Essays about: "Christie Gutierrez Haddad"

Found 2 essays containing the words Christie Gutierrez Haddad.

1. 1. Ritual Incubation in Graeco-Roman Egypt

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Christie Gutierrez Haddad; [2023]
   Keywords : Incubation; Graeco-Roman Egypt; Divination; cults; oracles; sanctuaries; Inkubation; Grekisk-romerska Egypten; spådom; kulter; orakel; helgedomar;

   Abstract : This essay explores the divinatory practice of incubation in ancient Egypt during the Graeco-Roman period with a particular focus on the magical and religious significance of the practice. Two main sanctuaries, Abydos and Deir el-Bahari have been investigated with a focus on the gods Bes and Osiris in the former and Amenhotep and Imhotep in the latter. READ MORE

3. 2. The Lily of the Nile : A work on the ritualistic use of an ancient flower of immortality

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för forskning om religion och samhälle (CRS)

   Author : Christie Gutierrez Haddad; [2021]
   Keywords : Ancient Egypt; water lily; entheogen; medicine; content analysis; immortality; lotus;

   Abstract : In pharaonic times, religion, magic and medicine had little distinction between each other due to the commonly held belief that all parts of life were influenced and even controlled by divinity and the supernatural. To navigate life easier, and in true Egyptian fashion, a large corpus of text was composed of magic, medicine and religion. READ MORE