Apples in sexual magic (1)

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Apples in sexual magic are attested both in Assyria and in Greece which is due to syncretism between Ištar and (Cyprian) Aphrodite.

KAR 61.8-10:
Its ritual: either to an apple or to a pomegranate you recite the incantation three times. You give (the fruit) to the woman (and) have her suck the juices. That woman will come to you; you can make love to her.

KAR 69.4-5:
Its ritual: over either a pomegranate or an apple you recite the incantation seven times, then give it to the woman.

Supplementum Magicum 72 col. 1.5-14:
Incantation over an apple (mēlon). (Say it) three times: I shall strike with apples … I shall give this remedy (pharmakon) - always timely (and) edible - to mortal men and immortal gods. To whichever woman I give or at whichever woman I throw the apple or hit with it, setting everything aside, may she be mad for my love - whether she takes it in her hand and eats it … or sets it in her bosom - and may she not stop loving me. O Lady Cyprogeneia, bring to perfection this perfect incantation.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
KAR 61.8-10
KAR 69.4-5
Supplementum Magicum 72 col. 1.5-14

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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