They are not mentioned metaphorically

The tables of the hungry magicians shake, waiting for those who cannot be mentioned in metaphor, those who have read the forbidden books on magic and the stars, stories of marvels, bullfights, the secrets of the Buried Eye, and the commandments of the dead!And when the tumor eats the brain of Buthana Al-Thaibe''s granddaughter. This becomes a sufficient sign to read a book in an obsolete language,...