the God.
EKO EKO ZOMELEK
EKO EKO ARADIA
EKO EKO KARNAYNA
BAGABI LACHA BACHANTA
LAMACH KAHI ABRAKANTA
KARNANLYOS KAHI ACHABANTA
LAMACH LAMACH BACHARAS
KARBAHAJI SABALYOS
BARYLOS
LAZOS ARTHAMEE KALYOLAS
SAMAHAC ET FAMYOLAS
HARRAHYA