Egyptian Magic

E.A. Wallis Budge

Egyptian Magic is E.A. Wallis Budge’s systematic study of the magical practices of ancient Egypt: the use of names of power, amulets, protective spells, the evil eye, shapeshifting, the animation of images. Budge draws directly on the papyri and tomb texts he translated throughout his career at the British Museum, presenting Egyptian magic not as superstition but as a coherent, sophisticated syste