Blumell Lincoln H <br/><br/>
A Coptic Magical Text for Virginity in Marriage:  A Witness to "Celibate Marriage" from Christian Egypt/ 
by., Lincoln H Blumell and Korshi Dosoo 
 - pages 118-142 
<br/><br/>the rosicrucial Egyptian iMuseum in San Jose owns a small but important collection of unpublished Coptic Papyri and parchments. One notable payrus preserves a unique text in which the Practitioner invokes an unnamed female figure to help a woman protect her "purity," "virginity," and "marriage". Although the specific contex behind the text is not altogether clear and the appeal for virginity in marriage is curious and without prallel in other magical texts, one possibility is to see the text in light of the Christian practice of celibate marriage whereby a male and female entered into a non sexual marriage 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Coptic<br/>Celibate Marriage<br/>Celibacy<br/>Amulet