Kaye, another great piece. I was a cultural anthropology major, so I took classes in magic, religion, and witchcraft. It was cool stuff at the end of the 1960s, but it’s much more engaging listening to your explanation.
this is fabulous, i love the way you wrote it, i love a good curse tablet and the way you brought this one, and its writer, to life is amazing.
random ramblings: mercury/hermes was often used for curse tablets as he had a chthonic aspect where he led the souls of the dead down to Hades. This, along with his aspect as the god of messengers, meant that he was generally invoked in curse tablets (along with whatever god was important for the curse) as it was assumed he could bring said curse to the underworld/the furies/any other god invoked.
Kaye, another great piece. I was a cultural anthropology major, so I took classes in magic, religion, and witchcraft. It was cool stuff at the end of the 1960s, but it’s much more engaging listening to your explanation.
Thanks as always, John! I bet that was really interesting stuff - exactly my bag :) And glad to hear you enjoyed the 'teaching!'
this is fabulous, i love the way you wrote it, i love a good curse tablet and the way you brought this one, and its writer, to life is amazing.
random ramblings: mercury/hermes was often used for curse tablets as he had a chthonic aspect where he led the souls of the dead down to Hades. This, along with his aspect as the god of messengers, meant that he was generally invoked in curse tablets (along with whatever god was important for the curse) as it was assumed he could bring said curse to the underworld/the furies/any other god invoked.
Thank you for your work!!
Very interesting, but complicated to practice today. But what if it actually worked?