By thsea maeu thor PRACTICALT ECHNIQUESO F PSYCHICS ELF­ DEFENSE THE WAY OF CARTOUCHE PRACTICAL EGYPTIAN MAGIC MurrHyo pe StM. artin'Psr ess New York PRACTICAL EGYPTIAMNA GIC.C opyri@g h1t9 8b4y M urryH opeA.l lri ghts reserved. Printiednt heU nitedS tatoefsA mericNao. p art oft hibso ok mayb eu sedo rre produceidna nym annewrh atsoevweirt howurti tten permissioenx ceipntth ec aseo fb riqeufo tatieomnbosd iedi nc ritical artilceosr r evieFwso.ri nformataidodnr,eS stsM. art in'sP res,s 175F iftAhv enNueewY, o rk, N.Y. 10010. LibraorfCy o ngreCsatsal oging iPnu blicaDtaitoan Hope, Murry. PractiEcgaylp tmaigainc. Bibliogrpa.p hy: Incluidnedse x. I.M agicE,g yptiaIn.T. i tle. BFI591.H6139 86 133.4'3 86-1276 ISBN0 -312-63474-9 Firsptu blisihneGd r eaBtri taibnyA quarain PresTsh, orsons PublisGhrionugp . FirsUt. SE.d ition 109 8 76 5 4 3 2 I ACKNOWLEDGEM ENTS Grateafpuplr eciattoCi yorniA ll dreadn dh ipsu blishTehramse,s andH udsonf,o pre rmittiunsgeo ft hec hronolotgaibclalfe rso m TheEgyp tiansa;nd t oa rtiMsatr tiJno nefso rh ise xcellent illustroaftE igoynpsti asny mbols. MurrHyo pe June1 983 CONTENTS Page Preface 9 Introduction 11 PART ONET:H E HISTORYA ND THEORY Chapter 1.Th eB ooko fth eD ead 17 2.S piriHteuiraolg lyphics 27 3.O rigins 33 4.T heG odso fA nciEegynptt 37 5.T heR eaTlh eology 55 6.P yraPmoiwde r 61 7.T ombsa nCdu rses 67 8.T hHe ermeTsrs imegistIuS:sou .r ecsP art 7 3 9.Th eH ermTerssim egiPsartt IuITsh:.eT eachings 83 1.0T heE gyptMiyasentr iAecoscrd ignt oIam blihcos 93 PARTT WO: THEP RACTICE 11S.y bmolasnI dn struments 150 12C.o louRrobse,ans dA rchetypes 151 1.3T heS tructoufrteh eL odgeo rG roup 112 1.4S uggestiaonndsW arnings 127 1.5A nciePnraty earsn Idn vocations 113 8 PRACTICAL EGYPTIAN MAGIC 16.C eremonMiaagli c 139 17.So meP ractiMcaagli cTaelc hniques 147 18.G enerCaolr respondences 159 19.E gyptiMana giacn dT odayR'esl igions 165 20.S iriuTsh-eN ewC osmiMca gic 169 Conclusions 179 Appendix 183 Bibliography 189 Index 191 PREFACE The ensuing workp resupposae sf aikrn owledge ofoc cult semantcisa nda tle asts omed egreoeff amiliawriitttyhh em eta­ physicwaolr ldA.s thew ordm agic itsetlefn dtso h avec on­ ' ' troversoivaelr tofnoetrsh eu nniitaited -therset ibleli npge ople whoa ssociiatet iet hweirt whh ata rei gnoranretfelrryed toa s the' blaackrt so'r w ith entertawihnoep rrodsu ce objects from hatbsy s leiogfhh ta nd-ac ledaerfi nitiisno enc essary. Ic oulndo th opet op uti tbe ttert hatnh el atAe. EW. aite. In hibsoo k,T heO ccult Schieew rnicteess,: Thepo pulacro nceptioofMn a gice,v ewnh en itis n oti dentiwfiietdh thet rickerioefsi mposturaen dt hep rankso fth e mounteban,ki s entirealbsyur da ndg ross. 'Magi,c or,m orea ccuratMealgyi,s ms,'a ysC hristiiannh is HistoidreeI Maa gie,a n'yoinfe woulcdo ndesctCJ1dor ettuoir tns antiqourei gicno,u lbed no longecro nfoundwedi tth hseu persti­ tionwshi ccha lumniiattems e moryI.t nsa mei sd erivetdou sf rom theG reekw ordMsA GOS, a Magiciaann,dM AGELA, Magic, which armee repelrym utatioonfsth et erMmOsG ,M EGHM,A GH, which inP ehlavnid i nZ endbo,t h languagoefts h ee ldeEsats t, sign"ipfryi es"twi"s,e "n da "excellIetwn ats"t .h enacel sthoa t,i na period anteriort oh istoGrirce etcheere, o riginattheeCd h aldean name Maghdim,w hichi se quivalteon"ts uprewimsed om"o,rs acred philosoTphhuysm.,e reety mologyin dicattheastM agiwca st he syn­ thesoifsth oses cienocnecspoe s sessbedy th e Magio rp hilosophers 10 PRACTICAL EGYPTIANM AGIC ofI ndioafP, e rsoifaC ,h aldea,o fEa gnydp wth,o w erteh per ieosft s naturteh,pe a triaorfck hnso wledagnedt, h feo undoefrt sh ose vast civilizwahtoisorenu si sntsi mlali ntawiint,h out totthtee rbiunrgd,e n ofs ixcteyn turies.' Ennemosienrh ,i sH istoofMry a g(iacst r anslbaytH eodw itt), say'sA montgh eP arsectsh,eM edesa ndth e Egyptiaan hsi,g her knowledogfen aturwea su nderstboyo tdh et ermM agicw,i th whicrhe ligainodnp ,a rticualsatrrloyn owmeyr,ea ssociaTtheed . initiaantdet dh eidri scipwleersec allMeadg icia-ntsh aits t,h e Wis-e which wast hacela ssaoem ontgh eGr eek..s. P latuon der­ stoobdy W isdonmo thilnegst sh aan w orshoifpt heDi viniantdy , Apuleisuasyt sh aMta gusme ans,i nt heP ersilana nguaag per,i est ...In diPae,r sCihaa,l daenad E gypwte,r teh cer adloefts h oel dest MagicZ.o roasOtesrt,a ntehsBe,r ahmitnhsCe,h aldesaang easn,d theE gyptiparni eswtesr,et hep rimitpiovses essofoi rtsss e crets. Thep riesatnldsy a crififcuinaclt itohnehs e,a lionftg h es icakn,d thper eservoaftt ihoSene crWeits domw,e rteh oeb jecotfts h eliirf e. Theyw ereei ther ptrhienmcseeslo vrse usr,r ounpdreidn caests h eir counselJluosrtsi.tc reu,ta hn,dt hep oweorf s elf-sacwreirfitech ee, greaqtu aliwtiitewhsh iceha cohn eo fthemsues bet endoweda;n d then egleocfat n yo neo ft hese vwiartsupe usn ishientd h em ost crumealn ner.' Thissc holaarnldey r udiatpeo locgoyn tinfuoerss e vermaolr e pagebsu,tt hee ssenocfie st m essaigste h sea mteh roughaonudt applieevsem no res ot odatyh awnh eni tw asfi rsptu blisihne d 1891. M.H. INTRODUCTION Ith asb een suggesitnerd e ceyneta rbsy,b oths cientainsdt s mysticst,h atti mies n eithleirn enaorr m ovablbeu te xisitns stationbaanrdys througwhhi chw e,a si ndividmuianld so r incarnatees sencmeosv,e i no rdetro g aienx perienOcne t.h is premiwsee cana djusotu ra ttittuodwea rdwsh ati sb roadly refertroea ds' ancieEngty pta'n dc onsidtehro stei me-shrouded dayst.ob ea sc losteou sn owa sm orer eceanntd b ettdeorc u­ mentede pochTsh.e A quariAagne ,w e aret aughitsa, t imtoe retutorn simplen,a turtarlu thas t;i mteo d iscatrhdem ultiple layeorfsa ccumulavteende etrh ahta ver esulftreodmc enturies ofr eligainodup so litoipcpalr essai toinm;fe o trh ei ndividual to seehki tsru ei denttihtryo uhgihbs a sicco smirco ots. Egypatn di tmsa gicpaals hta sm ucht oc ontritbouwtared as bettaenrdb roaduenrd erstanodfoi unrgc osmiocri ginasn do ur futuirnet er-cocsomnince ctiIotcn osm.p leat ceisr calsei ,tw ere, a circinl tei mteh actl ostehsey awningga pb etwepeunr fea iitnh thee xisteonfce ex ternfaolr caensd a practickanlo wledogfe, andc ommunicatwiiotnht ,h osfeo rctehsa cto uledn richt he qualitoyfl iffeo rm any andm akea validc ontributtoiwoarnd s easitnhges tresbsreosu gahbto ubty t hes loawn dp ainfturla nsi­ tiofnr oPmi scetaoAn q uariparni nciapnldle issf tea ndards. Beforwee canm aket hajto urneoyf d iscovienrtyEo g ypt's dima ndd istapnats ti,ti sn ecesstaroys traiwpa ys omeo ft he overlaaynsds ubstructthuarhtea sv ep resenttheedm selivne s differegnuti seosv ert het hreteh ousanodr m orey earst hat 12 PRACTICALE GYPTIANM AGIC spanntehda cto untry'esar lyhi stoWrhye.n t hes ubjeocfEt g ypt­ ologiys r aiseodn es oo ftehne artsh es amer emarkosr r e­ joinder'sO:h ,y est,h atK'isn gT ut'tso mba ndal lt hatd;i dn't theyw orshicpa tso rc rocodilaensd m ummifye verythiinng sightI?nf' a ctr,e ligianodu msa gicbaell iienfs,sa yt,h em uch popularized eighdtyeneanstthwy h,e nA khnatoinn troduced his Ateni coant A marnaa ndK ingT utw asb uriiendal ls plendour, werqeu itdei fferefnrto mt hosaed herteodi nt hefi rsdty nastoyr, in thel atteirm essov ividly desbcyrH ieberdo dotAunsd.y eti,n spiotfeth e manyc ultuarnadls ub-cultsuurpaelr imposiati ons, threoafdm agictarlu thha ss urvivtehder avagoefst hec enturies andf oundi twsa yi nttoh et eachianngdsb elioeffp sr esednaty occultainsdmt yss tiNcosr.h avteh eba sipcri ncipolfeE sg yptian magiecv ecre asetdobe relevtaonm ta n� d hisl ifweh,i cihs because they lweearrneef dr oman e ven older apenodp lweiss er whob asethde m oni nter-copsrimnicci ptlheaslikt e, cosmilca w, are constainnal tl s pheroefes x istetnhcreo ughtohueut n iverse. Tof aciliatb artoea duenrd erstanodfti hneegn ormosupsan o f timien volvientd h isst udIyh avei ncludae bdri eif ndegxi ving thec hronoloogridceaorlft hedy nastaigeasi nasb ta ckgrooufn d approximatdea tingsm,a jorc ulturdaelv elopmenatnsd, historfircaaglm etnotb seg leanferdo ms urroundlianngdB su.ti t mustbe madeq uitcel eaartt hisj uncttuhraewt h erteh ee arlier yearsa rec oncerntheedr ei sr ealvleyr lyi tttolg eo o n.A ctual documentary eviidsen nocne-e xistaenndwt e o wem ucho ft he more practailci nofrmaiton to thed eidcatewdo rk of archaeologainsdt,is n m orer ecentti metso,t hossec ientific teamwsh oh aves pentm anya tiringh ourd atitnhgi osb jeocrt thastt oneet c. Howevetrh,i isse ssentiaa lmlayg icbaolo ks,o w e shall take ones tefpur thearn dl eana l itutpolne m agical soofuer ncqeusi ry sucha sE SP,t hep sychfiaccu ltays,t rparlo jecthiyopnn,o tic regressainodna ,l tlh eo thefra ncnya mesg ivetno th e acto f delviinngtot heA kashriecc ords. Many yearosfe xperieinntc hees tudoyfa ltersetda toefcs o n­ sciousn-eass st hesmea niefstatioofnt sh eb rain'asb ility to probe' outteirm ea'r en owl abel-lheadv es hownme thatth e Egyptirana yi so new hicphe opleei threers pontod readialnyd happiolryv ,i ewwi th a suspiciboonr deroinnu gn easeT.h ese attitudess temf romt hes ubconsciaonudsc anbe tracteodt he karmic pasotf t hei ndividaunadtl,o a majodre greteo,t heir