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Alchemist, v. 2, issue 1, Autumn 1946
Page 29
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Also in the "Egyptian Tales" in the 'Tales of the Magicians' we read in the first, 'Khafra's Tale' the following: . . "Then said Uba-aner, 'Bring me my casket of ebony and celectrum.' And they brought it and he fashioned a crocodile of wax, seven fingers long: and he enchanged it, and said, 'When the page comes and bathes in my lake, sieze on him.' And he gave it to the steward, and said to him, 'When the page shall go down onto the lake to bathe, as he is daily wont to do, then throw in this crocodile behind him.' And the steward went forth bearing the crocodile." You can guess what happens next. However, lest any fan should be tempted to try this on his neighbor let him think upon the fate of Uba-aner. The Pharaoh, learning of this necromancy ordered the crocodile to sieze Uba-aner. which it did and disap eared permanently. Then the king had Uba-aner's wife brought forth, and burned and her ashes cast into the river. The Tales are full of such great tales of magic, but this is already becoming too lengthy and rambling to quote more. The great Harris Papyrus mentions several other magical works of vast power It is entirely possible that these books existed. Books which were composed of papyrus scrolls are very perishable and only good fortune and the massive thoroughness of Egyptian architecture have saved the many papyri still existing- after the passing of several thousand years. There probably has never been a people who lived so closely their everyday lives with magic. It is the essence of
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Also in the "Egyptian Tales" in the 'Tales of the Magicians' we read in the first, 'Khafra's Tale' the following: . . "Then said Uba-aner, 'Bring me my casket of ebony and celectrum.' And they brought it and he fashioned a crocodile of wax, seven fingers long: and he enchanged it, and said, 'When the page comes and bathes in my lake, sieze on him.' And he gave it to the steward, and said to him, 'When the page shall go down onto the lake to bathe, as he is daily wont to do, then throw in this crocodile behind him.' And the steward went forth bearing the crocodile." You can guess what happens next. However, lest any fan should be tempted to try this on his neighbor let him think upon the fate of Uba-aner. The Pharaoh, learning of this necromancy ordered the crocodile to sieze Uba-aner. which it did and disap eared permanently. Then the king had Uba-aner's wife brought forth, and burned and her ashes cast into the river. The Tales are full of such great tales of magic, but this is already becoming too lengthy and rambling to quote more. The great Harris Papyrus mentions several other magical works of vast power It is entirely possible that these books existed. Books which were composed of papyrus scrolls are very perishable and only good fortune and the massive thoroughness of Egyptian architecture have saved the many papyri still existing- after the passing of several thousand years. There probably has never been a people who lived so closely their everyday lives with magic. It is the essence of
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