Egyptian magic

Albertus Magnus. Egyptian magic. Kessinger, 1997. ISBN 1-56459-356-8... 

Budge, E.A.W. Egyptian magic. London New York Kegan Paul Oxford Univ P, 1899. 234p. 

The idea of an Egyptian rite exploded like a rocket in Giuseppe s mind. The mystique of Egyptian magic was something this boy from the Alber-... 

E.A. Wallis Budge, Egyptian Magic (New York Dover Publications, 1971), 10. 

Budge, E. A. Wallis. Egyptian Magic. Gloucester, U.K. Dodo Press, 2008. 

Egyptian priesthood, numerous deities, alchemy, Egyptian art and magic, other topics"... 

From ancient Egyptian rites, Jewish necromancy and medieval alchemy to modem black magic. 

For thousands of years, humans have devised practical uses for chemicals found in nature. Egyptian priests depended on natural oils and resins as antibiotics in mummifying human and animal remains. South American Indians prepared plant extracts to tip their arrows with fast-acting poison. The ancient Chinese discovered the secret of silk, magically converting an insect s cocoon into an elegant textile. 

It is well known that the Egyptians mummified their dead, wrapped them in linen, and placed them in boxes carved in their likeness. These were magical acts connected to the myth of Osiris. By doing these things, the Egyptians believed that they were imitating Osiris. 

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