During the 4th century in Egypt an ancient magician wrote down a mysterious list with 37 secret code words for ritual ingredients. He added that…
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I had the great pleasure and honour to be a guest on Douglas Batchelor‘s awesome podcast “What Magic Is This?” Two hours talking about Ancient…
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In these ancient Egyptian Osiris bricks soil was molded into the shape of Osiris, god of vegetation, fertility, regeneration, and ruler of the dead. Thickly…
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This unique astrological disk from Chevroches in France is divided into 12 segments. They are inscribed in Greek with the 12 Egyptian (!) months, the…
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“Egyptian gods possessed since times of old astral forms and the myth of Osiristoo had a celestial projection. In a papyrus dating from the 4th…
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This elaborate, gilt and silvered brass compendium has two outer leaves around a central box and contains numerous types of dials, time telling devices, tables,…
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From a divination ritual in PGM II, 1-64 “Phoibos, Helper through your oracles, Come joyous, Son of Lêtô, Far-shooter, Averter, hither come, hither, come hither!…
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From the papyrus of Ani Centrally placed is a balance, holding in its two pans Ani’s heart on the left and a feather on the…
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An example for the power of secret names in ancient magic and their translatability, contradicting Iamblichus’ claim that translated names of higher powers wouldn’t keep…
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A Brief Introduction Papyrus scroll (ritual manual), inscribed in Greek and Egyptian-Demotic, re-used 4th century, Egypt, ca. 360x 22 cm, 19 columns, 659 lines: 495…
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