Practical Graeco-Egyptian Magic by Stephen Skinner

This talk is about the earliest complete records of real magical techniques in existence - the Graeco-Egyptian papyri from the 1st-5th century. It is from these that the later grimoires and other manuals of practical magic descended. These papyri contain literally hundreds of spells with detailed description of rites recorded by the magicians who actually used them. Do you need a spell to compel a lover to return, to evoke shadowy presences, to bind a spirit, to secure victory in a race or a negotiation, to see a god face to face, to deflect a courtroom judgement, or simply to send friends or enemies specific dreams or your own designing? All of these techniques will be discussed. Dr Stephen Skinner will describe these and more and show how mediaeval sorcerers used similar techniques, later handed on via the Key of Solomon, and similar grimoires, in a diluted form to the adept of the Golden Dawn, or modern practitioners of witchcraft. Many of these spells have lost a lot of details in this long transmission, but the Graeco-Egyptian papyri still retain most of the details, if you know how to read them. These papyri are the actual working manuals not just theories about magic.

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Damon Brand and the Gallery of Magick state that they did make theirs work.

[@Blackwitchcoven]

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[@JaySuschrist]

I love this. I am always interested when I see someone with some actual education and intelligence delve into this kind of thing. Unlike myself. haha. Beautiful.

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Black Witch Coven practical magic seems to be common amongst intellectuals huh.

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[@LBJTV]

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[@linalindbladh8529]

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[@fairdose]

Fantastic stuff - It's wonderful to finally see and listen to someone who not only has erudition, but emotional and spiritual maturity as well and can present the topic lucidly and clearly.

[@spondalux23]

What a great talk. Wish I could have a conversation with him!

[@jsmyth024]

Talk about practical magick. I've really grown a fondness for Dr. Skinner; excellent video.

[@MichaelMHughes]

What a marvelous talk-much appreciated!

[@andreafromaustin]

Michael M. Hughes agreed ☺️✌🏼

[@kevinwalker4124]

This Man's translations are the best...period.

[@angelorosini4326]

Love listening to Dr. Skinner always a delight!

[@justinrosas7120]

This is so insightful. I’ve had my eyes in this book for awhile now and had no idea of the author’s amazing credentials. Can’t wait to get my hands on it.

[@els77l41]

Absolutely fantastic! What a soul! 💓💓💓

[@ninavonfelderhoff2949]

Wow! Awesome and scholarly presentation I must say. Thank you Stephen :-)

[@magickcat7983]

Loved the presentation. Looking forward to purchasing your book. 🗝

[@Petra..]

Thank you very much for this wonderful video with all the helpful informations about magic and most of all your very down to earth way of presenting them. Thank you! Petra🙂👍🏼

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I am a Dr Stephen Skinner UberFan and less than a year ago I had not heard of him.

[@noelghallager4672]

My left ear really enjoyed this

[@paulmagus2133]

my life has been made better because of your magical knowledge, I really enjoyed your book on the Greek magical Papyri. I had been trying to organise the translations into practical order on my own but you wrote a beautiful tomb of very practical information on using this ancient original magic.

[@andreafromaustin]

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[@MsDmeyer]

Id love to be his student

[@alexandrapaiva3700]

Lovely man and lovely presentation. Thank you.

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[@blazingled4827]

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[@JuhlLightheart]

Starüs O'tuama Same! It is wonderful. I have a fine copy of Dr Skinner' s techniques of Solomonic Magic (unopened) because I opened Dr Rudds and came home.

[@aphysique]

I would luv to see Dr Skinner & Dr Radin, Dean that is, do any type of collaboration with one another!!👁️🙏👌 Shameless plug once again for "Real Magic", by Dr. Radin!! 🙏👁️👏

[@mathematicromancio]

My left ear has played some magical trick on my right ear. This shit works !

[@YouNolf]

Thanks thanks thanks and thanks Dr. Skinner.

[@killahurtzMP]

Fantastic!

[@drthunda]

Interesting about the mention of the egyptians and statues, I remember a few lines from Corpus Hermeticum where statues are mentioned and it was a bit cryptic to me.

[@Keldaj]

the "ancient Egyptian" word for "spells" is "ra.w" it translates to "utterances of "Ra" basically words said by the sun. those with eyes to see and ears to hear know exactly how far that goes.

[@TheNightbean]

“If a gnashing face appears outside of your circle, do the usual”

[@franchi8601]

This video is precious. Based on all the eclectic info I read, he made many points about the ancients' practices. My only question is how do I bind the entity? King Solomon used a summons technique based on Moses' technique of a court like setting when summoning spirits. It was Moses' technique derived with the Elders of Moses' time. King Solomon, upon a successful summon of any various demon he would ask the same 3 questions: 1. What is your name? (it must identify itself), 2. what is its purpose? (it must have reason for being, any reason, it's specific to the entity), and lastly 3. what binds it?. If the entity did not answer any of his question King Solomon would immediately banished it. The evil demons will usually refuse to answer the 3rd question even trying to cajoil the magician seductively around answering the 3rd question. It is therefore obvious that knowing the Lesser Banishing Rite and the Greater Banishing Rite is important. And BINDING an entity to make things happen or when the entity attacks IS IMPORTANT too. Also starting out on a journey Moses always emphasized about protection and protection rituals before starting anything. Moses also makes convos about making an oath/or a covanent to ensure a manifestion and to reward the entity thru alms or abstinace or worship or sacrifices(animal or agriculture). One protection ritual is very explicit, done around Mt Sinai by his wife who was a daughter of Jethro, the most powerful Wizard of the Kenite tribes. So that Moses would receive protection in his journey in freeing the jews from the slavery of the Pharoah. The Kenites are decendants of Cain who was a magician, a metal worker, weapon maker, music instrument maker/player, a geomancer, agriculture was his realm and cursed he was in agriculture for the blood murder of his brother Abel, etc. Cain was the son of the snake, when the snake cajouled Eve. Cain got his knowledge from the snake and passed it to Nimrod his son. Nimrod was a city builder, a tax initiator and law initiator and evoker of confusion by linguistic, divider of races/languages/cultures at the Tower of Babel. Lucifer is a Seraphim (aka Satan when he was caste onto earth, which he reigns, the realm of the animalistic world. The animalistic world is a world of senses... touch, sight, smell, hearing, sensing). Many ancient magic techniques to cause a manifestation involved the senses, any one of those 5 or combo. The common symbols and appearance of Seraphims is snake entities, firey flames or lights/flashing lights in the form of snake movements. Seraphims are the closest to God and the most potent or vicious or in denial. Why do they deny? Why must you say the right key words? Because they are God's gate keepers into God's realm and humans are in the imperfect stage of developement towards perfection. As in reference to what the narrator said about how they behave when summoned, even when it is unknown that the entity is around when summoned, even appearing months later, it is true that entities will not always present themselves in a physical form upon summoning. Most entities will appear as a sound, or feeling, or sensing, or smell, writing, or through unusual occurances in your environment or unexplained changes in life. Lots of excellent points on this video 👌

[@borisjevic6338]

It is excellent to see and find another person that knows about such things. Thank you for revealing the knowledge in a couple of paragraphs. Your message has found one of its recipients. Many thanks.

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

I like the word, "procedures," or techniques, methods as you say. Procedure captures something specific though.

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

So many notes I need to make from this

[@JEKAZOL]

Inspiring.

[@kaenkano1927]

its interesting, im a Santero and Palero a lot of these techniques and procedures are similar to our own practices I wonder if they share more than what is explained here. I wonder who's working the spells behind the scenes the parts we can't see. The unexplained, the dark and light sides of magic. I can honestly say unexplained unnatural things have occurred during my work with spiritual magic but I can also say that many spells did not work and others I had no idea worked until months later when something unexpected would happen to answer the question "did that really work?"

[@Bb-pw1zi]

Heisenberg

[@samcoates2519]

Thank you this info helps

[@duantorruellas716]

Good stuff 👍

[@dickenscider4975]

Use your Magik to get better sound quality ;)

[@sondermeza7379]

Fantastic

[@dnunez773]

Excellent

[@waynesandyford1717]

Evoking a spirit before and during scrying to get results rather than just staring at a bowl of water with oil on the surface, is this not obvious? :-) Still, very good lecture.

[@eziopuiatti8801]

Excellent informative summary of this subject Well done Stephen. One question: Whenever there are gaps of knowledge/ key information which were are missing Can you not invoke a God or spirit and ask for such info?

[@blazingled4827]

any videos about this book you wrote? the techniques of solomonic magic

[@AxelSituation]

Will Dr Skinner be lecturing in the UK, EU, or America any time soon? His website does not have an upcoming schedule. Thanks.

[@Cloudzzzonice48]

Which of his books (edition, etc. ) has the most current and accurate PRACTICAL step by step methods for goetic demon invokation, binding and banishing? Can someone help me with this so I know which $100 book to order? Thanks!

[@deadmoonscriptures1556]

I desire to make this my practice. Should I begin with the PGM and will I need other texts to reference?

[@wanderingtallguy6849]

Energize!

[@kingchief4038]

Skinnnneerrrrr!!!

[@joev145]

nice

[@brandonparsondickens7851]

Can someone tell me what is the name of the manuscript talked about in <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="907">15:07</a>?

[@JJ-wi2uw]

I can't help but wonder if the ancient Egyptians used Magic to build the Pyramids. 🤔

[@bellanova5491]

I love you so much

[@samcoates2519]

So had Crowley preformed samadhi and thelima in his case ??

[@rodsitvideos]

Interesting talk - magic came from Egypt originally but got changed and mostly lost by christianity ......

[@Fionan95]

Druidic magic came before Egyptian magic and Atlantean magic came before Druidic magic

[@TheStellarmanCo.]

Fionán Egyptian & Druid magic are Lesser Keys of Original Atlantean Magic.

[@Fionan95]

Yeah thats what I said ?

[@Master_Blackthorne]

Yeah, and both made the stupid mistake of not writing anything down.

[@mytube2237]

Druids (Aryan priests, judges, healers, et al ... ) were /are the survivor Atlanteans...red haired tribe is root of much of world magic ( spiritual cultures ) is blessings of the these real Aryans.....all akashic perils are occulted for the swine to bitch fetish about

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

"Even the jews thought that the origin of magic was in Egypt."

[@jeremymatthews2002]

If you talk to the dead how do you not know ?

[@AxelSituation]

What is the spell to get a thief to return goods? Can anyone get me a reference, please?

[@raymondobeukes3624]

There are a few in the PGM, but alot of them are too fragmented to try and use. PGM V. 70-95 is one that seems complete enough to actually put into practice.

[@migueldemartin3460]

I've wondered all my life, what's up with the gnashing teeth. I used to get that a lot when I was young.

[@gabrielfeland7251]

How do u find a evocation ritual

[@heeraksingh4722]

How those one begin to study the occult and magick?

[@qrooozer]

You talked about a useful procedure at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1310">21:50</a>, "PERIDROS" ?? can you tell me what is the exact spelling please ?

[@2799kugan]

Paredros

[@lunallenagr]

Πάρεδρος

[@calimojogirl6199]

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2077">34:37</a> No eating beans before performing magick? And here, I thought they were the magickal fruit...? ;)

[@magnusicaro]

The audio isn't working anymore. What happened?

[@watkinsbooks]

Works fine for us. Try another device.

[@Keldaj]

Could someone PLEASE tell me if what he discusses in the beginning the history of magic and how the greeks organized it....does he have that written out with sufficient source material in his works? does anyone know?

[@toxendon]

I just bought Techniques of Graeco-Eyptian Magic and will receive it some time next month, I will try to remember your comment and check

[@misdangered4326]

Eratosthenes Looking forward to hearing your conclusions! 🙂

[@Cloudzzzonice48]

@@toxendon did you receive the book and did you try the methods and most importantly did you get the results he promised if you do them exactly as he has laid out in his $100 book?

[@Cloudzzzonice48]

@A Real Wizard you seem to be well informed on the subject deducing from what you are saying, you attempted to use his methods and they failed which led you to perfect and correct his errors. Look, I have a pretty serious situation and I'm running out of time. I need to evoke/invoke Marbas and I need to be able to get it right. I know it has to be done on a Wednesday between (12p and 3p) I believe during a waxing moon phase. I was not able to aquire incense that says "storax" but I did find styrax/benzoin balsamic which according to the internet is the same thing from the same plant. As far as making a sigil goes... I know his metal is Mercury but I cannot very well make a Mercury sigil without poisoning myself. Will papyrus suffice or is there another metal I need to use? I bought a legit handmade black obsidian scrying mirror. I bought 3 metallic talisman pendants ( talisman of Mercury which is supposed to help me summon spirits under the control of Mercury and Marbas seems to be under Mercury and Jupiter, I also have the seal of Solomon and the hexagram of Solomon, I have orange, red, yellow and black candles, I watched various videos regarding stones used in these rituals so I have Moldavite, tigers eye, jade, red Jasper, clear quartz, and several others I can't think of the names. What I don't have yet is a dagger or sword or a handmade hazel wand. How crucial are these things? Do the invokations in the lesser key work or should I use something else? I'm doing this tomorrow and I desperately need help.

[@Cloudzzzonice48]

@A Real Wizard Neither God or his angels will acknowledge me. I've tried that route to no avail with no success whatsoever. Unfortunately there is nothing else that can be done WRT to my situation without some kind of profound spiritual/other worldly whatever you prefer to call it... intervention. It's a matter of life and death. Are you efficiently equipped to perform the ritual and if so are you open to paid requests? I considered E.A. Koetting but something about him just feels too commercialized and disingenuous to me. The guy wouldn't even speak to me unless I paid him 3k first. I reached out to Dr. Skinner too but never got a response. If you are open to what I said my email is [e-mail]. thanks.

[@metaprsian]

Please on subtitles

[@Drstephenstokes]

Are we saying that I can stand inside a circle and summon a floating head that has gnashing teeth to do a task for me. Great, where do I start?

[@arete7884]

@LokiRudder i find this pretty hilarious none of these are needed just sigils and evocation chants in hebrew and intention is far beneficial than any ceremony gimmicks

[@xaime3802]

One person ridiculing, the other saying ceremony is just gimmicks. Lovely.

[@Cloudzzzonice48]

It's all about your belief bc the truth is they are all just archetypes of our own subconscious.

[@aleksandaralek5875]

@@Cloudzzzonice48 when he talked about 28 stones for protection why 28? What is the meaning of that number?

[@raccooneyes2099]

wiki says his religion is polytheist. but i wanna know what he was raised with.

[@skinfaxi2562]

Raccoon Eyes he hints that his family were masons

[@pappidrlux1834]

Anyone know the emperor? :p

[@mitcheldavies9862]

doesn't one need some sort of a conjugate or totem to perform your invocation

[@soundgardener4940]

The Ancients shall gladly answereth ONE's question, as soon as THOU demonstrateths the courtesy of maintaining THINE point of view when ONE addresseth us...mortal! The (Really) Ancients

[@LBJTV]

Yeah, so ancient you have to speak in a King James era manner

[@aleksandaralek5875]

Why circle with 28 stones around for protection? Why 28? Can someone explain me?

[@tenniekomar6683]

I believe the 28 mansions of the moon.

[@aleksandaralek5875]

@@tenniekomar6683 maybe. But how is this connected to that?

[@tenniekomar6683]

@@aleksandaralek5875 It’s an educated guess on my part. Lunar astrology and magic practices.

[@mrseriousonlyhalf513]

Am I the only one not getting any sound? The other video as well... lame

[@KenjiSummers]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1923">32:03</a> What does he say? “______ laymen”?

[@cunningfolktech]

"Phylactery Lamen."

[@mistah6898]

Anyone having issues with the audio?

[@mistah6898]

Never mind

[@welostmylighter2703]

The Greeks were taught by the Egyptians.

[@tarininathaghoridurgadevi]

[@annebarr9314]

Re last comment on weak link between Islamic and Graeco-egyptian...Picatrix???

[@mikeweber5456]

India or maybe Tibet

[@agiomagikos]

Biggest issue is taking the romance out of the magic, you end up with very dry material. Mystical things are important basis of everything magical. Theurgy is mysticism. Maybe it’s not Buddhist or Hindu mysticism but that’s because it’s designed to have physical effects in this world

[@aleksandaralek5875]

When he talked about 28 stones for protection why 28? What is the meaning of that number?

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@Whatyupuuu]

british walter white? Edit: okay i actually like this guy a lot. No woo-woo, just cool stuff

[@KortovElphame]

The 1st school of magick is shamanism ! There is no debate !

[@JuhlLightheart]

Mc Panik debate. ..Animisim

[@Master_Blackthorne]

Ooga looga, booga looga, walla walla wow. Enjoy your shamanism.

[@toxendon]

@@Master_Blackthorne Shamanism is no joke.

[@kelthuzzadofnaxxramas2725]

@@Master_Blackthorne All magic is just that - gibberish bullshit.

[@raginald7mars408]

Like Surfing the Inter Net: take out any Fire Wall protection, and even doing Nothing, you will be surprised, what strange things will happen to you... Your Mind without Firewall...

[@TheWanted31]

Alex Collier +1 Jordan Maxwell +1 Stephen Skinner +1

[@sacredteachings8199]

Why not astral project and deal with the spirit there??

[@OhhhBugger]

That sounds incredibly dangerous...

[@Jazzjasey]

How so​@@OhhhBugger

[@OhhhBugger]

@@Jazzjasey Would you want to fight a lion in your home turf, or theirs?

[@junglebunny5673]

i summoned a demon earlier and i cant get him out of the house. what should i do. hes sitting here right now giving me the finger.

[@seanr699]

pass him a joint but sneak some sage in it

[@theodorejonathan6460]

greeks learnt in egypt..so how did they organize truth.

[@TheStellarmanCo.]

Joey Herb Agreed. But I do know by the time the Greeks got there it was already a late period in Egypt meaning I think they got there by the 31st dynasty in Egypt. And by that time many of the old temples & capitols were abandoned. For instance in the Ancient capital of Heliopolis/Lunu the city was abandoned and only a few priest remained so Alexander had the priest and all the Ancient books moved to Alexandria. That's what I think he means as far as the Greeks sorting them out but let's get something right once and for all. Egypt was know as the land of Magician's. All of this started in the land of Khem!

[@TheStellarmanCo.]

Sckarekrow Thank you for the spell check!

[@Master_Blackthorne]

Well, the Greeks carried the ball. They had pi for determining volume which the Egyptians didn't. Not that I'm deprecating anything they've done, mind you.

[@awgatsheni6598]

Everything comes from Africa I mean every knowledge that runs the world today and for years to come.

[@awgatsheni6598]

@@Master_Blackthorne do your research again that was learnt and found in one of the pyramids ... We civilised Europeans and the world. Let's not engage each other on stolen legacies from our continent. So please . . .

[@transcendentmuzic1398]

One thing I would correct you on in the beginning is that you seem to be of the mind that Greeks brought science and order to the Egyptians, when it was the opposite. Greeks went to study in Egypt not the other way around. It was said in Greek writings that Pythagoras brought the sciences to Greece after studying in Egypt.

[@trixy8669]

He never said that. Skinner claims the Greeks organized magical texts and techniques which came from Egypt. That's quite different from bringing them science and order.

[@tantramantra1]

Nine tenths of magic went to Egypt says the Talmud. The other tenth of magic went to Mesopotamia, I would suggest. There were big Jewish populations in both countries until fairly recently, which is how they knew this. The Jewish quarter in Alexandria is a likely transmission locus. Mesopotamian magic had a strong astral component as astronomy was more advanced there than in Egypt. Better tools, better records. Warm good wishes to S.

[@Bb-pw1zi]

Say my name

[@kaenkano1927]

its funny I couldn't watch this on my playstation and now I can't watch it on my laptop and now there is nothing but distorted audio for this specific video on my phone wtf something does not want me hearing this...

[@jameswatkinsiii7834]

You got ghosts in your machines. Burn some cinnamaon or basil and try again.

[@agiomagikos]

Practice it and complete the grimoires filling the holes. It’s not that hard

[@arthurwatt5162]

Remember Solomon was brought down by a demon, ultimately. A female demon. Play with fire you will get burned.

[@Guitarramistica]

Magick is a Technology cause it has been tested over, is not an especulation..

[@KubasKlimkar]

hahah exactly

[@kelthuzzadofnaxxramas2725]

Nope. Firstly, it doesn't explain cause and effect relations within the parameters of natural laws, two, it has never been cobsistently reproduced in a laboratory, three, it is vague, hard to measure, has a questionable predictive value, has a well understood history that shows its random yet peculiar evolution as a product of evolving human psychologies, social conditions, and circumstances. It is too universal and vague to be a technology - nay, like religion it is a product of evolution.

[@aphysique]

Is this Gentleman of Masonic origin?

[@SarahAllenHumboldt]

Esoteric Fitness....what he said is that (some of) his family members were, and tried to force him, and he resisted.

[@martywebb1487]

Magic I would assume isn't free lolo

[@martywebb1487]

What did u n have to give for it to work u got to give something to get something right lol