Eyes of planetary demons (1)

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This Mandaic magical texts invokes the Mesopotamian gods as the planetary demons.

Shafta ḏ Pishra ḏ Ainia:
Bound, closed, exorcized, and purified is the blue eye of Šamiš and the sucked-out eye of Libat and the whitened eye of Nebu and the corroded eye of Sin and the hollow eye of Kiwan and the buried eye of Bel and the cut-out eye of Nirig and the eye (of him) who sits on the heights and the eye cast on the firmament, and the eye of my spouse. And health shall be upon N. son of N. Life is victorious. … Closed, sealed and purified you are rendered innocuous, blue eye of Šamiš. Closed and exorcized, you are blinded, sucked-out eye of Libat. Closed and exorcised you are made to fear, whitened eye of Nebu. Closed and exorcized you … consumed eye of Sin. Closed and exorcized is the hollow eye of Kiwan. Closed and exorcized, you became clear, covered-in eye of Bel. Closed and exorcized, you did look up and were cast-off, cut-out eye of Nirig. Closed and exorcized, the mystery of my spouse was cured and ended.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Shafta ḏ Pishra ḏ Ainia

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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