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Aims in PGM AIM NUMBER/PERCENT Healing 109/21% Knowledge 102/20% Love 98/19% Injury 61/12% Miscellaneous 44/8.5% Success 42/8.2% Safety 22/4.3% Invocation Service 7/1.4% Horoscopes and General Astrology 6/1.2%

ERÔS (philtrokatadesmos, agôgê) LOVE CHARMS PHILIA (philtron, kharis)

ERÔS

Erôs storm wind fire in the bones poison erôs disease madness loss of self-control destructiveness

Sexual Identity and Power Relations SUPERIOR INFERIOR ACTIVE PASSIVE PENETRATOR PENETRATED DOMINANT SUBMISSIVE FREE SLAVE MALE FEMALE

Erôs Love Charms philtrokatadesmos (binding spell) ERÔS agôgê (fetching spell)

• attraction (agogê) and binding (katadesmos) • restriction of sexual attention to NN alone • restlessness, mental disturbance • loss of physical and emotional self-control • physical torture (binding, inflaming, whipping, piercing) • rejection of husband and family • compulsory movement (agogê) from natal/conjugal house to house of NN • culmination in intercourse

PHILIA

philtron (love charm) PHILIA kharis (beauty/favor/sex charm)

EROS CHARM PHILIA CHARM Terms agogê, philtrokatadesmos philtron, kharis Description incantation over bound images, tortured animals, burning materials incantation over amulets, knotted cords, rings, potions, ointments Action burns, tortures, maddens, impels victim to leave home and come to practitioner binds and mollifies, reduces anger, increases esteem for practitioner; increases sex appeal (kharis) of practitioner Effect lust (eros) affection (philia) Social context outsider to destroy bond to natal family or spouse insider within existing relationship in need of repair User man, prostitute wife, social inferior Victim young women and men, usually in natal home husband, king, other authoritative male