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,…
View More Chronological Order of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Texts: Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, Book of the DeadCategory: Various
Iamblichus about the two human souls
Quoted from De Mysteriis, VIII, 6 You claim, then, that the majority of the Egyptians make what is in our power depend upon the movement…
View More Iamblichus about the two human soulsZodiacal Signs and the Assigned Body-parts in Babylonian Astrology
The correspondence of body parts and their diseases with the influences of certain zodiac signs and planets is called “Melothesia“. This tablet is the earliest…
View More Zodiacal Signs and the Assigned Body-parts in Babylonian AstrologyWhat Magic Is This? – Ancient Magical Artefacts
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…
View More What Magic Is This? – Ancient Magical ArtefactsAstral Mythology in Egypt – Isis and Osiris as Stars
“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…
View More Astral Mythology in Egypt – Isis and Osiris as StarsAstronomical Compendium, 1596
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,…
View More Astronomical Compendium, 1596Book of the Dead – Hall of Judgment
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…
View More Book of the Dead – Hall of JudgmentAstral Religion in Egypt – Pyramid Texts Utterance 373
Stars played an important role in ancient Egyptian belief. In the Pyramid Texts the soul of the deceased pharaoh ascends to the celestial realm of…
View More Astral Religion in Egypt – Pyramid Texts Utterance 373Ancient Egyptian Decans in Coptic Magic for a Good Singing Voice
From a Coptic spell to obtain a good singing voice, ca. 7th century, Egypt London Oriental Manuscript 6794, British Library Yak, Meiak, Semiak, the three…
View More Ancient Egyptian Decans in Coptic Magic for a Good Singing VoiceDeities of the Week & Their Incenses
Greek Deities of the week and their Roman and Egyptian pendants Selêne – Luna – Chons Arês – Mars – Month Hermês – Merkur –…
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