I am starting a new monthly live meetup during which we can discuss and reconstruct ritual instructions from the Greek and Egyptian magical papyri together.…
View More Reconstructing Ancient Magic & Ancient Magic Signs #1 – Creating Magic Signs in PGM XIII, 1001-1054
Welcome to my videos about the ancient magical papyri! In this video we will take a closer look at the most extensive ancient Greek magic…
View More Video: The Greek Magical Papyrus Book “PGM IV”
Pottery, Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Affordable amulets were made of clay in molds. A single mold could have been used dozens of times…
View More Ancient Egyptian Molds for Amulets
4th-6th century, Egypt, single page size ca. 12.4 x 10.5 cm This ancient magico-medical book originally consisted of eight leaves of which the first is…
View More The Magico-Medical Codex „Ms. 136“
Michigan Ms. 136, vellum, 4th-6th century, Egypt The seven Greek vowels played an important role in Graeco-Egyptian ritual magic. They were understood as higher powers…
View More Amulet for Stomach Pain and Headache
This is the only ancient Greek love spell preserved on linen and it reminds of the scraps of clothes which were used in various rituals.…
View More Uniquely Preserved Love Spell – 3rd-4th century, Egypt
Making statuettes as dwellings of higher powers is well attested in the Greek Magical Papyri. The contexts are diverse but the statuettes are most often…
View More Animated Statuettes
I have been working on several ritual instructions for the Sourcebook over the week. One of them comprises confusing and contradictory descriptions concerning the set-up…
View More Update #1 – May 22, 2025 – Sourcebook of Ancient Magic Signs
Heliotrope, 2nd – 4th century, findspot unknown Abrasax is one of the youngest deities in Graeco-Egyptian magic, he has no Egyptian, Greek, Jewish, or other…
View More Abrasax
This is an overview of the five major groups of inscribed ancient magical artefacts from the archaeological record dating between the 2nd century B.C. and…
View More Inscribed Magical Artefacts – An Overview