Amulets and Magic

E.A. Wallis Budge

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780710307132
• eBook ISBN: 9781136887451
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Regional Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

First Published in 2001. Everywhere that excavations of ancient sites, temples and tombs have been carried out, the objects most frequently brought to light are amulets and talismans. The use of these objects is not confined to anyone place, people and period - they are universal, reflecting a belief in magic which is as old as humankind and continues today. Amulets and talismans have always been used for protection against enemies and the evil eye, to attract love and to cast spells of all kinds. This remarkable work – both scholarly and highly readable - contains the original texts with translations and descriptions of key Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and magical devices and figures. Among the subjects dealt with are ring amulets; the protective and therapeutic qualities of gemstones; the importance of colour, shape and form in amulets; the Kabbalistic names and signs, stones of the planets and their influences, mystical numbers, lucky and unlucky days and contracts with the devil. This is a rich resource for all those interested in ancient wisdom and timeless practices.

INDEX.

In the transliteration of Oriental proper names and words, Ḥ represents a sharp but smooth gutteral aspirate; Ṭ is a strongly articulated palatal T; Ṣ is a strongly articulated S, something like ss in hiss; Ḳ is a strongly articulated gutteral K; an apostrophe before a letter( e.g. ’A) is the spiritus lenis of the Greeks, and an inverted comma (e.g. ’A) is a strong gutteral, like the Hebrew

, which is unpronounceable by Europeans. Long vowels are marked by a circumflex.

A.a.A = AHYH.asher.AHYH, 270.

AĀḥ, the Egyptian Moon-god, 141.

Ȧakhunȧten, i.e. Ȧmen-hatep IV, 136.

Aaron, high priest, 215, 270, 290, 327, 328.

Aaron, the great blessing of, 219.

Ab, the month, 379.

Âb, a mythological fish, the Fighter, 152.

Ab Abr Abra formula, 221.

Abatûr, the throne of, 241.

’Abbâdâ Kě Dâbrâ (Abracadabra), 220.

’Abd al-Hamid, ex Sultân of Turkey, 74.

Abel, brother of Cain, 466.

’Abgâr, his letter to Christ, 132.

’Abgath, the alphabet of, 404.

‘Abhd Îshô’, 278.

Abit, the praying mantis, 132.

Ablanathanalba, palindrome (?), 206, 207, 209, 211, 312.

Ablutions of Mandaeans, 239.

Ablutions of Muslims, 469.

Abortion, amulet against, 317.

ABRACADABRA formula, 220.

Abraham, 270, 430, 466.

Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, 307.

Abraham, Stele of, 129.

Abrakala, 222.

Abrasax = 365, 208f.

Abraxas, 208f.

Abraxas IAΩ, 207.

Abraxaster amulets, 205f...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• LIST OF PLATES
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
• PREFACE
• I. THE UNIVERSAL USE OF AMULETS DUE TO MAN'S BELIEF IN THE EXISTENCE OF DEMONS AND EVIL SPIRITS
• II. ARAB AND PERSIAN AMULETS AND TALISMANS
• III. BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN AMULETS
• IV. COPTIC AMULETS
• V. EGYPTIAN AMULETS
• VI. ETHIOPIAN (ABYSSINIAN) AMULETS
• VII. GNOSTIC AMULETS
• VIII. HEBREW AMULETS
• IX. MANDAEAN (MANDAÎTIC) AMULETS
• X. PHOENICIAN AMULETS
• XI. SAMARITAN AMULETS
• XII. SYRIAC AMULETS
• XIII. BABYLONIAN TERRA-COTTA DEVIL-TRAPS
• XIV. THE RING AMULET
• XV. STONES AND THEIR PROPHYLACTIC AND THERAPEUTIC QUALITIES
• XVI. THE IMPORTANCE OF COLOUR, SHAPE, AND FORM IN AMULETS
• XVII. THE SWĂSTIKA OR SVASTIKA
• XVIII. THE CROSS
• XIX. THE CRUCIFIX
• XX. THE EVIL EYE
• XXI. KABBÂLÂH
• XXII. ASTROLOGY
• XXIII. THE KABBALISTIC NAMES AND SIGNS, AND MAGICAL FIGURES, AND SQUARES OF THE SEVEN ASTROLOGICAL STARS OR PLANETS
• XXIV. THE STARS OR SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC AND THEIR INFLUENCES, THE HOUSES OF HEAVEN AND THE DEKANS
• XXV. THE STONES OF THE PLANETS AND THEIR INFLUENCES
• XXVI. THEORIES ABOUT NUMBERS AND THEIR MYSTIC AND SACRED CHARACTER
• XXVII. DIVINATION
• XXVIII. DIVINATION BY WATER
• XXIX. DIVINATION BY MEANS OF THE LIVER OF AN ANIMAL
• XXX. THE INSCRIBED BRONZE DIVINING DISK OF PERGAMON
• XXXI. DIVINATION BY EARTH OR SAND (GEOMANCY)
• XXXII. LUCKY AND UNLUCKY DAYS
• XXXIII. THE HAND OF FÂTIMAH
• XXXIV. CONTRACTS WITH THE DEVIL
• XXXV. ENVOÛTEMENT
• XXXVI. MISCELLANEOUS
• INDEX