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Papyri Graecae Magicae
Papyri Graecae Magicae
Greek Magical Papyri
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A Mithraic Ritual by GRS Mead. Taken from the
Mithras Liturgy.
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Acquiring a Supernatural Assistant
Greek Magical Papyri
Pnouthios to Keryx, a god[-fearing man],
greetings. As one who knows, I have
prescribed for you [this spell for acquiring an
assistant] to prevent your failing / as you carry
out [this rite]. After detaching all the pres-
criptions [bequeathed to us in] countless books,
[one out of all. . .] I have shown you this spell
for acquiring an assistant [as one that is
serviceable] to you . . . for you to take this holy
[assistant] and only . . . O friend of aerial /
spirits [that move]. . .having persuaded me with
god-given spells . . . but [not] I have dis patched
this book so that you may learn thoroughly. For
the spell of Pnouthis [has the power] to
persuade the gods and all [the goddesses].
And [I shall write] you from it about [acquiring]
an assistant.
[The] traditional rite [for acquiring an assistant]:
After the preliminary purifications, / [abstain
from animal food] and from all uncleanliness
and, on whatever [night] you want to, go [up]
onto a lofty roof after you have clothed yourself
in a pure garment . . . [and say] the first spell of
encounter as the sun's orb is dis appearing . . .
with a [wholly] black Isis band on [your eyes],
and in your right hand / grasp a falcon's head
[and . . . ] when the sun rises, hail it as you
shake its head [and] . . . recite this sacred spell
as you burn [uncut] frankincense and pure rose
oil, making the sacrifice [in an earthen] censer
on ashes from the [plant] heliotrope. And as
you recite the spell there will be / this sign for
you: a falcon will [fly down and] stand in front
of [you], and after flapping its wings in [mid-air
and dropping] an oblong stone, it will
immediately take flight and [ascend] to heaven.
[You] should pick up this stone; carve it at once
[and engrave it later]. Once it has been
engraved, bore a hole in it, pass a thread
through and wear it around your neck. But in
the evening, / go up to [your] housetop [again]
and, facing the light of the goddess, ad dress to
her this [hymnic spell] as you again sacrifice
myrrh troglitis in the same fashion. Light [a fire]
and hold a branch of myrtle . . . shaking it, [and
salute] the goddess.
At once there will be a sign for you like this: [A
blazing star] will descend and come to a stop in
the middle / of the housetop, and when the star
[has dissolved] before your eyes, you will
behold the angel whom you have sum- moned
and who has been sent [to you], and you will
quickly learn the decisions of the gods. but do
not be afraid: [approach] the god and, taking
his right hand, kiss him and say these words to
the angel, for he will quickly respond to you
about whatever you want. But you / adjure him
with this [oath] that he meet you and remain
inseparable and that he not [keep silent or]
disobey in any way. But when he has with
certainty accepted this oath of yours, take the
god by the hand and leap down, [and] after
bringing him [into] the narrow room where you
reside, [sit him] down. After first preparing the
house / in a fit- ting manner and providing al
types of foods and Mendesian wine, set these
before the god, with an uncorrupted boy serving
and maintaining silence until the [angel]
departs. And you address preliminary (?)
words to the god; "I shall have you as a friendly
assistant, a beneficent god who serves me
when- ever I say, `Quickly, by your / power now
appear on earth to me, yea verily, god!"'
And while reclining, you yourself quickly speak
about what you propose. Test this oath of the
god on [what] you wish. But when 3 hours
have passed, the god will immediately leap up.
Order the boy to run [to] the door. And say,
"Go, lord, blessed god, / where you live
eternally, as you will," and the god vanishes.
This is the sacred rite for acquiring an
assistant. It is acknowledged that he is a god;
he is an aerial spirit which you have seen. If
you give him a command, straightway he
performs the task: he sends dreams, he brings
women, men without the use of magical
material, he kills, he destroys, he stirs up winds
from the earth, he carries / gold, silver, bronze,
and he gives them to you whenever the need
arises. And he frees from bonds a person
chained in prison, he opens doors, he causes
invisibility so that no one can see you at all, he
is a bringer of fire, he brings water, wine, bread
and [whatever] you wish in the way of foods:
olive oil, vinegar — with the single exception of
fish--and he will bring plenty of vegetables, /
whatever kind you wish, but as for pork, you
must not ever tell him to bring this at all! And
when you want to give a [dinner], tell him so.
Conjure up in your mind any suitable room and
order him to prepare it for a banquet quickly
and without delay. At once he will bestow
chambers with golden ceilings, and you will see
their walls covered with marble — and you
consider these things partly real / and partly just
illusionary — and costly wine, as is meet to cap
a dinner splendidly. He will quickly bring
daimons, and for you he will adorn these
servants with sashes. These things he does
quickly. And [as soon as] you order [him] to
perform a serv ice, he will do so, and you will
see him excelling in other things: He stops
ships and [again] / releases them, he stops very

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