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The zisurrû, a word ultimately derived from Sumerian, was used as a defensive measure and drawn on the ground around prophylactic figurines as part of a Babylonian ritual to thwart evil spirits, around a patient's bed to protect against ghosts or demons in much the same manner in which bowls thwart demons and curses, or as a component of another elaborate ritual. [3]
The Magic Circle by John William Waterhouse (1886) A Solomonic circle with a triangle of conjuration in the East. A magic circle is a circle of space marked out by practitioners of some branches of ritual magic, which they generally believe will contain energy and form a sacred space, or will provide them a form of magical protection, or both.
A magic circle is a circle of space marked out by practitioners of some branches of ritual magic, which they generally believe will contain energy and form a sacred space, or will provide them a form of magical protection, or both. It may be marked physically, drawn in a material like salt, flour, or chalk, or merely visualised.
A lesser circle of protection. [2] Smjörhnútur: Butterknot, to find out if butter was made using milk stolen by a Tilberi. [9] Stafur gegn galdri: Staves against witchcraft. [10] Stafur til að vekja upp draug: To raise the dead and drive away evil spirits. [2] Þjófastafur: For use against thieves. [11] Tóustefna: To ward off foxes. [12 ...
A ram-headed bird representing the ba of Ra with shen rings in its grasp.(Louvre Museum) In ancient Egypt, a shen ring was a circle with a line tangent to it, represented in hieroglyphs as a stylised loop of a rope, bound to a stick.
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Wear eye protection, a face mask and gloves if you must handle birds, or if you’re in a location where a lot of birds congregate. (You can get bird flu by breathing the virus in.)