Studio Arcanis

Thanks for the link, Ged. Skimming through it, I can see he has taken a lot of tables and elements from his published works and put them all together in one place. As a thesis on common threads running through the publications of Golden Hoard publishing it is quite comprehensive. :D I had assumed hi...

I was hesitant about posting this, given that the last person who criticized a Stephen Skinner publication disappeared from the internet . But, what the hell, at the risk of exposing myself to a vengeful blasting current.... :o When I got this book, my feelings mirrored grimoire scholar Alan Thorogo...

Thanks all for your replies, they have given me plenty of food for thought. Leonardo - I like the idea of making it something like the Headless God with the Neter glyphs coming out of his neck, that could look quite striking. Agnosis - that Osiris image is a good idea too, but I think the detail tha...

Thanks Talerman that's useful for the deeper meanings of them. The Ennead is made up of nine Egyptian gods, but it seems from the text that there is a god which combines them all. Possibly a Greek innovation.

Hi all, In PGM XIII there is a description of a kind of stele to make on natron. It describes an image of the "Nine-formed god", made up of the seven vowels and two "letters" which are the popping noise made by a crocodile bubbling in water and the hissing of a snake. The text sa...

I agree, fantastic blog. He's doing some very important work with the PGM.