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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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…
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 ThroatEgyptian Divination Ritual – Beginning of the Invocation of Anubis
This section of the London-Leiden magical papyrus, also known as pdm xiv / PGM XIV, describes an Egyptian divination ritual, highlighted is the beginning of…
View More Egyptian Divination Ritual – Beginning of the Invocation of AnubisThe 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…
View More The Divine Determinative or: How Ancient Egyptians Marked Their DeitiesRam’s horn – An Ancient Egyptian Herb and How to Use It
The author of this ancient Egyptian magical papyrus wrote down the Demotic (Egyptian) words for plants and minerals and then added their Greek terms. We…
View More Ram’s horn – An Ancient Egyptian Herb and How to Use ItAssessing Ritual Efficacy in the Egyptian Magical Papyri
In the ancient Egyptian magical papyri we find multiple references concerning the efficacy of individual ritual instructions. The common expression is a simple “very good”…
View More Assessing Ritual Efficacy in the Egyptian Magical PapyriVideo: The Making and Use of Ancient Magical Artefacts
Over 100 ancient Egyptian and Greek magic books have been discovered in Egypt until today. They date between the 1st century BC and the 12th…
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