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Mesopotamian - Means of achieving spiritual experience 03 Love with visualisation and Prayer
Identifier
022207
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Dr Joan Oates – Babylon
Each person had his own personal god or goddess, to whom he offered prayers and sacrifices and whose duty it was to intercede for him with the other gods and to protect him against the mass of devils and evil spirits with which the universe was believed to be inhabited.
Prophylactic amulets were worn and there existed a variety of ‘priests’ (ashipin and mashmashin) whose duty it was to recite incantations and to perform rituals designed to ward off such evil powers.
- Such ritual prayers vary greatly in style from short poetic masterpieces like the Prayer to the Gods of the Night to spells.
- Ludlul bel nemequi describes the devotions performed by the good man