@@TheEsotericaChannel I must say, you are indubitably an absolute unit. Hear I thought you couldn't be anymore cooler. We appreciate everything you do, by sharing with us the best of what is to offer. A special thanks to you. Much obliged.
@@TheEsotericaChannel could you please film it next time you summon a demon? That would make an awesome video. I really appreciate your vast knowledge on the matter. You must be one of the top demonologists in the world.
You sound like a nice blend of intelligent Aquarian, Sarcastic Pisces and grounded critical Virgo. How did I go with my analogy. Btw, I am Jungian and enjoy your research and humour. Look forward to more of your analogies. Scorpio might be a strong influence also.
"Don't conjur multiple demons that don't like each other, you'll just get ..... wrestling-" EASILY added 10 years to my life. I love this channel so much, hearing Latin so seamlessly in your speech is just a blessing. Thanks so much !
Funny you mentioned how the demon summoning mechanism might work in a video game. The mid 90s elder scrolls game daggerfall kinda worked like that. Where the various daedric princes (stand in for demonic intelligences in the game universe.) can only be summoned at their specific temples on specific days of the year. And if you missed one you could end up waiting months in game to try again. Cool to see that system has its roots in real world cosmology.
Some of the Princes also required certain weather or could not be summoned in specific weather. IIRC Witches Covens had fewer restrictions on summoning circumstances than the Mages Guild. Yeah. My screen name is "Talking Mudcrab." I'm obsessed with the elder Elder Scrolls games.
I know its gotta be hard to keep something completely hidden but I'm surprised the catholic society in those days didnt go around and burning anybody n there homes, friends, and or other partners to completely erase all manuals to this
imagine being some dark cult dedicated to molag bal, and you're just about to summon him after decades of preparation, when your cult supplies cart gets stuck in some mud on the road or something, and you miss the day to summon him, so you have to wait a whole year again just to get another chance.
You mentioned geocentrism in the video, and in particular that theologians viewed the demonic as existing in the 'air' under the moon. As opposed to the later Protestant view that demons lived in hell under the ground. Have you considered doing a video on something like 'The midevil mind' or the 'late midevil worldview'? I think people dont realize just how different the conception of not just the world, but the fundamental mechanism of that world, is from our modern view. Thank you for the content as always!
I second the medieval mind idea; I often watch this channel when prepping for my D&D campaign for inspiration and I may be able to refer my players to such a video to assist with immersion and tone @@TheEsotericaChannel
I'd like to know where this idea comes from. The afterlife in the Christian bible, from what I remember, isn't the way it's depicted these days. It's like an underworld divided into two sections where a "paradise" is on one side where righteous dwell, and the other side where sinners go. Nobody actually goes to heaven.
@@dizzydial8081 In some passages of the New Testament Jesus seemed to say that the Kingdom of God was coming to earth in the near future, within the lifetime of those hearing His speaches. There would be no need for the righteous dead to go to heaven because God's Kingdom would be on earth. Since that does not seem to happen, a new idea of souls going to heaven evolved without any divine texts to base it on.
There actually is a video game with a summoning system similar to what you describe: The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall. In that game, if you wanted to commune with Daedric Princes (powerful godlike and demon-like entities) and seek their power, you not only had to find the witch coven who could perform the ritual for you, but each one of the Princes had their own "summoning day" on the in-game calendar year that was the only day the ritual could be performed. Also, if it happened to be raining that day, you were out of luck, because attempting to summon one of the other Princes during the rain would instead summon Sheogorath, Prince of Madness. (He likes the rain).
@@ayinwithnoyang like i'm not gonna lie.. i had a lot of fun in skyrim, i put in hundreds of hours... but none of the mechanics are very deep, even Oblivion, the game directly before it had some pretty deep mechanics, like being able to create your own spells
Listening to this channel while also being obsessed currently with the lore of Elden Ring is very neat experience, especially when there are subtle or not so subtle connections between the lore and actual old magic. Probably not your intended audience but I still love the channel and thank you for what you do!
This channel has done a lot to educate me just how different our conception of the world in the West today is from our ancestors a couple centuries ago.
Wow! You are well educated. Even when you present popular questions of the masses you ask them where they sound like answers. I wish I could've had a teacher with your understanding of your teachings.
Rock and ROLL! I love this necromancer/professor, and I love his chutzpah, his flagrant audacity in writing, publishing, and completely copping to his wonderful system of astral necromancy! I am so glad that you shared your knowledge of this Antonio da Montolmo maniac with the rest of us! Your work/brilliance/sense of humor are all just glorious to behold! Thank you, Dr. Sledge! Thank you. PS: Despite the alleged elegance and simplicity of this Montolmo guy's system, can you think of even one project, no matter how abstruse or grandiose, in which it would actually seem worth all the risk and hassle of performing one of his astral-demonological operations? It's often that way with ritual magic; you look at the effort of performing the ritual on the one hand, versus just doing the work (whatever it may be) with your own hands and brain on the other hand, and the magic almost always turns out to be the more cumbersome of the two paths to pursue. I'm sure that many a student of medieval sorcery probably looked through their first real grimoire and just thought: "Fuck it. I'll go dowse and dig for the stupid buried treasure myself!"
@zoutewand i was working for 2 different bakeries then :) i was living on my own and needed as many hours as i could force myself to do haha. I only work for 1 of them now luckily
@@arturhashmi6281 Realm just means domain / area / sphere / world, not necessarily physical and not necessarily in this dimension, e.g the realm of heaven. If anything the other person was creating the impression that they think hell is a physical place under the ground somewhere. I'm saying the opposite.
@@RedDoorPaintedBlack. I do not think that Hell is a place perse, but if someone says it is underground or it is "above the sky", it means it is hidden from them, that it is unknown "place" and I think thats the point, people saw that dead bodies sink in the ground and spirit/breath exhalate to the air, so people saw both possibilities, but the core of such believe was secret, hidden aspect of death and accompanying fear. In modern times most of people does not believe in demons underground, but a lot of people imagine eg. alliens in the unknown areas of our universe, some people see visions of ufo and powerfull beings, because thats where our culture sets the border between our knowledge and the cosmic mystery. Our understanding of the universe is constantly growing but the unknown will always exist and "hic sunt dracones". (Sorry for my english it's not the best but I wish it is understandable.)
Kinda blows my mind that a content creator who focuses on religion and history has so many followers. Not complaining. I love history and theology so this is right up my alley. It gives me a bit of hope for mankind. I'm a firm believer that history is the most important thing a person can know. It's basically everything.
Childhood me is beaming rn. As a kid I was obsessed with this kind of stuff, like all through fifth grade to 9th lol. Loved the stories and lore. Mind you I never became one of those particularly eccentric kids
So many books and knowledge to explore, reading was all I did when I was young and it pays off so much, can't wait to have my kids experience that too. Sorry for the ramble your comment just brought that up
OK, I can’t stop thinking about the idea of conjuring a couple of mythed-off demons of different types, and they come up so mad about it all in general and at each other in specific that it turns into some sort of necromantic wrestling federation match. Hmmmmm… NWF Wrestling. 🤔
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you give a comprehensive and grounded experience every time. I like your academic examination of these things it allows anyone who wants to think about them a clear perspective pov fascination rather than mystical viels
I'm new here but am already a big fan. I have studied Esoteric subjects my whole life. This makes me think about belief and consciousness. Psychic mediums and channelers fascinate me. The paranormal and extraterrestrial are a couple of favorites too. I can't wait to watch more. Thank you
This is the sort of thing that RUclips was made for....where else could I find a scholarly presentation about a "recently " discovered manuscript from a necromancer/academic? The good rebbe lays it out very clearly and cleanly, and I have already learned more from the video than I bargained for. Well done.
In astrology Its called the The Medium Coeli or Midheaven (MC): Located at the very top of a birth chart, at the 12 o'clock mark, the MC represents the highest point on the horizon that any planet can reach.
As to the "bravery" of Antonio da Montolmo, as Mycroft says to Watson in Sherlock, "Bravery is by far the kindest word for stupidity, don't you think?" These guys who just kept on knowing full well what was likely to be the outcome...well CRAZY is another word that comes to mind, eh? But for us, we are glad they did or all this information would have been lost. As always, you crack me up.
In this context for bravery, instead of stupidity, i prefer, either unaware of the possibilities, or unaware of how much they will regret those possibilities, or simply that luck and maybe skill is on their side. Stupid is a stupid word.
The idea of demons inhabiting the air, reminds me of a passage in the book of Enoch, concerning the spirits of the Nephilim, that after death, their spirits would neither ascend to heaven nor descend to hell, but would continue to exist as invisible disembodied spirits that neither eat or drink. (Very loosely paraphrasing 😅)
Really excited for the continuation of this topic. I love everything on this channel and this topic is something I'm looking forward to learning more about. Can't wait!
I walked with a group of demons in different plane of existence in a dream. They weren’t scary but looked like weird creatures and I actually felt completely safe. I don’t know why/how but I know they had to be demons. We walked through a dark clearing in a forest at night, walked up to a weird altar on a hill and then my dream ended when they left.
Sounds like Morbid Angels' demo haha. Thank you Dr. Sledge. I love your channel. I wish I could catch a live stream just to tell you how awesome it is.
Rise up o powers of the sea In the name of Absu I call Come and carry my curse To the ones who me disgust May they burn in my cauldron For they are as molten wax So made it be
If I watched this a read ago I would have no idea what this guy is saying but now that I’ve done my proper readings I’m so happy to understand everything going on here 🙏🏻❤️
Me: casually listening to a guy explaining Astral Necromancy to fall asleep My YT App: Somehow always finds its way to a 3-hour SCP video when I wake up(legitimately every time)
Interesting to hear the "crossroads" being an ideal spot for rituals. As you said that idea continued into more contemporary times, but it immediately made me think of the musicians that "sold their soul to the devil" which the stories almost always involve meeting the "devil" at a crossroads
If you bring one person back from the dead, you're a necromancer, or at least necro-curious. But when you bring yourself back from the dead, you are a full on demi-lich. Easter is such a weird holiday.
I haven't done any engineering since 2001, but my mind is now thinking about how a software system that could encapsulate all these rules might easily be written by someone still in the field. It's as though it's an ancient design specification. Of course, we'd need a time machine to transport a necromancer to 2024 and find a safe-enough crossroads for him to stand there with his laptop and play the incantations. I don't know about you folks, but in my area that'd be hard to find, except maybe in really quiet residential neighborhoods at midnight. But there are street lights, and some guy drawing circles and pentacles, and then standing in the middle with a laptop is gonna be spotted by some nosy person, who might trot out to find out what he was doing and if really good weed was involved.
I find this really fascinating especially because I don’t actually believe demons exist, but I do practice astral magic using a lot of incense and elaborate arrangements of the altar objects in rituals.
Demons absolutely exist we just can't comprehend their intentions. These beings have been around since God created Earth so their intelligence and manipulations are beyond a human ability to reason. While angles were taught their entire life to love humans Demons were taught to hate humanity. Demons blame humanity for their never ending suffering imposed on them by the creator. For both angels and Demons their ultimate punishment and reason for their suffering is separation from God. Demons know they will never be in the presence of our Lord ever again, it's a wound that will never heal
I just want to say that I really love your channel and I share it often in my fb. I find this topic completely intriguing. I love the pic you posted with Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. In my opinion you're awesome. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🖤💀🖤
Damn, one of your best again, Dr. Sledge. Thanks. You’ve said a number of times in the past that astrology is not your forte, but it looks like - of necessity- you are having to grapple with it more and more. Would love to see you one day grab the bull by the horns and explore the whole interface between astrology and necromancy.
This is kinda it. Honestly the synthesis was basically abandoned and most Solomonic mage has very little to do with astrological elections, c.f., the total lack of astrological elections in the Lesser Key, which is certainly the most commonly used grimoire today. I have a pretty good understanding of Hellenistic and Medeival astrology, though it's just not something I'm terribly interested in. In fact, I wouldn't even consider astrology to be 'esoteric' in this period. I mean, it was literally taught in universities.
@@TheEsotericaChannel Ah, that explains a lot. I guess i assumed there must be more to it because of how demons & spirits are ordered by the 7 planets. And all those tables in Agrippa. I'm currently looking at a grimoire from 1505 that is spuriously associated with Johannes Georg Faust, and for each spirit associated with a planet, auspicious days of the week and hours to conjure and bind them are listed. I thought some "ephemeral election" might be behind this!
I love everything about this. I'm designing right now a tabletop rpg with the intention to make a magic system that can capture this very kind of feeling. You are manna from the sky
I didn't know that the semantic field of "necromancy" widened out in medieval times to include the conjuration of demons. Because in modern times it has narrowed again, possibly as a result of the systematization of terminology in fantasy role-playing games. But it's now centered on reanimating the dead rather than simply communicating with them.
I need to give this a read. I’ve been developing a tabletop rpg that uses tarot or fortune decks instead of dice. The version I’m working on now uses Everway Company’s Fortune Deck which has the seven planets and the zodiac on the cards. This video gave me a great idea for translating one of the classes from my tarot version to the Everway one. Thanks for the inspiration, friend.
For all the medieval inaccuracies of actual extant animals monks then had only heard tell of, their depiction of smiling demons with actual friendly expressions is something else...my learned contribution. Many a modern day practitioner would know of these manuscripts! And yet I've not heard of Montolmo's work until now here on Esoterica from the esteemed Justin Sledge! 🎉 📖 📚 😈 🌟 ! I do so appreciate the spiritual sequel to Astrological Necromancy! Did Cecco's bust end up beside Dee's on the shelf behind? I so appreciate the hand-off of research! How Cecco doesnt become a derived word now, like Commodus (iffy, for commode?) or other more accurate, is beyond me. For obstinacy. For foolish fateful obstinacy. I wonder if it's related to astrolatry or Librae Lunae, Mansions of the Moon astrological magic, like the Picatrix! 🎉 📖 🌌 Oh, Hadean Press's pamphlet take on Summa Sacre Magice, Naming the Heavens! "Cecco's ashes!" ought to be a new expression on foolhardy pursuits! Like Quixote's windmills! Fascinating how demons are seen as "up there!" Kinda leads to the medieval and later thinking on prosecution/persecution to the witch trials, the moon and all, tides, phases... hey, the Four Kings! I'd wondered about the chimeral astrological signs...to snowball from below, astrological magic rpg/crpg kickstarter? Brings to mind as well, 🔮 💎 💧, so many learned author practitioners on historical mages would be nodding along in surety! I appreciate the contemporary evolution of magick beyond coercion to cooperation. So does that Key 🔑 await publishing or lost to time? ⌛️ ⏳️ ⌛️ Oh man, what a throughline that has me in awe of the roots of learned contemporary magick practice! 🎉 🌌 🌟 📖 📚 ✍️ 📜 the democratic liberality of freeing manuscripts for public reading AND 📚 book recommendations are amazing, Dr Sledge! 🎯 📚!! I do like the tinge of melancholy of the new iteration of end music! 🎹!
Edit: that Tony manages to do this so boldly a sign that his book works? This is fascinating; with his clearly practice oriented bent (courting abjurations seem so pragmatic) & insistence of non universal maleficence if e was starting (🤣) to hit up against the limits of Christian metaphysics and even monotheism
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@@TheEsotericaChannel I must say, you are indubitably an absolute unit.
Hear I thought you couldn't be anymore cooler. We appreciate everything you do, by sharing with us the best of what is to offer. A special thanks to you. Much obliged.
@@TheEsotericaChannel could you please film it next time you summon a demon? That would make an awesome video.
I really appreciate your vast knowledge on the matter. You must be one of the top demonologists in the world.
You sound like a nice blend of intelligent Aquarian, Sarcastic Pisces and grounded critical Virgo. How did I go with my analogy. Btw, I am Jungian and enjoy your research and humour. Look forward to more of your analogies. Scorpio might be a strong influence also.
"Don't conjur multiple demons that don't like each other, you'll just get ..... wrestling-" EASILY added 10 years to my life. I love this channel so much, hearing Latin so seamlessly in your speech is just a blessing. Thanks so much !
It’s legit advice!
Why else would you summon them?
So basically they behave like betta fish.
Necromantic Wrestling Federation
What does that even mean, added 10 years to your life? Also, no one knows how Latin was actually spoken.
This is criminally underrated. I've never learned about this part of history anywhere else before
The channel ain't called Esoterica for nothing
There is a SEA of knowledge that you will never see on RUclips and other mega corp planforms
watch europa the last battle
There’s a reason they don’t openly teach this knowledge. It goes against their narrative and can empower you
@@aryanlong6344 esoteric knowledge from a man like this. Dangerous
This video brought me back from the dead.
Praise be to autoplay
Oh I get it!!!
same tbh
It’s working 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Simple, yet still pretty funny.
I'm adding "necromancy flex" to my lexicon. Thank you, Dr Sledge, for not only enlightening but entertaining the curious-minded.
flexicon?!
@@thevoidmessiah i came here just to type that LOL
I'm just imagining an arm bone straight up bulging unnaturally with muscle.
@@hobosorcerer LOL back from the dead for gains and reps 💪💀reading the flexicon helps with deadlifts
Some people say it's hard raising a family, I say not if they're buried close enough together
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Id put a funeral ring on that...
Amazing.
😅 That's just sick. 😂
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Friday night ESOTERICA brings me an unspeakable happiness.
SAME!
Same! I also love to listen to the play lists the rest of the week.
No no, dare not speak it my good man!!!
Funny you mentioned how the demon summoning mechanism might work in a video game. The mid 90s elder scrolls game daggerfall kinda worked like that. Where the various daedric princes (stand in for demonic intelligences in the game universe.) can only be summoned at their specific temples on specific days of the year. And if you missed one you could end up waiting months in game to try again. Cool to see that system has its roots in real world cosmology.
Some of the Princes also required certain weather or could not be summoned in specific weather. IIRC Witches Covens had fewer restrictions on summoning circumstances than the Mages Guild.
Yeah. My screen name is "Talking Mudcrab." I'm obsessed with the elder Elder Scrolls games.
I know its gotta be hard to keep something completely hidden but I'm surprised the catholic society in those days didnt go around and burning anybody n there homes, friends, and or other partners to completely erase all manuals to this
@@talkingmudcrab718 Oh wise talking mud crap, feed your ancient tales!
@@Loy_Otterton Don't mind me guys, I'm just offloading some inventory. (opens mudcrab and transfers gold bars and soul gems)
imagine being some dark cult dedicated to molag bal, and you're just about to summon him after decades of preparation, when your cult supplies cart gets stuck in some mud on the road or something, and you miss the day to summon him, so you have to wait a whole year again just to get another chance.
You mentioned geocentrism in the video, and in particular that theologians viewed the demonic as existing in the 'air' under the moon. As opposed to the later Protestant view that demons lived in hell under the ground. Have you considered doing a video on something like 'The midevil mind' or the 'late midevil worldview'? I think people dont realize just how different the conception of not just the world, but the fundamental mechanism of that world, is from our modern view.
Thank you for the content as always!
That's a great idea, and I agree! We really take for granted that we see the world the same at all and that couldn't be further from the case.
I second the medieval mind idea; I often watch this channel when prepping for my D&D campaign for inspiration and I may be able to refer my players to such a video to assist with immersion and tone @@TheEsotericaChannel
This is what I’ve been searching for as well. This would be a fantastic episode.
I'd like to know where this idea comes from. The afterlife in the Christian bible, from what I remember, isn't the way it's depicted these days. It's like an underworld divided into two sections where a "paradise" is on one side where righteous dwell, and the other side where sinners go. Nobody actually goes to heaven.
@@dizzydial8081 In some passages of the New Testament Jesus seemed to say that the Kingdom of God was coming to earth in the near future, within the lifetime of those hearing His speaches. There would be no need for the righteous dead to go to heaven because God's Kingdom would be on earth. Since that does not seem to happen, a new idea of souls going to heaven evolved without any divine texts to base it on.
There actually is a video game with a summoning system similar to what you describe: The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall. In that game, if you wanted to commune with Daedric Princes (powerful godlike and demon-like entities) and seek their power, you not only had to find the witch coven who could perform the ritual for you, but each one of the Princes had their own "summoning day" on the in-game calendar year that was the only day the ritual could be performed. Also, if it happened to be raining that day, you were out of luck, because attempting to summon one of the other Princes during the rain would instead summon Sheogorath, Prince of Madness. (He likes the rain).
@@dion8895 TES is goated
man... TES has been so dumbed down... compare that to skyrim...
@@jameskazd9951 sadly, as much as I hate to admit , you ain’t wrong, i fear for TES6
@@ayinwithnoyang like i'm not gonna lie.. i had a lot of fun in skyrim, i put in hundreds of hours... but none of the mechanics are very deep, even Oblivion, the game directly before it had some pretty deep mechanics, like being able to create your own spells
Yeah! Go Elder Scrolls!!
"This could be an excellent mechanic for a magic system in game design"
Dr. Justin sees right through me
The necromancy episodes are always full of fun language and interesting concepts. I thoroughly enjoyed this one.
Listening to this channel while also being obsessed currently with the lore of Elden Ring is very neat experience, especially when there are subtle or not so subtle connections between the lore and actual old magic. Probably not your intended audience but I still love the channel and thank you for what you do!
Right there with you 🖤
Literally in the same boat my friend. An elden ring enjoyer x esoteric magical knowledge
You're in the right place ❤
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I’m sure the dying earth book series would interest you. The magic system of D&D was based off its universe. Suuuuper interesting story.
If I had the money I would totally fund a film adaptation of the life of Antonio da Montolmo. Guy seems like a fascinating person.
I'm pretty sure this has become my favorite channel.
“The dead speak”
Thanks for all your stuff always appreciated
3am Necromancer training
3:14 am
Watching this at 3:36 am
4:10 am here ✌🏿
3:22 on the base
3:37am for me
This channel has done a lot to educate me just how different our conception of the world in the West today is from our ancestors a couple centuries ago.
Wow! You are well educated. Even when you present popular questions of the masses you ask them where they sound like answers. I wish I could've had a teacher with your understanding of your teachings.
Rock and ROLL! I love this necromancer/professor, and I love his chutzpah, his flagrant audacity in writing, publishing, and completely copping to his wonderful system of astral necromancy! I am so glad that you shared your knowledge of this Antonio da Montolmo maniac with the rest of us! Your work/brilliance/sense of humor are all just glorious to behold! Thank you, Dr. Sledge! Thank you.
PS: Despite the alleged elegance and simplicity of this Montolmo guy's system, can you think of even one project, no matter how abstruse or grandiose, in which it would actually seem worth all the risk and hassle of performing one of his astral-demonological operations? It's often that way with ritual magic; you look at the effort of performing the ritual on the one hand, versus just doing the work (whatever it may be) with your own hands and brain on the other hand, and the magic almost always turns out to be the more cumbersome of the two paths to pursue. I'm sure that many a student of medieval sorcery probably looked through their first real grimoire and just thought: "Fuck it. I'll go dowse and dig for the stupid buried treasure myself!"
I am so glad I am not the only one who thinks about this 😅.
@@fredriksdottir "Ye wishe me to boil a virgin what?? ... Well, mayhap there be few lefte in ye pantryr."
Thanks! I work 12 hours a days 5-6 days a week. These videos help keep my mind occupied so well as I chip away at what needs to get done :)
Glad to help - and thanks !
Conjuring someone to take my shift right now
Wow what kinda work do you do? Be careful not to get burnt out or to be taken advantage of!!
@zoutewand i was working for 2 different bakeries then :) i was living on my own and needed as many hours as i could force myself to do haha. I only work for 1 of them now luckily
Justin Sledge talking about necromancy is the most metal thing ive seen
Right up until someone makes a video of demon wrestling brother! OOooooo yeeeeeeah in the kingdom of the myaaaadnesssss!
Step in to a SlimJim.... DIG IT!
Demons in the air somehow makes more sense than demons underground in hell.
How does it make more sense?
Hell isn't under ground, it's a different realm.
@@RedDoorPaintedBlack. why do you say realm? Is it physical place in your opinion?
@@arturhashmi6281 Realm just means domain / area / sphere / world, not necessarily physical and not necessarily in this dimension, e.g the realm of heaven. If anything the other person was creating the impression that they think hell is a physical place under the ground somewhere. I'm saying the opposite.
@@RedDoorPaintedBlack. I do not think that Hell is a place perse, but if someone says it is underground or it is "above the sky", it means it is hidden from them, that it is unknown "place" and I think thats the point, people saw that dead bodies sink in the ground and spirit/breath exhalate to the air, so people saw both possibilities, but the core of such believe was secret, hidden aspect of death and accompanying fear. In modern times most of people does not believe in demons underground, but a lot of people imagine eg. alliens in the unknown areas of our universe, some people see visions of ufo and powerfull beings, because thats where our culture sets the border between our knowledge and the cosmic mystery. Our understanding of the universe is constantly growing but the unknown will always exist and "hic sunt dracones". (Sorry for my english it's not the best but I wish it is understandable.)
Kinda blows my mind that a content creator who focuses on religion and history has so many followers. Not complaining. I love history and theology so this is right up my alley. It gives me a bit of hope for mankind. I'm a firm believer that history is the most important thing a person can know. It's basically everything.
He made an ancient anti depressant… with his own home lab!
Amazing.. did you see that? He left out the mercury.
Childhood me is beaming rn. As a kid I was obsessed with this kind of stuff, like all through fifth grade to 9th lol. Loved the stories and lore. Mind you I never became one of those particularly eccentric kids
So many books and knowledge to explore, reading was all I did when I was young and it pays off so much, can't wait to have my kids experience that too. Sorry for the ramble your comment just brought that up
OK, I can’t stop thinking about the idea of conjuring a couple of mythed-off demons of different types, and they come up so mad about it all in general and at each other in specific that it turns into some sort of necromantic wrestling federation match. Hmmmmm… NWF Wrestling. 🤔
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@@TheEsotericaChannel MIR, the space demon station! Percolating rpg's to space scifi horror genre... 📖 🚀 🌌 😈 ISS, Intelligence Summa Sacre... 💡🤔 🚀 🌎 🌏
Amazing. Fascinating. Possibly my favorite episode of Esoterica yet, and that's saying something.
you give a comprehensive and grounded experience every time. I like your academic examination of these things it allows anyone who wants to think about them a clear perspective pov fascination rather than mystical viels
I'm new here but am already a big fan. I have studied Esoteric subjects my whole life. This makes me think about belief and consciousness. Psychic mediums and channelers fascinate me. The paranormal and extraterrestrial are a couple of favorites too. I can't wait to watch more. Thank you
This is the sort of thing that RUclips was made for....where else could I find a scholarly presentation about a "recently " discovered manuscript from a necromancer/academic? The good rebbe lays it out very clearly and cleanly, and I have already learned more from the video than I bargained for. Well done.
This might literally be the best pedal demo ive ever seen
I gotta watch more from.your channel
In astrology Its called the The Medium Coeli or Midheaven (MC): Located at the very top of a birth chart, at the 12 o'clock mark, the MC represents the highest point on the horizon that any planet can reach.
Im considered a weirdo for being into these sorts of things.. i find it refreshing that here we are just conversating on the topic
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As to the "bravery" of Antonio da Montolmo, as Mycroft says to Watson in Sherlock, "Bravery is by far the kindest word for stupidity, don't you think?" These guys who just kept on knowing full well what was likely to be the outcome...well CRAZY is another word that comes to mind, eh? But for us, we are glad they did or all this information would have been lost. As always, you crack me up.
In this context for bravery, instead of stupidity, i prefer, either unaware of the possibilities, or unaware of how much they will regret those possibilities, or simply that luck and maybe skill is on their side. Stupid is a stupid word.
@@DG-iw3yw Stupid is a perfectly good word. Some folks are just stupid.
The idea of demons inhabiting the air, reminds me of a passage in the book of Enoch, concerning the spirits of the Nephilim, that after death, their spirits would neither ascend to heaven nor descend to hell, but would continue to exist as invisible disembodied spirits that neither eat or drink. (Very loosely paraphrasing 😅)
Your delivery on this topic is fantastic, Dr. Sledge!!
You have a fan here. Your humor too with that straight face adds to your charm. Gives a belly roll here.
that would be the donuts my good sir
Really excited for the continuation of this topic. I love everything on this channel and this topic is something I'm looking forward to learning more about. Can't wait!
This channel is rapidly becoming a favourite of mine. Keep up the good work!
The old "I'm just saying" defense--literally classic.
Thanks Dr. Sledge, always a pleasure to watch your videos
I walked with a group of demons in different plane of existence in a dream. They weren’t scary but looked like weird creatures and I actually felt completely safe. I don’t know why/how but I know they had to be demons. We walked through a dark clearing in a forest at night, walked up to a weird altar on a hill and then my dream ended when they left.
FBI freeze
Thank you Dr. Sledge 🙏❤
Sounds like Morbid Angels' demo haha. Thank you Dr. Sledge. I love your channel. I wish I could catch a live stream just to tell you how awesome it is.
Rise up o powers of the sea
In the name of Absu I call
Come and carry my curse
To the ones who me disgust
May they burn in my cauldron
For they are as molten wax
So made it be
I feel like I'm in a time portal with every video I watch🌙
This is fantastic and I love the explanations of why do they appear to some and not others, why in crystals, etc. Thank you. 🙏
"The confidence of the doctor" sounds like an important element for creating a powerful placebo.
Astral wrestling is exactly what I imagine would happen summoning a bunch of demons who don’t ‘gel’
If I watched this a read ago I would have no idea what this guy is saying but now that I’ve done my proper readings I’m so happy to understand everything going on here 🙏🏻❤️
This is one of the works I have been searching for. Thank you for the direction.
The game is called Mage the Ascension
actually its a very recent fortnite leak
An amazing video! Thanks Dr. Sledge!
This video inspires grave thoughts. Thank you for resurrecting my interest. Love your videos!
As a Christian myself love your videos! Explains a lot what's happening around us thank you! And Amen.
Those old games took attention to detail very seriously!
Me: casually listening to a guy explaining Astral Necromancy to fall asleep
My YT App: Somehow always finds its way to a 3-hour SCP video when I wake up(legitimately every time)
Interesting to hear the "crossroads" being an ideal spot for rituals. As you said that idea continued into more contemporary times, but it immediately made me think of the musicians that "sold their soul to the devil" which the stories almost always involve meeting the "devil" at a crossroads
so happy to exist in a time period where i get to listen to this video and play starwars battlefront 2 at the same time.
Always appreciate a new episode. You are my favorite.
and "evil dead" as well as the necrnomicon just became real. thanks bro.
“Ask Cecco…you can’t because he’s ASHES” is a new favorite along side “Josh of Nazareth”
Classic!
With all this information about magic, demons, and angels, it's comforting to know that magic isn't real.
Isn't it, though?
aw man. learning that i’ll never be able to talk to a demon just cause my mom didn’t get hitched is a real bummer.
That’s not true
0:48 - Where might I learn more about this pre-Islamic "astral magic"?
Look into Sumerian and Babylonian magic
oh man new history channel to watch obsessively for the next eight hours oh joy
If you bring one person back from the dead, you're a necromancer, or at least necro-curious.
But when you bring yourself back from the dead, you are a full on demi-lich.
Easter is such a weird holiday.
@@matthewsermons7247 technically, you're a lich. A demi lich is after much decay.
Also, once you've brought someone back from the dead you are no longer necro curious, you're a full on necromancer.
You're a gift to humanity, you're hilarious and brilliant. Thank you for the great work.
Finally. I always had trouble making friends... but now, I should have no trouble at all!
I practiced Necromancer magic for pyrokinesis, teleportation, dragontine serpent enchantment, and robe summoning.
I haven't done any engineering since 2001, but my mind is now thinking about how a software system that could encapsulate all these rules might easily be written by someone still in the field. It's as though it's an ancient design specification. Of course, we'd need a time machine to transport a necromancer to 2024 and find a safe-enough crossroads for him to stand there with his laptop and play the incantations. I don't know about you folks, but in my area that'd be hard to find, except maybe in really quiet residential neighborhoods at midnight. But there are street lights, and some guy drawing circles and pentacles, and then standing in the middle with a laptop is gonna be spotted by some nosy person, who might trot out to find out what he was doing and if really good weed was involved.
Didn't I see that ritual on 'Buffy'? 🤔
I can assure you, really good doesn't even begin to nail the potency of weed required.
I find this really fascinating especially because I don’t actually believe demons exist, but I do practice astral magic using a lot of incense and elaborate arrangements of the altar objects in rituals.
Demons absolutely exist we just can't comprehend their intentions. These beings have been around since God created Earth so their intelligence and manipulations are beyond a human ability to reason. While angles were taught their entire life to love humans Demons were taught to hate humanity. Demons blame humanity for their never ending suffering imposed on them by the creator. For both angels and Demons their ultimate punishment and reason for their suffering is separation from God. Demons know they will never be in the presence of our Lord ever again, it's a wound that will never heal
Came to learn how to summon demons. Left disappointed because demons don't like me as I was born out of wedlock. Unexpected twist.😢
@@adiaromaine-figueroa3066 m2! Won’t hurt to try tho right?!
I just want to say that I really love your channel and I share it often in my fb. I find this topic completely intriguing. I love the pic you posted with Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. In my opinion you're awesome. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🖤💀🖤
Magic is all about activating certain parts of human brain or to change the brain chemistry with certain magic rituals.
I arose from a deep sleep on the couch to this video playing via shuffle. Killer video Doc!! 💪
I love this sort of videos, gives some cool ideas for world building and story writing
Thank you for teaching so much of your knowledge. You are a wealth of esoteric treasures
☮love all the research you do.
Thanks for the kind donation!
Im a Capricorn and getting a divorce from an Aquarius, so thats a 100% factual position on Antonio's part 😂
Damn, one of your best again, Dr. Sledge. Thanks. You’ve said a number of times in the past that astrology is not your forte, but it looks like - of necessity- you are having to grapple with it more and more. Would love to see you one day grab the bull by the horns and explore the whole interface between astrology and necromancy.
This is kinda it. Honestly the synthesis was basically abandoned and most Solomonic mage has very little to do with astrological elections, c.f., the total lack of astrological elections in the Lesser Key, which is certainly the most commonly used grimoire today. I have a pretty good understanding of Hellenistic and Medeival astrology, though it's just not something I'm terribly interested in. In fact, I wouldn't even consider astrology to be 'esoteric' in this period. I mean, it was literally taught in universities.
@@TheEsotericaChannel Ah, that explains a lot. I guess i assumed there must be more to it because of how demons & spirits are ordered by the 7 planets. And all those tables in Agrippa. I'm currently looking at a grimoire from 1505 that is spuriously associated with Johannes Georg Faust, and for each spirit associated with a planet, auspicious days of the week and hours to conjure and bind them are listed. I thought some "ephemeral election" might be behind this!
I love everything about this.
I'm designing right now a tabletop rpg with the intention to make a magic system that can capture this very kind of feeling.
You are manna from the sky
They replaced a sorcerer with a sorcerer and were like, “You’re one of the good ones, Antonio.”
This was excellent... confirmed many things for me... THANK YOU!
You have always very interesting and undoubtedly unique content. I especially like it as it inspires me.
If you’re planning on summoning demons, don’t forget to shout “avaunt”.
GNU Terry Pratchett.
The universe led me to you today, your newest favorite fan has arrived 😂but seriously, I’m obsessed! Will be watching you all day now
Love your videos. #Necromancyflex should be trending....
Fond of ur cerebral presentation & ur dry sense of humor. Thanks for some fascinating info!
I didn't know that the semantic field of "necromancy" widened out in medieval times to include the conjuration of demons. Because in modern times it has narrowed again, possibly as a result of the systematization of terminology in fantasy role-playing games. But it's now centered on reanimating the dead rather than simply communicating with them.
Woohoo new video! Much excite
Man I love your channel
It's so wonderful when a book manages to survive the ages. So sad to think of all the ones we've lost. A pox on book burners.
I need to give this a read. I’ve been developing a tabletop rpg that uses tarot or fortune decks instead of dice. The version I’m working on now uses Everway Company’s Fortune Deck which has the seven planets and the zodiac on the cards. This video gave me a great idea for translating one of the classes from my tarot version to the Everway one.
Thanks for the inspiration, friend.
Thank you 🙏🏻 I enjoy learning. You are wonderful. ✨🧚🏻♂️✨
For all the medieval inaccuracies of actual extant animals monks then had only heard tell of, their depiction of smiling demons with actual friendly expressions is something else...my learned contribution. Many a modern day practitioner would know of these manuscripts! And yet I've not heard of Montolmo's work until now here on Esoterica from the esteemed Justin Sledge! 🎉 📖 📚 😈 🌟 ! I do so appreciate the spiritual sequel to Astrological Necromancy! Did Cecco's bust end up beside Dee's on the shelf behind? I so appreciate the hand-off of research! How Cecco doesnt become a derived word now, like Commodus (iffy, for commode?) or other more accurate, is beyond me. For obstinacy. For foolish fateful obstinacy.
I wonder if it's related to astrolatry or Librae Lunae, Mansions of the Moon astrological magic, like the Picatrix! 🎉 📖 🌌
Oh, Hadean Press's pamphlet take on Summa Sacre Magice, Naming the Heavens! "Cecco's ashes!" ought to be a new expression on foolhardy pursuits! Like Quixote's windmills! Fascinating how demons are seen as "up there!" Kinda leads to the medieval and later thinking on prosecution/persecution to the witch trials, the moon and all, tides, phases... hey, the Four Kings! I'd wondered about the chimeral astrological signs...to snowball from below, astrological magic rpg/crpg kickstarter? Brings to mind as well, 🔮 💎 💧, so many learned author practitioners on historical mages would be nodding along in surety! I appreciate the contemporary evolution of magick beyond coercion to cooperation. So does that Key 🔑 await publishing or lost to time? ⌛️ ⏳️ ⌛️ Oh man, what a throughline that has me in awe of the roots of learned contemporary magick practice! 🎉 🌌 🌟 📖 📚 ✍️ 📜 the democratic liberality of freeing manuscripts for public reading AND 📚 book recommendations are amazing, Dr Sledge! 🎯 📚!! I do like the tinge of melancholy of the new iteration of end music! 🎹!
That's Agrippa!
@@TheEsotericaChannel oh pardon, Dr Sledge and Agrippa!! If you'd also like a bust of Paracelsus? 🎉
If only we knew what he looked like!
@@TheEsotericaChannel so the balding professor depicted even on episode thumbnails on the channel is at best an artistic guess? I'm astounded!
Yeah, it's the best guess but there are several version including the famous "fat" Paracelsus. I don't think any of them are regarded as true to life.
I wish my history classes in school would have gone over this stuff instead of going through the American Revolution 17 times
The first European necromancer, now this is correct. The World has too many secrets to say he is first.
super interesting, thanks. I like the idea of using the system for a game. Would love to see someone do something like that.
Edit: that Tony manages to do this so boldly a sign that his book works?
This is fascinating; with his clearly practice oriented bent (courting abjurations seem so pragmatic) & insistence of non universal maleficence if e was starting (🤣) to hit up against the limits of Christian metaphysics and even monotheism
On it's on? No, you'd need a reliable copy of the Clavicula Salomonis and good luck finding one of those
@@TheEsotericaChanneljust find a good necromancer to raise king solomon, a la endor, and you;;re set
I thoroughly enjoy reading and listening to topics of the occult. Very interesting, probably more truth to it in reality than many other systems.