Tag: Spells

The Magical Garden Spells, Charms, and Lore for Magical Gardens and the Curious Gardeners Who Tend Them


Free Download Denny Sargent, "The Magical Garden: Spells, Charms, and Lore for Magical Gardens and the Curious Gardeners Who Tend Them"
English | 2000 | ISBN: 0740705008 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 2.8 mb
The Magical Garden is a curious little book of magic, charms, spells, and bits of traditional and historical lore from and for magical gardens and the curious gardeners who tend to them. What gardener would not want to know the flower they were born under, the traditional magical meanings of bells and chimes, or the healing power of geraniums’ Many of these nuggets of wisdom and magic have been handed down from Sophia’s grandparents, who extensively used herbs and such in their psychic work. Avid gardener and ancient historian Denny Sargent collected much of the information included here from a wide variety of traditional sources. Roman, Celt, Norse, and Japanese gardeners all believed in garden magic, and some of their most fascinating traditions, spells, and charms are contained in this wonderful little book. In addition to the garden, magical plants, birds, insects, the yard, and the weather are also addressed. Other interesting lore includes: *Garden sprites, fairies, and elves *Ancient and magical ways for empowering the garden by planting certain plants in special places *Traditions for celebrating festivals in the garden, ways of using garden plants for protection, and techniques for invoking positive energy with treesHelpful spells include: *Spells to bless a new bed or garden*Charm to bring prosperity to a carefully planted garden*Spell to create natural amulets and talismans from common garden plants*Garden blessings to gain true love

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The Funerary Texts and Spells of Ancient Egypt The History of the Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts and Book of the Dead [Audiobook]


Free Download The Funerary Texts and Spells of Ancient Egypt: The History of the Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, and Book of the Dead (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798868701450 | 2023 | 2 hours and 50 minutes | M4B@192 kbps | 234 MB
Author: Charles River Editors
Narrator: Victoria Woodson

In addition to being ubiquitous parts of daily life, Egyptian religion and mythology were also complex, and while Egyptian society was polytheistic like other ancient civilizations, that’s where the comparisons end. Religion was so pervasive that it heavily influenced funerary practices and the belief in an afterlife, and deities like Osiris and Isis (who are still well known today) had become so firmly ingrained that even the Ptolemaic pharaohs, who considered themselves purely Greek, embraced Egyptian deities and assimilated the Greek and Egyptian cultures. In fact, Cleopatra often had herself depicted as Isis. Given the abundance of funerary artifacts that have been found within the sands of Egypt, it sometimes seems as though the Egyptians were more concerned with the matters of the afterlife than they were with matters of the life they experienced from day to day.

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