The prayer in this Coptic magic book from Egypt tells us interesting details about how the practitioner understood ancient magic and especially the power of…
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A Worshipper Kneeling Before the Egyptian God Anubis
Date: ca. 747-525 BCE Findspot: Egypt, Karnak, Temple of Amun (Karnak Cachette) Location: The Walters Art Museum, 54.400 A bronze statuette of the anthropomorphic god…
Chronological Order of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Texts: Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, Book of the Dead
All of these funerary texts contain spells to protect the deceased in the afterlife. Pyramid Texts: Old Kingdom – First Intermediate Period+ Written on the…
Bes-Pantheos as Polymorphic Deity and Atum as Serpent Deity
This ancient Egyptian magical papyrus contains spells against snakes and scorpions for the protection of women and children at night. Seen here are Bes-Pantheos as…
Coptic Charm against Poisonous Snakes with Satôr Square and Alpha-Leôn Square
This applied Coptic charm against poisonous snakes includes a Satôr square as well as an Alpha-Leôn square. This combination of the Sator square and the…
The Crocodile God Sobek
The crocodile was particularly feared because not only did it kill, it ate the body of its victim without which there could be no afterlife.…
A Pantheistic Bes Statuette
This bronze statuette shows a composite deity who has the attributes of various different gods: the face of the god Bes, the twin plumes and…
A Gold Amulet Against the Evil Eye
This amulet consists of a small disc made of gold. It was stamped with an eye in the centre which is attacked by eleven protectors:…
The ancient Egyptian Goddess Repit
Relief of the ancient Egyptian goddess Repit. Repit (also Repyt) is commonly depicted as a lion-headed goddess with the sun-disc on her head guarded by…
An Ancient 20-sided Dice Inscribed with the Names of Egyptian Deities
Overview This so far unique dice was made of limestone. Instead of numbers it was inscribed with the names of 20 different Egyptian deities. These…
Erotic knucklebone dice for the search for love, sex and fertility?
This rare knucklebone made of gabbro depicts figures of the deities Baubo, Eros, and Kronos (or Ganymedes) in association with Harpocrates. It is interpreted as…
The beginning of the famous “Mithras Liturgy” in PGM IV
This is the beginning of the famous “Mithras Liturgy”, a unique ritual instruction for gaining temporary immortality to receive a divination: “Be merciful to me,…
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Video: Assessing Ritual Efficacy in the Egyptian Magical Papyri
In ancient Egyptian ritual manuals you often find comments made either by the authors themselves or by later readers. These comments could refer to a…
Video: The Ancient Egyptian Language and Script called Demotic
A brief introduction to the ancient Egyptian language and script called “Demotic”. https://www.antikemagie.com/view/antikemagie-10-demotic.mp4
Ancient Magical Artefacts Explained: “Solomon’s Seal Has Annihilated You” – A Unique Bronze Amulet
This bronze amulet was created to protect its owner against enemies and a specific evil demon. To create and shape the power of the artefact,…
Video: The Ancient Greek Magical Papyrus PGM VII
This unique ancient magical scroll from Egypt comprises the most extensive ritual collection among the Greek magical papyri. Content Overview of PGM VII The dice-based…
Video: The ancient book “About the Mystery of the Letters”
The ancient book “About the Mystery of the Letters” is a little-known ancient Christian mystery about the relations between the letters of the Greek alphabet,…
Video: Ancient Egyptian Execration Rites, or: Early Voodoo Dolls
Have you ever heard of ancient Egyptian execration rituals? Most people haven’t. But many have heard of „voodoo dolls“. In ancient Egypt, as early as…
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Quote from the prayer in a Coptic Magic Handbook
The prayer in this Coptic magic book from Egypt tells us interesting details about how the practitioner understood ancient magic and especially the power of…
Inscribed magical brick of Amenemopet
Inscribed magical brick of Amenemopet New Kingdom, Egypt The brick was inscribed with a protective curse in seven lines of Hieratic when the clay was…
How to Express “Very Good” in the Egyptian-Demotic Magical Papyri
Learning the languages of the ancient magical papyri In the Egyptian-Demotic magical papyri, to express that a ritual is “very” good, you write “good” and…
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Magical Signs: An extraordinary phenomenon or just business as usual?
Title: Magical Signs: An extraordinary phenomenon or just business as usual? – Analysing decoration patterns of magical gems Author: Kirsten Dzwiza Conference Publication: In: K.…
Decanal Iconography and Natural Materials in the Sacred Book of Hermes to Asclepius
Overview Title: Decanal Iconography and Natural Materials in the Sacred Book of Hermes to Asclepius Author: Spyros Piperakis Publication Date: 2017 Published in: Greek, Roman,…
Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet (WiBiLex)
Overview WiBiLex ist ein wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet, das 2007 als ein Projekt der Deutschen Bibelgesellschaft ins Leben gerufen wurde. Aktuell (August 2023) sind fast…