I am absolutely in a Facebook magician flame war right now with a guy who just devalued all of St. Cyprian’s work because he is a saint and converted to Christianity.
“In essence what you have here is a malady suffered by many modern magicians – a lack of historical context. “
This one is particularly awesome, and you know why.
“The vindication of a man against his foes is brought about in the realm of the dead. The earth was hacked up when the Rivals fought, their feet scooped out the sacred pool in On . Now comes Thoth adorned with his dignity, for Atum has ennobled him with strength, and the Two Great Ladies are pleased with him. So the fighting is ended, the tumult is stopped, the fire which went forth is quenched, the anger in the presence of the Tribunal of the God is calmed, and it sits to give judgement in the presence of Geb.”
Interpretation: In life, you been fighting with people all the time and now you think you gonna carry on that way in the land of the dead. But you ain’t. ‘Cause Thoth is coming to give you the smack down and you gonna halve to calm your tits.
“And the Two Great Ladies are pleased with him.” Oh, yeah.
“How great is the monthly festival of the height of heaven, even the festival of the New Moon! The finger is removed from upon you, your trembling is taken away, since you have planted the plume at the horizon, at the place where are those who know you. You suck at your mother Sothis as your nurse who is in the horizon, Isis sits by you, she makes you bright, she makes for you fair ways of vindication against your foes, and those who would have judgement against you in the realm of the dead on this happy day.”
Interpretation: There’s gonna be some dope ass parties after you’re dead.
The Book of Going Forth By Day (The Egyptian Book of the Dead)/The Scroll of Ani is an excellent source and has multiple prayers to Thoth. My favorite prayer from that source, which is excellent for offerings, “I am thy writing palette, oh Thoth, and I have brought unto thee thine ink jar.” It is a prayer I use at least three times per day.
Just go to the direct sources and you will find plenty on Thoth. The Coffin Texts, The Pyramid Texts, just about any sacred scroll is going to have prayers to Thoth as he was the god of writing and magick and his priests wrote most of it.
