Join us on our deep dive into icky pagan magic. We discuss the magical practices of the ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians and how some of these practices made their way, through the systematizing hands of the Greeks, into the pagan Roman world. During our journey we identify the core features of pagan magic and explore a variety of magical practices, including the casting of spells (sadistic love spells and vicious binding spells), the use of magical objects (such as amulets and talismans), necromancy (skull divination and corpse reanimation), and child sacrifice. We focus our discussion on concrete evidence as we detail the Greco-Roman magical practises recorded on various papyri and tablets (including especially the well-known Greek Magical Papyri). Tracing the continued use of magic through the ages, we provide several shocking examples of the blatant use of magic in our culture today, including how magic was used by the celebrated six-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady, and how witches have been active in binding and hexing public figures such as Bret Kavanaugh and Donald Trump. Of course, we also detail the Christian view and response to pagan magic. And, as it turns out, the chthonic entities (e.g., the subterranean goddesses) somehow rear their pagan heads once more.

Episode Timeline & Notes

0:00:36 - Opening

0:02:02 - General Intro to Ancient Magic

• Watson, L.C. (2019). Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
• Thompson, R.C. (1903). The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia. Luzac & Co.
• YouTube | Practical Graeco-Egyptian Magic by Stephen Skinner
• Exodus 4 & Exodus 7 and following
• Psalm 91:5-6
• YouTube | Rita Lucarelli | Magic and Demonology in Ancient Egypt
• Deuteronomy 18:9-14
• (+ Ex 22:18; Lev 19:31; Lev 20:6; 1Sam 15:23; 2Ki 21:6; Is 8:19)
• Galatians 5:19-21
• Revelation 21:8
• Revelation 22:14-15

0:27:59 - Greco-Roman Magic

• Watson, L.C. (2019). Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
• YouTube | Practical Graeco-Egyptian Magic by Stephen Skinner

0:33:44 - Magical Objects

• Thompson, R.C. (1903). The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia. Luzac & Co.

0:39:03 - Love Spells

• Watson, L.C. (2019). Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

0:47:14 - Binding Spells

• Watson, L.C. (2019). Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
• Chick.com | William Schnoebelen | Straight Talk on Dungeons and Dragons
• Chick.com | William Shnoebelen | Should Christians Play Dungeons and Dragons?
• wearethemutants.com | Jack Chick Was Right: How ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Made Me an Occultist

0:54:51 - Necromancy

• Ogden, D. (2001). Greek and Roman Necromancy. Princeton University Press.
• YouTube | Practical Graeco-Egyptian Magic by Stephen Skinner

0:59:57 - Child Sacrifice

• Ogden, D. (2001). Greek and Roman Necromancy. Princeton University Press.
• Watson, L.C. (2019). Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

1:04:55 - Magic in Medieval Europe

• The Great Courses | Terror of History: Mystics, Heretics, and Witches in the Western Tradition
  • Lectures 14, 15, 16, 17
• Science & Magic Compilation - see Episode 12: Payload
• YouTube | YaleCourses | Professor Wrightson | 14. Witchcraft and Magic

1:27:36 - Current Examples

• Tom Brady Says Superstitious Gisele Bundchen Has Him Using ‘Protection Stones’ – And It Works
• Witchy woman: The Tom Brady Spell
• YouTube | Church Militant | The Vortex - Year of the Devil?
• YouTube | TRT World | US Politics: Witches cast spell on Kavanaugh and Trump
• YouTube | Fox News | Witches cast spells against 'wicked' Trump
• NYPost.com | Brooklyn witches place hex on Brett Kavanaugh
• Independent | Brett Kavanaugh: Witches placed mass hex on Supreme Court Justice during New York protest ritual
• NewsWeek | Witches Hex Brett Kavanaugh, Hope to Cause Suffering to GOP, Donald Trump
• BBC | New York witches place hex on Brett Kavanaugh
• Vox.com | Each month, thousands of witches cast a spell against Donald Trump: How the witches of the #MagicResistance rise up against the Trump administration
• LifeSite News | US Senate bill banning infanticide fails, despite majority support
• LifeSite News | ‘Barbarous’: Pro-life leaders react to failure of Senate bills to ban infanticide, late-term abortion: Democrat presidential candidates and pro-abortion groups were jubilant at the bills' failure.

1:43:35 - Christian Response

• Acts 19:11-20
• Colossians 1:13-14
• Ephesians 1:19ff

1:47:43 - Summary & Closing

Bibliography

• Bennett, Robert H. (2013.) I Am Not Afraid: Demon Possession and Spiritual Warfare. Concordia Publishing House.
• Bennett, Robert H. (2016). Afraid: Demon Possession and Spiritual Warfare in America . Concordia Publishing House.
• Dickie, M.W. (2001). Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World. Routledge.
• Ogden, D. (2001). Greek and Roman Necromancy. Princeton University Press.
• Thompson, R.C. (1903). The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia. Luzac & Co.
• Watson, L.C. (2019). Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

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