Egyptian Magic The Quest for Thoth's Book of Secrets

CONTENTS
Preface 7
1 A PRESENT OF THE GODS 11
Cosmic wisdom or black art? 11
A struggle for life and death 12
The leading actors 18
2 THE MAGICIANS OF EGYPT 29
Witches and medicine men 29
High school for magicians 31
The major league 37
3 SURFING THROUGH THE UNIVERSE 47
The cosmic Internet 47
In quest of the laws of nature 51
Knowledge gives power 52
Sacred incisions 55
4 THE PRACTICE OF MAGIC 59
Showing one's colors 59
Knowledge of commodities 60
The right time and place 66
Pulling the strings 68
5 BOOKS OF MAGIC 75
A magical toolbox 75
On the track of Khaemwas 77
An end and a new beginning 83
6 THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM 91
Women and children first 91
Doctor for invisible diseases 93
Home insurance 98
For better or for worse 99
7 THE VIGILANT AUTHORITIES 109
Battle at the temple gates 109
Playing for high stakes 112
Life out of death 118
Sex and violence 121
8 A MAGICAL FUNERAL INSURANCE 127
The troublesome dead 127
Going out by day 130
The body as microcosmos 133
The daily bread 136
9 ETERNAL LIFE 145
Defying death 145
Travel nerves 150
At the weight watchers' 153
The quest for enlightenment 156
10 A CHANGING WORLD 163
Oriental wisdom 163
A Christian varnish 167
Jinn and buried pearls 174
11 'ENLIGHTENED' EUROPE 183
Between witchcraft and Egyptomania 183
Moses and the sting-fish 187
Good chemistry 192
Thoth's book of magic rediscovered ! 199
Chronology 203
Concise bibliography 204
Index 206