On 13/09/2010 04:53, Robert Parsons wrote:
Dear Bob
Like many contemporary magicians I've been experimenting with that rite -
The notes in Betz/PGM arwe worth following up - from Egyptological
perspective -
the "headless demon" is one of the names of the god Set(h) and the deity
invoked in this exorcism rite is a combination of several but mainly Set -
hence this rite widely used by contemporary sethians - i've just written
a book "The Wheel of the Year in Ancient Egypt" - which uses/discusses
the PGM version of the rite -
here's the some of my notes -
Notes & Sources
I’ve used some “poetic licence” with the text which is mainly from PGM V
96-172 translated D E Aune and published Betz, H D (1986). Betz cites
Reiling, J “Hermas and Christian Prophesy” NT.S 37 (Leiden Brill 1973)
41-48 as an informant on Pagan technical term “empty spirit” but I
didn’t find him that revealing on the Pagan usage and was really an
apologia for the Christian use of same. This ritual is translated (in
German) and discussed in Abrasax II Merkelbach & Totti pp 153-70. They
also concur that the “headless” god combines elements of several gods,
principally Set. I’ve rendered the god name “Osor-Onnophris” (Egyptian
Wsir Wn-nfr) as “Unas the Beautiful” rather than “Osiris, the beautiful
being”. Aleister Crowley, in his celebrated version of the rite also
“suppresses” the name Osiris, rendering it as “Myself made perfect”. My
intuition is that Pharaoh Unas of the fifth dynasty fits here. He was
one of the builders of the great pyramids with their innovative magical
texts. There are other interesting coincidences between Unas and this
text. It’s the only substantive change I’ve made. I’ve not followed
Crowley versions of the god names, e.g.: he substitutes “Ankh ef n
Khonsu” for “Moses”; who at the time of the rite’s composition was
regarded in Egypt as an important magician.
Wheel of the Year in Ancient Egypt by Mogg Morgan
isbn 978190695138, £11.99 272pp
The very oldest Egyptian ritual calendar was lunar. The evidence for
this is very complex and in the words of Professor Leo Depuydt, “does
not exactly jump out at you!” This ancient lunar calendar continued a
veiled existence alongside the dominant solar or civil year. Many
details are lost so the project of this book is to bring together what
has survived. Revealed here is a very ancient pantheon of gods,
including Set, Min, & Hathor, one for each month of the lunar year. I
have provided for them a unique collection of liturgy, ritual and
prayers as may have been offered in the homes, sanctuaries and temples
of the original Egypt.
Many of these feasts of Ancient Egypt were celebrated on the phases of
the moon - principally when it was new or full. So whatever your
favorite god or goddess, make offerings on either of these days and you
will be reviving an old and authentic form of the Ancient Egyptian
magical religion.
To complete the picture I present over several chapters all the
technical details of the lunar month as well as its more well known
civil replacement. Here you will find information on how certain key
days were calculated when needed. These later chapters also provide
related material on the mysteries of the Northern Constellations.
Finally there are descriptions of the thirty lunar days of each month
and lunar omens. So in total this is the most complete and authoritative
guide to the ritual wheel of the year at all stages of its use in the
Ancient Egyptian magical religion.
The author’s previous books include: The Bull of Ombos; Tankhem: Seth &
Egyptian Magick; Supernatural Assault in Ancient Egypt & Pan’s Road (a
Tankhem novel).
Online catalogue:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17679813/Mandrake-Catalogue-11
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mogg
Mandrake.uk.net
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> Good evening,
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> I am looking into the origins of The Bornless One ritual as disseminated
> in the Goetia, Crowley, etc.. The earliest version I could find is the the
> Headless One in Betz, The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, p. 103. If anyone
> knows of any materials pertaining to this rite and its origins do let me know.
> Thanks!
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> Bob Podgurski
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