Voces magicae

Voces magicae (singular: vox magica, "magical names" or "magical words") or voces mysticae

Classical Antiquity, including Ancient Greece, Egypt, and Rome.^[2]

These formulas may include alternative names of gods or other unusual phrases which may have been intended as the secret, authoritative

daimon assistant and included the phrase (in translation) "[This] is your authoritative name: ARBATH ARBAOTH BAKCHABRE".^[5]

The voces magicae have been said to be related to the Greek Ephesia Grammata.^[2]

References

ISBN 9780195134827

^ ^a ^b Versnel, H. S. (2012). "Magic". In Simon Hornblower; Antony Spawforth; Esther Eidinow (eds.). The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.).

^ Wilburn, Andrew T. (2012). Materia Magica : The Archaeology of Magic in Roman Egypt, Cyprus, and Spain. University of Michigan Press. p. 71.

^ Dieleman, Jacco. "The Greco-Egyptian Magical Papyri". Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic. Brill. pp. 283–321.

^ Betz, Hanz Dieter, ed. (1992). The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation including the Demotic Spells (Volume One: texts) (2 ed.). University of Chicago Press. pp. 3–4.

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[gage1999-1] ISBN 9780195134827

[OCD-2] Versnel, H. S. (2012). "Magic". In Simon Hornblower; Antony Spawforth; Esther Eidinow (eds.). The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.).

[3] Wilburn, Andrew T. (2012). Materia Magica : The Archaeology of Magic in Roman Egypt, Cyprus, and Spain. University of Michigan Press. p. 71.

[Papy-4] Dieleman, Jacco. "The Greco-Egyptian Magical Papyri". Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic. Brill. pp. 283–321.

[5] Betz, Hanz Dieter, ed. (1992). The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation including the Demotic Spells (Volume One: texts) (2 ed.). University of Chicago Press. pp. 3–4.

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