Ancient Magic

Since ancient times humans have used magic to curse and protect, to harm and heal, to divine and constrain. Join us to explore the mystical objects and potent rituals of our magical past in this free Hallowe’en event. Expert talks from academics and an author will be followed by the opportunity to participate in a range of hands-on activities exploring ancient magic - from making your own curse tablets and poppets to divining the future and turning humans into beasts.
Speakers:
Prof. Helen King (Open University) - ‘Green stones, red wool: colour and touch in ancient Greek magic and medicine’
Dr. Gabriel Bodard (Institute of Classical Studies) & Dr. Celia Sánchez Natalías (University of Zaragoza) - ‘Be careful! Magical figurines and written curses’
Dr. Celia Sánchez Natalías
Dr. Sophie Page (UCL) - ‘Magic and the Medieval universe’
Poet and author Roz Kaveney will read from her novel Resurrections (Rhapsody of Blood Vol. III)
31 10 18
www.sas.ac.uk/
Institute of Classical Studies
ics.sas.ac.uk/

[@chrisjustus5446]

Kat Russell that is correct MAGIC IS FOCUSED IMAGINATION. The art of changing consciousness at will.

[@duantorruellas716]

Lol , I love it 👍

[@duantorruellas716]

Hahahaha the art of changing your mind in a split second .

[@jesuslovesyou1497]

Yeah, one of Satan's modern deceptions

[@TheAGODAMI]

@@TheChampionOfLight 😯 *I acTuaLLy haVe to geT inTo theSe moRe soMe peopLe say gReaT thinGs abouT theM.!* 👀

[@katrussell6819]

Magic is focused imagination.

[@leighatkins22]

Yes!!! Charged with emotion!!!

[@AZTigerMMA]

@@leighatkins22 great add on!

[@vergecryptocurrency4552]

I like that description

[@MindStrider34]

With demons involved

[@duantorruellas716]

No , it's slow motion karate lol.

[@chrisjustus5446]

One cannot steal that which is already theirs.

[@papi3d]

Excellent excuse! ...

[@hollyburnham2296]

This was very well put together. I enjoyed all of the speakers. Thanks for posting

[@duantorruellas716]

Great video , especially the fiction writer's contribution to the real and unreal that gives us a real bridge of understanding into the purpose , and this is the why..

[@chrisjustus5446]

Grateful and therefore many thanks for the video.

[@keithsweet8840]

"Ramsey Dukes" ,is so astute at simplifying,his 60 or 70 year journey through,,his experience throughout,many different fields of majick His story about his dealings with the Abremelin ,,and all the books he has wrote,,I love his interviews,on podcasts,.they are in the playlists on his you tube channel...

[@DanielsFreshh]

Love this! Sad but hopeful that I get to attend one of these conventions one day hehe

[@beebop7442]

magic changes definition through time

[@DawnHub666]

Language changes. Magick doesnt

[@TormodiR]

Magic is language. How do I know? You have to tell me something different. It does change through time, just like language, just like the narratives of any story. Never ever underestimate the power of suggestion. “Listen not to me but the Logos”.

[@billgezella]

Thanks for the previous comments. Glad I didn't waste my time on this one. 👍

[@chrisjustus5446]

THE THOUGHT THAT OCCURS AT THE MOMENT OF CLIMAX HAPPENS.

[@leighatkins22]

Yes!!! The most emotionally charged thoughts are the ones that will manifest. That explains why most of our modern society is designed to keep us dead inside while our media tell us what to be angry about, so they use our emotional power to achieve what THEY want. We need to realize this and not only take our power back but become responsible for it and what we manifest with it...

[@idresufts5849]

@@leighatkins22 Realized awhile back.

[@angelaknight7184]

Thankyou ,

[@FatherVincentOrion]

How about placing the camera closer so you can actually see the presentation screen and dim the damn lights....

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Cool, thanks.

[@fangsteur2765]

In wich minute they talk about the rats and the labyrinth?

[@dan020350]

💚

[@cwispichiwibiff]

I love how the intro speaker has a glowing green face 🤣😂

[@devoradamaris]

🕊🌐🕊🕊sharing

[@TheMagicofJava]

I was particularly interested in Dr Sophie Page's talk. The witch in the bottle is similar to dukuns trapping Jin(n) in bottles here in Java, in my experience it is always a trick, but I don't let that influence my beliefs. Sorry I missed the exhibition, but I am rarely in the UK now.

[@jay-tl8ol]

King SULIEMAN also put Jin into bottles and had thrown in the water

[@admin8784]

They are the same, sir

[@TheMagicofJava]

@@admin8784 that's interesting, as I am not sure that they are the same. I have now looked into the UK folklore in much more detail. To suggest that they are the same is to suggest that western traditions greatly influenced Kejawen. Many people do exactly this claiming the link through the Theosophy of Dutch Colonists and certainly Kebatinan movements in places like Jakarta and Semarang may have been influenced by the Dutch. But within the Kejawen I am exposed to I find this somewhat fanciful and believe the Majapahit influence to be so important.

[@spaceytracey1237]

She's not wrong about the red-pill. I suggest if you don't already, then you should get a prescription pretty soon. ;)

[@spaceytracey1237]

@Andrew Espo the red pill isn't actually something you can buy or get from the Doctor. But I remember hearing something about krill yrs ago and I think it has lots of benefits so 1 of them a day is probably good too.

[@xromeox7]

Well?! Which one is it “LEVI-O-SA” or “LEVI-YOO-SAA”?

[@leighatkins22]

Red is so potent to us becoz we only require 11% saturation of the colour red for us to see it compared to 30% for blue and 59% green... this is also why green is so relaxing on the eyes... So when you look at red medication, it is obviously almost overloading the brain with visual stimulation data which comes with a spike in emotional reaction, and that spike leaves a potent impact which will be repeated everytime we see that colour again and again. When we seek medication it is often coz we are feeling unwell and WANT something potent to cure our malady and becoz the colour red comes with a potent emotional reaction, we will perceive red medication to house that potency we are seeking and this explains why red medication will come with more placebo effect.

[@dnunez773]

I found this very interesting

[@musicguy20]

Wait... isn’t Shakespeares head missing in his grave? Thought to be stolen 🤔?

[@christopherjcarson]

musicguy20 My wife and I visited his resting place, in Stratford on Avon,over twenty years ago. Curiously curses were mentioned in relation to his place of burial,which is actually under the sanctuary area of the Church of England that he was part of,although he was Anglo catholic. I guess it must have been because of the culture grave robbing,and disruption of parish grave yards in the seventeenth Century,ie the 1600’s.But it is very incongruous to a consecrated parish, there being a series of curses around his grave,underneath the communion table.For the very reason that the entire building would have been Consecrated by the Bishop at the time of opening the church for active worship,aswell as the time of laying the foundation stone! The only other example of a famous persons grave located in a church under the main worship area,is Dunfermline Abbey,and that’s the grave of King Robert the Bruce! Maybe it was believed by his friends that this was best and safest,place for his final burial. I mention him being Anglo catholic, as his writings (although some are attributed to Francis Bacon),refer to Ghosts,and pergatory.If you contrast this with Milton in the 1500’s,he never mentions purgatory,because of his clearly Puritan convictions!

[@cats9thlife704]

Absolutely bizarre to me how many off topic and rambly comments there are here. I hope this doesnt discourage the institution from continuing to record and post these talks, I'm always so overjoyed at seeing academia archived accessibly!

[@chrisjustus5446]

I was voice to skull targeted when I was eight years old.

[@leighatkins22]

Are you sure you didn't just pick up the ambient but emotionally charged thoughts of those around you? Coz i have done that, and they were loud and clear, almost like talking to me...

[@chrisjustus5446]

Master Mastermind.

[@brandonlamontcooper8141]

Hello..

[@chrisjustus5446]

Do you remember these things when you were seven years old?

[@michaelwhite2146]

I did! Funny you said 7 cuz I was when I remembered the Violet Flame and Magick. Teachers tried to convince me it wasn't real but I knew better.

[@jacobboehme783]

I would be saddened if i had paid for this lecture

[@duantorruellas716]

Me too

[@Zinwaq]

Why? Explain please. It seems boring to me lol. Yes, I do believe in magic myself.

[@nctunes]

Some spells can make people run from magic after seeing its outcome.

[@TheAGODAMI]

😯 *LiKe whaT.??!? I'd loVe to heaR moRe...!* 👀

[@nctunes]

@@TheAGODAMI Everything we see has been spelled upon. It depends if one believes our society is getting better or worst. If one thinks one must have bad to have good then the spell is working. Even bad wants good but good doesn't want bad just ask good. A child knows when it bumps its knee that it doesn't want to bump its head with the same force. If a bad word is exclaimed on impact now we have a curse. If one gets rich off lies why would one ever tell the truth? This bit from your eight lettered one space spelling (LiKe wHaT). You made me write this. LOL. Wishing nothing but good for you.

[@nctunes]

@High Pope Maximilian Bunny Bouncies [POEE / hodge] I'm sure you are awesome to speak with but I'm not sure how long I can sit without my passions getting the best of me. LOL. This subject can generate lots of energies.

[@gkeith64]

Mmmmm. Kinder garden....

[@crtpo1809]

why the ladyman at the end?

[@cats9thlife704]

Why the hate and ignorance in your heart?

[@chrisjustus5446]

COLLABORATION

[@freddymazoku505]

Questioned? This is no Crosswordpuzzles

[@Avishay90]

Love will win, fear will not - Love fear 💖 than Love will always win 🙏

[@leighatkins22]

They are both as potent as each other, what counts here is the emotional power behind the desire which drives a "spell" thtu... But fear is restricting and limited while love is not, therefore love has more creative potential and range than fear, while unfortunately, if you have not learned how to let love truly flow, fear is more ingrained in our psyche and is therefore often easier to use :( and it takes a very trained person to use love to achieve, coz this culture is not very conducive to love...

[@Avishay90]

@@leighatkins22 true

[@edwardroberson3490]

Yes I get it. U wa .

[@maibemiles3904]

A guy in a black trench coat with tiny sunglasses that made him look ultra cool on e offered me a red pill... lol

[@Brightandheavy]

"We will be cursing later if you want to join us.." wtf man

[@groove9tube]

Harry Potter has entered the room.

[@lo3572]

Isn’t magic just the religious ritual of the other?

[@blaeckingceorl4161]

I think I understand your point, but I don't think it's exactly like this. Magic implies the idea of manipulating the nature (both realms, material and spiritual) directly. You're are the agent who works. Religion is more related to worship deities and ask favors to them. I think it's more like that. For the christian view such thing is not permitted or it just doesn't exist. The only way you could do such things would be by the help of evil spirits, demons. So the other gods are illusion or demons fooling us to make us fall into sin against the one god and lost our souls.

[@lo3572]

@@blaeckingceorl4161 Magic is about making spiritual forces affect nature. If you read the Picatrix grimoire of medieval magic; it’s full of supplications to & talismans for the planets & the astrological timings & rules for when to do them, for maximal effect. Seems to me it’s simply the pre-Christian religion & its prayers. The planets still have the gods names. In Christianity there is a calendar & novenas & prayers to saints that also aim for favor from spiritual forces.

[@jackandpicklesvlogs]

Magic with a "k" is religious for many sects of Satanism, Cabal and Luciferianism. (Magik)

[@blaeckingceorl4161]

@@lo3572 i understand, but I think that althought we can say that all magical practices are religious, the contrary is not necessarily the case.

[@jacobboehme783]

@@jackandpicklesvlogs O bless you ..

[@rickydc0475]

I don't get it! Thru out all my elementary and high school days whenever we watch some movie in class the teachers ALWAYS had the common sense TO ASK SOMEONE TO "PLEASE GET THE LIGHTS"...nowadays these absentminded "intellectuals" just ramble on WITH THE LIGHTS DIRECTLY "ON THE SCREEN!"...i guess they think t it's the cool way of making a presentation...having the audience STRAIN to see just what the heck is on the screen! I kept fast forwarding to see when they'd get a clue...I gave up and went straight to the comments. Even pot smoking teachers in the 70s had enough common sense to know we see a screen MUCH BETTER with the house lights low...go to your local theatre and start the movie with the lights directly on the screen...good luck!!! Like Bill Biden says..."Come on man!" If I missed some technicalities about the lights, then I would apologize for my rant.

[@AZTigerMMA]

I hear what you are saying, I agree. Sometimes they do that for elderly or handicap so that they may come and go unobstructed. While it’s hard for us to see maybe in person it’s a bit easier. The new projectors have much brighter projection. It’s not nice for us , as we see a glare . To your point we at home cannot see it very well.

[@JamieNicole1000]

That's Joe Biden...

[@cats9thlife704]

Because the primary audience are the people who are in the room, the video is just for archival purposes. Besides, these are adults in the room, not children. It's a presentation, not a movie. I don't know if you've ever been to any COLLEGE classes, but the lights are very much kept on for those.

[@handsomedan1997]

When the host introduces the last speaker as “she” . Thats an attempt of a magic spell right there, good example of the newer spells coming out the last few years. Keep the awareness going! Great video and thanks!

[@pacajalbert9018]

V aute cez sklo som videl tmu ktorá mohla byť len raz za sto rokov biele auto oproti smeru svetlá stal na svojom mieste pri 160 kilometrovej rýchlosti šofér nemal vedomie Otom mal otvorené oči nevidel v stave mŕtvom ne životnom stave mŕtvy živí

[@originalman7637]

Her job here, is not to dive into the core and heart of Magic..but moreso to cast her spells of illusion on the listeners... creating a bland blanket of stale energy around magic. In a sense, she is discussing magic very mildly... almost creating a haze of boredom and tastelessness around the subject. This subject has the power to liberate and empower many, many people especially when presented by a "liable" source. She speaks mainly of "objects" and external things as opposed to the massive amount of magical potential within each person.. she for the lack of a better term is a sellout. Her secrecy on the truth of magic has been purchased.

[@isaiah3496]

Why do you say “purchased”

[@originalman7637]

@@isaiah3496 by her superiors e.g. school board, upper University administration, there's always a higher up in the system

[@originalman7637]

Ultimately whoever signs her checks ... Whoever upholds her lifestyle as a lecturer/professor.

[@leighatkins22]

Becoz she herself doesn't believe in it and is blind to her own magical manifestation and creative will... none so blind as those that think they already see...

[@bobmcgee6993]

There are many people who report that magic is real and actually has much to do with what physicists have discovered about the universe being linked to every body. That what we do here and now, can in fact affect something light years away. Like the observance of an entangled particle here on earth would effect its partner any where else in the universe instantaneously. By limiting your understanding of this universe to what your professor tells you , is in a way selling out. There are many who have made amazing discoveries about how are minds effect the surrounding environment simply because they didn’t stop at what the books taught them. This sound like a regurgitation of something she read in a book.

[@joshualytle7190]

If you're reading this I just put a spell on you. & if you believe it; it's true

[@mortdigo]

There is a scary amount of armchair magicians in this room.....there is no better time to ride on the rollercoaster than the present...stop being a spectator, smoke something strong and go on dreams of spirit and fancy :-)

[@classicalliberalarts]

This is so shallow. I was hoping for some depth and experience.

[@TheMajorLim]

666 likes... er...

[@madmonkee6757]

When cursing, remember that "they" is plural (and exclusively plural) and it cannot apply to a singular individual.

[@thevulpinecollective]

the first recorded use of the singular "they" dates back nearly 700 years, and it's so prevalent in the english language that people literally use it without thinking in their daily interactions. for example: "who called?" "I don't know. maybe **they** left a message" or "someone was talking to me about you earlier" "oh really? what did **they** say?" on top of the singular form of they being grammatically correct and in use for several centuries, its also quicker to say than "he or she" everytime you need to refer to someone of unknown gender, plus it costs $0 to be a decent human being and respect people's pronouns.

[@chrisjustus5446]

The love of being and heterosexuality.

[@Smoug]

what?

[@clairepeace5783]

Thank god this isn’t American ?!

[@chrisjustus5446]

THEIR's IS blue sky limited awareness and applications. SO MOTE IT BE ABRACADABRA AS I SPEAK IT IS DONE UNTO ME. Using the half that before got away, the gravy that was pitched in the trash receptacle.

[@jesuslovesyou1497]

Jesus love you, he died on the cross for you, accept him as your lord and savior he can change everything. For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life" (John 3:16) But you must repent too. From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near. (Matthew 4:17):

[@DawnHub666]

Lol. Talking to daemons as magick was around thousands of years before 'exorcism' .. Jesus

[@ralsyd7]

Didn't also king Nimrod speak with Daemons

[@ralsyd7]

And King Solomon was given control over Daemons n such

[@DawnHub666]

@@ralsyd7 Solomon didnt exist But he he was apparently into that stuff.

[@DawnHub666]

@FEARMANGLER probs not no.

[@greatblackness8828]

No one outside of our Bloodline can use our Magick. Nice try though lol 😆

[@LilyGazou]

Sanguine Gnosis

[@hintergedankee]

That statement itself is a spell

[@cats9thlife704]

The delusion is strong in you

[@tommyapples8490]

If you want to see something "magical"and "unbelievable " go look at the bible section that says " the lion shall lay with the lamb"! If you know this phrase, you are misremembering the actual phrase of " the wolf shall lay with the lamb" ... The lion never laid with the lamb in any version of any bible...go look in yours and see if you own one. I guarantee nobody will care even know they know it's now different!

[@Kemyst]

The Lord Jesus Christ is King!!! Come out of this Evil brothers and sisters!! Jesus is the Way!!!

[@mellowrosado1458]

Do you purposely look up videos that don’t follow your beliefs just to comment this? Is it like a hobby? Because the meaning of the phrase is really starting to wear down and it doesn’t really effect people as much as I think you think it does

[@michikoyao898]

I can’t tell if this is serious it’s so stereotypical that I think it’s a troll comment.

[@bobbybrooks4826]

She's entirely clueless,, a embarrassment to scholars