Greek Roman Egyptian Magic - Greek Magical Papyri - Books of Magic

We explore the earliest collection of magical texts in the ancient world - The Greek Magical Papyri (PGM) and the Egyptian Demotic spells. The PGM is the greatest collection of ancient magic. Written on papyrus these collections of spells, incantations, evocations, represent the rich cross-pollination between various cultures, religious systems, and forms of magic and divination. From Egyptian, Roman, Jewish, Greek cultures and religions emerges an amazing religious and magical syncretism. This video introduces the PGM and discusses a collection of spells including: an invisibility lotion, the invocation of Helios, a rare example of lesbian love magic, a curse for your boss, magical athletic ability, protection from demons, an anger management spell and more. This video is part of a series on books of magic in history - subscribe for future videos!

Recommended Readings:

Betz - The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation - 978-0226044477
Ankarloo and Clark - Witchcraft and Magic in Europe vol II - Ancient Greece and Rome - 978-0812217056
Ogden - Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman World - 978-0195385205
Waston - Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome - 978-1788312981
Harris - Ancient Egyptian Magic - 978-1578635917

#magic #egyptan #greek

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[aphroditewebdesign]

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[andrewrobinson]

I’ve always wondered why my brother, who sells hieratic papyri in the market, does such good business, while I — a seller, exclusively, of red lamps — does not! Now I understand.

[gamer]

I’m pretty sure Egyptian magic consisted of summoning monsters from the shadow realm via duel disks, with which Egyptian magicians dueled each other and also used for warfare. The greatest Egyptian magician was the pharaoh Atem, whose soul was later sealed in the millennium puzzle and currently resides in the body of a Japanese boy named Yugi Motou.

[endtimespreaching]

"When one burns books, one will inevitably burn people". I am surprised to find I agree with that. Nice proverb.

[samisiddiqi]

Spell-Caster: "How many Divinities should I Invoke?"
PGM: "Yes."

[ramzcoldlampin]

This is absolutely fascinating! Let the deep dive of your channel begin!

[txcn]

Wow I had no idea there were so many surviving examples of defixiones, nor had I EVER seen a "curse bowl". What an absolutely fascinating window into the lives and beliefs of ancient people.

[leadroftherats]

I absolutely love the level of research in your videos. Always an interesting watch.

[georgem]

Egyptians: we have a spell for keeping the bugs out
Moses: hold my beer....

[Jaysann]

Glad to see a person that wants to take Esoteric occult theory seriously.

[pennylagis]

Your videos are very good. So much information thank you!

[mikehunt]

Just imagine the artifacts and texts sold off to rich private collections that we'll never know about. Its a much larger amount then we could imagine.

[jacobsipes]

At 12:55, I love that you took the time to insert an ICP meme. Your post-production must be wild.

[gregcampwriter]

It's sad how often small-minded people want to wall off cultures, but it's encouraging to see how often authors like these pull sources together.

[quebecpsychoz]

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[AlxndrXX]

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[notsogoodbassplayer]

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[sersastark]

I'm an archaeologist anthropologist sociologist linguist AND AN ACTIVE PRACTICING WITCH. I love this scholarly take and it parallels with my education and training as an archaeologist. The information you're putting out there is important, and I thank you for the good work that you do. 💜

[FlorenceFox]

Okay, as a queer woman myself, hearing about that love spell between two women was REALLY cool. I mean, obviously we have always existed, but so many people like to pretend we just popped into existence some time in the 80s or 90s. Having such clear evidence of a woman expressing romantic or sexual desire for another woman in the ancient world is a great reminder of how wrong they are. Such things seem scarce sometimes, simply because of the emphasis historical writing tends to put on men and THEIR romantic and sexual proclivities.