Magic and Civilization, Part-1

Human mind is always allowed to perpetuate with the mysteries of the unknown. Ages have passed, logics are fought to be proven true but the invincible world of sorcery and magic helps us to dream endlessly. General observation says that science is the history of life’s existence and history is late Science where magic plays a bridging role. Yet the reality of magic is a resultant of manipulation, manifestation and preservation of the evidences. And believe it or not, we are a part of it.

I am not a historian or a scientist who can clear out the uncertainties which are impossibly unobtainable. But i undoubtedly am a hungry crusader who has started off her voyage to explore the beginning of the supernatural human connect. And no other than Egypt, the mother magician of all civilizations tops the list. The Egyptian mythology is counted amongst one of the most prosperous and profound empire of its time. We know this mummy age well by the Pyramids (architectural wonders) and thePharaohs(ancient Egyptian rulers of all period) like Osiris, the Scorpion King,Akhtenaten, Tutenkhamun et al.

Dr. Zahi. A. Hawass, a very famous Egyptologist has spent his life in the desert to dig out the facts of the period which has led to many assumptions. Assumptions as in a link between God, religion and magic. The paintings, the inscriptions and mummifications speak up for the fact that the Egyptians were appealers. And appealing to the favourite God was considered to be a ritual under the consideration of religious performances. Whereas the consequential reply of God was again considered to be magical, irrespective of the fact that it could even bring misfortune. They robustly believed in Omens and wore Amulets (an object that protects a person from trouble). Another form of practicing magic was Necromancy, the summoning of dead spirits. For an instance, mummification where bodies of the dead Pharaohs and people belonging to the royal families were preserved with food, water and every essential substitute for their comfortable journey after death. Death was ambiguous as still is but they lacked in technology which is always acquainted with logic.

Egyptians were quick in labelling anything as a noteworthy magical work or someone as a remarkable magician. They believed in documenting the supernatural knowledge as it brought them closer to their gods. The kings were claimed to be magicians who had a direct connect to god. Unfortunately two powers couldn’t form an accord and it is said that god seized the magician king’s control reminding him that he is a mere mortal creature, just like others belonging to his regime.

No standard collection of Egyptian myths have yet been discovered. What exists is the testimony from the Hieroglyphs, the divine words from funeral writings which can be found inscribed on the royal sepulchre. Magic was never a questionable affair for the believers but with the rise of other civilizations, the branch of bizarre believes got bifurcated. A sect of non-believers rose who denied magic to be an existing thought. And this is how the story continues.