Maarten J. Raven is curator of the Egyptian Department of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden (the Netherlands). He has organized numerous exhibitions on pharaonic culture.

"This volume is very richly illustrated . . . .The described Egyptian practices and objects are introduced and presented in an excellent way."—Bibliotheca Orientalis

• A present of the godsFrom wisdom to the black artsThe battle of good and evilPrincipal partsThe magicians of EgyptWitches and sorcerersHigh school for magiciansThe premier leagueSurfing through the cosmosCosmic internetSearch for the laws of natureKnowledge is powerSacred writingThe practice of magic Showing one’s colorsKnowledge of commoditiesThe right time and placeKnotty pointsBooks of magicA magical toolboxTracking down Khaemwas An end and a new beginningThe Egyptian insurance systemWomen and children firstDoctor for invisible ailmentsHome insuranceFoul and fairThe vigilant authoritiesBattle at the temple gateSports and leisureSpontaneous generationSex and violenceA magical funerary policyTroublesome deceasedGoing out by dayThe body as a microcomosThe daily breadEternal lifeFighting evilFree travelAt the weightwatchers’The quest for enlightenmentChanging worldEastern wisdomA Christian varnishJinns and buried pearlsEuropean EnlightenmentFrom witchcraft to EgyptomaniaMoses and the sting-fishGood chemistryThe rediscovery of Thoth’s book of magic

Maarten J. Raven is curator of the Egyptian Department of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden (the Netherlands). He has organized numerous exhibitions on pharaonic culture.

"This volume is very richly illustrated . . . .The described Egyptian practices and objects are introduced and presented in an excellent way."—Bibliotheca Orientalis

• A present of the godsFrom wisdom to the black artsThe battle of good and evilPrincipal partsThe magicians of EgyptWitches and sorcerersHigh school for magiciansThe premier leagueSurfing through the cosmosCosmic internetSearch for the laws of natureKnowledge is powerSacred writingThe practice of magic Showing one’s colorsKnowledge of commoditiesThe right time and placeKnotty pointsBooks of magicA magical toolboxTracking down Khaemwas An end and a new beginningThe Egyptian insurance systemWomen and children firstDoctor for invisible ailmentsHome insuranceFoul and fairThe vigilant authoritiesBattle at the temple gateSports and leisureSpontaneous generationSex and violenceA magical funerary policyTroublesome deceasedGoing out by dayThe body as a microcomosThe daily breadEternal lifeFighting evilFree travelAt the weightwatchers’The quest for enlightenmentChanging worldEastern wisdomA Christian varnishJinns and buried pearlsEuropean EnlightenmentFrom witchcraft to EgyptomaniaMoses and the sting-fishGood chemistryThe rediscovery of Thoth’s book of magic

Maarten J. Raven is curator of the Egyptian Department of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden (the Netherlands). He has organized numerous exhibitions on pharaonic culture.

"This volume is very richly illustrated . . . .The described Egyptian practices and objects are introduced and presented in an excellent way."—Bibliotheca Orientalis

• A present of the godsFrom wisdom to the black artsThe battle of good and evilPrincipal partsThe magicians of EgyptWitches and sorcerersHigh school for magiciansThe premier leagueSurfing through the cosmosCosmic internetSearch for the laws of natureKnowledge is powerSacred writingThe practice of magic Showing one’s colorsKnowledge of commoditiesThe right time and placeKnotty pointsBooks of magicA magical toolboxTracking down Khaemwas An end and a new beginningThe Egyptian insurance systemWomen and children firstDoctor for invisible ailmentsHome insuranceFoul and fairThe vigilant authoritiesBattle at the temple gateSports and leisureSpontaneous generationSex and violenceA magical funerary policyTroublesome deceasedGoing out by dayThe body as a microcomosThe daily breadEternal lifeFighting evilFree travelAt the weightwatchers’The quest for enlightenmentChanging worldEastern wisdomA Christian varnishJinns and buried pearlsEuropean EnlightenmentFrom witchcraft to EgyptomaniaMoses and the sting-fishGood chemistryThe rediscovery of Thoth’s book of magic