La magia Egiziana [Italian]

By E.A. Wallis Budge

La magia egiziana sorge dai tempi predinastici e preistorici in cui si credeva che la terra, e il mondo sotterraneo, l'aria e il cielo, fossero popolati da innumerevoli esseri, visibili e invisibili, che potevano essere amichevoli o ostili all'uomo. Gli attributi di simili esseri per l'uomo primitivo assomigliavano da vicino a quelli umani, ne possedevano tutte le passioni, le emozioni, le debolezze e i difetti; il fine principale della magia era quello di dare all'uomo la preminenza su tali entita. Il favore degli esseri positivi per l'uomo poteva essere ottenuto mediante doni e offerte, ma la cessazione delle ostilita da parte di quelli negativi poteva essere ottenuta solo con lusinghe e adulazioni, o facendo uso di amuleti, nomi segreti, formule magiche, o immagini che possedevano un potere piu forte di quello del nemico che lo minacciava."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Italian
• ISBN: 1506056636
• ISBN13: 9781506056630
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 38 Pages
• Weight: 0.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Basic knowledge

COmparing to other books about ancient egyptain magick, this one is just okay.It does have it good qualities, but there are better one out there.

A good introduction to the Egyptian mysteries.

Unlike most of Budge's other works, this is written for the layman to understand. Though he still cannot resist showing off his skills as a scholar, one doesn't need a vast knowledge of Hebrew, Greek, Coptic, and Arabic alphabets to gain the book's full value (I often wonder if at some point in his career Budge didn't "sell out," writing books that people outside Oxford and Cambridge would want to read.). Virtually every amulet and talisman is covered, along with their proper use and materials they were made from. As always, the introduction and stories Budge gives are fascinating as well, giving tales not generally told in modern times and the various mechanics of how the Egyptian priests and magicians performed their magic. One can see why Budge's work is still in print, as he offers the reader a maximum of research and scholarship with none of the new-age BS that is so common in such books written today.