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PGM Concordance

It's been a long time between posts!

I've been playing around with Claude (don't judge) and have used it to create a handy reference concordance of deities, divine beings, and sacred names invoked in the Papyri Graecae Magicae, drawn from the Preisendanz corpus and Betz's translation. Names are cross-cultural, reflecting the syncretic Greco-Egyptian milieu of Roman Egypt.

A second tool is included which allows you to browse the complete PGM and PDM corpus by magical theme. Looking for a restraining spell? Click on the theme and hey presto they'll each be listed. To access this tool, click “Search Themes” at the top of the page.

I haven't spent a huge amount of time on it so no doubt there are a few voces magicae and sacred vowel combinations missing and the themes could do with some tweaking, but I hope to update it at some point in the future. Feel free to get in touch with suggestions.

Basic as it is, it's been a handy reference for me, and I hope you get some use out of it too.

Click on the image below (or right here) to get to the site.

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Restrain Anger and Gossip

This is a simple, reliable, fast acting, and very effective spell to stop anger that is being directed at you, to silence a gossip, to divert negative attention, to thwart a slanderous foe. It is a version of PGM XII 179-181,[^1] informed, I must admit, by Gordon White’s rendition,[^2] but enriched and refined by myself through a modicum of research and many years' performance.

A section of papyrus AMS 75 vel 4 aka PGM XII

The Headless Rite (As Exorcism)

Introduction

I present here my version of the famous ‘headless rite’ as originally recorded sometime between 100 BCE and 400 CE in one of the scrolls now in the collection known as the Greek Magical Papyri. Specifically this is the famous “Stele of Jeu the Hieroglyphist in his letter” found in PGM V. 96-172.

Image of The Headless God from PGM II. 170-1775

I rely heavily on the Betz translation of the PGM, with the most major variation in my version being in relation to the six magical names. For these I follow T.F. from Sublunar Space.

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