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Ancient "styles" of Magic

Magic was practiced in a wide variety of ways in ancient times. The way magic works and the tools used depend widely by time and place. Being a reconstructionist pagan, I naturally incorporate magic from my respective pantheons, with as much accuracy as is feasible. Research once again helps with this.

Hellenic Magic

I prefer pre-Hellenistic stuff in general, but I am not immune to the powerful and useful Greek Magical Papyrus (PGM). I use Hans Dieter-Betz's translation. This collection of spells was written in late antiquity by practicing magicians, incorporating ancient Egyptian magical methods and deities as well as some names familiar from the Bible.

Personally, I like to do my Hellenic magic by asking gods to help empower the spell or rite -- often Hekate, goddess of witchcraft, but not exclusively. This is definitely not the only way to do it, though I am strongly biased in its favor! I think using gods as spell/ritual ingredients and only calling upon them when you need them is highly disrespectful (and therefore less likely to work).

Kemetic Magic

Ancient Egyptian magic is usually referred to as heka.

Norse Magic

Norse magic is oriented around trancework and runes. There are a lot of types of Norse magic.