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Alabaster Sistrum Inscribed – An Egyptian Ritual Instrument
This sistrum is made of Egyptian alabaster and inscribed with the names of Pharaoh Teti. It is dated around 2.323-2.291 BCE. The carved handle of…
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Soknopaiou Nesos – Religious center of the god Soknopaios
Soknopaiou Nesos was the religious center of the god Soknopaios, an oracular and healing god in the shape of a crocodile with a falcon head.…
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The “Treasures of Soknopaios”
The religious centre of the ancient Egyptian deity Soknopaios was in Soknopaiou Nesos, a town in the Fayum oasis. His temple and the cult area…
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A Good Potion, PGM VII, 969-972
This is a spell for a love potion preserved in the Greek ritual manual PGM VII, 969-972. The title of the ritual and the initial…
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Stêlê of Aphroditê, PGM VII, 215-218
This multi-purpose spell is preserved in the Greek ritual manual PGM VII, 215-218. Stêlê of Aphroditê For gaining friendship (philia), favour (charis), success (praxis), and…
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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. I made a more detailed video about these three funerary texts,…
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A Coptic Prayer About the Power of Magic
This quote from a prayer preserved in a Coptic magic book from Egypt provides interesting details about how the practitioner understood ancient magic. It preserves…
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An amulet against daimons and every sickness and suffering: PGM VII, 579-590
There are two types of amulets attested in the Greek magical papyri: embedded amulets and independent amulets. Embedded amulets were used during a superordinate ritual,…
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A Polymorphic 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…
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