Ancient Egyptian Magic: A Hands-On Guide by Christina Riggs

My review of Ancient Egyptian Magic: A Hands-On Guide by Christina Riggs published by Thames and Hudson.
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[@Laura19858]

I have this book and I have read it from start to finish. It's a very good book for learning how Heka was practiced in ancient Egyptian times

[@cheshirecat5033]

Sounds like an extremely interesting read. The ancient Egypt is so very fascinating . Seems like the kind of book I would love to read.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

It's surprisingly meaty under the casual veneer. As I say, just what you'd want from an introduction.👍

[@nemowonder1141]

Cleopatra wrote 12 books on alchemical love potions

[@Laura19858]

Do you know what they are called please? I wouldn't mind reading those

[@Comesba_Ckaround]

Elaborate or you just talking kak

[@MrGunwitch]

Another book makes the list, thanks DP!

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It's a nice, light, but very informative read. I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

[@MT-jb3pw]

Very interesting and affordable!

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A rare occurrence! 😄

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And for that reason is on the way!jaja

[@StevenSheridan23]

Excellent review as always. Thank you. I think the Amazon uk link needs correcting...i noticed on my way to buy this after your review :)

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Oh! Thank you! Correcting now!

[@kobalt77]

Thank you Denis, this clears up a lot for me regarding this book. Looking at some of the comments on Amazon, it ranges from what you say and many giving it 5 stars, to others slating it saying that it does not give any insights into how to perform any magick etc at all.

[@henryuberto9693]

Thanks! Looks like a great read - nice book design too.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Yes! I like it a lot! :)

[@kieranstrachan7886]

Love your reviews of the arcane and esoteric

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Thanks for watching! 😁

[@carmaterra2275]

Reading egyptian book of the dead because I have a good amount of historical knowledge not so much spiritual or occult like I know a tad more than the basics but omg all the old English.. " strengtheneth " blew my mind ..ive read quite a bit more recently..1st time seeing that being used .my phone is auto correcting me.

[@ruthbible1831]

Thank you for your review.

[@notebookish2062]

Seems like an amazing book. Does it contain anything about hieroglyphs? Or just the magic part?

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Nothing in depth on hieroglyps other than a mention of their context and significance. I will be reviewing an amazing introduction to hieroglyphs soon, so you can look out for that! In the meantime, here are the Amazon Associate links: UK: amzn.to/3c8CVVR US: amzn.to/3cj5jEw

[@lacrima152]

Getting this book soon, thank you so much for the review and wow, you have a very, very nice voice, man 👍

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Ah! You're very kind 😄🙏 hope you enjoy the book!

[@atotallyextinctdinosaur]

Great review .. i need this for my birthday 😂 Love from 🇪🇬 😍

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Thank you!

[@jsinmcc92]

I think you would like something called midnight gospel on Netflix the 3rd episode has a family ceremonial ritual magician

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Yes! In fact, episode 5 with Jason Louv has been my favourite so far. Not a big fan of Louv's, but that was great! 😝

[@jsinmcc92]

Foolish Fish btw ur the best esoteric book reviewer ever dude I love your videos so much man and if u ever need suggestions I just got a book called Elhaz Ablaze haven’t read it yet but it looks right up your alley lol and the 10th anniversary of the dictionary of demons my M. Belanger is coming out soon

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😄 Thanks for the kind words! I'll check those out!

[@lucifvar]

@@FoolishFishBooks What do you think about Damien Echols?

[@Turningleafbooks]

Hi! Thanks again for your truly great work on You Tube! I'm in awe that you are able to answer most questions and I hope not to burden you with one that takes up your time needlessly. In one of your videos you mention to avoid works by Baal Kadmon and Eliphas Levi and maybe others that I don't remember at this time. I have found for myself the reason for Kadmon but why Levi? Maybe you could save me some time? Is it the whole Phileas(Good) Evil thing? And, would you put E.A Koetting or A.E. Waite in that same category?

[@FoolishFishBooks]

I don't think I feel qualified to speak in any authoritative way about any of the authors you mentioned apart from possibly Kadmon whose work I actually got to assess directly. From what I know of Levi, I feel he was a great theoretical scholar, but he didn't necessarily believe in what he preached in any deep way. Unfortunately my memory is selective, and I don't remember exactly what I read of this that made me come to that conclusion, so I'm afraid I can't really assert any kind of definite stamp of certainty on that judgement. Of course, I'm aware that Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie is a massive classic, and so I think that he might be one to make your own mind up about... I know exactly nothing about Koeting, and I understand A.E. Waite made some baseless remarks of his own at some point (again, I'd have to dig up the sources and nature of these claims for any kind of legitimacy)... But you know, that tarot deck of his alone puts him up in the pantheon of the greats for me...

[@domkane30]

Always great to see one of your videos pop up in my feed! I'm reading a good book at the moment called Magic: An Occult Primer by David Conway. Have you heard of it. I'd really recommend it, particularly for his explanation of theory. It also contains some practical Egyptian rites

[@FoolishFishBooks]

I don't know that one! Sounds great! :D

[@georgigulliksen2047]

I was just wondering. I heard that the recepy for a hand of glory from the petit Albert was in the three books of occult philosophy. And so i wondered of the entire petit Albert was in the three books of occult philosophy or just the hand of glory?

[@FoolishFishBooks]

The Three books list many workings from different grimoires, but it's not a compilation of grimoires per se (unlike the Fourth Book). I'd say if you want the Petit Albert, you might have to get the Petit Albert ;P

[@georgigulliksen2047]

Thanks. I was thinking i would get them both but if one was in the other that would be a bit dumb. Love your new vid btw 👍

[@cursedgypsy3131]

Is there a book you recommend that does tell one how to practice Egyptian Magic? ☺️

[@SimplyHasna]

Egyption book of the dead, it has spells and magic work I was told x

[@JP-dx8ey]

I recently read a highly-acclaimed (and inexpensive!) book "Ancient Egyptian Magic" that talks about the healing and magic more than the art, but it would be a nice addition to the information of this video. If anyone is interested: www.amazon.com/Ancient-Egyptian-Magic-Eleanor-Harris/dp/1578635918

[@cursedgypsy3131]

@@SimplyHasna thank you for the recommendation

[@richiewarner5655]

I have ordered Murry Hopes Practical Egyptian Magic of Amazon, there seems to be dearth of Good hands on practical Books on Egyptian Magic from a modern working perspective, most are scholarly Dr Skinner etc

[@marblelean4778]

I just found out about your channel. Firstly, thank you for your work, your videos emanate uncommon wisdom, a real gift. If I am permitted a question, which three books would you point to for someone seeking to understand the fundamental laws of magick or the occult, not so much the specifics of certain spirits or rituals but the underlying principles or mechanisms, as well as their application. I'm familiar with the Kybalion, and with Eastern philosophy, as well as the powers of legendary daoist masters, but a complete beginner when it comes to Western mysticism. Again thank you very much.

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@@marblelean4778 ah, you're right. But you can certainly find the mentioned books there! 😁👍

[@bearambles]

So how does it compare to Dr. Skinner’s Techniques of Graco-Egyptian Magic?

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Well, it's less than a quarter of the price, and tbh, while the author may not be as famous, I don't have the background of frustration with her that I do with the opinionated, all-too-fallible, and ever elusive Dr Skinner...

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Also, the book actually looks good XD

[@dragorino1177]

💙

[@lauralaladarling3775]

Hello, foolish fish, Thank you for your review of this book. I am more interested in Egyptian magick. Have you now begun practicing ritual Ceremonies with Egyptian magick? Xxx

[@edaneo11]

Does the magic work???

[@jsinmcc92]

GoldenAye if you believe it does

[@FoolishFishBooks]

As I mentioned in the video, this isn't so much a 'How to' book as much as it is a 'How they used to' book...

[@melanindevine]

For the descendants of the acient people of kemet yes others have to use the black book and things of that nature but the acient goddesses and pharaohs only answer their people prayers

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@@melanindevine where you from and what’s your racial classification?

[@boogiewoch9507]

Great review as always whilst keeping the content vague so we may not be spoiled whilst still getting a good idea of the contents quality (although almost every book review of yours I've watched has been positive with maybe a few negative points, I don't recall a single one where I got the feeling you thought it had bad contents, which I suppose makes sense as you most likely know what you are getting into prior to buying the book due to either research or word of mouth) I wanted to ask, what esoteric associations or connections can be made from the hermit tarot card? I'm not nearly knowledgeable on esoteric ideas (only just got into my first few books thanks to your reccomendation mind you) but only that card in particular mostly catches my interests, so I thought it would be amusing to know more about what it means to certain demographics!

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Hehe! It's true, I very rarely buy a book I'm not certain to like, I like to think of my channel as making recommendations rather than criticising, unless I've had a bad experience that I think you're likely to run into, like with Hell Fire Club Books who stole my money and never responded to any communication after that, or Nephilim books who also refused to answer any of my communications, or Dr Skinner who also refused to answer about multiple incorrect entries in his Magigician's Tables (as you se, it's mostly about people who don't respond rather than bad content!) About the hermit card, what can I say that hasn't been said already? I had a situation back when I was trading Bitcoin, when I woke up to the Hermit as my card-of-the-day (on my mobile app), and immediately saw the vertical drop of the back of his grey cloak as a bad sign. I checked the tracker on bitcoin, and it was fine. I went back to sleep for an hour or so. WHen I'd woken up, the price of BTC had plummeted, exactly in the shape of the hermit's cloak. SO you see, it's not always about introspection and me-time! XD

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At the risk of sounding dirty, is it at least 8 inches tall? I’m a bit of a size queen when it comes to books on my shelf.

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8.11 inches (20.6cm)

[@scottmassino3051]

Oh, my stars and garters!

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[@littlejourneyseverywhere]

I'm barely a minute in and already sold on this book XD already have it pulled up in my Amazon Smile lol!

[@LoneLionLeo]

I saw this book on Amazon called “book of Smokeless fire” and many reviews saying it was such a dangerous book. It mentions Djinn. Any experience with those entities? I’d like a review of that book if you could haha also if you have knowledge of Demons, Daemons, Faries, Faeries, Djinn... I’d like to know how they differ.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

I don't know much about Djinn - my guess is that they are likely analogous to the goetic demons. But I'm not speaking from experience or research, just an uninformed estimation of likelihood. The book you mentioned looks smartly presented, but as a paperback, I'd only pick it up if I desperately missed some contained information, and tbh, if I were to pick up a book on the Djinn, I'd pick up this one from Scrlet Imprint: scarletimprint.com/publications/jinn-sorcery

[@LoneLionLeo]

Foolish Fish oh I see. Haha you really love your pretty books 😁 so many types of entities. Same like angels and enochian angels. You should do a video on this haha

[@BatDadx]

My Life As A Human Work with enough magickal grimoires and systems you learn along the way that many of the entities are essentially the same as one another. You learn that they are merely separated by name alone and the geography of the ones who wrote about them.

[@strawberryshortgirl2637]

Someone brought up djinn to me and gave me overview but I can’t remember everything. Basically they said that djinn are mentioned in Koran and they were created before even the angels. Created out of smokeless fire. A theory they had and also a theory I had thought (when they mentioned the smokeless fire but hadn’t mentioned this topic yet) of when they were discussing them being creating out of this fire is that I wondered if they were made out of dark matter. I’ve heard other mentions that dark matter being related to creation and also another theory I had was black holes are just pockets dark matter. If you don’t know what dark matter is, in physics I was taught we consider space to be limitless, goes on forever, but my teacher said that’s not true, space is created of matter but scientist discover that space does end and once it ends you reach dark matter. They don’t know exactly what dark matter is, can’t really find out what a matter consists of if it’s the absence of it, hence why I concluded black holes are pockets of dark matter through space and why you can’t drop a camera in a black hole and get an idea of what it contains. But this person I spoke to said they also think djinn were made from the dark matter. Overall what I learned is trying to work with djinn should never be done. People will work with demons and such or dark entities in black magic but not much magical or such is taught to work with djinn, likely because no one would ever risk working with them. Djinn won’t listen. You can make a demon or dark entity do a spell work and maybe cleanse yourself, move on with life but djinn don’t like being told what to do. It’s like telling someone to be your slave (even if it’s temporary to do a spell) if someone said you are to be their slave, you would likely be against it, you would never be willing or happily comply. It’s like you’re calling them to do something against their will, they may do it but it comes with risk. Also there are good and bad djinn, like Aladdin is based on a good djinn. Also this person mentioned that the Koran/quaran prohibits people from working with djinn. Not much information is going to be out there since no one really bothers to invoke djinn due to it being dangerous. This is mainly all I know and got to learn from this person. She also mentioned more about the origin/creation of them and also brought up faeries too... faeries can be mischievous I heard so sticking to the typical entities people use for magick is likely the best option, more resources out there to work with them and more people who can share their experiences about them

[@rodionromanovich449]

Djinn are Archons, imo

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Bought it!!

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[@julianparcer1357]

Is there any esoteric/occult books regarding diet/food and health? I have read "The Metaphysical Diet" by BR Taylor, but haven't come across anything else.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

I'm really sorry, Julian, I guess you're really talking about body shape? It's not something I've really looked into (and that may or may not be very visible from the way I look! :D ) The food restrictions I undergo are usually not health-related, but rather, for example, to starve my hypothalamus of sugars during a time of introspection, etc, so actually, some might argue, not particularly healthy... I hope you find what you're looking for elsewhere!

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Research Dr.Sebi diet, that's all you need!

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Try this book called "The Zodiac and the Salts of Salvation."

[@lucyred6523]

Is the cover clouthbound? Thanks

[@FoolishFishBooks]

No. Matte paper over thick board.

[@amitabhakassap7339]

Can't see any magical ceremonies in it though!

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

It sounded funny when. You said, "the position of the magician in the Egyptian...."

[@LoneLionLeo]

Hey no esoteric Saturday this Saturday?

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Sorry, gonna be a day late this week...

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Do you have a goodreads account?

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Nope 😆

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where do you get this book?

[@FoolishFishBooks]

links in the description

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This book may be not complete process and steps

[@tgjickyvex2522]

Kemit is the root of consciousness.✊🏾

[@bambam-uw3ox]

Ancient Egyptians have nothing to do with black Nubians of the south. In fact the ancient Egyptians (who were White and fair skinned) used to fight against the Nubians (who were black). Ancient Egyptians were not black. Stop being a culture vulture

[@bambam-uw3ox]

Look at the mummy Pharaoh Rameses with his Caucasian features. Look at how many Egyptian pharaohs had blonde hair and were even red heads with Caucasian features. Their bodies today are laid in Museums for the public to see. North Africa Has been home to various groups of different foreign people who colonized and reigned. Black Nubians of the south had absolutely nothing to do with North Africa or Egypt. In fact it came out on the news that 50 percent of western European men share the same DNA as king Tutankhamun. Also ancient Egyptian paintings depict them as White and fair skinned people. I understand deep inside you, you probably feel ashamed and humiliated because of the slavery black people went through and you want to be able to feel proud of something but Egypt has absolutely NOTHING to do with you or your people

[@akshaybhanot189]

Does it have actual spells and rituals?

[@franchi8601]

Foolish Fish you should do a video on the practical magick of sex majick. On this video i saw an interesting subtitle, a Box of Tricks has love and sex. I knew the ancient egyptian monks practiced sex magick. How? I'm still not sure. I still cant find any practical information on ancient egyptian sex magic. I am sure over time they refined the technique. It is so buried in obscurity. It must work? I am interested to know for what magical reasons, what techniques were practiced, and did it ensure a manifestation since it involves strong emotions? I remember going to the museum when there was a temporary show of ancient Egyptian artifacts. I saw an odd slanted chair with a phallus on the seat edge. On reading the note describing the artifact, it stated it was used by the religious monks/female during a sex ritual/meditation.

[@veryorganic3370]

Y'all study more of our magic than us, hence the upper hand ....

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I was hoping you were going to talk about the magic.

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Is there a spell to become a vampire?😂

[@ronaldbelken396]

Just words to make one to believe in something and and you didt get to much into detail and uh and hu and uh and uh and hu its a bunch of uh and it deals with uh and its a book oh uh and uh i dont know why uh

[@jonathangandara109]

I just wrote a longish paper on Egyptian magical practice/philosophy for my class on ancient Egypt. Pretty cool stuff that is, especially when comparing it to the Greco-Roman perspective on magicks and magicians!

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Can I read your paper?

[@blakemccreery864]

Same

[@jonathangandara109]

@@TheStellarmanCo. how would I send it to you

[@TheStellarmanCo.]

@@jonathangandara109 Appreciate it!