my bro coulda used that against his ex...
Posted on 03/16/2021 11:12:33 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A newly deciphered magical amulet claims to stop evil spirits "who eat flesh and drink blood,"...
About 1,600 years ago, the Mandaeans, who have lived in southern Iraq and Iran for millennia, wrote the incantation onto a lead amulet in their language Mandaic. When unfolded, the amulet looks like a long thin piece of lead.
The discovery could shed light on the Mandaean religion, which is complex and blends together several beliefs. Both John the Baptist and archangel Gabriel are both important figures who practiced the religion. Modern-day Mandaeans often ritually immerse themselves in water as a form of purification, and they follow a pacifist philosophy in which violence cannot be used even in self defense.
According to the deciphered text, the amulet was meant to protect a man named Abbiya from blood-drinking spirits and a demon. "In the name of life, may there be health to the spirit and soul of Abbiya, the son of Mahua," the translated text says. The amulet calls on Gabriel, who is the "angel of the gods," to "throw down, bind, strike, kill and fetter the demon." It also calls on Gabriel to stop “spirits who eat flesh and drink blood" from hurting Abbiya. "From the sons and daughters, may a great voice, healing, victory, sealing, protection, and sealing be to the body and spirit and soul of Abbiya…" the amulet says...
At the time of purchase, the collector said that the amulets were purchased by a family member in Jerusalem in the 1950s, presenting photographs supporting this claim, McCollough said. These photographs are important, as southern Iraq has been looted heavily over the past few decades; and McCollough said that many journals will not publish inscriptions from Iraq unless there is proof that they were not recently looted.
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How can “an archangel” ‘practice religion’?
Isn’t it, according to all those bibles that are out there, that “an archangel” was ‘made to serve god’?
‘Religion’ is man-made, right?
And it worked!
Didn’t get bit once by blood sucking spirits!
my bro coulda used that against his ex...
It kept the tax man away?
It kept the taxman away?
I think they are soul suckers. They're similar to spirit sucking Democrats but succubuses look so much better.
Which one would you want feeding on your spirit?
A succubus... 
Or a democrat (Size reduced to prevent eye injuury)...
Stay away from succubi pie.
Woke Democrats
The inscription *did* say, “one for you nineteen for me”.
It’s moments like that I feel smart for getting an adhesive cover for my keyboard.
I prefer the blood transported spirits!
I want an amulet to protect against demonrats.
LOL :)
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