Egyptian Magic
Egyptian Magic
Publisher: Sir Wallis Budge | ISBN: N/A | edition 1901 | PDF | 127 pages | 2 mb
Publisher: Sir Wallis Budge | ISBN: N/A | edition 1901 | PDF | 127 pages | 2 mb
A STUDY of the remains of the native religious literature of ancient Egypt which havecome 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 formulæ, and pictures, and figures, and amulets, and in the performance of ceremonies accompanied by the utterance of words of power, to produce supernatural results, formed a large and important part of the Egyptian religion. And it is certain that, notwithstanding the continuous progress which the Egyptians made in civilization, and the high intellectual development to which they eventually attained, this belief influenced their minds and, from the earliest to the latest period of their history, shaped their views concerning things temporal as well as spiritual in a manner which, at this stage in the history of the world, is very difficult to understand. The scrupulous care with which they performed their
