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Now back in print after 25 years: A small but unusually exhaustive collection of magical texts from some of the most important ancient Egyptian manuals and stelae, translated and organized by the renowned Dutch Egyptologist J.F. Borghouts. Translations are helpfully annotated and indexed, and...
This is the third book with the same title now. Can't the authors think of more original ones? Ancient Egyptian Magic takes readers step by step through the Egyptian philosophy and practice of magic. The author, Eleanor L. Harris, is a long-time practitioner of Egyptian magic, and she...
Ancient Egyptian Magic is the first authoritative modern work on the occult practices that pervaded all aspects of life in ancient Egypt. Based on fascinating archaeological discoveries, it includes everything from how to write your name in hieroglyphs to the proper way to bury a king, as well...
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Yes, authors seem to lack creativity with titles when it comes to Egyptian magic.
Chaos magic was my first love (Peter J. Carroll!) and I am currently rediscovering it through the books of Lars Helvete. They came as a breath of fresh air because I was getting so mired in all the ancient and traditional tomes that I was halfway to accepting that I had to follow a long and arduous path of self-development, slowly and patiently progressing along a prescribed ladder of degrees or stages before I was ready to do any magic. Chaos magic with its DIY ethos is smashing that kind of conventional magical thinking to pieces. You're only limited by your willingness to be radically bold and go to extremes.
Yes, it's good (or even required according to Carroll's Liber MMM) to meditate, do breathwork, etc. but you don't have to memorize endless table of qabalistic correspondences first before you can do any magic, you can ignore the usual classification of entities (angels, demons etc.) and create your own, come up with your personal sigils instead of using traditional ones, and finally, be utterly flexible in what you choose to believe or not - and you can even decide to virtuously conform to tradition in some areas and completely random in others.
Chaos magic is highly result-oriented and pragmatic, not very big on mysticism, irreverent and iconoclastic. It has been called 'the punk rock of magic', which is an apt assessment. No initation required, just do it!
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Addendum: And there are the Greek Magical Papyri (PGM) of course, also largely inspired by Egyptian Magic.
