Coffin Texts

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A collection of ancient Egyptian funerary spells painted on coffins during the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom (around 2100-1650 BCE). They were meant to protect and guide the dead through the afterlife and grew out of the earlier Pyramid Texts.

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#172 - Magic Older Than The Gods & Egyptian Coffin Texts with Jack Grayle | Glitch Bottle

Glitch BottleFeb 27, 2026

Ceremonial magician and Hekate devotee Jack Grayle explores the ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts, funerary spells written roughly 4,000 years ago, and how they connect to the later Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri (PGM). He explains how he uses these texts in his latest PGM course, focused on working with the darkness, and how practitioners can become vessels for the conjuring power of the gods. The episode also includes listener questions about practical magic and devotional practice.

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