Just like today, our ancient ancestors would utilize magic through the use of amulets, talismans and other materials. Some of these we have to this day, and many are on display in museums around the world- amazing snapshots of magical beliefs of a bygone age. But these objects have much to tell us not only about the sorts of magic we used to do, but the spiritual and magical ecosystems from where they were produced. Helping us examine these amazing ancient magical artefacts is an Archeologist of Ancient Magic- Dr. Kirsten Dzwiza!
Dr. Kirsten Dzwiza is an archaeologist with a research focus in ancient magic & ritual practice. Her work comprises the ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman record, both, the archaeological and the textual sources. Dr. Dzwiza shares many amazing Ancient magic insights over at the must visit website Antikemagie- The Archaeology of Ancient Magic & Ritual Practice as well as the YouTube Channel! Be sure to follow Dr. Dzwiza on Twitter, Mastodon, Instagram, and please support on Patreon if you are able to!
Show Notes
- The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database – Excellent resource. The site is not greatly maintained but there’s a lot to see here
- “Solomon’s Seal Has Annihilated You” – A Unique Bronze Amulet – Dr. Dzwiza takes a look at an amazing amulet and goes through every aspect of it. I absolutely love this video and think it is the greatest
- Studies in Magical Amulets. Chiefly Graeco-Egyptian
- Greek Magical Amulets. The Inscribed Gold, Silver, Copper, and Bronze Lamellae. Part I: Published Texts of Known Provenance. Text and Commentary by Roy Kotansky
- The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells by H. D. Betz
- Greek and Egyptian Formularies: Text and Translation ed. by Christopher Faraone and Sofía Torallas Tovar
- Ancient Magic and Ritual Power ed. Marvin Meyer – Interesting book that has a couple of essays within dealing with a few areas we touch on
- Hermes-Thoth on Magical Gems and Amulets
- Magical Amulets User’s Guide: Preparation, Utilization and Knowledge Transmission in the PGM
- Abraxas Stones
- Anguiped – “Snake-Foot” The figure on the Abrasax stones
- Figuring out the Anguipes, bis: A Statistical Overview by Árpád M Nagy
- Figuring out the Anguipede (‘snake-legged god’) and his relation to Judaism
- Hand of Sabazios – An interesting sort of artefact
- Saint Sisinnios amulets
- The High Magic of Talismans and Amulets: Tradition and Craft by Claude Lecouteux – I quite enjoyed this book
- The Pergamon Disc
- A bit of information about the Pergamon Disc
- Another view of the Pergamon divination kit
- Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World by John Gager
- Magical gems in their contexts : proceedings of the International Workshop held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
- Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power edited by Marvin Meyer and Richard Smith
- An Antique Magical Book Used for Making Sixth-Century Byzantine Amulets? by Jeffrey Spier
- Medieval Byzantine Magical Amulets and their tradition by Jeffrey Spier
- Magic in Ancient Egypt by Geraldine Pinch
- The Long Life of Magical Objects: A Study in the Solomonic Tradition by Allegra Iafrate