Most excellent Restrainer of anger (θυμοκάτοχον), Favour securer (χαριτήσιον) and Victory gainer (νικητικόν) in the courts PGM XXXVI, 35-68 (papyrus scroll) 4th century, Greek, Egypt…
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Hemerology: Ancient Egyptian Day Picking Calendars – Lucky and Unlucky Days for Ritual Practice
Ancient Egyptian “day-picking calendars” – also called “fate calendars” – classified the days of the month or year as positive or negative, similar to omens.…
Video: Acrostic of the Power of Sêth
In this video, I indtroduce a fascinating papyrus fragment measuring only 9×13 cm. It preserves a drawing of the ancient Egyptian god Sêth and an…
Phylactery for the Practice – PGM IV, 1071-1084
The Egyptian and Greek magical papyri provide a number of instructions for crafting amulets. Most of these amulets are actually made for the practitioners themselves…
The Isis Aretology of Kyme
An aretology is a list of a deity’s powers, virtues, miraculous deeds, and attributes. Six Isis’ aretologies are known to us today, dating from the…
The Divine Assistant of Pnouthis, the Sacred Scribe (PGM I, 42-105)
This is an ancient ritual instruction preserved in a 3rd century ritual manual written in Greek and found in Egypt. Today the scroll is cut…
Secret Name of Aphrodite: Arôriphrasis
The name “Arôriphrasis” occurs predominantly on amulets depicting Aphrodite binding her hair. The philologist Maryse Waegeman conducted an analysis of this name, here are her…
An Ancient Magic Gem for Good Memory?
The frontside of this gem is engraved with a depiction of the Graeko-Egyptian deity Sarapis with Cerberus. The backside comprises a list of divine names…
Christian Charm Against Poisonous Snakes
Christ was born on the 29th of Choiak. He came by descending upon the earth. He rebuked all the poisonous snakes. Your word, lord, is…