Make Sure to Subscribe & Consider supporting Esoterica by becoming a monthly Patron - www.patreon.com/esotericachannel New Channel Goals & News ! Winter 2020 Seminar - This goal will allow me to host a 2020/1 winter seminar on a topic set by my patrons and enjoyed by you! My goal is to provide a reader, discussion group, and 1.5 hour long sessions over the course of 4-5 weeks deeply exploring a text or topic in Western Western Esotericism in addition to my weekly content. This will also support my longer term goal of teaching a university level Introduction to Western Esotericism course next summer! Next Summer Class - My goal here is to get enough support to teach a university level Introduction to Western Esotericism and Hermetic Philosophy course next summer spanning an entire academic semester starting in May and ending in August. We could meet twice a week for lectures and discussion. I would provide a pdf reader for the class along with discussions and office hours. It would be a fully online course with the sessions available to the public as well - a real attempt in totally open, crowdfunded education on one of the most difficult to find fields in academia.
A dybbuk was the main antagonist in the movie The Unborn. Probably the most terrifying possession movie I've ever seen. If you haven't, check it out. A rabbi is chosen to exorcise it rather than a priest, and it does dabble is Jewish mysticism.
A masterpiece of an esoteric lecture . An academic tour de force in it's subject of possession from the first centuries middle east . Absolutely perfect 👍👍.
The beast 666 is the Roman ruler ceaser , and the demon called legion are the Romans. The beast part I got years ago , but thx to your video I got the legions in the pigs today. Many thanks brother.
I subscribed instantly on my first discovery of your channel, and was so Enheartened to see your videos are current and ongoing and of the highest possible quality. . . Thank you! Your expertise and continual engagement in the Love of High Truth, beautifully entertaining and classy Oration, and, Understanding especially; is Loved and greatly appreciated.
For as much of my life as I've spent studying firstly magic, and biblical lore and history as a sub-division of that, I am both impressed and humbled by your knowledge, your concise presentation of dense information, and your overall expertise. Keep it up!
@@TheEsotericaChannel Went into the comments to say the same, this guy phrased it perfectly! I've only read a lot of wikipedia pages (A LOT) on all these topics, which have given me a very rudimentary understanding of religion/mysticism, and your videos are the perfect bridge between wiki and actually reading all them books.
On the note of seeds warding off evil spirits, in Japan you throw soybeans at oni (sometimes translated as ogre but better translated as evil spirits generally) for the festival of Setsubun. I love when there are things that show up in so many and such diverse cultures.
@@TheEsotericaChannel The format is awesome, often when you're mentioning a strange/rare word or person, it's usually on the screen somewhere and I can catch the spelling. Too often I'm listening to talks on uncommon subjects and wondering how to spell something they've mentioned. Detroit represent, INB4 100k subs.
A life long friend had a lot of mental issues. I brought him along to a pastor, who had helped me to be released from an attaching spirit of religious legalism. My friend sat next to the pastor on the other side of the room. As soon as we started praying, he fell to the ground and started hissing. The pastor jumped on his back, rebuking the devil. My friend snaked/crawled his way around the room with the 100kg+ pastor sitting on his back, rebuking this entity. I had to move my legs on the couch to allow them through. He went in a full circle like this and finished where he started, coughing and dry reaching. He had a carpet burn scar on his forehead for year after. This particular spirit was extremely powerful and it had to be seen to be believed.
man, this is just really nice to watch. I at first feared it would be too dry to follow the information all the way through, but you kept it light enough with off-hand comments and some jokes to always keep my attention. thank you!
Interesting point about the bells. I have been trying to find out how bells became part of Christian practice and exorcism. There's apparently not a ton of data on the ritual sage of bells in the Greek and Roman world. But this seems like an interesting correlation.
Well... being raised and educated in the Catholic culture... bells during mass occurs when tran-substantiation occurs during mass.... miracle of the Eucharist Host turns into the body and blood of Christ...
Egyptian demonology is interesting too, as they didn't even write their names down for fear of getting their attention, but evidence suggest then some demons were given offices as protectors over the home and so akin to domestication of dogs or cats got their name and place amongst humans. There's a video on this from an university simply titled Egyptian demonology. That's oversimplified but what I drew from it . Also not the only place the darker aspects aren't even named or mentioned due to fear. Even Miccenean Greek Hades and Persephony were alluded to by calling them pseudonyms such as the host of many guest or the girl or maiden or queen for his wife.
Well, I've an 11year old Service Dog named Persephone! So I guess I've been extremely Blessed & /or Lucky as I call her name multiple times daily! LOL!!!💜🖤☄
I just discovered this channel today and I listened a couple of videos while I was doing jars remodeling on my house. On this video I started watching the selection of art related to the talking points and I really appreciate it. I really enjoyed the video about Blake too. I need to remember myself to research about him. I really appreciate this channel!!!
You did not note it when talking about Middle Eastern fumigation with sulphur, but it seems significant that you can find Odysseus in the Odyssey using sulpher to drive out the miasma from his house following the murder of the suitors, which puts this practice into the late 700's BCE in the Mediterranean world.
It is little known fact that in traditional Daoism practiced today one of the main activities of a Daoist temple is to perform possessions and exorcism, often to help the general public. The other discipline is the creation of talismans and emulets for healing and protection. Daoist are believed to have perfected the science of tapping into the Spirit rhelm by performing precise rituals with deep mindful intentions and using the primordial energy to alter earthly energies.
i was going to comment that the problems of harvesting the barras root sound a lot like harvesting a mandrake, and then i looked it up and discovered that Josephus's discussion of how to harvest a barras root was long interpreted as how to harvest a mandrake root. the more you know!
Thank you for making/posting brilliant content which helps me stay sane... Gives me hope for my own absurd internalized conversation... Gives me hope for all y’all millennials to assist our GenX minority... Gives me hope that the quest for knowledge & loving kindness is stronger than what negative forces seem to be flexing during “these uncertain times”... Just. Thank. You. (Correctected for autocorrect correcting me & my polysyllabic expressions. Hein?)
I never thought about it before, but the Gerasenes demoniac scene works really well with the Christian idea of Jesus as the sacrifice into which people's sins are cast. Jesus has sometimes been depicted in Christian thought as the sacrificial "scape-goat" of Jewish tradition, and the story of the Gerasenes demoniac symbolically fits in really well with that idea.
Your channel is one of the best on YT. I’ve always wondered: why would the demons desire to be cast out into pigs, and not just plainly cast out? Is it because, perhaps, if they were cast out with nowhere to go, they would be banished to hell instead of being able to stay on Earth?
One of the ironies of Sulphur is that it would have worked against the Black Death, if they had only allowed it to build to toxic levels. Unfortunately, at their tech level the only way to know it was at the right level was for acid to run down the walls. But seriously, I have used Sulphur as a fumigant a number of times over the years. I have one bit of advice, if it is at all possible do your ritual outside.
"I heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord, but you don't really care for music do ya?" Leonard Cohen had a very interesting relationship with his Jewish heritage, it would seem.
His father was a rabbi. He converted or became a Buddhist Sangha for quite some years then gradually reclaimed his Jewishness. If you know anything about Jews and classic Jewish angst...we all have a rather weird and personal relationship with that energy we call G-d or the Universe or Creator
@@tdarons I could see that. What really interests me is what that line suggests about the relationship of the Jewish people and music. It seems to hold a deeply spiritual role in the religion, but I don't hear many Jewish musicians elaborating too much on that part of their experience.
@@andythedishwasher1117 I think it was just a bittersweet sardonic comment. Leonard Cohen, the Jew... knows that his tribe adore music. There are many messages in his lyrics that are poetry. “Eg she tied you to your kitchen chair, she broke your crown and cut your hair. I don’t think he was advocating domestic violence or bdsm. Cutting hair is an ancient biblical (Samson and Delilah) reference to taking someone’s power away.
@@tdarons Right. It has always seemed to me that Judaism has a penchant for layered meanings, and I sort of suspected that Leonard Cohen might have been tapping into that tendency with these lyrics. This is the first song I ever learned to sing and play simultaneously, and the words have always haunted me in a very strange way.
Great video Dr I'm new to Judaism and have not heard anything like this before it seems that the Orthodox Rabbis suppress this kind of information.My guess is to not validate the dualistic views of Christianity.Thank You for all You do...Shalom
12:35 somehow reminds me of bdikat khametz! The whole search and latter burning for the purification of the house, makes me wonder, after seeing this video, if that is a Jewish reading of an ancient exorcism ritual
Superb content as usual, but do you live near a music shop? I always hear some trombone or French horn type of instrument in the background of your videos haha
As a Christian I truly appreciate this. It takes some discernment on my side as I believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, only he can decipher the father for us humans I believe... that said, I truly love your teachings. Upon read the bible I also found it void of demonology and the greek concept of "Hades" (hell)
Dear mister dr. Sledge, I have had in total 3 close family members who've been under the troubles which you mentioned, the first one was my mother and the second my sister, my mom was healed when i was just little. But when we wanted help my sister we didn't know anyone in town who could help, so we decided to go to the local synagogue. Sadly the rabbi didn't want to help because we're not jewish. I really want to make sure i can help in the future myself. Is there anything you could tell me or teach me?
Actually in the book of Tobit, Tobias has no clue that the man he traveled with is an angel. Raphael does not reveal his identity until the end of the story after Tobias marries. Until that point, Tobias and his family think that Raphael is just a local tzadiq (righteous man).
Fantastic video, Dr. Sledge! I especially enjoyed the part about the BADAS ROOT! Pity that is seems not to exist anymore! I love the idea that a sorcerer has to sacrifice a hapless dog, or at least call in a favor from a gal-pal to get the badas root, but all that I would have to do is to dig and to pee, and then the dreaded badas root would be mine! Maybe that's why the tree was eradicated? Some king probably didn't like anything that powerful to exist if women had an easier time acquiring it than the men did. Who knows? But a tree that emits lightning, with deadly roots full of demon repellent?! What's not to love? Maybe the back-room boys in the genetic engineering world will find a way to bring it back?
I remember while I was writing an essay on the legion story I read that the symbol of the judean legion was a wild boar, so another possible layer of symbolism there.
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Yahusha is his true name and it means Salvation that is why it's the only name that makes demons, hauntings, aliens, illnesses etc flee..all the rest is done by the adversary black magic and Demons familiar spirits posing as familiar loved ones or healers who are the actual ones who afflict unless correction from Yahuah. God Yahuah uses all for his glory good or Evil every knee must bow and tounge confess that our King Prince of peace is Soverign over ALL. We all have Angels and demons following us our entire life. And all will face Yahuah Elohim in judgement be found with your advocate not prosecuter the adversary you will be found guilty. Recieve Good News Gospel not man made church.
The story about Legion seems like it could have been a reason for the Roman authorities to want to get rid of him, given as the story could be a veiled reference to leading a revolt. Also, I feel like Solomon might have been suffering from some PTSD.
A bit of synchronistic philosophy: “No, I'm in all of it. I'm the darkness and the light, I'm the sunshine and the storm. Yes, you're right, I was there in her laugh, but I'm also here now in your pain. I'm the reason for everything. I am the only ‘why.’” - Love, Collateral Beauty (2016) “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.” - God, Isaiah 43:7 “God is love.” - Jesus, 1 John 4:8
I was wondering if the demons being named Legion was a reference to the Roman legions, if the word used was the same as the Roman military unit or merely a word meaning 'many' that someone translated into English as legion. Thank you for clarifying that.
Do you see the ancient Egyptian methods you're describing here (about their almost medical intention of "warding off" possession before it actually occurs, even if they didn't follow a medical process) as a sort of precursor to what we now call the scientific method? Not that they necessarily *had* a scientific method, but sort of "almost" got close to having it? Are there people out there who argue this is true?
I certainly think they are experimenting and going about that process in a rational way. Whether that is 'scientific' or not really depends on what we take 'science' to be. I have a pretty broad sense of 'science' and think they are up to something like it.
Just as the myth of the vampyre developed the idea of having to invite the idea in before it could enter, perhaps the metaphor is a warning of not allowing bad thoughts to make a home of the mind.
"We postulate the existence of intelligences, either within or without the diviner, of which he is not immediately conscious. It does not matter to the theory whether the communicating spirit so-called is an objective entity or a concealed portion of the diviner's mind. We assume that such intelligences are able to reply correctly --- within limits --- to the questions asked." ~Aleister Crowley, from "Magick in Theory and Practice."
The Pleiades being a woman/women running from a man (or in this case demon) is actually found in Greek mythology and also in Indigenous Australian religions!
Does anyone else hear a noise behind him talking around 23:15? Like a low tone. It's at 23:23 again and happens more than once. I listened to it a few times, and it's there. What is that? Do you have children or a bird or something?
In my headcanon, the occasional visual distortions are not edits but disruption of the technology by spiritual energy. I will replay this episode about exorcism to spiritually degauss my TH-cam account.
Do you know Dr Irving Finkel? He's the curator of cuneiform clay tablets in the British museum. He has a very interesting video on youtube about Mesopotamian and Babylonian ghosts and exorcism.
What is Sarah asked the demon to protect her from the men. And you say that the women escaped the clutches of the angel. Does that mean he tried to R her?
My problem with the spiritual world and its denizens is that I can study how people have interacted with them but my knowledge does not carry over into belief, or faith if you prefer. I view this relationship as one in which the spiritual exists in a fish tank while I am on the outside unable to do anything other than stare at the spirits. No interaction.
I ve got a question why is nobody talking about Joseph was sold into slavery (coat of many colors) he was took to Egypt and answer Pharos dream and became top dog his brother ended up moving there (( the beginning of the 12 tribe of Israel )) what information can we find in Egypt in that time period
I love your videos and hope you keep up the great work. My understanding was that the Demons choose the closest animal around them, it could of just as easily been sheep or goats, the other thing is that pigs can swim very well and are not indigenous to that area where most claim the event happened, nor are there any cliffs. But this is according to the theory that it took place in the sea of galilee. In any case the demons chose the animal, not Jesus and it was the Demons whom thought they were going to be tormented. Jesus simply said "Go!" Matt 31: And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs. ”Legion also has or had a different meaning besides "A military force" although could be related it comes from from PIE root *leg- (1) "to collect, gather." Tucker writes that "The common sense is 'pick,'" but it is unclear whether the use here is "picking up or picking out." The story itself , I believe, references a "legion" of Demons, but used in your analogy I can see the comparison. It has been my experience that many have been compartmentalized into one discipline and to get a real in-depth look at our past we must dive into all the sciences. Realizing there are just as many unexplained artifacts as there are defined ones is a real eye opener. The geology and archeology alone has taken years to conceive and then to put together in a way that is somewhat comprehensive. Thank you for your time and look forward to watching more of your videos.
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Next Summer Class - My goal here is to get enough support to teach a university level Introduction to Western Esotericism and Hermetic Philosophy course next summer spanning an entire academic semester starting in May and ending in August. We could meet twice a week for lectures and discussion. I would provide a pdf reader for the class along with discussions and office hours. It would be a fully online course with the sessions available to the public as well - a real attempt in totally open, crowdfunded education on one of the most difficult to find fields in academia.
A dybbuk was the main antagonist in the movie The Unborn. Probably the most terrifying possession movie I've ever seen. If you haven't, check it out. A rabbi is chosen to exorcise it rather than a priest, and it does dabble is Jewish mysticism.
A masterpiece of an esoteric lecture . An academic tour de force in it's subject of possession from the first centuries middle east .
Absolutely perfect 👍👍.
The beast 666 is the Roman ruler ceaser , and the demon called legion are the Romans. The beast part I got years ago , but thx to your video I got the legions in the pigs today. Many thanks brother.
I subscribed instantly on my first discovery of your channel, and was so Enheartened to see your videos are current and ongoing and of the highest possible quality. . . Thank you!
Your expertise and continual engagement in the Love of High Truth, beautifully entertaining and classy Oration, and, Understanding especially; is Loved and greatly appreciated.
hey ive had experience with a dybbuk if youd like the story hit me up brother was hosted in a group of girls .....sounds nuts but is real
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So very well said. Ty.
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Woah, one hour of Esoterica! I'm not complaining!
Very nice video, looking forward to part 2.
Ha - yeah I didn't really intend to make 2 back to back hour long episodes but they sorta came out that way.
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Was the word “demon” what ancient Jews called demons? Generically. Or did the word only pop up during or after the greed daimon?
For as much of my life as I've spent studying firstly magic, and biblical lore and history as a sub-division of that, I am both impressed and humbled by your knowledge, your concise presentation of dense information, and your overall expertise. Keep it up!
Thanks for saying so - I'm just happy and grateful that folks are appreciating the content.
@@TheEsotericaChannel Went into the comments to say the same, this guy phrased it perfectly! I've only read a lot of wikipedia pages (A LOT) on all these topics, which have given me a very rudimentary understanding of religion/mysticism, and your videos are the perfect bridge between wiki and actually reading all them books.
On the note of seeds warding off evil spirits, in Japan you throw soybeans at oni (sometimes translated as ogre but better translated as evil spirits generally) for the festival of Setsubun. I love when there are things that show up in so many and such diverse cultures.
This channel came highly recommended and it did not disappoint! Great stuff here, informative, hilarious, one couldn't ask for more.
Glad you are enjoying the content - let me know what you think!
@@TheEsotericaChannel The format is awesome, often when you're mentioning a strange/rare word or person, it's usually on the screen somewhere and I can catch the spelling. Too often I'm listening to talks on uncommon subjects and wondering how to spell something they've mentioned. Detroit represent, INB4 100k subs.
In a word, dynomite!!! Full marks!
Absolutely 👏👏
A life long friend had a lot of mental issues.
I brought him along to a pastor, who had helped me to be released from an attaching spirit of religious legalism.
My friend sat next to the pastor on the other side of the room.
As soon as we started praying, he fell to the ground and started hissing.
The pastor jumped on his back, rebuking the devil.
My friend snaked/crawled his way around the room with the 100kg+ pastor sitting on his back, rebuking this entity.
I had to move my legs on the couch to allow them through.
He went in a full circle like this and finished where he started, coughing and dry reaching.
He had a carpet burn scar on his forehead for year after.
This particular spirit was extremely powerful and it had to be seen to be believed.
man, this is just really nice to watch. I at first feared it would be too dry to follow the information all the way through, but you kept it light enough with off-hand comments and some jokes to always keep my attention. thank you!
Thanks - yeah, a little humor always helps. Glad you found it interesting!
@@TheEsotericaChannel "Earth girls are easy" joke was immaculate 😆
Interesting point about the bells. I have been trying to find out how bells became part of Christian practice and exorcism. There's apparently not a ton of data on the ritual sage of bells in the Greek and Roman world. But this seems like an interesting correlation.
Well... being raised and educated in the Catholic culture... bells during mass occurs when tran-substantiation occurs during mass.... miracle of the Eucharist Host turns into the body and blood of Christ...
Amazing Channel! I Bing watch and rewatch episodes every day all day. Thank you for a scholarly and grounded channel.
Egyptian demonology is interesting too, as they didn't even write their names down for fear of getting their attention, but evidence suggest then some demons were given offices as protectors over the home and so akin to domestication of dogs or cats got their name and place amongst humans. There's a video on this from an university simply titled Egyptian demonology. That's oversimplified but what I drew from it . Also not the only place the darker aspects aren't even named or mentioned due to fear. Even Miccenean Greek Hades and Persephony were alluded to by calling them pseudonyms such as the host of many guest or the girl or maiden or queen for his wife.
Well, I've an 11year old Service Dog named Persephone! So I guess I've been extremely Blessed & /or Lucky as I call her name multiple times daily! LOL!!!💜🖤☄
Losing control of oneself is a very universal fear.
Dr. Sledge. Thank you so much for your research and elegantly presented videos on the esoteric and occult.
this is always my favorite channel to watch before shabbat. makes my friday :)
Thanks so much for saying so - sequel coming out later today!
I just discovered this channel today and I listened a couple of videos while I was doing jars remodeling on my house.
On this video I started watching the selection of art related to the talking points and I really appreciate it. I really enjoyed the video about Blake too. I need to remember myself to research about him.
I really appreciate this channel!!!
Yard remodeling*
Maybe I have more typos, sorry about that.
You did not note it when talking about Middle Eastern fumigation with sulphur, but it seems significant that you can find Odysseus in the Odyssey using sulpher to drive out the miasma from his house following the murder of the suitors, which puts this practice into the late 700's BCE in the Mediterranean world.
Nice - mind giving the citation? That's a great note!
Your intros are riveting. Your content is phenomenal. That's not hyperbole.
"Now before you go saying 'Earth girls are easy' jokes.." and you deliver that with a straight face, professor?? hahaha XD
Delivery - especially with the straight face, is everything ;)
#NotAllEarthGirls :-))). Pleaidians in particular. Hahaha
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It is little known fact that in traditional Daoism practiced today one of the main activities of a Daoist temple is to perform possessions and exorcism, often to help the general public. The other discipline is the creation of talismans and emulets for healing and protection. Daoist are believed to have perfected the science of tapping into the Spirit rhelm by performing precise rituals with deep mindful intentions and using the primordial energy to alter earthly energies.
Always love your stuff, plus you're an eloquent and witty narrator.
i was going to comment that the problems of harvesting the barras root sound a lot like harvesting a mandrake, and then i looked it up and discovered that Josephus's discussion of how to harvest a barras root was long interpreted as how to harvest a mandrake root. the more you know!
Just wanted to say Ive been looking for a channel like this for ages. Could not be happier!
Egypt used molded bread on cuts for infections and skin conditions.Great work!
This is actually called a "poltus" and I've heard this being used as an old remedy to draw out infection or for boils
@@theGothicTopic poultice but yes, correct
Love your works, Dr!
Imo, this was your best episode. Very informative
Thank you for making/posting brilliant content which helps me stay sane...
Gives me hope for my own absurd internalized conversation...
Gives me hope for all y’all millennials to assist our GenX minority...
Gives me hope that the quest for knowledge & loving kindness is stronger than what negative forces seem to be flexing during “these uncertain times”...
Just. Thank. You.
(Correctected for autocorrect correcting me & my polysyllabic expressions. Hein?)
Thanks for saying so - just want to create some accessible, high quality content and I'm so happy and thankful you are finding it worthwhile. Thanks!
Thank you for your wisdom and education.
Jumpcuts sorted! But are you sure that William Blake was known as 'Willy B'? Loving your captions, verbal and visual.
Thanks - and yeah, Willy B - of course Willy B :)
Thank you for your time sir. Your work is very enlightening.
Brooooo the exorcist stairs reference man made me a super fan. We used to PT there a lot.
I never thought about it before, but the Gerasenes demoniac scene works really well with the Christian idea of Jesus as the sacrifice into which people's sins are cast. Jesus has sometimes been depicted in Christian thought as the sacrificial "scape-goat" of Jewish tradition, and the story of the Gerasenes demoniac symbolically fits in really well with that idea.
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Your channel is one of the best on YT. I’ve always wondered: why would the demons desire to be cast out into pigs, and not just plainly cast out? Is it because, perhaps, if they were cast out with nowhere to go, they would be banished to hell instead of being able to stay on Earth?
As a guess, pigs wouldn't be killed for food so they could stay in those hosts for longer
@@golddragonette7795 No to both people because the pigs immediately ran off the cliff.
thank you for your work , and wonderful presentation(s) .
This is just phenomenal content, thank you so much for your generosity.
Dude, this is amazing, what an incredible channel and great research
Fascinating! I'm really enjoying this playlist - thanks for making & sharing it with us! ❤️❤️
Dr. I am extremely impressed and more than thankful for you sir.
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Excellent and fascinating information. Thank you🏴
Wow that would make a great movie 🎥🍿...."Jesus the Exorcist "
Radical Monotheism. Has a nice ring to it!
Also, watching this with captions on... I need to find one of those badass trees!
I also love the radical monotheism of some passages of the Bible, it gives to the Bible a more mysterious and darker tone.
God bless you with your good work 💜
48:40 The method you describe to get the roots of the barras tree using a dog is similar to the medieval method of extracting mandrake roots.
One of the ironies of Sulphur is that it would have worked against the Black Death, if they had only allowed it to build to toxic levels. Unfortunately, at their tech level the only way to know it was at the right level was for acid to run down the walls.
But seriously, I have used Sulphur as a fumigant a number of times over the years. I have one bit of advice, if it is at all possible do your ritual outside.
Wow this is great I love comparative religion and I knew nothing about Judaism before! So great to have your help to learn 😊
All your videos are so amazing thank you
Glad you like my content - thanks for watching!
36:54 In Jordan, tradition has it that the part of the decapolis that the ex-possessed man was sent to was the Greco-Roman city of Jerash.
Thanks Doc again an excellent vid full of things I didn't know thanks for enlightening me
"I heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord, but you don't really care for music do ya?" Leonard Cohen had a very interesting relationship with his Jewish heritage, it would seem.
...with a name like cohen
His father was a rabbi. He converted or became a Buddhist Sangha for quite some years then gradually reclaimed his Jewishness.
If you know anything about Jews and classic Jewish angst...we all have a rather weird and personal relationship with that energy we call G-d or the Universe or Creator
@@tdarons I could see that. What really interests me is what that line suggests about the relationship of the Jewish people and music. It seems to hold a deeply spiritual role in the religion, but I don't hear many Jewish musicians elaborating too much on that part of their experience.
@@andythedishwasher1117 I think it was just a bittersweet sardonic comment. Leonard Cohen, the Jew... knows that his tribe adore music. There are many messages in his lyrics that are poetry. “Eg she tied you to your kitchen chair, she broke your crown and cut your hair. I don’t think he was advocating domestic violence or bdsm. Cutting hair is an ancient biblical (Samson and Delilah) reference to taking someone’s power away.
@@tdarons Right. It has always seemed to me that Judaism has a penchant for layered meanings, and I sort of suspected that Leonard Cohen might have been tapping into that tendency with these lyrics. This is the first song I ever learned to sing and play simultaneously, and the words have always haunted me in a very strange way.
Such an important, and excellent video! Cant wait for part 2
Thanks - debuting later today!
Great video Dr I'm new to Judaism and have not heard anything like this before it seems that the Orthodox Rabbis suppress this kind of information.My guess is to not validate the dualistic views of Christianity.Thank You for all You do...Shalom
My mind is blown. I came here by way of "The Possession" on Netflix
I love all your Videos 🙏🧙♀️♐️
12:35 somehow reminds me of bdikat khametz! The whole search and latter burning for the purification of the house, makes me wonder, after seeing this video, if that is a Jewish reading of an ancient exorcism ritual
Great video, as always!
Thanks again!
I love your channel.
Can you do one on the 72 angels and maybe make one on the 6th and 7th books of Moses...please?
Thank you for this guidance. 💜💜💜
This channel is excellent.
Willy B's paintings are dope
Very interesting video. Thank you
Superb content as usual, but do you live near a music shop? I always hear some trombone or French horn type of instrument in the background of your videos haha
I was allowed certain gifts.` You speak very well....
As a Christian I truly appreciate this. It takes some discernment on my side as I believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, only he can decipher the father for us humans I believe... that said, I truly love your teachings. Upon read the bible I also found it void of demonology and the greek concept of "Hades" (hell)
So the purging stones from Dark Souls are based on a real concept. That's pretty cool.
Fantastic information
Thanks!
Thank you for another great video!
Thanks for watching!
Dear mister dr. Sledge,
I have had in total 3 close family members who've been under the troubles which you mentioned, the first one was my mother and the second my sister, my mom was healed when i was just little. But when we wanted help my sister we didn't know anyone in town who could help, so we decided to go to the local synagogue. Sadly the rabbi didn't want to help because we're not jewish. I really want to make sure i can help in the future myself. Is there anything you could tell me or teach me?
Did you offer to pay?
Actually in the book of Tobit, Tobias has no clue that the man he traveled with is an angel. Raphael does not reveal his identity until the end of the story after Tobias marries. Until that point, Tobias and his family think that Raphael is just a local tzadiq (righteous man).
Fantastic video, Dr. Sledge! I especially enjoyed the part about the BADAS ROOT! Pity that is seems not to exist anymore! I love the idea that a sorcerer has to sacrifice a hapless dog, or at least call in a favor from a gal-pal to get the badas root, but all that I would have to do is to dig and to pee, and then the dreaded badas root would be mine!
Maybe that's why the tree was eradicated? Some king probably didn't like anything that powerful to exist if women had an easier time acquiring it than the men did. Who knows? But a tree that emits lightning, with deadly roots full of demon repellent?! What's not to love? Maybe the back-room boys in the genetic engineering world will find a way to bring it back?
I remember while I was writing an essay on the legion story I read that the symbol of the judean legion was a wild boar, so another possible layer of symbolism there.
It would be so cool to have angel friends. 😊
It is always a pleasure to see one of your videos. thanks a lot. is there a way for a one time donation for your patreon?
I don't think so for patreon but I always accept one time donations via paypal if that works - thanks so much for your support!
@@TheEsotericaChannel and what is you email for paypal?
@@shedmeraked Thanks so much for asking - you can donate via paypal via this link - www.paypal.me/esotericachannel - Again, I appreciate the support, thanks so much!
"The famed Jesus of Nazareth" Oh yeah, I've heard of him. *thinking face* Can't think where though. (Great episode!)
Nice guy, though his followers kinda go nuts from time to time.
@@TheEsotericaChannel Can't argue with that.
Yahusha is his true name and it means Salvation that is why it's the only name that makes demons, hauntings, aliens, illnesses etc flee..all the rest is done by the adversary black magic and Demons familiar spirits posing as familiar loved ones or healers who are the actual ones who afflict unless correction from Yahuah. God Yahuah uses all for his glory good or Evil every knee must bow and tounge confess that our King Prince of peace is Soverign over ALL. We all have Angels and demons following us our entire life. And all will face Yahuah Elohim in judgement be found with your advocate not prosecuter the adversary you will be found guilty. Recieve Good News Gospel not man made church.
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The story about Legion seems like it could have been a reason for the Roman authorities to want to get rid of him, given as the story could be a veiled reference to leading a revolt.
Also, I feel like Solomon might have been suffering from some PTSD.
this video is great 👍
Other people spent their vacation on the beach in the sun ,I spent them in darkness watching this channel
A bit of synchronistic philosophy:
“No, I'm in all of it. I'm the darkness and the light, I'm the sunshine and the storm. Yes, you're right, I was there in her laugh, but I'm also here now in your pain. I'm the reason for everything. I am the only ‘why.’” - Love, Collateral Beauty (2016)
“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.”
- God, Isaiah 43:7
“God is love.” - Jesus, 1 John 4:8
An other great show ,doc
I was wondering if the demons being named Legion was a reference to the Roman legions, if the word used was the same as the Roman military unit or merely a word meaning 'many' that someone translated into English as legion. Thank you for clarifying that.
Do you see the ancient Egyptian methods you're describing here (about their almost medical intention of "warding off" possession before it actually occurs, even if they didn't follow a medical process) as a sort of precursor to what we now call the scientific method? Not that they necessarily *had* a scientific method, but sort of "almost" got close to having it? Are there people out there who argue this is true?
I certainly think they are experimenting and going about that process in a rational way. Whether that is 'scientific' or not really depends on what we take 'science' to be. I have a pretty broad sense of 'science' and think they are up to something like it.
an hour long video? nice!
Yeah....the sequel is also an hour :)
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Just as the myth of the vampyre developed the idea of having to invite the idea in before it could enter, perhaps the metaphor is a warning of not allowing bad thoughts to make a home of the mind.
Not religous but love learning about religions 🤔
"We postulate the existence of intelligences, either within or without the diviner, of which he is not immediately conscious. It does not matter to the theory whether the communicating spirit so-called is an objective entity or a concealed portion of the diviner's mind. We assume that such intelligences are able to reply correctly --- within limits --- to the questions asked." ~Aleister Crowley, from "Magick in Theory and Practice."
The Pleiades being a woman/women running from a man (or in this case demon) is actually found in Greek mythology and also in Indigenous Australian religions!
I expected the first parallel due to close contact, I did not expect the second.
Does anyone else hear a noise behind him talking around 23:15? Like a low tone. It's at 23:23 again and happens more than once. I listened to it a few times, and it's there. What is that? Do you have children or a bird or something?
Are there references to Jesus exorcisms in the Pauline letters?
In my headcanon, the occasional visual distortions are not edits but disruption of the technology by spiritual energy. I will replay this episode about exorcism to spiritually degauss my TH-cam account.
Do you know Dr Irving Finkel? He's the curator of cuneiform clay tablets in the British museum. He has a very interesting video on youtube about Mesopotamian and Babylonian ghosts and exorcism.
th-cam.com/video/zNNaZ110ee4/w-d-xo.html
Here's the link.
49:15 are they describing electroshock therapy using some kind of weird primitive capacitor?
What is Sarah asked the demon to protect her from the men. And you say that the women escaped the clutches of the angel. Does that mean he tried to R her?
There is no discussion of consent at all, what hints are there suggests that force and coercion were assumed
@@golddragonette7795coercion is ebill...despise the sin not the sinner...
Using dough kind of reminds me of Ayurvedic health practices although not for getting rid of demons necessarily they were for getting healthier
makes sense!
My problem with the spiritual world and its denizens is that I can study how people have interacted with them but my knowledge does not carry over into belief, or faith if you prefer. I view this relationship as one in which the spiritual exists in a fish tank while I am on the outside unable to do anything other than stare at the spirits. No interaction.
Did you receive the PayPal last night
You had me at divine C.I.A
If all is mind, is the distinction between Demon and aspects of our own psyche/ soul (or whatever the proper greek term be) so distinct?
I ve got a question why is nobody talking about Joseph was sold into slavery (coat of many colors) he was took to Egypt and answer Pharos dream and became top dog his brother ended up moving there (( the beginning of the 12 tribe of Israel )) what information can we find in Egypt in that time period
I am reminded of the Latin American huevo limpia (cleansing with an egg).
I love your videos and hope you keep up the great work.
My understanding was that the Demons choose the closest animal around them, it could of just as easily been sheep or goats, the other thing is that pigs can swim very well and are not indigenous to that area where most claim the event happened, nor are there any cliffs. But this is according to the theory that it took place in the sea of galilee. In any case the demons chose the animal, not Jesus and it was the Demons whom thought they were going to be tormented. Jesus simply said "Go!" Matt 31: And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs. ”Legion also has or had a different meaning besides "A military force" although could be related it comes from from PIE root *leg- (1) "to collect, gather." Tucker writes that "The common sense is 'pick,'" but it is unclear whether the use here is "picking up or picking out." The story itself , I believe, references a "legion" of Demons, but used in your analogy I can see the comparison. It has been my experience that many have been compartmentalized into one discipline and to get a real in-depth look at our past we must dive into all the sciences. Realizing there are just as many unexplained artifacts as there are defined ones is a real eye opener. The geology and archeology alone has taken years to conceive and then to put together in a way that is somewhat comprehensive. Thank you for your time and look forward to watching more of your videos.