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    The Devils And Evil Spirits Of Babylonia, Being Babylonian And Assyrian Incantations Against The Demons, Ghouls, Vampires, Hobgoblins, Ghosts, And Kindred Evil Spirits, Which Attack Mankind. Volume II
    The Devils And Evil Spirits Of Babylonia, Being Babylonian And Assyrian Incantations Against The Demons, Ghouls, Vampires, Hobgoblins, Ghosts, And Kindred Evil Spirits, Which Attack Mankind. Volume II
    The Devils And Evil Spirits Of Babylonia, Being Babylonian And Assyrian Incantations Against The Demons, Ghouls, Vampires, Hobgoblins, Ghosts, And Kindred Evil Spirits, Which Attack Mankind. Volume II
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    The Devils And Evil Spirits Of Babylonia, Being Babylonian And Assyrian Incantations Against The Demons, Ghouls, Vampires, Hobgoblins, Ghosts, And Kindred Evil Spirits, Which Attack Mankind. Volume II

    By R. Campbell Thompson

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    Volume II of “The Devils And Evil Spirits Of Babylonia”, a 1903 work by Reginald C. Thompson that looks at the religion and spiritual beliefs of Babylon, the powerful kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia that existed from the 18th to 6th centuries BC. It includes English translations of various 'Evil Spirit Texts', which form large and important sections of the native literature concerning Babylonian and Assyrian demonology. Reginald Campbell Thompson (1876 – 1941) was a British archaeologist, cuneiformist, and Assyriologist. He is famous for his work on excavations at Nineveh, Ur, Nebo and Carchemish. Other notable works by this author include: “The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia” (1903–1904), “Semitic Magic: its Origins and Development” (1908), and “Archaeologia, Vol LXX” (1921). Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarlow Press
    Release dateMar 7, 2019
    ISBN9781447483199
    The Devils And Evil Spirits Of Babylonia, Being Babylonian And Assyrian Incantations Against The Demons, Ghouls, Vampires, Hobgoblins, Ghosts, And Kindred Evil Spirits, Which Attack Mankind. Volume II

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      The Devils And Evil Spirits Of Babylonia, Being Babylonian And Assyrian Incantations Against The Demons, Ghouls, Vampires, Hobgoblins, Ghosts, And Kindred Evil Spirits, Which Attack Mankind. Volume II - R. Campbell Thompson

      Introduction.

      IN the first volume of this work the texts treated of belonged chiefly to the Series entitled The Evil Spirits, and dealt with the relations which existed between men and demons, and provided the spells whereby the evil which had attacked a sick man might be removed. The incantations of the two Series Fever Sickness and Headaches which are translated in the present volume are of a similar character, but the formulæ prescribed must be classed under the head of sympathetic magic to an even greater extent than those of the preceding Series, and the exorcisms go far to show that the tapu (more commonly known as taboo) was as real a terror to the Assyrians as it was to the other Semitic tribes. The more this class of texts is examined, the more closely are their contents found to resemble the magic of other nations. This is proved by the following considerations:—

      (1) WORDS OF POWER.

      In attacking the powers of evil it was of no avail for the magician to rely solely on his own strength; it was necessary for him to call to his aid some divine authority to support him in his combat. This aid is generally known as the Word of Power, and in its simplest form is the name of some divine being or thing. It is for this reason that so many of the Assyrian incantations end with the words

      By Heaven be ye exorcised! By Earth be ye exorcised!

      at which adjuration the evil spirits are supposed to be overcome. It is also common to find long lists of gods invoked in the same way and for the same purpose.

      But in addition to this simple form there are many elaborations which can all be traced back to the same fountain-head. For instance, in many exorcisms against diseases which were supposed to be caused by the agency of spirits, we find the sorcerer repeating the legend which tells how Marduk went to Ea, his father, to ask his advice against the sickness which possesses the sick man for whom he is reciting the incantation:—

      "Marduk hath seen him (the sick man) and

      "Unto the house of his father Ea hath entered and spoken:

      "‘Father’.¹

      "Twice he hath said unto him,

      "‘What this man shall do he knoweth not,

      "‘Whereby he may be assuaged.’

      "Ea hath answered his son Marduk:

      "‘O my son, what dost thou not know.

      "‘What more can I give thee?

      "‘O Marduk, what dost thou not know.

      "‘How can I add unto thy knowledge?

      "‘What I know thou knowest also.

      ‘Go, my son Marduk’¹——

      Then follow the advice of Ea and his instructions for healing the patient. This legend is constantly repeated in the incantations, and it was so well known that it is generally quoted on the tablets in an abbreviated form in one line in the following way: Marduk hath seen him: ‘What I’; ‘Go, my son’; the priest or magician supplying the remainder and reciting it in

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