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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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…
View More Chronological Order of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Texts: Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, Book of the DeadScrolling through Imhotep’s Book of the Dead
Overview Phantastic web article describing sections of the ancient Egyptian “Book of the Dead” belonging to the Priest of Horus, Imhotep (Imuthes). The papyrus is…
View More Scrolling through Imhotep’s Book of the DeadBes-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…
View More Bes-Pantheos as Polymorphic Deity and Atum as Serpent DeityCoptic 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…
View More Coptic Charm against Poisonous Snakes with Satôr Square and Alpha-Leôn SquareHow 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…
View More How to Express “Very Good” in the Egyptian-Demotic Magical PapyriFate has a Daughter
In this ancient Egyptian spell against poison we learn that the Egyptian god of fate, who is called Schay, has a daughter named Sarbytha. The…
View More Fate has a DaughterSpell Against a Bone Stuck in the Throat
This ritual is against a bone stuck in the throat of a person. It is preserved in the Egyptian-Demotic magical papyrus pdm xiv dated to…
View More Spell Against a Bone Stuck in the ThroatProtective amulet for the practice – Prayer to Selene for any spell
“Take a loadstone engraved with a three-faced Hekate, with her middle face being that of a horned virgin, the left one that of a dog…
View More Protective amulet for the practice – Prayer to Selene for any spellThe Divine Determinative or: How Ancient Egyptians Marked Their Deities
In the ancient Egyptian script “Demotic” the names of gods and goddesses were written with a special sign at the end which marks the divine…
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