Practical Egyptian Magic

192 Pages·1986·1.55 MB·English

by  Murry Hope

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
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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
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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
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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