Amulets and Superstitions (Paperback)

by E. A. Wallis Budge (Author)

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Comprehensive discourse on origin, powers of amulets in many ancient cultures. Covers cross, swastika, crucifix, seals, rings, stones, etc.

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Product Details Paperback: 584 pages Publisher: Dover Publications (December 1, 1977) Language: English ISBN-10: 0486235734 ISBN-13: 978-0486235738 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,358,549 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Middle East Amulets, December 10, 2005 By  William Garrison Jr. (Bellevue, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    By Sir Budge, (1857-1934), curator of the Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum, who also translated the "Egyptian Book of the Dead." From the book's preface: "I have described the principal amulets which were used by the Semitic peoples of Western Asia, Egypt, Nambia and Ethiopia. I have added a series of short chapters in which I have tried to set forth the principal theories about the powers of 'working' amulets, and the meaning of the inscriptions and symbols inscribed on them, and to indicate the beliefs concerning them which were held by the ancient Babylonian and Egyptian magicians, and by the later Kabbalists, Gnostics, both pagan and Christian, and astrologers. And I have incorporated in the many of the views of the astrologers, makers of horoscopes, casters of nativities, diviners, crystal gazers, palmists and fortune-tellers with who I came in contact in Egypt, the Sudan and Mesopotamia." The author discusses: the Evil Eye, and amulets used by: Arabs, Persians, Babylonians, Coptics, Egyptians, Abyssinians, Gnostic, Hebrew, Mandaeen, Phoenician, Samaritan, Syriac; the Ring amulet; beliefs concerning Divination by water or animal's livers or sand; the Hand of Fatima; Babylonian demon Humbaba, god Khepera, Rd, Thoth; the Seven Seals; and much, much more. Many photographs and illustrations. Originally published in 1930. 7 of 54 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting, August 2, 1999 By A Customer For all of you who like Ancient Egypt and such please buy this book it is really cool! it is mystical in every way so by it! E.A Wallis Budge is awesome while you're at it by The Egyptian Book of the Dead! that book is also really fascinating.		Ad feedback   Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Paperback: 584 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (December 1, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486235734
• ISBN-13: 978-0486235738
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,358,549 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Middle East Amulets, December 10, 2005

By	William Garrison Jr. (Bellevue, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

By Sir Budge, (1857-1934), curator of the Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum, who also translated the "Egyptian Book of the Dead." From the book's preface: "I have described the principal amulets which were used by the Semitic peoples of Western Asia, Egypt, Nambia and Ethiopia. I have added a series of short chapters in which I have tried to set forth the principal theories about the powers of 'working' amulets, and the meaning of the inscriptions and symbols inscribed on them, and to indicate the beliefs concerning them which were held by the ancient Babylonian and Egyptian magicians, and by the later Kabbalists, Gnostics, both pagan and Christian, and astrologers. And I have incorporated in the many of the views of the astrologers, makers of horoscopes, casters of nativities, diviners, crystal gazers, palmists and fortune-tellers with who I came in contact in Egypt, the Sudan and Mesopotamia." The author discusses: the Evil Eye, and amulets used by: Arabs, Persians, Babylonians, Coptics, Egyptians, Abyssinians, Gnostic, Hebrew, Mandaeen, Phoenician, Samaritan, Syriac; the Ring amulet; beliefs concerning Divination by water or animal's livers or sand; the Hand of Fatima; Babylonian demon Humbaba, god Khepera, Rd, Thoth; the Seven Seals; and much, much more. Many photographs and illustrations. Originally published in 1930.

7 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting, August 2, 1999

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For all of you who like Ancient Egypt and such please buy this book it is really cool! it is mystical in every way so by it! E.A Wallis Budge is awesome while you're at it by The Egyptian Book of the Dead! that book is also really fascinating.