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

Summary

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.

Key takeaways

• 1The ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts date back about 4,000 years and are discussed as a source for magical practice
• 2Grayle connects the Coffin Texts to the Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri (PGM)
• 3Grayle's course 'PGM Praxis 3: The Darkness' draws on the Coffin Texts
• 4Grayle frames the practitioner as a vessel through which the gods' conjuring power flows to prevail against darkness
• 5A new trade hardcover edition of Grayle's book 'The Hekataeon' has been released through Miskatonic Books
• 6Grayle is described as an author, ceremonial magician, playwright, and devotee of the goddess Hekate

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