History of Magic - Condemnation of 1398 - Sorcery, Heresy and Transgressive Poetry in the University

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Now I'm thinking specifically in something like the KZbin channel Spirit Science, is that kind of stuff? I saw a little while that they uploaded a video about literally why demons are scared of _magick_ circles. I watched it _for the lols_ as people say.

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@@didack1419 they also claim Jews are from space

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@@georgethompson913 Yeah, I think they say jews came from outer space after they teleported from the future or something. That probably came to be as some kind of bizarre antisemitic new-age conspiracy theory and at some point in the chain of transmission someone stripped out the obviously antisemitic point of the theory.

[@chancefoxhauck475]

Mystics be prideful like that sometimes.

[@oldmanofthemountains3388]

I can imagine the clerics reading this out loud to the students, occasionally saying "...and I can't believe I have to say this, but"

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Am academic medal for whoever came up with that phrase.

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Yes - I'm going to do a follow up commentary on this text this weekend - there's a lot going on under the hood here and this episode was already getting long

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I absolutely love old universities ❣️ Transylvania has a few and Sorbonne is just breathtaking. That energy just makes me high ☺️ Cool subject ! Thk thee 💕

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"This is an error". I am totally going to start using that.

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Ever since you first mentioned this, I've been fascinated by the thought of "university necromancers" lol. Glad to finally see a full video!

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[@jwrush]

You know this sounds a little sus in that "don't put yeast into this grape juice and set it aside or else it might become wine" way. Much to our benefit, this denoucement is basically a grimoire

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The way you present this material in such a modern light, while still retaining the core information behind it is just awesome. Probably my favorite channel! You should look into starting a podcast, Miguel Conner has some excellent content over on Aeon Byte as well, I'd love to hear you over there, maybe on the cathars or something! Thank you for the hard work!

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This week's episode is fantastic!!! It's so Lovecraftian, I love it!!!

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Wow! We didn't learn any necromancy in my seminary. Exorcisms, yes. But no necromancy. I feel kinda cheated.

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"* I'll be doing a seperate talk with my own commentary" 17:45 Has this video been completed? If it has, could I get a link or search term? If not, I'd like to make a request for a video.

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Funny thing about those tonsures, I recently got a KZbin ad on one of your videos (not this one) for the Carmelite Novitiate, and some of the guys in that video still wore that haircut. Better than yet another Gaia ad.

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Hello dr.sledge i was wondering if you have came across the works of micheal mcgaha and the likes of paul B.fenton and ronald kiener? If you have which you probably did i am hoping you can explain thier work in a more accessible way considering the connection between islamic mysticism and Jewish mysticism is often neglected or ignored, it would be a breath of fresh air!

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Great idea, maybe a task for Filip from Let's Talk Religion and myself!

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Really thought provoking. Enjoyed the reading to the visual Latin text.

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I absolutely love this video! I have always been super fascinated in general by the history of education, especially higher education that's even disregarding the esoteric side of it. Anyways, this video was a very welcomed drop and I was looking forward to it. I love picking up new aspects of higher education history to consider as I continue to study it.

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Thank you Dr. Sledge

[@LadyCoyKoi]

I find so fascinating and amusing at the same time how such holymen were more likely than not to be conjuring up demons in their universities than the people they targeted as warlocks and witches. it is something I enjoy in video games like Dragon Age and The Elder Scrolls. Those game developers truly done their homework in the history of European magick and necromancy. I love watching your videos and making a comparison to modern video games, past archived documented knowledge and newly found artifacts of history. .. how it all connects to give as full story as possible.

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[@dovebair]

Interesting video! Condemnations herein point to a pattern of selfish uses of magic, which defeats the philosophical approach of Christianity. Documents like this make a lot of sense to curb selfish streaks in the studentry.

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This is my top topic last 2 weeks :-) So curious to add possibly precious different points of view to my limited knowledge. Let S start then. Thx in advance 🙏

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My main philosophy professor (who was Episcopalian, fyi,) convinced me that an infinite number of angels can dance on the head of a pin, since they don't have extended physical bodies.

[@bagsogee]

In a time when pilgrimage, holy relics and the weekly miracle of the mass were central to the lives of a mostly illiterate populace the idea that some of the literate few were doing things that would have truly horrified the rest of society. And the thing that protected this literate few from the outrage of the illiterate masses was literacy itself. The iliterate many couldn't put 2 and 2 together, as we're doing today thanks to your good work, because they couldn't read those condemnations. Lots to ponder.

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Literacy may have been higher in university towns, besides the idea of scholomance was a parody of the magic aspect of university.

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I’m curious if you’ve attempted to practice any of the schools of magic you cover in your series, or if your studies are purely academic? And if you have practiced a craft, what has your experience been?

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Look at his hat

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Magic is fake. All trickery

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Man... My academic ancestors knew how to have good times!

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Do you have any book recommendations on a introduction to alchemy for the layman?

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All of my alchemy episode have a recommended reading list in the description - good luck!

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Just started the video, I'm so ready to learn the history if this!!

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[@yourbuddyunit]

This comment is for reference at a later date. University of Paris - Condemnation of Necromantic Practices 1398 at 18:08 Will make perfect rising climax to a short story of a university student and early chaos demons...

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I'd love to know more about the condemnation of Averroism

[@BojoPigeon]

20:38 #8 (Paraphrased) Proposition: "Ugh, you guys with all your rules! This is *so* unreasonable!" Response: "Error!" This was definitely directed at all those teens mentioned earlier in the video. I also find it interesting that rather than being written as a series of "Thou shalt not" statements, instead it's a list of positions which are declared to be in error. I believe you mentioned in another video that this approach made the positions heretical rather than just sinful, which I suppose gave the authors more leverage, considering this was a school of theology.

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I love hearing about the town vs gown riots in the middle ages. The university of Cambridge was famously founded after riots in Oxford had become so violent that hundreds of University of Oxford scholars were ran out of town and moved to cambridge.

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Would love to see a Goliard drag show

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My decision not to attend The University of Paris, that was an error 😂

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Iraxua. Again a amazing Stream!

[@jdanvers7263]

In short: medieval students got krunk, had bad haircuts, cussed, pulled pranks and had weird scholastic jokes. Good to see not much has changed haha.

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Ahh! Life at the university. In the mid-70s, the key was a buddy who knew the net addr of SoCal occult sites.

[@Alizudo]

I wonder if the addresses changed each year.

[@chuckhainsworth4801]

@@Alizudo not in my experience. You may learn of another SoCal schism. My experience was limited by graduation in 1981.

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This is a really good episode.

[@lopset1271]

Hi, listened through a couple times, but maybe I missed it: what is an “error” in this context?

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At least number 15 was along the lines of like, “hey guys, there’s this thing called consent…”

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Thank you.

[@NameName-gl9cw]

One of my favorite parts of this video is how many parts of college life are basically unchanged. Particually the Fake ID haircut.

[@rredd7777]

Now I'm wondering how Thomas Aquinas posited that the angels have spin = ½.

[@Moctipotili1]

So does the 26th denounce Aristotle's 'we are one soul' theory? It sounded like it said the soul that moves and places the heavens is not the same as the soul of that which is upon earth (human)..?

[@mrygorndbrkdwn9905]

I had trouble making that one out as well. I thought it was condemning the idea that the heavenly bodies affect human bodies. Such as full moon or mercury in retrograde etc.

[@keyscook]

Great - given a new name for my band or title for a new song: Monstrous Abominations of False Insanities! .. ..(Then I got a good laugh)... "with its heresies has appeared MORE THAN USUAL in our time!!! HAHAHA 😅 Thanks Professor Sledge !

[@pentegarn1]

Well, if I ever find a time machine...I know where and when to go now! lol And the wording in the Condemnation reminds me of the story at the beginning of the "Sworn Book of Honorius" where these magicians complain that the authorities are targeting them for their art and that a time to go underground has come.

[@mrl9418]

I thought the oldest university in Europe was in Bologna - in Italy. Maybe preceded by Salerno (also in Italy) which was a medical school (not a university proper so it's usually not counted)

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I mention Bologna

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Dr. Sledge, I'm trying to summon a demon but it seems to be less than successful. Could you please do another summoning video with a demonstration this time? I like Stolas, the owl looking one. Can you help?

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[@gyilgor6803]

This was good, but you really should have read the articles in a Monty Python voice. Patreon version?

[@samriz1247]

Was the university condemned by another entity or are the condemnations from the university?

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From the university

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thank you Justin Sledge I listened carefully to your speech and translation and now I must get the spelling for tontour haircut

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

It's "tonsure" - Though, I hear that trick doesn't work in Paris anymore ;)

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“That i have to stop watching videos and continue with my thesis, this is an error”

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Very curious, any good books you would recommend on this topic for further reading? Its a really interesting topic. Edit: Nevermind, didn't quite get to the end, thanks!

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It's still in beta but it'd be great to get it!

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Some things never change

[@SteelWolf13]

07:58 -looks at the bent neck on that left instrument.- "How in the hell.. tuning, cords, was there a block supporting the strings evenly or at an angle? So much wrong with that." I need to see a real one to unwrap my head around it.

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I heard Nocturne and immediately thought of you.

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[@helenbostock2350]

So if I bound a person once not to do harm and a week later I let it go was it was it an error

[@EricVanWinkle]

How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? It depends on the tune.

[@SteelWolf13]

I bet not one student who 100% stared at magical signs passed his class VS. studying. At least classes as we know them today on campus.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Yeah you're betting on "I'll magic my way out if this problem" that's probably a losing bet

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I'm kinda crushed to learn that "O For tuna" has nothing to do with Ahi

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Oh Magoo, you did it again 😂

[@mememe1468]

I guess the next question would be how high up the chain it was approved in the church🤔 With the latin church being highly centralized I'd imagine this document might be a useful work to enact across the university network. Did the pope say anything about it 🤔

[@pag4433]

Regarding the Carmina Burana set to music: I would recommend to everyone to listen to the medieval-style arrangement of some of the Carmina Burana poems by Joel Cohen, as recorded by the Boston Camerata in 1996 (kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHvFmaCOnbJsjMk)! I had the great pleasure of seeing this live while in high school and (though I enjoy Orff's version for what it is) I haven't stopped evangelizing this recording for 20+ years. :)

[@marisolmtzm]

I wanted to comment on the Goliards' original music, but now I have a question... is it a modern arrangement? Or is it original medieval music? I do recall seeing some of the pages with music notation, but now I don't know. Also... how lucky are you to have seen this live!!! Amazing :D

[@marisolmtzm]

Ok, just double-checked... there are some original melodies :) It's fascinating.

[@Eagle-pe9pg]

14. Thou shalt commit adultery? They seemed to miss the *not

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It's that fun bible

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* "indecent gestures and with scurrilous and unchaste words" * ..that's how I roll.. (minus the righteous haircut)

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cool topic! I subscribed a while ago. Love this one!

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"Connoisseur of books of necromancy. #Lifegoals!" 😂

[@p.h.freitas6727]

Articles 13 and 23 are sure a response against the Islamic version of king Solomon and about jinns.

[@Relfar2]

"Necromancy at the University Level"

[@MichaelGisiger]

You made a small mistake: article 19 is not only an error, but also blasphemy ;)