

The Egyptians were famous in the ancient world for their knowledge of magic. Religion, medicine, technology, and what we would call magic coexisted without apparent conflict, and it was not unusual for magical and "practical" remedies for illness, for example, to be used side-by-side...


Reclaims Egyptian mysticism from the lunatic fringe. A serious exploration of how different sorts of 'magic' were used in very practical ways by a society known throughout the ancient world as the 'mother of magicians'. A final chapter examines its persistent fascination.