Egyptian Magic

Magic is the art in which a magician expends magical energy into something usable, such as a spell. Magicians must be extremely careful while doing magic because if they exert too much energy, their lifeforce will burn to ashes.

Divine Words
Divine Words are Ancient Egyptian pronunciations for words; magicians speak them to morph or create reality. To use them, no papyrus or other equipment, such as amulets, shabti, potions, and statues, are needed. When Sadie Kane was the host of Isis, she could speak Divine Words fluently. However, due to giving the goddess up, she needs to resort to using the Path of Isis to speak them. Carter Kane, though not as proficent at Divine Words, has been shown to be able to cast a few as well.

Carter Kane can, due to being the former host of Horus, summon the Eye of Horus symbol effortlessly. It is displayed that to be Chief Lector, a magician needs to be able to speak a good number of Divine Words. Former Chief Lectors Iskander and Desjardins were strong enough to summon a cloud of hieroglyphs around them.

The Divine Words do something related to what they mean in english. Such as A`max means "burn" and thus summons fire.

In certain types of magic like elemental magic, Magicians have the ability to cast spells by speaking in English not Ancient Egyptian.

List of Hieroglyphic Spells/Divine Words with their English Translations
Ma'at - "Order" - The most powerful spell in existence and can restore order in times of chaos or disaster. Used by Sadie Kane

Ilen En-mar- This is a spell which causes the target to approach you. Used by Amos.

Khefa - "Fist" - Helps summon the fist of Horus. Used by Carter Kane.

Sa-mir - "Pain" - Causes extreme agony for the victim. Used by Carter.

Ha-di - "Destroy" - This is a spell which causes the target to explode. Used by Sadie and Sarah Jacobi.

Hah-ri - This is a spell which causes silence. It can be used to disable earthquakes and put people to sleep. Used by Sadie and Iskandar.

Ha-tep - "Be at peace" - This spell destroys all negative feelings and also calms rogue creatures. Used by Carter.

Ha-wi - "Strike" - This is a spell used to strike the opponent. Used by Set and Carter.

Hi-nehm - "Join" - This is a spell used to join or re-construct broken objects. It can also be used to connect two things like statues and shadows or pebbles and rocks and can even be used to bind a sheut to a shabti once it is summoned inside. Used by Sadie, Walt, Desjardins, Carter and Amos.

A'max - "Burn" - This spell summons a fire. It is the opposite of ''Maw. ''Used by Amos and Zia.

Sa-hei - "Bring down" - This is a curse which brings down entire buildings like the Hall of Ages. Used by Kwai.

N-dah - "Protect" - This is a spell used to shield people or objects. It is best used to enforce protective circles. Used by Carter and Sadie.

Heh-sieh  - This causes something to halt and turn back. Used by Desjardins.

W'peh - "Open" - It is used to open things, even portals and summon gods. Used by Sadie, Zia, and Julius Kane.

Zeheb - This spell makes the target return to it's home. Used by Sadie. Opposite of Ilen En-mar used by Amos and closely related to Heh-sieh used by Desjardins.

Sahad - This spell is closely related to W'peh except that it unlocks doors and opening is not involved. Used by Sadie and Zia.

Tas - "Bind" - This causes any string related object to wrap around a foe and can be used to control the Seven Ribbons of Hathor. It can also disable any present magic. Used by Sadie, Carter, Zia, Julius, and Setne.

Heqat - It is the command spell to transform a rod into a staff and to summon a staff.Used by Sadie, Leonid, Zia, and Julius.

Med-wah - "Speak" - A spell used to communicate between two or more different languages by turning all present languages into ancient egyptian. Used by Amos.

Fah - "Release" - A spell that is used to release something or a spells magic. Used by Sadie and Isis.

Hapi u-ha ey pwah - "Hapi, arise and attak" - A spell used to summon Hapi, the God of the Nile. This can only be used in the Nile. Presumably used numerous times by Setne prior to the books. Used by Setne and Carter.

Se-kebeb -  "Make Cold" -This spell is used to summon ice or cold. Used by Felix.

Isfet  - "Chaos" - This spell is the opposite of Ma'at and reeks chaos. Used by Apophis and Menshikov.

I'mun - "Hide" - This spell turns releases a dark cloud which turns the user(s) invisible. However the spell requires black linen and the same number shabtis as the number of people. Can be seen through be a powerful magician. Used by Zia and Carter.

Sa-per - "Miss" - This spell causes the target to completely miss their target. Used by Alyssa.

Drowah - "Boundry" - This spell causes a wall of light to appear to separate two things or defend something. Used by Sadie.

Maw - "Water" - this spell causes water to apear in the air. Used by Carter.

I-ei - "Come" - This spell causes any god or mystical object to come. Used by Julius.

Sa'had - "Close" - this spell closes objects.

Elemental Magic
Doughboy stated that there are 5 elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Cheese. Zia is a fire elementalist, Leonid is an air elementalist. Michel Desjardins and Alyssa are earth elementalists. A cheese elementalist was shown attacking the Hall of Ages alongside Sarah Jacobi as a parat of her elite kill-squad during the third book. Needless to say, he was quickely defeated.

Seven Ribbons of Hathor
A spell which summons seven ribbons and binds a god or magician, banishing them to the Duat. This was used by Zia Rashid against Serqet, goddess of scorpions, in the New York Museum when she was trying to save Carter and Sadie Kane. However, this spell can only be used once an year due to its immense restricting force (the ribbons are powerful magical items that can be made by a charm maker, each set takes a year to recharge after use but in though if a magician has more than one set then they will be able to cast it multiple times a year). Setne has the Ribbons of Hathor to prevent him from going on a killing spree and Zia and Carter Kane are able to use it to control him, binding him up more when need be by using the spell tas and are able to make the Ribbons appear and disappear as well. Setne somehow escapes from the Ribbons eventually.

Glamor
A spell that deceives the weak minds of mortals and even demons, allowing a god or magician to appear differently. Once a magician becomes aware of the spell, their glamor becomes see-through. However, on mortals, it works just fine and it is effective to move around security. Setne was able to manipulate a glamour with a tas spell to become a binding until the glamour was dispelled.

Resembles the "Mist" in the Greek-Roman stories.

Demon Controlling
Unknown spells can be used to control Demons. Many magicians have used these spells.

Summoning Spell
A spell that summons a shabti or a minor creature out of the Duat. However, if it is powerful object like a part of the soul, then it only shows itself and its location. Zia uses this on Apophis' shadow and because its a part of the soul, it merely shows itself in front of them. Zia refers to it as being simple to cast, but ghosts like Setne are unable to cast it like many other spells.

Telepathy
This is the art of manipulating another's mind with one's own. Used by gods and Magicians alike, it has many applications. It can be used to overpower the will, forcing the target to perform actions against their choosing, such as when Set possessed Amos Kane. In the case of the gods, using extreme telepathy can cause their hosts to burn up or combust.

Sleep Spell
A spell to force sleep onto another opponent. This is also handy against security and if they draw weapons on you. After this spell wears off and the targets awake, their memories are rubbed about the spellcaster. It was used by Carter Kane, when chasing Sadie in the Throne of Fire. It was never mentioned again in the series.

Telekinesis
This is the art of moving objects with the brain and not touching them. Carter used it by opening the door of Brooklyn House and moved statues while rebuilding the mansion. With the crook of Ra, he managed to hurl Menshikov into the Nile and shattered Zia's staff. However, Jaz can also use this as she hurled enemy magicians, who were attacking her from afar.

Portal Summoning
This magic is used to go from one place to the other. However, it is no easy art, and therefore can be done with artifacts, even those that aren't from Ancient Egypt but are replicas. It can also be done with anything in the shape of a pyramid or obelisk. A portal is described a swirling vortex of sand. A portal cannot be used in the Demon Days unless using the power of a magic god like Isis or Thoth. When Apophis was loose, the portals didn't reach their destination as displayed by Sadie unless opened by a god or their host like with Walt/Anubis. Sadie casts the portal summoning in every book. It is unknown if the portal`s nature makes it impossible to summon a portal without an artifact or if it is just no mortal has the magical reserves to pull it off while a god or goddes of magic does.

Duat Travel
Strong magicians can pass through the Duat and go to their destination in the world, in a short matter of time. Amos can travel from London to Brooklyn, New York in a couple of hours. Although to journey through long distances, a traveling item is needed like Amos' boat. Carter and Sadie can also use this, with the Path of the Gods, but can only pass through small spaces, like into a palace.

Scrying
A magician learns to scry as an initiate. Scrying involves a spell with a bowl of oil to see other faraway places. If the place is being concealed or in presence of a god or goddess or their host, the bowl will erupt in black flames which are lethal in a close distance. Walt Stone created a scrying bowl for Carter Kane, though it was automatic as Carter never learned how to scry.

Execration
This magic is very powerful and destructive. Execrating someone erases the being completly from existance, destroying their bodies,their soul (except for the shadow) and even their secret name. It is described as being effective in destroying all manner of beings from mortals, magicians, ghosts and demons. With gods, it isn't able to erase them completly, but instead banishes them deep into the Duat for a long time until they can regain enough power to rise again to the mortal world. Execrating someone generates a lot of power and that can be used to power spells. It was first used by Vladimir Menshikov on his minion, Death-to corks, to summon Set. In this case he used a corkscrew as Death-to-Corks had a corkscrew head. It was used again by Michel Desjardins to execrate Apophis for a while using what is refered to as a makeshift shabti of Apophis, leaving time to the Kane siblings to teach other magicians the Path of the Gods.

Shadow Execration

 * This is magic that is a highly kept secret of the gods as it has the potential to destroy them completely. This version of execration is used to finally destroy Apophis where so much else had failed. The spell takes the power of both Kanes and Horus and Isis to work, but they succed in execrating Apophis' shadow, destroying him. This version of an execration is very similar to the normal version: instead of performing the execration on a shabti or other representation of the target, it is used on a shabti that the sheut of the being is bound to. The hard part is the amount of power needed to cast the spell which can cost the magician their life and locating the target's sheut which if its a god is kept well hidden. The spell has to be cast in the god's presence, but is the same besides that. While restoring Bes' ren using his sheut, Walt Stone has Sadie do it by reversing an execration spell once he has captured the sheut in a shabti. This returns the sheut to Bes and restores him to normal.

Sympathetic Magic
Sympathetic magic is a dangerous and powerful form of magic that binds a target's soul completely to an object somewhat similar to the target. Thus, if any damage is caused to the object, the same thing will happen to the target. It is very useful in execration spells. It needs usage of the target's secret name. It was used by Vladimir Menshikov to bind Death-to-Corks to a corkscrew and used to execrate Death-to-Corks. It also useful if a magician wants to channel a gods power by linking them to the god.

Statuary magic
This form of magic is used to create perfect shabtis or transporting armies. Iskandar and Amos use this type of magic

Divining
This form of magic is used to see bits of the future. Ruby Kane could use this type of magic. It is said to be incredibly rare with Ruby being the first person to posses this power in centuries. Even as a ghost she still possesed it. It's possible Jaz also possesses it, though this is unconfirmed, as she was aware that Sadie would need a special healing statue of Carter in the future and that she wouldn't be there to help at the time.

Music
According to Thoth, music is a form of magic as Elvis Presley a famous magician.