The Anti-Witchcraft Series Maqlu Patricia Spyer Drawing on extensive historical and

Drawing on extensive historical and cross-cultural research

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The Anti-Witchcraft Series Maqlu Patricia Spyer Drawing on extensive historical andThe standard Babylonian series Maql, Burning, comprises eight tablets of incantations in which the text of almost one hundred Akkadian incantations is recorded, and a ritual tablet in which the incantations are cited by their incipit and ritual directions are prescribed. It is the longest and most important magical ritual against witches and their witchcraft from ancient Mesopotamia. This complex ceremony was performed during one night and the