Curse or Blessing: What’s in the Magic Bowl?

In this lecture I intend to look at magic bowls in order to see how and for what purpose they were used, and to get a glimpse at the way they worked and what hidden treasures can be found within them. Before considering the feast of images in these somewhat peculiar, some might say attractive objects, I should point out that the in essence their greatest importance lies not so much in their physical appearance, seductive though it might be, but in the texts within them.