Untitled : EGYPTIAN MAGIC By E. A. Wallis Budge [1901] Title Page Preface Contents Chapter I: Antiquity of Magical Practices in Egypt Chapter II. Magical Stones or Amulets Chatper III. Magical Figures Chapter IV. Magical Pictures and Formul, Spells, Etc. Chapter V. Magical Names Chapter VI. Magical Ceremonies...
Title Page : EGYPTIAN MAGIC By E. A. WALLIS BUDGE LATE KEEPER OF THE EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM Kegan, Paul, Trench and Trbner & Co., London [1901] Scanned , April 2002, Redacted by J.B. Hare. This text is in the public domain. These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose...
Chapter V. Magical Names : p. 157 CHAPTER V. MAGICAL NAMES. THE Egyptians, like most Oriental nations, attached very great importance to the knowledge of names, and the knowledge of how to use and to make mention of names which possessed magical powers was a necessity both for the living and the dead. It was believed th...
Preface : p. vii PREFACE. A STUDY of the remains of the native religious literature of ancient Egypt which have come down to us has revealed the fact that the belief in magic, that is to say, in the power of magical names, and spells, and enchantments, and formul, and pictures, and figures, and amulets...
Chapter Iv. Magical Pictures And Formulae : p. 104 CHAPTER IV. MAGICAL PICTURES AND FORMUL, SPELLS, ETC. FROM what has been said above it is clear that the Egyptian believed it possible to vivify by means of formul and words of power any figure made in the form of a man or animal, and to make it work either on behalf of or against his...
Chapter Ii. Magical Stones Or Amulets : p. 25 CHAPTER II. MAGICAL STONES OR AMULETS. "AMULET" is a name given to a class of objects and ornaments, and articles of dress and wearing apparel, made of various substances which were employed by the Egyptians, and later by other nations, to protect the human body, either living or dead...
Chapter Vi. Magical Ceremonies : p. 182 CHAPTER VI. MAGICAL CEREMONIES. IN the preceding pages we have seen how the Egyptians employed magical stones or amulets, and magical words, and magical pictures, and magical names, in the performance of deeds both good and evil; it remains to consider these magical ceremonies in which...
Chapter I. Antiquity Of Magical Practices In Egypt : p. 1 EGYPTIAN MAGIC. CHAPTER I. ANTIQUITY OF MAGICAL PRACTICES IN EGYPT. IN the first volume of this series 1 an attempt was made to set before the reader a statement of the ideas and beliefs which the ancient Egyptians held in respect of God, the "gods," the Judgment, the Resurrecti...
Chatper Iii. Magical Figures : p. 65 CHAPTER III. MAGICAL FIGURES. IT has been said above that the name or the emblem or the picture of a god or demon could become an amulet with power to protect him that wore it, and that such power lasted as long as the substance of which it was made lasted, if the name, or emblem, or picture...
Chapter Vii. Demoniacal Possession, Dreams : p. 206 CHAPTER VII. DEMONIACAL POSSESSION, DREAMS, GHOSTS, LUCKY AND UNLUCKY DAYS, HOROSCOPES, PROGNOSTICATIONS, TRANSFORMATIONS, AND THE WORSHIP OF ANIMALS. THE Egyptians, in common with many other Eastern nations, believed that certain sicknesses and diseases might be cured by cert...