Reading List

This is a reading list I have put together for your curiosity and reading pleasure.

For those interested in Heka, Egyptian Gods and Goddesses and ancient Egyptian life, religious beliefs and such, these titles will prove useful. I will add more to it in the future

So here we go – no particular order by the way!

Essential Reading List:

1.       Geraldine Pinch Magic in Ancient Egypt

2.       R.O. Faulkner The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts

3.       R.O. Faulkner The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts

4.       The Egyptian Book of the Dead (The Book of Coming Forth by Day) – either the R.O. Faulkner or the Wallis Budge edition

5.       Geraldine Pinch Handbook of Egyptian Mythology

6.       Hans Dieter Betz The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells

7.       E.A. Wallis Budge Egyptian Magic (particularly the chapters dedicated to amulets)

8.       Lise Manniche An Ancient Egyptian Herbal

9.       Lise Manniche Sacred Luxuries: Fragrance, Aromatherapy and Cosmetics in Ancient Egypt

10.   R.O. Faulkner & William Kelly Simpson  The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions and Poetry

11.   E.A. Wallis Budge The Egyptian Heaven and Hell

12 .  E.A. Wallis Budge Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian Texts

13.   Serge Sauneron The Priests of Ancient Egypt

14.   Bob Brier Ancient Egyptian Magic

15.   Barbara Watterson Women in Ancient Egypt

16.   Jeremy Naydler Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts: the Mystical Tradition of Ancient Egypt

17.   Richard H. Wilkinson The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt

18.   Ian Shaw & Paul Nicholson The British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt

19.   Richard H. Wilkinson The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt

20. Robert K. Ritner The Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice

         (note I am only giving the author and title for each, there have been at least two editions for most of these titles and it makes no sense to complicate the matter)