[.ca] Ancient Egyptian Divination Magic P (ISBN 1578630363)

a very bad purchase:
This book is absurd, ridiculous; chiefly... THIS IS NOT A TEXT FOR SCHOLARS!!! The title should be "Egyptian magic for modern aspiring sorcerers" or something like that...

Excellent how-to guide:
I have studied Egyptology for 27 years. This is the first and only book that offers a complete how-to guide for the ancient practice of divination and magic. It's not a New Age smo0ke and mirrors book..... the spells and divination information is taken directly from ancient scriptures. The text is footnoted. The author did her research and condensed the information in an easy-to-read how-to guide. I have dozens of more scholarly books and most do not contain the divination information found in this little number. I have referred to this book over and over again. It is easy to read for beginners and offers easy reference for us old-time armchair Egyptologists.

Definitely a modern how-to book:
I had the opportunity to browse through this book before buying. It is not a book for scholars, but definitely of interest to armchair ancient Egyptian enthusiasts. The author presented some magical spells and instruction that I had never read about previously. I enjoyed reading how oil lamps, mathematics, and easy to make tools were used and could be used today. It was refreshing to read something new rather than the repeated use of amulets most other books offer. The author took spells from various papyrus and condensed them into an instructional how-to format that is geared toward a beginner. Its easy reading for someone learning about ancient Egypt and the magic practiced then. If you want to learn about ancient Egyptian magic and how to practice it today this book is a must.

i liked it:
i don't really have a lot to say. i just want to say that this book was very helpful and informative. if i could go back in time and either save the money i spent on the book or buy the book again, i would buy the book.

Eh, ok:
i'd say this is a good book, set up well, organized, lots of good information, went well into ancient forms of divination, i would have liked to see more about altar set up and less of "ancient spells and formulas" other than that i like it..will keep it..that's saying alot