Amulets and Superstitions: The Original texts with Translations and Descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christ

by E.A. Wallis Budge

Book Overview

In this illustrated study, renowned Egyptologist E. A. Wallis Budge investigates amulets of ancient civilizations, revealing their cultural and religious significance.

A stunning and thorough investigation, Amulets and Superstitions seeks to demystify the jewelry worn or displayed by ancient peoples. Some were everyday charms worn widely, while others are exquisite crafts made of precious metals, reserved for royalty or nobility...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789873339
• ISBN13: 9781789873337
• Release Date: January 1930
• Publisher: Pantianos Classics
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Lessons from the Ancients

Budge does a great job here bringing to light the understand of ancient amulets and talismans, stones, symbols, plates and more. He shows the connection to many of the ancient cultures, stones that were craved or insribed for protections, the use of the Priests when they would bring someone to justice, evil eyes and more. It is an excellent source for a Practicing Crafter to understand and know the true meaning of symbols in which many have been defaced for Satantic purposes.

Middle East Amulets

By Sir Budge, (1857-1934), curator of the Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum, who also translated the "Egyptian Book of the Dead." From the book's preface: "I have described the principal amulets which were used by the Semitic peoples of Western Asia, Egypt, Nambia and Ethiopia. I have added a series of short chapters in which I have tried to set forth the principal theories about the powers of 'working' amulets, and the meaning of the inscriptions and symbols inscribed on them, and to indicate the beliefs concerning them which were held by the ancient Babylonian and Egyptian magicians, and by the later Kabbalists, Gnostics, both pagan and Christian, and astrologers. And I have incorporated in the many of the views of the astrologers, makers of horoscopes, casters of nativities, diviners, crystal gazers, palmists and fortune-tellers with who I came in contact in Egypt, the Sudan and Mesopotamia." The author discusses: the Evil Eye, and amulets used by: Arabs, Persians, Babylonians, Coptics, Egyptians, Abyssinians, Gnostic, Hebrew, Mandaeen, Phoenician, Samaritan, Syriac; the Ring amulet; beliefs concerning Divination by water or animal's livers or sand; the Hand of Fatima; Babylonian demon Humbaba, god Khepera, Rd, Thoth; the Seven Seals; and much, much more. Many photographs and illustrations. Originally published in 1930.

Very interesting

For all of you who like Ancient Egypt and such please buy this book it is really cool! it is mystical in every way so by it! E.A Wallis Budge is awesome while you're at it by The Egyptian Book of the Dead! that book is also really fascinating.