A new reconstruction and translation of the Maqlû text The Akkadian series Maqlû, “Burning,” is one of the most significant and interesting magical texts from the Ancient Near East. The incantations and accompanying rituals are directed against witches and witchcraft and ctually represent a single complex ceremony. The ceremony was performed during a single night and into the following morning at the end of the month Abu (July/August), a time when spirits were thought to move back and forth between the netherworld and the world of the living. Features: English translation of approximately 100 incantations and rituals Annotated transcription Introduction places the series in historical context and shows how it is a product of a complex literary and ceremonial development.
The Akkadian series Maqlû, 'Burning', remains the most important magical text against witchcraft from Mesopotamia and perhaps from the entire ancient Near East. Maqlû is a nine-tablet work consisting of the text of almost 100 incantations and accompanying rituals directed against witches and witchcraft. The work prescribes a single complex ceremony and stands at the end of a complex literary and ceremonial development. Thus, Maqlû provides important information not only about the literary forms and cultural ideas of individual incantations, but also about larger ritual structures and thematic relations of complex ceremonies. This new edition of the standard text contains a synoptic edition of all manuscripts, a composite text in transliteration, an annotated transcription and translation. "These were only minor remarks scribbled in the margins of an excellent and most welcome edition of Maqlû, a real monument. This book is the firm foundation on which future studies on Maqlû will be based." Marten Stol, NINO Leiden, Bibliotheca Orientalis lxxIII n° 5-6, September-December 2016
THE MAQLU... ...the most ancient and coveted manual of the DARK ARTS ever known to man -- finally translated for accessible modern practice by the Mardukite Chamberlains for the first time ever in print to the public -- the product of a three year intensive venture! THE MAQLU... ...an authentic "Necronomicon Spellbook" of Mesopotamian Magick drawn from the sands of Babylonia -- as known to the Sumerians then reinvented in Babylon -- forming a complete Anunnaki ('alien sky god') "grimoire" -- a complete handbook dedicated to ENKI, MARDUK and SAMAS and used by magicians and priests for thousands of years to combat in wizards' duels, reverse the effects of evil spells and curses, banish disease and nightmares, and conjure the protection and blessings of the gods! THE MAQLU... ...no mere 'folk magic' or rural witches' "Book of Shadows," the MAQLU (M-Series) of cuneiform tablets was first in possession of the 'highest order' of priest-scribes and temple-magicians in ancient Mesopotamia -- the cradle-origins of human civilization. So powerful was the MAQLU that the government of the greatest empires in history employed its use to ensure prosperous lands, happiness among the people and to dispel the chaotic, negative and malignant forces in the community -- things we long for even now... and perhaps as in the long forgotten millennium past, the MAQLU provides an answer just as relevant today! MAQLU MAGIC is the previously unpublished conclusion to the "Tablet-M Series" of the Mardukite Chamberlains, found within the "Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible," now available to the public in conjunction with the Mardukite Truth Seeker Press edition as "Liber M - The New MAQLU Translation" and simultaneously released by the Mardukites as "Necronomicon Spellbook II: The Magick of the Maqlu" edited by Joshua Free.
A collector's edition of a long-lost translated cuneiform tablet collection revealing the most ancient and complete guide to Babylonian spiritual and magical protection spells, exorcisms rites, and banishing rituals--right from the heart of Mesopotamia as used by Mardukite priests, priestesses and magicians of Sumerian Anunnaki tradition. The Maqlu Ritual Tablets of Babylon... the most ancient and coveted complete magical manual concerning the Dark Arts ever known to man--newly translated and prepared by the "Mardukite Research Organization" for a special 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition. This tome celebrates a decade of intensive academic and esoteric exploration, drawn from the underground archives of "Mardukite Chamberlains," and now accessible to the modern public for contemporary practice in an incredible new way for the first time ever. Here is an authentic cuneiform tablet collection--perhaps the very first "spellbook" of its kind on the planet--the complete account of a Mesopotamian magical tradition that forms a "grimoire" of very real and very ancient Sumerian Anunnaki magic. "The Maqlu Ritual Book" reveals materials used by magicians and priests for thousands of years to reverse the effects of evil spells and curses, banish disease and nightmares, combat in wizards' duels, and even conjure protection and blessings of the gods to benefit the entire community! The Maqlu Ritual Tablets of Babylon... no mere "folk magic" or rural witches Book of Shadows, the Maqlu cuneiform tablet series was first in possession only of the highest orders of priest-scribes, temple-magicians, priestesses and kings of ancient Mesopotamia--the ancient "cradle of modern human civilization." Maqlu magic was so powerful that the government of the greatest ancient empires in history employed it to ensure prosperous lands, happiness among the population, and carrying the awesome abilities to dispel chaos, evil, and malignant forces in the world--things we long for, and are in great need of, even today. Perhaps this long forgotten occult secret is the key!
"This book examines the epigraphy and history of transmission of the cuneiform sources of the Maqlû antiwitchcraft ritual, one of the major compositions of ancient Mesopotamian exorcistic lore ... the manuscripts are presented in 'hand-copies' (technical drawings) on the plates in the second half of the book."--Preface, p. [vii].
This volume is about the history, literature, ritual, and thought associated with ancient Mesopotamian witchcraft. With chapters on the changing forms and roles of witchcraft beliefs, the ritual function, form, and development of the Maqlû text (the most important ancient work on the subject), and the meaning of the Maqlû ceremony, as well as the ideology of the final version of the text. The volume significantly contributes to our understanding of the Maqlû text, and the reconstruction of the development of thought about witchcraft and magic in Mesopotamia.
This volume is about the history, literature, ritual, and thought associated with ancient Mesopotamian witchcraft. With chapters on the changing forms and roles of witchcraft beliefs, the ritual function, form, and development of the Maqlû text (the most important ancient work on the subject), and the meaning of the Maqlû ceremony, as well as the ideology of the final version of the text. The volume significantly contributes to our understanding of the Maqlû text, and the reconstruction of the development of thought about witchcraft and magic in Mesopotamia.
Semitic Magic : Its Origins and Development by Reginald Campbell Thompson, first published in 1908, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
[Mardukite Heritage Edition: A reissue of an otherwise cycled out-of-print edition kept available for review and posterity as part of the developmental legacy of the Mardukite Research Organization, founded 2008.] THE MAQLU... ...the most ancient and coveted manual of the DARK ARTS ever known to man -- finally translated for accessible modern practice by the Mardukite Chamberlains for the first time ever in print to the public -- the product of three years of intensive research and experimentation! THE MAQLU... ...an authentic "Necronomicon Spellbook" of Mesopotamian Magick drawn from the sands of Babylonia -- as known to the Sumerians then reinvented in Babylon -- forming a complete Anunnaki ('alien sky god') "grimoire" -- a complete handbook dedicated to ENKI, MARDUK and SAMAS and used by magicians and priests for thousands of years to combat in wizards' duels, reverse the effects of evil spells and curses, banish disease and nightmares, and conjure the protection and blessings of the gods! THE MAQLU... ...no mere 'folk magic' or rural witches' "Book of Shadows," the MAQLU (M-Series) of cuneiform tablets was first in possession of the 'highest order' of priest-scribes and temple-magicians in ancient Mesopotamia -- the cradle-origins of human civilization. So powerful was the MAQLU that the government of the greatest empires in history employed its use to ensure prosperous lands, happiness among the people and to dispel the chaotic, negative and malignant forces in the community -- things we long for even now... and perhaps as in the long forgotten millennium past, the MAQLU provides an answer just as relevant today! NECRONOMICON SPELLBOOK II is the previously unpublished conclusion to the "Tablet-M Series" of the Mardukite Chamberlains, found within the "Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible," now available to the public in conjunction with the Mardukite Truth Seeker Press edition as "Liber M - The New MAQLU Translation" and simultaneously released by the Mardukites as "Maqlu Magic: Sumerian Sorcery & The Dark Arts of Babylon" edited by Joshua Free.
