Re: Marche: VMS zodiac based on Hermetic sources going back to Dendera

[Adams Douglas <adamsd@xxxxxxx>]

Bradley E. SCHAEFER wrote:
> 
> Egyptian Dendera ceiling zodiac, dating from around 30 A.D., illustrated
> and described in E. C. Krupp's In Search of Ancient Astronomies (1978), pp.

Ah, he beat me to it! :) I just read the article at lunchtime and remembered
the calender in Krupp. Without going home to review the book, let me add
that Krupp is one of the best introductory texts on archaeoastronomy I've
seen, and should be read by anyone interested in the topic.

I remember thinking a while back that Hermetic texts might be an interesting
and plausible topic for the VMs. Certainly they might be a source for crib
words and phrases to test against the content as, even if it's not a copy
of one of the actual texts, it might refer to them or the associated
magical ideas. Has anyone explored this?

-Adams

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