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.

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 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 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].

Originally published in 1896, this text contains the cunieform text of 60 clay tablets written between 669-625 BC. These tablets were inscribed with prayers and religious compositions of a devotional and magical character and there is little doubt that they were compiled from Babylonian sources.

Raw Power. Real Magic. Primordial. Nearly Forgotten... The path of true Babylonian magic is a spiritual dedication to the Sumerian Anunnaki, a path once seemingly inaccessible--beyond our reach and understanding. Rediscover the most ancient magical system on earth, secretly recorded on cuneiform tablets thousands of years ago in Mesopotamia... Here is the definitive modern collection of ancient magic including Anunnaki invocations, Mesopotamian gate rituals, Babylonian exorcisms, banishing rites and protective spells. Joshua Free, world renown esoteric expert, Director of the modern "Mardukite Research Organization," and author of the underground bestselling "Mardukite Core" library--including "The Complete Anunnaki Bible" and "The Sumerian Legacy"--invites the Seeker on an amazing progressive esoteric journey, illuminating the most ancient and powerful magical tradition, now revealed with perfect clarity--including revised and rewritten materials from "Magan Magic--the Enuma Elis, " "The Complete Book of Marduk by Nabu, " "The Maqlu Ritual Book" and a special appendix: the original "Enochian Magic & the Kabbalah" discourse by Joshua Free. Originally published in four installments, this special Practical Babylonian Magic anthology collects some of the most concise and accessible contributions from the modern Mardukite Research Organization as developed underground for the past decade.

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.