Hellenistic Magical Papuroi

III.494-611 animals, trees, stones, and birds for the 12 hours

hour

form

tree

stone

bird

on land

name

1st

young monkey

silver fir

"invisible" (quartz?)

     

2nd

unicorn

persea

"pottery stone"

halou-khakon

ichneumon

PRE the great

3rd

cat

fig-tree

sandstone

parrot

frog

 

4th

bull

holly oak

brick-red opal

turtle-dove

bull

DAMNA-MENEUS

5th

lion

prickly shrub

magnet

 

crocodile

 

6th

donkey

thorn-tree

lapis lazuli

"glass fish" (jellyfish)

white-faced cow

 

7th

crayfish

 

sun-opal

 

cat

 

8th

       

hippo-potamos

 

9th

ibis

     

chameleon

 

10th

   

"color of falcon's neck"

     

11th

           

12th

         

ADONAI

4th -- II.64-183 "DAMNAMENEUS" is to be written on underside of throne.

5th & 7th -- II.1-64 "breathing stone" & "sun-opal" are to be compounded in order to remember what us said.

forms of hours & shapes of +Mene

forms of hours

shapes of +Mene

III.494-611

VII.756-794

1st

young monkey

15th

baboon

3rd

cat

16th

cat

5th

lion

17th

lion

IV.475-829 deities which are to be seen

gods staring at you, rushing at you

fiery-haired scarlet-cloaked fiery-crowned god

7 asp-headed virgins

7 black-bull-faced gods

golden-haired golden-crowned trousered god holding bull's shoulder

IV.835-849 influence of planets upon periods of life

planet

__ months

Hermes

20

+Aphrodite

8

Helios

19

Ares

15

+Selene

25

Zeus

12

Kronos

30

6th & 7th -- 12 & 30, in years, are those planets' cycles of revolution.

IV.1596-1715 forms, in the 12 hours, of Agathos Daimon Kmeph

#

animal

effect

1st

cat

glory

2nd

hound

strength

3rd

serpent

honor

4th

scarab

mightily strengthen

5th

donkey

courage

6th

lion

"ruler of time"

7th

goat

sexual charm

8th

bull

visible everywhere

9th

falcon

lotos

10th

baboon

 

11th

ibis

 

12th

crocodile

 

+Brimo & +Mene

IV.930-114 prayer whilst clasping pebble

IV.2241-2358 document to +Brimo ('snorting')

VII.756-794 shapes of Mene ('moon') [backwards]

#

emblem

#

emblem

#

emblem

   

1st

sandal

   
   

2nd

key

   
   

3rd

cymbals

   
   

4th

mirror

   
   

5th

+mare

   
   

6th

+Kore

22nd

+virgin

   

7th

+dragoness

21st

multiform

0th

lamp

8th

lamp

   

1st

serpent

       
   

9th

lightning-flash

   
   

10th

star

   

2nd

lion

11th

lion

17th

lion

   

12th

+she-wolf

   
   

13th

sieve

   
   

14th

flesh-morsel

   
   

15th

coral-piece

   
   

16th

turtledove-blood

   
   

17th

camel-hoof

   
   

18th

+virgin-cow's hair

   
   

19th

Pan's seed

   
   

20th

sunbeam-fire

   
   

21st

colt's foot

   

4th

tree

22nd

spindel-tree

   
   

23rd

boy-love

   
   

24th

bow-drill

   
   

25th

+grey-eyed woman's body with legs outspread

   
   

26th

+black sphinx's pierced vagina; of whom:-

   
   

27th

bronze sandal

   
   

28th

fillet

   
   

29th

key

28th

key

       

27th

child

   

30th

wand

26th

herald's wand

   

31st

iron wheel

25th

garland

   

32nd

black hound

   

5th

clover

33rd

thrice-locked door

   
       

24th

lightning

   

34th

hearth

   

6th

 

35th

shadow

   

8th

depth

36th

depth

   

11th

brightness

37th

fire

23rd

torch

{cf. the Daoist, and thence the Vajra-yana, sequences of 37 deities (or the like) each}

+Brimo & +Aktiophis

document to +Brimo

for +Aktiophis Ereskhigal

for +Aktiophis

IV.2241-2358

IV.2441-2621

IV.2622-2707

   

she drank the blood of a man,

she drank the blood of a man,

14th

flesh-morsel

ate his flesh,

ate his flesh,

   

used for her headband his entrails,

used for her headband his entrails,

   

all his skin she put into her vagina,

all his skin she put into her vagina,

16th

turtledove-blood

drank sea-falcon's blood,

drank sea-falcon's blood,

   

ate dung-beetle (scarab),

ate dung-beetle (scarab),

19th

PAN's seed

and before her eyen PAN shot forth his seed

and before her eyen PAN shot forth his seed

+Aktiophis & +Mene

for +Aktiophis Ereskhigal [Sumerian +Eres`-ki-gal]

for +Aktiophis

shapes of +Mene ('moon') [backwards]

IV.2441-2621

IV.2622-2707

VII.756-794

1st

field-mouse

1st

field-mouse

   

2nd

moon-beetles

       

3rd

river-crab

       

4th

dappled goat

2nd

dappled goat

   

5th

baboon

3rd

baboon

15th

baboon

6th

ibis

4th

ibis

   

7th

dappled goat

5th

dappled goat

13th

goat

       

12th

asp

       

10th

horse

       

9th

serpent

       

8th

wolf

8th

hound

6th

hound

7th

hound

9th

heart of menstruating woman

7th

heart of menstruating woman

   

10th

+doe

8th

+doe

   

11th

crab

9th

crab

6th

crab

   

10th

mouse

   

12th

baboon

11th

baboon

   

13th

ibis

12th

ibis

   

14th

sea-hawk

   

5th

falcon

       

4th

beetle

       

3rd

bull

15th

vulture

   

2nd

vulture

       

1st

ox

16th

mouse

       

IV.2967-3006 herb, at culling

__ of herb

repraesenteth __

size

zenith of HELIOS

power

heart of HERMES

fibres

bones of MNEVIS

flowers

eye of HOROS

seed

PAN's seed

VII.284-299 uses of moon in signs of zodiac

sign

useful for __

Virgo

anything

Libra

necromancy

Scorpio

inflicting evil

Sagittarius

sun & moon

Capricornus

whatever

Aquarius

love-charm

Pisces

foreknowledge

Aries

fire-divination

Taurus

lamp

Gemini

winning favor

Cancer

phylacteries

Leo

rings

sources of the 14 creative noises

the 14 companions of name

VII.756-794

#

noise

1st

silence

2nd

popping sound

3rd

groaning

4th

hissing

5th

cry of joy

6th

moaning

7th

barking

8th

bellowing

9th

neighing

10th

musical sound

11th

sounding wind

12th

wind-creating sound

13th

co-ercive sound

14th

co-ercive emanation from perfection

directional animals & forms of Agathos Daimon Kmeph

forms in directions

forms of Agathos Daimon Kmeph [backwards]

VIII.1-63

IV.1596-1715

#

direct.

form

#

form

1st

east

ibis

11th

ibis

2nd

west

baboon

10th

baboon

3rd

north

serpent

3rd

serpent

4th

south

wolf

2nd

hound

XIII.1-343 the 7 kinds of incense of the planets, according to the book Wing by HERMES TRIS-MEGISTOS

planet

incense

Kronos

styrax

Zeus

malabathon (Cinnamonum)

Ares

kostos (Sassurea lappa)

Helios

frankincense

Aphrodite

Indian nard

Hermes

cassia

Selene

myrrh

ibid. the 7 flowers of the 7 stars

flower

marjoram

white lily

lotos

erephyllinon

narcissos

gillyflower

rose

XIII.1-343 qualities engendered by the 7 successive laughters, in hieratic language, of KHA; with 3 creative noises subsequent

laughters

the engendered

#

 

1st

Phos ('light') & Auge ('radiance')

2nd

Earth & Water

3rd

Nous ('mind') & Phrenes ('wits')

4th

Genna ('generative') & Spora ('procreation')

5th

Moira ('fate') & Hermes

6th

Kairos ('time') & Basilissa ('kingship')

7th

Psukhe ('soul')

   

other noises

 

#

 

8th hissing, by falcon-headed crocodile

Puthian serpent

9th popping, by snake biting its own tail

PHOBOS, as armed man out of earth

10th echo

IAO

{cf. the 10 Spiro^t}

XIII.734-1077 invocations involving facing of directions and hand-positions, while intoning vowel

direc. to be faced

vowel

positions for hands

east

A

right hand stretching out to the right, left hand stretching out to the left

north

E

right fist only is put forward

west

E

both hand extending to the front

south

I

both hands on one's belly

earthward

O

bending over, touching ends of one's toes

into air

U

hand on one's heart

into sky

O

both hands on one's head

     

entities to be invoked

lynx [Lunkeus 'lynx' was hero-twin in Messenia : indicating that the Mysteries of Andania are herein being described] {Padma-sambhava is also said firstly to have been a lynx. }

eagle

snake

phoinix

life

power

necessity

images of deity

events on specific nights of lunar month

reference

night of month

event

     

XIII.734-1077

13th

vowels AOEUEOI written in gold, are licked off

XIV.772-804

14th

donkey

     

XII.376-396

3rd of waning

paint onto wings of living bat

descriptive names for herbs

reference

name of herb

identification

XIV.805-840

"live-on-them"

?

 

"bread-of-heaven"

sinapi ('mustard')

 

"great-of-Amoun"

flax

 

"footprint-of-Isis"

pittaxis

 

"eye-of-raven"

Greek bean

XIV.886-896

"eyebrow of the sun"

safflower

 

"eyebrow of the moon"

paeony

XIV.897-910

"clean straw"

chamomile

 

"dig-horse"

whiteflower

 

"There is none better than I"

Martagon lily

 

"beautiful of face"

chrysanthemum

conjurations for specific durations of time & forms of Agathos Daimon Kmeph

conjurations for specific durations

Agathos Daimon Kmeph

XIV.1026-1045

IV.1596-1715

#

duration

animal

#

form

1st

 

she-cat

1st

cat

2nd

 

she-wolf

   

3rd

 

bitch

2nd

hound

4th

40 days

crocodile

   

5th

33 months

donkey

5th

donkey

6th

175 days

antelope

   

7th

6 months

male goat

7th

goat

     

12th

crocodile

lava-flows from volcanoes

LXII.1-24

XIV.366-375

fire ran 66 skhoinoi, encircling 66 mountains : 7 gates to Dardaniel [Dardai of Tajikistan?] {cf. 7-gated Thebai}

mountains shoot with tongues, fill earth with flames

comparative to shapes of +MENE & accoutrements of +BRIMO

LXX.4-25

VII.756-794 +MENE

IV.2241-2358 +BRIMO

#

 

#

[backwards]

#

[backwards]

1st

+ERESKHIGAL

       

2nd

virgin

6th

+Kore

   

3rd

bitch

   

32nd

black hound

4th

serpent

       

5th

key

28th

key

29th

key

6th

herald's wand

26th

herald's wand

   

7th

golden sandal of the Lady of Tartaros, BAUI [Sumerian bitch-goddess BAU ?]

   

27th

bronze sandal

XCII.1-16 qualities of heroes

quality

of __

strength

Akru-skulos

speech

Eu-onos

eyen

Solomon

voice

Abrasax

grace

Adonis

CX.1-12 substances of the planets

planet

substance

Helios

gold

+Selene

silver

Kronos

obsidian

Ares

yellow-green onyx

+Aphrodite

lapis lazuli streaked with gold

Hermes

turquoise

Zeus

underneath of crystal

Hans Dieter Betz: The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. U. of Chicago Pr, 1986.