Pseudepigrapha
Also: Pseudepigraphic, pseudepigraphal
Writings attributed to someone who did not write them, usually a figure of great antiquity. The attribution is part of the work rather than a forgery in the modern sense.
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Pseudepigraphy
Writing under the name of an earlier or authoritative figure. The name on a magical text does not by itself establish its historical author.
Psychic
In some Gnostic schemes, a soul-oriented category between material and spiritual; it does not mean the modern idea of paranormal ability.
Purification
Preparatory cleansing of a person, space or object described in many ritual sources, by different material and verbal methods.