The Book of Thoth

The Book of Thoth


In Egyptian mythology, Thoth is the god of wisdom, time, writing, magic and the moon.
The Book of Thoth is a legendary book containing powerful spells and knowledge, said to have been buried with the Prince Neferkaptah (meaning perfect ka of Ptah in Egyptian) in the City of the Dead.
The reader of the rolls would know the language of the animals, be able
to cast great spells, and be able to enchant the sky and earth
themselves. Anyone who read the book was punished by the gods (who
would cause the reader's loved ones to die until the book was returned).
The Book of Thoth is said to be hidden inside a golden
box, which is contained in a silver box inside a box of ivory and ebony
encased in a sycamore box which is found in a bronze box contained in
an iron box. The keys of each box, if the myth is taken into context,
were hidden across the Egyptian Empire by either the Gods, the son of
Neferkaptah or Neferkaptah himself, depending on the version of the
legend, and the keys were either put under the charge of trusted
friends, hidden in hard-to-reach places or placed under guard of beasts
or enchantments and curses, as prevention to the curses that the Book
placed upon the reader. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Thoth