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It is one thing to hear somebody give so much knowledge on a subject, it is something else entirely when they hold up a 400 year-old copy of the book they’re talking about.
Penis disappearance magic (or the fear of it) is still a common presence in the modern day. I have a friend from Senegal who told me about how in his school years he was told never to shake hands with a stranger because they might make your penis disappear. One day some random guy greeted him in a really familiar way and he just shook his hand without thinking but then he remembered and realised he didn't know the guy. He said he was paranoid for weeks and kept checking himself daily.
I love to hear about the high drama of religious authority during the reformation, pointing fingers at each other for "doing the work of the devil" while literally buring alive people they didn't like. The irony is just too much 👹
The “irony” is you thinking the people they “didn’t like” shouldn’t have been killed. It’s like accusing the Allies during WW2 engaging of foreign election interference.
@@Foxiepawstotti “Buring” refers to the ancient and obscure form of execution in which the accused was dressed in fluffy clothes and covered with bush burrs until they collapsed and died of sheer exhaustion.
i think it would be really cool to see you go over the silent scandinavian movie "Haxan" from the 1920s (it has been translated) it claims itself to be what amounts to a documentary on witchcraft of that time and older. it would super interesting to see someone so knowledgable on these subjects weighing in on it. i also think it is in the domain for fair use now, as it is over 100 years old.
@@Bildgesmythe Oh if i had seen Haxan in the 20's when it was made, assuming a "typical 1920s education".. it would've scared the shit out of me, and probably convinced me that witches are in fact real. lol Its such an interesting film, and its absolutely wild that it got made considering what it depicts, and some of the detail shown.
@@Prodigi50 some Greek, Hebrew & Latin words & numbers from very old Codex of the Bible, Old + New Testament, some Sigils & Seals from the well-known Grimoires, including the « modernized » ones & some +/- original ones from the Renaissance. And some of Claude Paradin’s Devises Héroïques (1557) because his etchings are so sublime @ esoteric
Whenever I write stuff about 'deep' topics online I go for at least 5 sources, 10-15 if I'm feeling thorough, so when I saw Del Rio's book and heard you say he's got hundreds if not thousands of sources all diligently placed within the margins? I feel humbled and also have the desire to somehow step up my game.
I really appreciate this kind of information. I study the occult for various reasons and appreciate learning things here that I might otherwise not come accross. Unfortunately devoting yourself to occult study and running a small bird hospital means you don't have much money. I will however try to find a way to make a donation when finances are better. I really appreciate that you make this information available even to those who might not be able to afford it any other way. Your channel is one of the only ones I consider making a donation to because I have got something of value.
An absolute delight of a video. Grateful that the algorithm added this to my page, after efforts to curate away from the chaos youtube’s become as of late. The quips scattered amongst calmly presented information from the books had me cackling unexpectedly while listening and cleaning; I had to sit down and re-watch with focus to appreciate all that you’ve presented.
@@Prodigi50 Pound for pound probably one of the best sites for getting stuff like academic papers or books (like Brill stuff) out there, I randomly stumbled upon it trying to find a free copy of a specific paper I was angling to read like a year and a half ago. I heartily recommend it to all who want to fly the jolly roger and take the fight to Brill's wallet.
@@rohanmaghade Google books seems to have a *massive* collection of most books outside of copyright these days freely available (old/archaic works among them). Just takes a quick search, in my experience. Google books scanning project is/was amazing.
Demonological weak sauce 😂 absolute banger of a phrase. Lots of classic Justin witticisms in this episode, love it! I had a good giggle at the little quips scattered throughout!
I've often thought the demon mating with stolen semen was a handy way to cover an illegitimate birth. Especially when the kid looked exactly like the bishop.
16:42 is awfully specific. Is the implication that aerial flight for purposes other than attending a Witches' Sabbath is a-okay? Am I allowed to hop on my broom and fly into town to buy some bread from the town baker?
@@sarahenson9659 Hear hear. Cars hey, one of the most evil proponents of consumerism. Not many even broach this narrative due to like many malevolent indulgences it's so ubiquitously excepted like fallen Angels will play devil's advocate for each other. Balance is coming..
@@MrUmbra-ts6se I did not say you can not have transport vehicles, technology for electrical cars been there all along, Henry Fords first scale model was electric, what happened next is well end result is obvious. Homosapiens for many decamillenium used horses as transport and kept balance, then in 10% of one millennium cars have polluted, killed, maimed and allowed the worst people to have wealth that has funded other horrors for mother earth to endure. Anyone can say what they want but everything is being exposed for what it is. But if that's the only option to a poisonous killer like a car, then you can absolutely walk, or learn to ride a horse 4 or many more miles. Better still work out the best way with community. Surely your not defending cars because of a 4km walk, please... Then again that about somes up humanities attitude to our malevolent consumerism and failure to control industrialisation..
P.G. Maxwell-Stuart was one of my dissertation professors for my work on the witch trials in Lothian, Scotland in 1649. Great guy, incredibly knowledgeable and speaks about thirteen languages to my recollection.
I identify as a Green Witch. I do not worship satan, don't fly around on a broomstick and cast no spells. I try to be one with nature and try to be a good person. Jews, Chiristians and Muslims are my allies. I have pledged to defend their religion. People ridicule me, tell me only women can be witches, try to convert me. I don't care. Animals flock to me, I grow my own food and I can never be alone, hungry or helpess. Thank you so much for trying to tell us all the truth. I watch all your vids, they are enlightening. With much love and much respect, blessed be.
Oh and I forgot. The last witch that was murdered in the Netherlands was Marigje Arriens in 1591 in Schoonhoven. The Spanish burned a couple of dozens in the 17th century, but since they were an occopying force they are not considdered to be a Dutch action. I kindly request to not burn us.
Green Witch, it’s probably supported in the Bible by what you have just said! Preachers deliberately avoid teaching the full truth out of fear of attracting such types and not stepping on others toes that bring in the money! Where we have things in common. Animals love me, I know herbs works, I had plans to have a garden, but low life trash undermined so much of that!
I adore the very warranted frustration at Brill. It is true, it is spoken from the heart, and it is said with the agony of many years of trying to find those volumes in any other way.
Witchunts peaked in the 1600s which was also when we had the very worst religious wars like the 30 years war going on. In fact the two are linked externally authorities were getting ready for war against the heretics and internally they were cracking down on anything vaguely at odds with community standards. Its a common thing. External fears of whatever often lead to moral panics and repression internally. The threat isn't entirely made up from the pov of the 'system'. In times of war the system wants to make sure the community is united around its values. Anyone outside of it is a problem regardless of whether they did something genuinely harmful.
The extent that humans have gone to to create convoluted hierarchical systems to essentially explain randomness & why "bad" things happen to good people is absolutely fascinating. I mean, the psychological gymnastics people come up with is ...just...mind boggling
Rationality is often accompanied by it's evil twin: Rationalisation. The "Age of Reason" was also the "Age of Reasons" to justify the worse of crimes...
I really appreciate your voice tone while presenting this stuff. So many other presenters do it in such a monotone way it’s hard to keep up and stay focused. Your voice is real proper for this.
i just wanted to say thank you to dr. sledge, as someone who has no education to speak of, but a lot of interest in the academic study of the occult this channel is one of very few way that i can actually learn about the topic i really do appreciate this channel a lot 🤍
It‘s crazy to see an episode mentioning Anna Göldi since I‘m from Glarus. 1:05 I‘m excited to see the rest. 49:40: Great episode thanks. And it’s still weird that I live a 15min drive away from where one of the last witch executions in history happened.
Last Swedish "witch" executed: 1704 Last Swedish "witch" sentenced: 1724 Last Swedish witch trial: 1757 The witch trials drew a lot of attention, but more people were executed for bestiality in the same period. ("Confessing" bestiality was a good way to commit suicide, since you could repent and be forgiven, which meant you went to Heaven).
@@TheEsotericaChannel The main witch processes in Sweden were called "Det stora oväsendet" (the big noise? noise isn't quite right but close). About 280 people, mostly, but not exclusively women, were executed. Only one woman was burned alive - the rest were beheaded and then the corpses were burned.
It's not fair... I'd already put a like on the video before I heard you say "demonological weak-sauce", and I can't like the video twice. So, you get a comment. Thanks, as always, for your excellent scholarship and bringing so many of these works into the light.
Your library is the most, interesting collection of rarities that is helping me on my next step in my great journey. My light for this souls dark journey. Now I can fit my camel through that needle ' s eye. For this, my soul, and I thank you 🙏
Absolutely brilliant. A heartfelt thanks. I plan to listen to this one a few more times. Excited about your coverage of the other witch hunting manuals.
Your channel has been such a welcome distraction this week. I bought a heretical witch army shirt, and I can’t wait to wear it everywhere. I’m hoping to bump into another fan, and we’ll become besties and take a pottery class together and make Lilith bowls. 😂
I can't get over how much Dr. Sledge looks like a younger and more bearded Craig Benzine. Think that's what made me warm to this channel so quickly, in addition to the excellent content.
At least that earliest known depiction of that witch riding a broom shows her riding it side-saddle as would befit a lady of that era, so good on them for not demeaning her by suggesting she rode the broom straddled.
Seeming reasonable by being less obviously unreasonable than everyone else. Interesting parallels to the contemporary era as we see the downward spiral of unreason.
By my mystical art and hidden knowledge, I have divined that there exists a means most arcane to summon forth the Six Volumes of Brill from the vast aether of the nether realms of the internet. Yea, with the proper conjurations and invocations, the ethereal tomes, safeguarded by scholarly wardens and bound in sacred sigils, may manifest within one's grasp.
TH-cam gave me the option to translate your comment to English, and all it did was change "schweeeeeeet" into "awesome". Just wanted you to know cause that's funny as hell. Lol.
33:05 Dunno about Star Wars, but book 6 of the Expanse series, Babylon's Ashes, features a light frigate called the Witch of Endor. :D I always wondered what it referred to! All the ship names seem to be very carefully thought-of references in the series.
Excellent content Dr Sledge (as usual). I also appreciate that you offer links to further reading on the subject. I find the Inquisition and witch trials fascinating, yet I haven’t been able to read very much in the Maleficarum though I’ve had a paperback copy on the shelf for well over 20 years. I’m not normally a ‘softie’, but whenever I attempt to read Maleficarum, I get physically ill. It literally makes me throw up. However, I may try to find an affordable copy of Del Rio anyway. 😊
I always believed that the people who were killed by the church were anyone who had something that the church wanted but could only get by saying they were witches or something of the sort and then they were free to take their lands or whatever it was they wanted in first place. Death brings out the worst in people, greed!
I’m upset that I’ll never get to read this book. There’s no possible way you could pull some strings in the esoteric community, and find someone not morally bankrupt or greedy (like Brill) to release an affordable version?
If you're not opposed to sailing the high seas the archive website "Anna's Archive" has all 6 volumes of the Brill edition in .pdf format for the low low cost of: free. Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate scholar's life for me
There used to be a 1603 (?) annotated, Latin edition in the manuscript section at Regensburg university in Germany. It had loads of book scorpions, but in theory it's accessible to the public.
@@EgorKorman they're kind of cute - they live in the spine of a book and run up and down the centrefold once you open a book. I was told their presence indicates good quality binding 😇
It’s interesting to explore why these psychoses take hold in the mentality of a society, and how they are pushed by ambitious/corrupt wannabe leaders of society. There have been a lot of other such psychoses, including many quite recent ones.
I am glad we in the enlightened West have evolved to the point where we don't make up crimes to ensure job security for the powerful. One day the leaders of the enlightened West will also evolve to that point.
I KNOW this is off topic...how did they explain the use of stars and the signs Sailors, Fisherman, Pirates and the different Navys using Stars and Weather for Navigation? For example, "Red Skies at Night, Sailor's Delight, Red Skies in Morning, Sailor's Warning"...😊
@@MalachiWhite-tw7hl yes he still is, he said this in many interviews including recent ones. He's also 50 yr long member of the Golden Dawn which is a sort of secret club that Crowley founded. Supposedly Page, Plant and Bonham participated in a ritual to get famous. None of them would ever talk about it tho. The only one who didn't do it was JPJ. Page did go on to sell the Crowley house though because apparently a bunch of weird shit happened and he felt like it was cursed or something. Which is funny because that's the whole reason why he bought it in the first place but, hey. Love love love Zeppelin 💚 their relationship with the occult is super interesting. Many of their songs have references to it
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@TheEsotericaChannel ever looked into magic from Thailand, it's quite ancient
Star Wars 5.5
It is one thing to hear somebody give so much knowledge on a subject, it is something else entirely when they hold up a 400 year-old copy of the book they’re talking about.
he sells old books.
Absolutely.
@@PolumbiusTheThird he also makes videos about them
Penis disappearance magic (or the fear of it) is still a common presence in the modern day. I have a friend from Senegal who told me about how in his school years he was told never to shake hands with a stranger because they might make your penis disappear. One day some random guy greeted him in a really familiar way and he just shook his hand without thinking but then he remembered and realised he didn't know the guy. He said he was paranoid for weeks and kept checking himself daily.
@@Trafendirec wait penis disappearance magic is a thing? So I've been dealing with all this dysphoria for nothing lmao
If you have to check, was it ever there?
Wizard’s First Rule….
Lol
Some crystal ball mirrors 🪞 can make certain objects appear larger than they actually are 😂😅😮😂
"Stolen demon semen" and "demons yeet 'em" is worth the price of admission.
you mean zero 🤨
but yea those were definitely priceless 😅
I love to hear about the high drama of religious authority during the reformation, pointing fingers at each other for "doing the work of the devil" while literally buring alive people they didn't like.
The irony is just too much 👹
The “irony” is you thinking the people they “didn’t like” shouldn’t have been killed. It’s like accusing the Allies during WW2 engaging of foreign election interference.
@@chancefoxhauck475 LOL truly
Your sona is so cute!!!
Is "buring" a type of heated entombment or something?
@@Foxiepawstotti “Buring” refers to the ancient and obscure form of execution in which the accused was dressed in fluffy clothes and covered with bush burrs until they collapsed and died of sheer exhaustion.
"Compound Interest is truly necromancy, as far as I can tell"
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i think it would be really cool to see you go over the silent scandinavian movie "Haxan" from the 1920s (it has been translated) it claims itself to be what amounts to a documentary on witchcraft of that time and older.
it would super interesting to see someone so knowledgable on these subjects weighing in on it.
i also think it is in the domain for fair use now, as it is over 100 years old.
I definitely want to check this out. This is what I come to the comments for right here.
It's a great movie. Interesting effects for being 100 years old.
@@Bildgesmythe Oh if i had seen Haxan in the 20's when it was made, assuming a "typical 1920s education".. it would've scared the shit out of me, and probably convinced me that witches are in fact real. lol
Its such an interesting film, and its absolutely wild that it got made considering what it depicts, and some of the detail shown.
Thanks! Can't wait for the Merkabah series! There's hardly any content on the topic, on yt.
Sir, MASSIVE flex showing an original Malleus Maleficarum from the 16th century… holy molly, massive massive flex 👹
It's just an old book. The real flex is us all working together to make sure its agenda is never realized.
@@TheEsotericaChannel best response 💚
@@TheEsotericaChannel hahaha i shouldn’t show you my tattoos then (love your channel & your work good Sir)
@@SamuelBlackMetalRider Now I’m curious about what are your tattoos?
@@Prodigi50 some Greek, Hebrew & Latin words & numbers from very old Codex of the Bible, Old + New Testament, some Sigils & Seals from the well-known Grimoires, including the « modernized » ones & some +/- original ones from the Renaissance. And some of Claude Paradin’s Devises Héroïques (1557) because his etchings are so sublime @ esoteric
Thanks! Really enjoying this month of content. I have listened to your Goth lecture repeatedly ❤️ Beautifully done.
Whenever I write stuff about 'deep' topics online I go for at least 5 sources, 10-15 if I'm feeling thorough, so when I saw Del Rio's book and heard you say he's got hundreds if not thousands of sources all diligently placed within the margins? I feel humbled and also have the desire to somehow step up my game.
then again unless you have a thesis more stuff aint gonna support nothin.. but I would agree!
I really appreciate this kind of information. I study the occult for various reasons and appreciate learning things here that I might otherwise not come accross. Unfortunately devoting yourself to occult study and running a small bird hospital means you don't have much money. I will however try to find a way to make a donation when finances are better. I really appreciate that you make this information available even to those who might not be able to afford it any other way. Your channel is one of the only ones I consider making a donation to because I have got something of value.
An absolute delight of a video. Grateful that the algorithm added this to my page, after efforts to curate away from the chaos youtube’s become as of late. The quips scattered amongst calmly presented information from the books had me cackling unexpectedly while listening and cleaning; I had to sit down and re-watch with focus to appreciate all that you’ve presented.
Anna's Archive has all 6 volumes of the Brill edition
yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
But are they authentic? Maybe the translators corrupted and hid some things from the book.
Thank you for this! I didn’t even know about this site.
@@Prodigi50 Pound for pound probably one of the best sites for getting stuff like academic papers or books (like Brill stuff) out there, I randomly stumbled upon it trying to find a free copy of a specific paper I was angling to read like a year and a half ago. I heartily recommend it to all who want to fly the jolly roger and take the fight to Brill's wallet.
@@rohanmaghade Google books seems to have a *massive* collection of most books outside of copyright these days freely available (old/archaic works among them). Just takes a quick search, in my experience. Google books scanning project is/was amazing.
No divination magic required!
Demonological weak sauce 😂 absolute banger of a phrase. Lots of classic Justin witticisms in this episode, love it! I had a good giggle at the little quips scattered throughout!
Dr Sledge your channel has the best mystical content thanks for the lectures truly enlightening...
Thanks mate!
Always a fount of knowledge taught in small words and big letters for newbies.
You're a legend
Never has forbidden knowledge been so entertaining.
I've often thought the demon mating with stolen semen was a handy way to cover an illegitimate birth. Especially when the kid looked exactly like the bishop.
Thanks!
Those books are awesome. Not the results of the people who used them to hunt 'witches', but their actual existence, is amazing.
I enjoyed this episode so much. I love all your jokes and irony. You are bringing it !!! Your channel is my favorite on TH-cam.
Goosebumps. I remember picking up our uni copy... Wooden covers and the size and weight of a church bible.
13:59 Hooray for Atun-shei shout-out! :D Always nice to see such people acknowledge each other. ❤
Compound interest is truly necromancy. That's good.
16:42 is awfully specific. Is the implication that aerial flight for purposes other than attending a Witches' Sabbath is a-okay? Am I allowed to hop on my broom and fly into town to buy some bread from the town baker?
Sounds better than driving a car….
@@sarahenson9659
Hear hear.
Cars hey, one of the most evil proponents of consumerism.
Not many even broach this narrative due to like many malevolent indulgences it's so ubiquitously excepted like fallen Angels will play devil's advocate for each other.
Balance is coming..
@@DemainIronfalconA balance of traveling 4 miles on foot, weekly.
@@MrUmbra-ts6se
I did not say you can not have transport vehicles, technology for electrical cars been there all along, Henry Fords first scale model was electric, what happened next is well end result is obvious.
Homosapiens for many decamillenium used horses as transport and kept balance, then in 10% of one millennium cars have polluted, killed, maimed and allowed the worst people to have wealth that has funded other horrors for mother earth to endure.
Anyone can say what they want but everything is being exposed for what it is.
But if that's the only option to a poisonous killer like a car, then you can absolutely walk, or learn to ride a horse 4 or many more miles.
Better still work out the best way with community. Surely your not defending cars because of a 4km walk, please...
Then again that about somes up humanities attitude to our malevolent consumerism and failure to control industrialisation..
P.G. Maxwell-Stuart was one of my dissertation professors for my work on the witch trials in Lothian, Scotland in 1649. Great guy, incredibly knowledgeable and speaks about thirteen languages to my recollection.
I identify as a Green Witch. I do not worship satan, don't fly around on a broomstick and cast no spells. I try to be one with nature and try to be a good person. Jews, Chiristians and Muslims are my allies. I have pledged to defend their religion. People ridicule me, tell me only women can be witches, try to convert me. I don't care. Animals flock to me, I grow my own food and I can never be alone, hungry or helpess.
Thank you so much for trying to tell us all the truth. I watch all your vids, they are enlightening. With much love and much respect, blessed be.
Oh and I forgot. The last witch that was murdered in the Netherlands was Marigje Arriens in 1591 in Schoonhoven. The Spanish burned a couple of dozens in the 17th century, but since they were an occopying force they are not considdered to be a Dutch action. I kindly request to not burn us.
"You play the devils game, but you don't take his name"
Green Witch, it’s probably supported in the Bible by what you have just said! Preachers deliberately avoid teaching the full truth out of fear of attracting such types and not stepping on others toes that bring in the money!
Where we have things in common. Animals love me, I know herbs works, I had plans to have a garden, but low life trash undermined so much of that!
@@denniskiewiet422 men certainly are magical ✨️ as women.hail hecate!
@@Cthulhu1978-l6l I thought that was more of the thing the Puritans in Salem did.
I adore the very warranted frustration at Brill. It is true, it is spoken from the heart, and it is said with the agony of many years of trying to find those volumes in any other way.
Witchunts peaked in the 1600s which was also when we had the very worst religious wars like the 30 years war going on. In fact the two are linked externally authorities were getting ready for war against the heretics and internally they were cracking down on anything vaguely at odds with community standards. Its a common thing. External fears of whatever often lead to moral panics and repression internally. The threat isn't entirely made up from the pov of the 'system'. In times of war the system wants to make sure the community is united around its values. Anyone outside of it is a problem regardless of whether they did something genuinely harmful.
Makes me wonder who will be targeted in the next conflict as against the norm of acceptability in the community. Probably more poor people as always
“As…one…does…” 🖐️😂
Too many to list, but you’re killing it in this video! 🎤🤣🤣
The extent that humans have gone to to create convoluted hierarchical systems to essentially explain randomness & why "bad" things happen to good people is absolutely fascinating. I mean, the psychological gymnastics people come up with is ...just...mind boggling
This channel is absolutely mind-blowing and eye-opening for me.
No wonder I never felt comfortable in church.
Rationality is often accompanied by it's evil twin: Rationalisation. The "Age of Reason" was also the "Age of Reasons" to justify the worse of crimes...
I really appreciate your voice tone while presenting this stuff. So many other presenters do it in such a monotone way it’s hard to keep up and stay focused. Your voice is real proper for this.
Yes! And very soothing ☮️
I often fall asleep to him as well.
This was great! I can't wait for the witch trial video!
i just wanted to say thank you to dr. sledge, as someone who has no education to speak of, but a lot of interest in the academic study of the occult this channel is one of very few way that i can actually learn about the topic
i really do appreciate this channel a lot 🤍
Dr. Sledge, fighting that good fight against academic ignorance, once again. 💪👏
thank you for your awesome channel and the amazing content that you deliver here🙏
It‘s crazy to see an episode mentioning Anna Göldi since I‘m from Glarus. 1:05 I‘m excited to see the rest.
49:40: Great episode thanks. And it’s still weird that I live a 15min drive away from where one of the last witch executions in history happened.
Last Swedish "witch" executed: 1704
Last Swedish "witch" sentenced: 1724
Last Swedish witch trial: 1757
The witch trials drew a lot of attention, but more people were executed for bestiality in the same period. ("Confessing" bestiality was a good way to commit suicide, since you could repent and be forgiven, which meant you went to Heaven).
Levack has last trial 1779, last execution 1710.
@@TheEsotericaChannel The main witch processes in Sweden were called "Det stora oväsendet" (the big noise? noise isn't quite right but close). About 280 people, mostly, but not exclusively women, were executed. Only one woman was burned alive - the rest were beheaded and then the corpses were burned.
Yep, burning was mostly a German and French thing. The English primarily used hanging.
It's not fair... I'd already put a like on the video before I heard you say "demonological weak-sauce", and I can't like the video twice. So, you get a comment.
Thanks, as always, for your excellent scholarship and bringing so many of these works into the light.
Your library is the most, interesting collection of rarities that is helping me on my next step in my great journey. My light for this souls dark journey. Now I can fit my camel through that needle ' s eye. For this, my soul, and I thank you 🙏
Absolutely brilliant. A heartfelt thanks. I plan to listen to this one a few more times. Excited about your coverage of the other witch hunting manuals.
Thank you so much for sharing. Love this episode.
I must now own a copy of this book. 🤩
Thanks for sharing such obscurities. Del Rio sounds fascinating.
Been watching your content for over a year now but this is the first video where the intro music had the noetic accompaniment 🕯
The Catholic Encyclopedia has a nice article on Martin Delrio. It’s available for free on New Advent’s website.
I cannot tell you how much I enjoy your work. Looking forward to getting some sweet merch soon!
I found this video thoroughly enjoyable.
waaaw what a hobby, thank you Justin
Your content is extremely high quality and you should be proud
Like if you too feel a spark of pure joy every time Dr. Sledge says the words "buried treasure"
I definitely do ;)
"Vast Demonic Antichrist Credit Union" is my new band name.
What about Stolen Daemon Semen
@teslagoth9401 oww I like that one 🤣
❤ Thank you for the video, I adore listening and learning from you
Your channel has been such a welcome distraction this week. I bought a heretical witch army shirt, and I can’t wait to wear it everywhere. I’m hoping to bump into another fan, and we’ll become besties and take a pottery class together and make Lilith bowls. 😂
I can't get over how much Dr. Sledge looks like a younger and more bearded Craig Benzine.
Think that's what made me warm to this channel so quickly, in addition to the excellent content.
Your copy of Del Rio is amazing 🤤Thanks for another great video!
At least that earliest known depiction of that witch riding a broom shows her riding it side-saddle as would befit a lady of that era, so good on them for not demeaning her by suggesting she rode the broom straddled.
Seeming reasonable by being less obviously unreasonable than everyone else. Interesting parallels to the contemporary era as we see the downward spiral of unreason.
Dearest, Dr., THANK YOU for this one!
Explore the arcane,
In history
Philosophy
And religion.
One of my favorite intros
I always say it along with him 💀👌🏻
Another splendid lecture. Very informative. Thank you
By my mystical art and hidden knowledge, I have divined that there exists a means most arcane to summon forth the Six Volumes of Brill from the vast aether of the nether realms of the internet. Yea, with the proper conjurations and invocations, the ethereal tomes, safeguarded by scholarly wardens and bound in sacred sigils, may manifest within one's grasp.
A video on tarot would be schweeeeeet
TH-cam gave me the option to translate your comment to English, and all it did was change "schweeeeeeet" into "awesome". Just wanted you to know cause that's funny as hell. Lol.
33:05 Dunno about Star Wars, but book 6 of the Expanse series, Babylon's Ashes, features a light frigate called the Witch of Endor. :D I always wondered what it referred to! All the ship names seem to be very carefully thought-of references in the series.
Thank u!! Amazing video as always
Excellent content Dr Sledge (as usual). I also appreciate that you offer links to further reading on the subject. I find the Inquisition and witch trials fascinating, yet I haven’t been able to read very much in the Maleficarum though I’ve had a paperback copy on the shelf for well over 20 years. I’m not normally a ‘softie’, but whenever I attempt to read Maleficarum, I get physically ill. It literally makes me throw up. However, I may try to find an affordable copy of Del Rio anyway. 😊
😃 Wonderful, Dr. Justin! 😃
I always believed that the people who were killed by the church were anyone who had something that the church wanted but could only get by saying they were witches or something of the sort and then they were free to take their lands or whatever it was they wanted in first place. Death brings out the worst in people, greed!
I would love to have any of those books at home!
Beautiful episode!
OMG-D this is a wonderful presentation.
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!
super fun video! thanks for all
Rich people, so famous for not being greedy and not wanting more money. I wonder if Del Rio wrote that part without any sense of irony.
whenever buried treasure comes up in the videos i hoot and holler
Great video always good to see your channel
I’m upset that I’ll never get to read this book. There’s no possible way you could pull some strings in the esoteric community, and find someone not morally bankrupt or greedy (like Brill) to release an affordable version?
If you're not opposed to sailing the high seas the archive website "Anna's Archive" has all 6 volumes of the Brill edition in .pdf format for the low low cost of: free.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate scholar's life for me
There used to be a 1603 (?) annotated, Latin edition in the manuscript section at Regensburg university in Germany. It had loads of book scorpions, but in theory it's accessible to the public.
@Lapidarydiary if you travel to Regensburg to photograph the Disquisitiones, l remember from 1999, let me know! That sounds like an epic road movie.
@@Night-lh9xj just learned what book scorpions are😨😨
@@EgorKorman they're kind of cute - they live in the spine of a book and run up and down the centrefold once you open a book. I was told their presence indicates good quality binding 😇
Compound interest as necromancy, no lie. Anthropologist Michael Taussig wrote about this in his 1970s The Devil and Commodity Fetishism.
Loving the Star Wars cross over.
Great video as always!
It’s interesting to explore why these psychoses take hold in the mentality of a society, and how they are pushed by ambitious/corrupt wannabe leaders of society.
There have been a lot of other such psychoses, including many quite recent ones.
I am glad we in the enlightened West have evolved to the point where we don't make up crimes to ensure job security for the powerful. One day the leaders of the enlightened West will also evolve to that point.
I KNOW this is off topic...how did they explain the use of stars and the signs Sailors, Fisherman, Pirates and the different Navys using Stars and Weather for Navigation? For example, "Red Skies at Night, Sailor's Delight, Red Skies in Morning, Sailor's Warning"...😊
Great stuff ❤
I will try some of this and if it happens I will update.
Well, that was quite delightful!❤❤
Truly fascinating.
We need to make this man Play SILENT HILL GAME
LOVE YOUR CHANNEL
Compound interest is necromancy I absolutely agree!
Great video, thank you
Love this channel.
Wonderful as allways
wow, i am impressed. thanks again
You'd better try out some of that Esoterica treasure magic in Egypt
Could you do a video on the 1665 edition of Discoverie of Witchcraft or Faerie magic in historical grimores?
I like to watch this channel while drinking my first batch Absinthe Isabella
I'm in Spain, if you can send the part of the text which talks of the bricked building I can try to find
Black Dog is one of Led Zeppelin's best. Page was big into the occult,
@@RobinMarks1313 yes he was, so much he bought Crowley's old house.
Wonder if he still is, as opposed to his 25-year-old self.
@@MalachiWhite-tw7hl yes he still is, he said this in many interviews including recent ones. He's also 50 yr long member of the Golden Dawn which is a sort of secret club that Crowley founded. Supposedly Page, Plant and Bonham participated in a ritual to get famous. None of them would ever talk about it tho. The only one who didn't do it was JPJ. Page did go on to sell the Crowley house though because apparently a bunch of weird shit happened and he felt like it was cursed or something. Which is funny because that's the whole reason why he bought it in the first place but, hey. Love love love Zeppelin 💚 their relationship with the occult is super interesting. Many of their songs have references to it