Caroline Tully wrote:
> The end part of the Invocation is part of the "Bornless ritual', I
> think, which apparently comes out of (in modified form) a Greek
> Magical Papyri spell to do with the "headless one". What I was
> wondering was whether *any* apart of the Invocation to Thoth was
> (ancient) Egyptian?
It's from the Greek Magicial Papyri. I don't have that one in front of
me but it is in Betz's book. It is in either Greek or Coptic, probably
Greek.
> I should probably be looking at Ritner's "Mechanics of Ancient
> Egyptian Magic" - should I? - which our university does not actually
> have. (I'll hunt it down).
I actually bought a copy of it because it is hard to find. It is
probably the best book to get on the matter.
Al
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