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Mandaic love charm (3)

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02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
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01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery



 		Keywords
incantations
Mandeans
Period
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Mandean culture

Text
Mandaic Manuscript 45, 46 (Drower Collection):
Cause these seven angels to descend and put love for N. (woman) into the heart of N. (man). And (I invoke) all names that there are. And N. shall be inflamed, and be sent off and fly and come after N. (woman) with love that is fervent and burning, like a he-goat after she-goats, like a bull after a cow, like a breeding-dog after a bitch on heat, and like a fish after a fisherman, even thus shall he be towed and pulled. And N. shall be inflamed with love for N. (woman) by the names of the angels of love. Images and pictures. Amen, amen, selah. S––a. Write this charm and bury (it) at the back of a fire: the man shall be kindled with love for the woman.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Mandaic Manuscript 45 (Drower Collection)
Mandaic Manuscript 46 (Drower Collection)

Bibliography

Drower 1943, 166-167Drower, E. S. “A Mandaean Book of Black Magic.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1943) 149-181.

Links (external links will open in a new browser window)
Cf. Mandaic charm (1)
Cf. Mandaic charm (2)
Cf. Mandaic charm (3)
Cf. Mandaic charm to induce pregnancy (1)
Cf. Mandaic curative charm (1)
Cf. Mandaic jealousy charm (1)
Cf. Mandaic jealousy charm (2)
Cf. Mandaic love charm (1)
Cf. Mandaic love charm (2)
Cf. Mandaic love charm (4)

Amar Annus


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