Ancient Egyptian Magic for Modern Witches: Rituals, Meditations, and Magical Tools

by Ellen Cannon Reed

Rituals, prayers, and songs to bring the wisdom of the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt to life.Based on Ellen Cannon Reed's twenty-five years of work with deities of ancient Egypt, this book brings an ancient tradition to modern pagan practice. With it, readers will have the tools to continue learning and developing their own methods of honoring the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt.Over two dozen gods and goddesses are highlighted, including Osiris, Isis, Ra, Bast, Thoth, Sekhmet, and Tefnut. There is also a section devoted to glyphs. Finally, meditations and techniques bring these deities to life, enriching your spiritual path.The book provides a host of tools and •Songs for the deities•Rituals for ancient gods and goddesses•Instructions for making your own magical tools•Information about hieroglyphs•Guides to making incense and oils•Recipes for an ancient Egyptian feastPreviously published as Circle of Isis.

Genres: Nonfiction, Mythology, Spirituality, Egypt, Witchcraft

282 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 1, 2021

About the author

Priestess of the Isian Tradition of Witchcraft. She lived in Southern California. She was also the founder of the Internet Relay Chat Channel #witchcraft on Undernet.org network. Died from leukemia in 2003.

Reviews

[Leah Hester · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book from the specific perspective of a Tameran Wiccan. It's a lot of the authors personal gnosis- which she makes perfectly clear from the beginning- and the experience of her coven as well. The rituals and meditations presented within are adaptable outside of that framework, and I enjoyed Reed's cheerful presentation. Enjoyable, and I'll be adapting some of the material into my practice.

[Crystal · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disclaim: Finished Book Don’t Recommend


If your interested in crafting Magical Tools such as Ushabti figures a Sistrum a scarab or a kilt or a Nemyss a magical wand crash course in Hieroglyphs creating oils and incense meditations , food, hymns, then this could food for you. If you are wanting to learn how to work with the gods and goddesses or learning Ritualistic structure correspondences this book won’t help there really isn’t any information in this book that you can’t Google or watch a YouTube Video on it’s a general view of knowledge in my opinion this book was gifted to me a while back by a good friend otherwise i never would have read something this general and already available to the public it also there are no origin stories or mythology just basic facts

[Elizabeth Ann · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not a book at all related to actual Kemetic Paganism or practices. Not rooted at all in historical practices, no mention of cultural context, and the whole breakdown of the Gods is a highly reductive Wiccanized view (aka a widely incorrect misappropriated view). Fine for Wiccans I guess, not great for anyone else (Kemetic Pagans, witches, people interested in Egyptian magic history or religion).

[Tamsyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit misleading, not a bad crash course on the subject, but didn't fully deliver on promised content. Still found useful for writing though.

[Blue Conlan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a reprint of Circle of Isis from 20 years ago. They don’t advertise that any where but it’s not new. It’s a decent book but the seller should be more upfront about it being a renamed reprint.

If you are looking to get into Ancient Egyptian Paganism this isn’t half bad, and I would recommend it in that ground. Don’t bother buying if you already own Circle of Isis.

[mika · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some interesting information but not really my vibe. Has a lot of Wicca mixed in and doesn't really take a pagan or reconstructionist approach (which is not inherently bad, just not what I was looking for).

[Dawn Spencer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gods & Goddess’s

I’d like to study more in this area. Loved the variety of information from symbolism to various rituals. I have a long journey ahead of me. Living in the United States as a descendant of Native Americans & Africans [I left out the other genealogy line on purpose although I do believe my distant great Irish born grandmother loved her Cherokee born son; she died shortly after birth I’m told)I believe there are lots of truth to be uncovered). I do believe the part in the Bible were it says seek and you shall find. However my faith is a lot broader then the truths and perhaps untruths in America’s biggest book seller.

[Derric Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Great Testimony

I grew up in an Apostolic Pentecostal church, where it was common for people to testify about their blessings. When I began following the Kemetic path, this was one of the activities I missed. I really enjoyed this book because it was really nice to read about someone else’s experience with Kemeticism.

There are a lot of things I like about this book but what stood out the most was the brief explanation about the interest in Kemeticism, the author’s personal experience with the divinities, the spiritual recipes and the hieroglyphs.

I recommend this book for anyone who wants to make a connection with the divinities.

[Liz Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting

Although not all of the mythological information is correct (most of it is), this makes for a pretty good read. I mostly enjoyed the prayers and other suggested ideas offered by the author, but found it strange that she referred to the gods by their less common names in some parts only to then refer to them by more common names in other parts. I wish she had chosen one or the other and stuck with it (preferably their more common names to make the book more accessible to the reader). I did enjoy that even though the book has a Wiccan lean, it is possible to glean ideas from it for other traditions.

[Matthew Kerr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good reference guide

I am just getting into this subject matter. Overall this is a great book. I learned new aspects and expanded on the knowledge I already had. Great reference book, I will be using it often. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more.

[Paola Dunbar · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was just okay I preferred the second half of the book than the first. I enjoyed the section on magic and magical tools and her divination system. I think it's a good introduction but I was looking for more.

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[Mitchell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely fitting this a bit too specifically into Wicca, but it does so fairly well and there’s some interesting stuff I would like to work with from in here.