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Iamblichus, De Mysteriis, VIII, 6 Marsilio Ficino

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…

Zodiacal 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…

Grain Osiris – Germinating Osiris Brick

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…

Astrological Disk from Chevroches

This unique astrological disk from Chevroches in France is divided into 12 segments. They are inscribed in Greek with the 12 Egyptian (!) months, the…

Astral 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…

Astronomical 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,…

PGM-II, 1-64-burning-frankincense-in-a-wick

Unusual Use of Frankincense in Ancient Magic

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!…

Papyrus of Ani, “Book of the Dead”, Egypt, ca. 1.250 BC. British Museum EA10470,3 © The Trustees of the British Museum

Book 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…

The Power of the Secret Name in Ancient Magic

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…

The Egyptian-Greek Magical Papyrus PDM XII / PGM XII

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…