I remember meeting Ian Rons once at Treadwells and having a conversation about Egyptology. He used to be active in the London OTO and Lashtal until "something" happened... Now I'm getting scared again. I need a phylactery....one that can guard against daimons, against phantasms and agains...
I'm not stating that the intentional misdirection of the reader is not some how wrong; rather I'm not certain I agree fully with your premise that this is a blatant screw up here. I can't help but think that Skinner's representation of "add the usual" as "do the usual" is a sema...
This is a really fascinating! http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=koina%2Fn&la=greek&can=koina%2Fn0 "common", "impart", "partner", "communicate" ...all seem to resonate with your statement. I can get behind this definition Also, look at the co...
It's just occured to me that the discusison around translation of Koina- could go in a fruitful direction. As it's established that the meaning of the phrasing is misrepresented in Skinner's book, it also becomes obvious it is not well translated in Betz. Instead of "add the usual, whatever you...
Are you certain you are not confusing two different terms? You mention in the above example "Koina" and then in the next paragraph quote, you use "KOINON" which has a different suffix. At best this is is an example of what is considered off the mark though I do not see any delib...
Circles seem to come through the Semitic sources from Babylonian as far as I can see and as such the circle based process is a distinct form which evolved separately to the magical processes that feature in the PGM. That's why I think it's a fundamental error to think they are both the same. He has ...
Wow! Thanks for the update. I think what you did was important. You won't get much response from a god like Typhon if you haven't overcome your basic fears.
I have just started reading "Tartaros" by J August Alm. It discusses Empedocles initiation which is described as his death by throwing himself into the mouth of mount Etna. He also states that on Sicily Mount Etna was where according to myth Typhon's head was chained (his tail end was chai...
[Pedantry="Nashimiron"]A brief thought, the "black of Isis" appears to be a typo in the manuscript in PGM VII in the evocation of Bes Akephalos. In the more complete version of the rite in PGM VIII it is a "black cloth of Isis". [/Pedantry]