Necromancy Manual in the Cambridge Library - Erotic Binding Magic, Divination & Spirit Summoning
Necromancy conjures to mind everything from the summoning of the dead to foretell the future to the conjuring and binding of spiritual forces, good and evil, to accomplish a wide range of ends. But, just what does real, historical necromancy look like? In this episode I explore a handwritten necromancer's manual from Tudor England - MS Add.3544 (c. 1536-9) - to discover just what kinds of magical practices it contains. From erotic binding magic (love magic), to divination, to conjuring spirits and plants to summoning various spirits, this manual gives us a wonderful insight into the religious and magical world of the late Medieval period.
#magic #necromancy #divination
Recommended Readings:
Young - The Cambridge Book of Magic - 978-0992640422
Other volumes in the Penn State History of Magic Series
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@alexisvulfiaawenfern8112
2 жыл бұрын
Is there a spell that proves magic real? Something that have clearly measurable effects?
@alexisvulfiaawenfern8112
2 жыл бұрын
@@jorgeabuauad I have good news for you! You never had a soul to begin with
@alexisvulfiaawenfern8112
2 жыл бұрын
@@jorgeabuauad Then where is the soul of a person, what does it do and how does it work? Also, how do you measure it?
@alexisvulfiaawenfern8112
2 жыл бұрын
@@jorgeabuauad Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn 👁👄👁
@alexisvulfiaawenfern8112
2 жыл бұрын
@@jorgeabuauad That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange aeons even death may die.
Imagine explaining to a 15th century magician how today we can just order a necromancy manual online and have it delivered to our house by postal services.
@user-gr7wd4kg3e
Жыл бұрын
And translated... Imagine explaining to the same how you used Google translate when your Latin faltered. Or used it to refer to citations and quotes from tomes in languages that you don't know at all...
@ItsNotShakespeare
Жыл бұрын
And then show them what we achieve with such power at our disposal and they will run
Druid: summons wolves Elementalist: summons fire spirits Necromancer: summons strippers
I find this old occulty stuff very interesting but its hard to find videos that aren't people over dramatizing it for spooky vibes. Thank you!
@exsilencio
2 жыл бұрын
Look up Arith Harger here on KZread for a similar treatment of icelandic/nordic shamanism and animism
@silversobe
2 жыл бұрын
Tracy Twyman, Foolish Fish
Yeah we are told explicitly not to play with any of this, which is like telling children not to touch something
Seeing "necromancy manual" and "erotic binding magic" in the same title is a little concerning.
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
y e s
@jhoughjr1
2 жыл бұрын
laughs in Slaaneshi
@Randomyoutubecommenter
2 жыл бұрын
LOL
@danstierman8796
2 жыл бұрын
There's a bestiality reference in there somewhere, but I don't like to beat a dead horse.
@warpath6666
2 жыл бұрын
So I was out for a walk and I found this homeless girl behind a dumpster. I took her home and got her in the bathroom to clean her up a bit. Well, next thing I knew, we were going at it like crazy right there on the bathroom floor. And oh man, the sounds that were coming out of her ... you'd swear she was still alive ... LOL!!! 😄🤣😝🤪
Criminally underated channel. The inquisition should do something about this!
I'm putting 'Necromancy' on my Grinder profile. Thanks for a great insight into history you don't normally hear about.
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
Might attract some wierdos.....might not be that bad, actually.
@Jason-ms8bv
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheEsotericaChannel Maybe conjure up some dancing girls. or boys maybe bats...perhaps this is not such a good idea after all...
@1JMoney
2 жыл бұрын
Oh yes the fecundity of fecal matter is a heavenly reward the cost of which is a tongue
@amfortas
2 жыл бұрын
@@Jason-ms8bv "or boys" Thanks for showing the world your true nature, deviant.
@1JMoney
2 жыл бұрын
@@amfortas Ha! But who are you to judge? You are not in Heaven yet - you still shit the gates of Hell. You are overly Proud. You would murder love to 'save' your daughter. You imprison men when you find it convenient, caring not at all whom you have left to rot. Do you not know the same will be done to you? True enough, the stench of shit is a sign one is headed to Hell - but at least that one still has the innocent love of the innocent, albeit turned toward perversion. You are in the same boat, and you will learn from one another, or die together.
Genius research, Justin. I love the way you teach and explain these subjects.
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Normally someone with an American accent saying "a couple of quid" sounds jarring to British ears, but you executed it to perfection. Good show, that man!
"Before Covid-19 was even over another new zoonosis pandemic occured. Later scientists were able to track this outbreak back to a KZread video about medieval magical love spells that were calling for the use of bat blood. This had inspired several people to engage in experiments that finally led to the transmission from animal to human" lol
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
w h o o p s - yeah, please don't hurt bats. Let the bats eat the mosquitos!
@alexanderleuchte5132
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheEsotericaChannel I just imagined some medievel proto-incel causing the Black Death by using rats in his experiments to conjure some naked ladies in his house lol I guess your disclaimers and basic common sense amongst your viewers should be enough in this case though
@davewolf8869
2 жыл бұрын
Don't lol. In 850 years we will "discover" unseen DNA and realize we're all part animal.
@amberhines01
2 жыл бұрын
@@davewolf8869 Unseen? Are dna is already almost identical to other animals. We are animals. It's already accepted we came from lower life forms
@amberhines01
2 жыл бұрын
@@starofsiam1 that's interesting. I saw a video on Brien foresters channel the other day he's the guy who studies The pre Incan civilizations of Peru. Theres a massive wall and gate you must enter through to get to the sun temple and he said they had people at the entrance who checked every single person's health before they were allowed to enter. Some ancient civilizations especially Egypt had the same medical knowledge and capabilities as doctors in the late 19th early 20th century. Theres many examples of head surgeries including metal implants. Dental surgery.fixing broken bones without infections or having to amputate. Then it all just stops and you find more modern people dying because they broke there leg or they decided to shit and piss next to the water supply or there village like simple things seemingly forgotten.The ancients we're aware of hygiene. Water was always a purifying substance in all cultures. We know they had doctors or medicine men. And I don't believe they would have been so widely used if every patient they had died.
Fantastic episode on an endlessly fascinating topic! Thank you so much for your hard work.
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks and I agree, this stuff is super fascinating.
Love your work!! God bless you and Esoterica!
Its refreshing to see blatant passion on a topic so steadily tempered. New sub. A+
@mikhael.j7
2 жыл бұрын
Does magick is really possible in real life or it's just law of attraction, mental projection, power of will kind of things. Conjuring demons, actual demons and deities, and actually actively see it work, like building castle or make one fly, need more information. Novice here
Really enjoying this material! Just was introduced to this channel. Finding it polished yet comfortable, Scholarly and hip. Really fascinating content and history!
Thank you for these great vids. Happy to support you on patron.
Love your channel, and all the dry humor.
Do the great uploads never end!? Thank you so much for making all of this awesome, free content Dr. Sledge. Watching your channel has shown me how interesting the objective study of theology is! I'm not religious at all, but all of this information is so crucial for forming a coherent picture of why the world is (and was) the way it is. You've demystified a lot of things I've half-learned in lame History Channel documentaries about "decoding the bible" or whatever, and that helps so much with being able to take the study of the esoteric seriously. Please keep up the awesome content, and I can't wait to see your channel explode into popularity, your videos are so well produced you'll be getting millions of views in no time!
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
I'll take a week off at some point! Glad you are finding the content engaging!
I love your seriousness with a dash of sass.
Thoroughly absorbing, as usual... Thank you!
Just Subbed🤗Love your content,Blessings💯
Another book on necromancy I have to get. Another great video!!
This was fantastic thank you, looking forward to watching and learning more
Thank you Dr Sledge. I honestly have to hand it to you. I haven't laughed so hard. I was going to make a comment about being at the Cambridge library in 1999 while living in Wirral England for 6 years. However I couldn't stop laughing at the can can dancers and the "For the nerds"14:04, that flashed on the screen 🤣. How you kept a straight face just added to the presentation. Brilliant work.
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
We gotta have at least a little fun with all this, right?
@paulinesereni5417
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheEsotericaChannel Absolutely!! I know I sure needed a good laugh.
Thanks for another episode, I been binging your channel for the past few days. Not sure if it's on your radar, but I'd be interested in a video on the Arbatel of Magick for sure. I read it after playing the first Silent Hill game on the PS1 because some of the keys were named after these "Olympian spirits" from the text.
Good work, brilliant.
New subscriber. This was very well done and very interesting. Your storytelling method is very similar to my own, and I look forward to learning from you.
I was shocked to hear about spells that involve marrying valerian root. From my understanding certain Druid leaders would marry the earth. I always found that odd, however I can see how that would lend certain “powers” to someone.
@georgethompson1460
2 жыл бұрын
maybe it was a form of sympathetic magic, marrying a plant that acted as a stand in for your desired lover.
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
I'm with George on this one.
@jasonflorence127
2 жыл бұрын
@@georgethompson1460 agreed
@amazinggrace5692
2 жыл бұрын
Does it refer to mending or joining or combining something? You can marry two pieces of something to make it one, such as wood or yarn for example or ropes. 🐝💕🇺🇸 Edit ... nvm, I just reached the wedding part.
The naked dancing women spell sounds ridiculous, but then there still are services where you pay somebody and they arrange for (nearly) naked women to dance at your house, so really it's totally normal once you think about it
@meatybtz
2 жыл бұрын
Pretty much a front for a kicking Party Organizer in the Middle Ages. You pay him money. He waves his wands, writes in bat's blood, and that night, he carts in a cart load of prostitutes for a swinging party. Get caught? Blame the MAAAAAAAAAAGIIIIIIC. Yup, all seems above board and quite normal human social behavior really. It was the alcohol that made me do it, it was the drugs.. it was a major religious experience.. it was the necromancer.. but really everyone just wanted to have some sexy fun.
@cymbolic_space1832
2 жыл бұрын
ethically less corrupt? i wonder. maybe a little. circumstances of employment of said dancers would effect that i suppose.
Okay, algorithm, you have my attention.
This is incredible. You are such a good teacher! Please keep it up.
Guy that straight up looks like Rasputin talking about magic? instant subscribe... Dazzle away Hairy Harry Potter. You have my undivided attention.
@MisstressMourtisha
2 жыл бұрын
😅💖
Brilliant content!!
I love this channel Bless you sir
Man, I'd love to sit down and go through those books, it looks pretty cool.
There definitely are some Spirit Binding Spells needed these days.
This was great.
I love your channel. Will you please consider a presentation that features the Urim and Thummim?
I imagine a necromancer charged a pretty hefty fee. These spells seem very time and labor intensive, everything being a specific time and place and object and strict order and very complex. Just obtaining the ingredients must have been a full time job. Also some sizable expenses, it seems nearly everything used has to be brand new.
@emil8366
2 жыл бұрын
Oh it’s very expensive…..likely only affordable by those in a certain entertainment industry. Unfortunately these things go sour pretty quickly as demons are only allegiant to the sacrifice so….if you run out of money for sacrifices, the demons already know too much about you and will turn to you
@tachyon7904
2 жыл бұрын
@@emil8366 LOL WHAT ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT
@tachyon7904
2 жыл бұрын
@@emil8366 ya dumb and you know literally nothing of magic
@emil8366
2 жыл бұрын
@@tachyon7904 u seem triggered. I pray for you and your pending shadow work
@tachyon7904
2 жыл бұрын
@@emil8366 I'm not mad I'm just confused
This stuff is under appreciated
You mentioned 22 surviving English books of magic. Can you share a list of these?
@MisstressMourtisha
2 жыл бұрын
That'd be nice wouldn't it 🤷♀️
@clemfandango5908
2 жыл бұрын
That’s like handing a child a loaded gun.
@damiandeville584
2 жыл бұрын
@@clemfandango5908 stop gassing it up. Tools are tools
@aaaassss4320
2 жыл бұрын
@@clemfandango5908 no its not. Its nothing like that. Like at all and you know this.
@johncaccioppo1142
2 жыл бұрын
Any useful tool can be used as a weapon
well this is my first video from your channel. i am hooked. I'd love to see your astrological natal chart. you are 100% not like most humans
Interesting video! As a newcomer to the history of alchemy, magic, hermeticism, do you recommend any specific texts? My intro to this was through reading the Kybalion which I very much enjoyed! Thank you!
I find this stuff very interesting.
I searched for years for your channel.
excellent!
I am so tempted to get a copy, it would sit well next to my Grimoire of Saint Cyprian.
@mikhael.j7
2 жыл бұрын
Have you used any of them, to what use ?
@thechatteringmagpie
2 жыл бұрын
@@mikhael.j7. No. My collection is more along the lines of being an acquired and interesting library. It is however, quite interesting. The practical books I have tend to be more folk-magic and apotropaic charms.
In this Episode, doctor Sledge was really inspired. The one i laughted most for the jokes.
Great objectivity
I don't believe in much, but I find the subject matter fascinating.
i believe you can improve sound quality by using a painted or dyed sheet over a thin layer of foam.
It would appear that the magical diagrams share several similarities with Old Norse Seiðr magic from the 13th century.
Is there a spell that proves magic real? Something that have clearly measurable effects?
@MisstressMourtisha
2 жыл бұрын
You can get a deck of tarot cards and shuffle them while you ask a question, eventually a card will shoot out of the deck and give you your answer. That's magick. If your looking for powers look at chi and meditation.
@alexisvulfiaawenfern8112
2 жыл бұрын
@@MisstressMourtisha As you try to apply the meaning of that card to yourself, you are creating the answer. It might be true, and it might even be useful, but it's just a way of talking to yourself (sometimes we need that). Is this what magick means to you?
@alexisvulfiaawenfern8112
2 жыл бұрын
@@madjiofcimmeria If something is real it doesn't goes away just because you understand it.
@alexisvulfiaawenfern8112
2 жыл бұрын
@@madjiofcimmeria So if you learn magic it stops being magic for you (it becomes science), but it remains magic for those who don't understand it. In this framework of understanding magic only exist as a misinterpretation of nature.
@alexisvulfiaawenfern8112
2 жыл бұрын
@@madjiofcimmeria You need to understand the controls at least
Wow really that was a thing. I didn’t know.
Thank goodness we have synthetic bat’s blood these days. Of course, Ina would prefer you use organic free range.
@jhoughjr1
2 жыл бұрын
not like in wuhan….
Is this available in print? I own the Malleus and the Daemonologie. This would be a good addition.
Hearing the name Foreman with necromancy and erotica, one can't help but think of Simon Foreman.
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
Yep, the modern editor explores that possible connection and concludes there probably isn't one.
Is this script noted in the history of library records that was being kept in england or does it just appear later?
I may have missed it but do you have a video on the egyotian book of (the dead) coming forth unto the day?
This is one of the most bizarre videos I've ever seen on my recommended feed
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
my job here to done :)
Do you think the bat's blood and mole's blood could possibly be along the same lines as dove's blood, butterfly's blood, etc., ink?
I wish I could become a professor of myths, legends, the occult, fables, and other esoterica. I wish I knew how to go about doing so in a way I could afford.
@ESPIRITUS_A
2 жыл бұрын
Write doctor on your forehead
@joeytrotter3971
2 жыл бұрын
The most intense but yet simplistic way to gain the knowledge you wish, im assuming and hoping for the purpose of educating those in need, would be to access the akashic records. Do alittle research on Edgar Cayce to start, he accessed the records through a meditative state and in doing so was able to provide natural remedies and cures for numerous people. The records are literally a history of all that's ever existed since the first breath of the divine. Godspeed.
This some shit I love to learn about
You ever done a video on the 'Sabbateans' ?Jacob Frank etc.
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
Lecturing on them this week and taught a whole class about him/them once.
In coolness factor Justing Sledge is right up there next to Richard Chainsaw.
what else am i gonna do with the dead bat in my attic?
Wouldn't Scapulomancy be a form of true "necromancy," divination by the dead? Haven't finished the video yet, just a thought when you said "divination by the dead never happened" around 4:30
16:39 I wonder if the "creation of flies" has anything to do with "Spanish flies" being used as aphrodisiacs in the 18th century, perhaps most famous in the Marquis de Sade's 'poisoning scandal.'
Nothing in that dancing spell said it had to be MY house. Finally ammo if i ever need to prank a vicar.
I hope that you tell me what is the most powerful book about necromancy
17:10 you know he's thinking "Are you kidding me? Who the [xxxx] thinks up this [xxxx]? Let alone practices it!"
Where do you buy and exact copy of this book?
"God is an ingredient of a symbolic representation of positivity" _ - from random Deepak Chopra quote generator
Recipe book.Hmm? I see a good size mortar & pestle in the back ground
You heard about D&D wait till you hear about Mage The Ascencion
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
Good stuff too!
Getting some serious anarchist's cookbook vibes from that book...
I tried the infinite money glitch and now i have a crown royal bag that spawns infinite pennies. One at a time. Thanks.
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
b a s e d
Where can I download that book?
Ik it makes no sense, but what if the cleric made up everything in the manual? Like he got a commission and had to wing a bunch of stuff because the client was so outlandish.
I would love to hear your opinion on stories of gods, or at least powerful supernatural entities still active in the wildest pristine forests, mountain wilderness, and tundra. It seems logic and reason do not apply in these areas...only rituals of protection and supplication. Mostly avoidance as the gods are typically pretty and cruel and their ways are foreign to human cognition. We cannot comprehend their motivations, but mostly, they seem to toy with humans for amusement. There are many stories of still active occurances available all over the internet. For example, fairies, now given a Tinkerbell image, historically are evil and deadly tricksters. I had issues with them. (They are not nice!) I suspect many of the 411 disappearances are due to these beings, and other supernatural entities.
@stephk5797
2 жыл бұрын
I for one agree with you - I've thought this for ages, especially about ones where kids show back up days later, unscathed, talking about friendly bears and the like. Also, the Sidh ("fairies") aren't always nasty, but they are easily offended and hate being called fairies
@mikhael.j7
2 жыл бұрын
@@stephk5797 does magick work like that??
There is always the possibility that bat's blood and other animal references could be a code for various magical herbs I have seen this suggestion before so it's not my original suggestion
Honestly really impressed by the artificial magic bird thing. I would dance naked for a necromancer if he showed me his frankenbird.
“35 44 was my number” Toots
My mam was like what the hell you watching, I'll finish it later hahah
So you’re saying that someone out there might have the ripped-out buried treasure pages 🤔
Whee!
Esoterica, the more mysterious and serious partner of Literotica
Hmm, a spell to get out of prison. Edward Kelly must find that useful.
The desire for love spells is I think part of the human condition almost.
Snake oil here get your fresh snake oil it will only cost you one high leg kick.
Do you actually read all these books you review?
16:33 Killing a what? Hoopey
Ok, so I mistook marrying the Valerian Root for Valyrian Route, i.e. marrying your sister.
@amfortas
2 жыл бұрын
😂
Necromancy any craft that involves working with the dead aka just ghosts according to my teacher, but there are crazy people who try and resurrect bodies and they need to be locked up, disturbing the physical dead is one of the most disgusting and horribly disrespectful things anyone can do
I'm gunna check this out to prove it dosent work for myself
No hidden treasure spells! the quest continues...
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
Such a bummer
Who are the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?!
Very informative, however, I need some help. I can’t seem to make these dancing naked women leave my house now. Send help. Jokes aside, great research, informative and intriguing!
@TheEsotericaChannel
2 жыл бұрын
Necromancer occupational hazard
Who were you trying to raise from the dead when you decided to look into all this?
Best online resources for magic study and research...anyone? Legit would be great