Egyptian Magic

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ..."see the form of the god Ea himself therein. Let not "the eye of any man whatsoever look upon it, with the "exception of thine own self, or thy father, or thy son, "and guard this with great care. Then shall the "spirit be perfect in the heart of Ea, and it shall give "unto him power with the company of the gods; and "the gods shall look upon him as a divine being like "unto themselves; and mankind and the dead shall "fall down upon their faces, and he shall be seen in "the underworld in the form of the radiance of Ea." 2. "This chapter shall be recited over a hawk THE SOUL COMING TO THE BODY. 113 "standing and having the white crown upon his head, "and over figures of the gods Tem, Shu, Tefnut, Seb, "Nut, Osiris, Isis, Suti, and Nephthys, painted in yellow "colour upon a new plaque, which shall be placed in "a model of the boat of Ea, along with a figure of "the spirit whom thou wouldst make perfect. These "thou shalt anoint with cedar oil, and incense shall be "offered up to them on the fire, and feathered fowl, The soul of the scribe Ant vistting his mummified body as it lies on its bier la the tomb. (From the Papyrus of Ani, plate 17.) "shall be roasted. It is an act of praise to Ea as he "journeyeth, and it shall cause a man to have his being "along with Ea day by day, whithersoever the god "voyageth; and it shall destroy the enemies of Ea in "very truth regularly and continually." Many of the pictures or vignettes carry their own interpretations with them, e.g., the picture of the soul hovering over the dead body which lies beneath it on the bier at once suggests the reunion of the soul with EGP. MAGIC. I 114 SOUL AND SPIRI...