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Interpretations
Interpretationes Herbarum Aliorumque Magicorum
e papyro graeca magica XII
The following is a companion to the Greek Papyri. It gives an explanation of the
items needed for using that system.
Which the Temple Scribes employed, from the Holy Writings, in translation.
Because of the Curiosity of the Masses they [i.e., the scribes] inscribed the Names of
the Herbs and Other Things which they employed on the Statues of the Gods, so
that they [the masses], since they do not take Precaution, might not practice Magic,
[being prevented] by the Consequence of their Misunderstanding. But we have
collected the explanations from many Copies, all of them Secret.
Here they are:
A Snake's Head: a Leech.
A Snake's Ball of Thread: this means Soapstone.
Blood of a Snake: Hematite.
A Bone of an Ibis: this is Buckthorn.
Blood of a Hyrax: truly of a Hyrax [probably the rock hyrax, Procavia capensis].
Tears [Sleep Sand] of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Juice.
Crocodile Dung: Ethiopian Soil.
Blood of a Hamadryas Baboon: Blood of a Spotted Gecko.
Lion Semen: Human Semen.
Blood of Hephaistos: Wormwood.
Hairs of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Seed.
Semen of Hermes: Dill.
Blood of Ares: Purslane.
Blood of an Eye: Tamarisk Gall.
Blood from a Shoulder: Bear's Breach [probably Acanthus mollis L. or
Helleborus foetidus L.].
From the Loins: Camomile.
A Man's Bile: Turnip Sap [probably Brassica napus L.].
A Pig's Tail: Leopard's Bane [probably a variety of leopard's bane in the
genus Boronicum, or one of the heliotropes].
A Physician's Bone: Sandstone.
Blood of Hestia: Camomile.
An Eagle: Wild Garlic [Trigonella foenumgraecum, but the reading is doubtful].
Blood of a Goose: A Mulberry Tree's Milk.
Kronos' Spice: Piglet's Milk.
A Lion's Hairs: Tongue of a Turnip [i.e., the leaves of the taproot].
Kronos' Blood: Cedar.
Semen of Helios: White Hellebore.
Semen of Herakles: This is Mustard-rocket [probably Eruca sativa].
A Titan's Blood: Wild Lettuce.
Blood from a Head: Lupine.
A Bull's Semen: Egg of a Blister Beetle.
A Hawk's Heart: Heart of Wormwood.
Semen of Hephaistos: This is Fleabane.
Semen of Ammon: Houseleek.
Semen of Ares: Clover.
Fat from a Head: Spurge.
From the Belly: Earth-apple.
From the Foot: Houseleek.
[PGM XII.401-44]
Notes
This list (slightly adapted) is from Hans Dieter Betz (ed.), The Greek
Magical Papyri in Translation including the Demotic Spells, Univ. Chicago
Press, 1986 167-169. Similar lists can be found in De succedaneis
transmitted among the works of Galen, Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
(Kuhn, ed.), vol. 19, 721-47; adapted version in Paul of Aegina, Paulus
Aegineta, Corpus Medicorum Graecorum IX/2 (Heiberg, ed.), vol. II, 401-8;
and in Dioscorides' Materia Medica.
-- John Opsopaus

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