It's in Betz, but Mathers probably got it from "Fragment of a Gręco-Egyptian work upon magic," published in 1852 by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society.
Dan Harms
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From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Al Billings
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 3:12 AM
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Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Acephelus
Caroline Tully wrote:
> Hi Mogg..
>
>
>>> 'Acephalus' means 'headless' the 'headless demon' occurs in the 'Greek
>>>
> Magical Papyri', and thereafter (I think) in the 'Preliminary Invocation of
> the Goetia' and then Crowley's 'Liber Samech'. I think the 'headless demon'
> is Seth.<<
>
> Is this where the Bornless Ritual comes from? I read somewhere that Mathers
> got it out of a Greco-Egyptian papyrus.. was it the PGM? (Oh, why don't I
> just walk over and pick up the book and look at it myself rather than being
> lazy :-)
>
> ~Caroline.
>
It is published in Betz's collection.
Al
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