Welcome to the final quizzes & tests, I hope you enjoyed your journey so far! Now here is one quiz or test for each of…
View More What are the Greek Magical Papyri? – Final Tests & QuizzesAuthor: Kirsten Dzwiza
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…
View More A Good Potion, PGM VII, 969-972Stêlê 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…
View More Stêlê of Aphroditê, PGM VII, 215-218PGM LVII – P. Mich in. 534
Source: University of Michigan Library, Digial Collections https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2437/534R.TIF
View More PGM LVII – P. Mich in. 534PGM CXI – The earliest known Greek magical(?) papyrus
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Image source: WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/papyri-collection/item/8039
View More PGM CXI – The earliest known Greek magical(?) papyrusChronological 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,…
View More Chronological Order of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Texts: Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, Book of the DeadA 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…
View More A Coptic Prayer About the Power of MagicAn 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,…
View More An amulet against daimons and every sickness and suffering: PGM VII, 579-590A 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…
View More A Polymorphic Bes StatuetteThe Crocodile God Sobek
The crocodile was particularly feared because not only did it kill, it ate the body of its victim without which there could be no afterlife.…
View More The Crocodile God Sobek