Merry Meet To Shade343 &
All,
Previously, I have already stated clearly this Topic here is not
suitable for my Haven i do not wish to go in depth with it. However
since its brought up again, I feel a need to share these with all
of you here!
Excerpts from "Necromancy: The Art
of Thanatos" :
Witches in the Middle Ages were believed to sign a pact with the
Devil for their powers. They were believed to gather in great
orgies in the woods at night, and at these so-called Witches
Sabbats, they were believed to slaughter and eat infants, engage in
perverted sexual activities, and work spells to bring plagues,
famines, and other evils to the land. Numerous tracts on witches
and witchcraft, written by Christian experts, asserted all those
things and more. The Malleus Maleficarum ( or "Hammer of Witches"
), a famous tract on witches from the 15th century even made the
claim that witches (who were almost invariably women) had the power
to steal mens genitals. The witches then kept their pet penises in
little nests hidden away high up in trees, feeding them on honey,
milk, and blood.
What does any of this have to do with necromancy? The summoning of
spirits was of course one of the many charges levied against the
witches. Necromancy was apparently practiced by certain members of
the Church - but it had to be sanctioned. In 13th century Florence,
Niccolo Consigli was tried for practicing necromancy without a
license. This implies that the art was allowed and accepted so long
as it was performed within certain limitations of the law. Richard
Kieckhefer, in his book Forbidden Rites, tells us that many of the
clergy practiced the summoning of spirits. Sometimes they were
looked down upon by their fellow priests, but for the most part it
was believed that if anyone could practice such arts and remain
uncorrupted by them, the clergy could do it. Notably, one of the
major necromantic grimoires to have been produced in the medieval
era is the Grimoire of Honorius - attributed to no one less than
Pope Honorius himself!
Yet the so-called necromancy that appears in these early grimoires
rarely requires the necromancer to shed blood or mutilate corpses.
Most of the evocation which appears in the texts is pure ceremonial
magick, the kind heavily influenced by Qabbalistic teachings and
the Solomonic tradition. In most, although not all, of the spells,
the goal of summoning is to gain knowledge and information. So
where does the notion that a necromancer must wallow in body parts
and blood arise from? Where, indeed.
As far as the witchcraze was concerned, there was no distinction
between someone who practiced witchcraft and someone who practiced
unlicensed necromancy. Without the sanction and power of the
Church, you could not work magick. Period. Anything else was
considered an infernal art. Those who practiced unsanctioned magick
were invariably considered to be in league with Satan and working
(ultimately) toward the destruction of the One True Church. In
fact, the word necromancy was at one point completely
interchangeable with the word nigromancy, -- a catch-all term for
any of the black arts in general. Just as the writings of the day
described what the Christians believed the witches were up to, so
too did those tracts include the Christians view of the
necromancers art. Writers like Cornelius Agrippa, whose Three
Books on Occult Philosophy is still in circulation today, paint a
very dark picture of the necromancer indeed.
All the above Excerpts are posted mainly
for informational purposes. I will not entertain any questions
pertaining to these neither provide any advises on any part
irregardless of Theories or Practicals of "The Book of
Necronomicon"
Blessed Be,
Oceanos
* The above Excerpts
are taken from the Original Source without any edits mainly for
informational purposes only. ~*~ LIGHT OF ATLANTIS ~*~ will not be
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