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  1. King James believed he was the target of an international Satanic conspiracy – he was personally involved in the infamously lethal North Berwick Witch Trials of the 1590s, an experience which had a profound impact on him and inspired him to write Demonology. If you'd like to learn more about the book's historical context, check out this companion video by Dr. Justin Sledge, an expert on western occultism, over on ESOTERICA: https://youtu.be/BkAbfABZOwA

  3. Even having to go back and check or re-listen to bits that were fast or when I was distracted, this was really interesting

    and good god the intro with the king was menacing, like

    you really managed to capture this atmosphere of fear, and moreover this aura of *dread*, I-
    I suppose 'effective' is the word, lmao.

    And it really is just all so interesting. And an insight into the… frankly unhinged aspects (just pray harder) (it's because they're Wrong and Bad in some wise) that contrast almost more jarringly with the Logical portions of the text than anything.

    I keep coming back to the word 'interesting', but- it is!

    Anyway, great job as always, keep up the good work!

  5. James seems to treat the subject of magician/wizard vs witch/sorcerer the same as Henrich Kramer in his book, Malleus Maleficarum. The magician/wizard are seen as more learned and more sophisticated magic users and Henrich even argues slightly that a "few" of them could be good, but that most of them are using magic for selfish reasons or revenge. They are always males by his account, but he seemed to suggest that their punishment should depend on the nature of the magic they used. Witchcraft however was a female only crime to him and all witches must be punished or put to death as there was no saving them.

    The main difference is between James and Henrich though is that Henrich seems to argue that there are legitimate means of magic that calls on angels, but he argues this is rare and most witches that claim this are lying. James suggests all magic is illegitimate and angels cannot be commanded. Also, like Henrich, James goes into detail about what witches/sorcerers are capable of doing and their hexes and how they behave. But only gives a general/vague overview of magicians/necromancers.

  8. Atun-Shei what source do you recommend to learn OP. Is there a book or video series that gives good instruction? How did you learn it? Looking for some guidance to get my OP accent game up to speed. Thanks.

  9. Awesome video, Atun never disappoints!

    As a Finn it's very interesting to me that Finland and Lapland get namedropped, but I have a vague theory as to why: we're back then a part of the Swedish kingdom, even though finnish and swedish are 2 completely different languages. Officially the whole kingdom had turned from catholicism to the lutheran faith, but in finland many of the remote villages still maintained the old pagan animistic and shamanistic beliefs. The church did their best to eradicate these, but the traditions carried on, especially in the more remote parts of the country.

    When you combine this with the fact that even prior to the christianization of Sweden and Finland, there's some evidence to suggest that the vikings used (in a rune-stone) the phrase 'sea witches' to refer to the Finns, the tradition and history of the Swedes thinking of us as heathens, sorcerers and witches goes back a long way. Add to that the fact that Lapland is also inhabited by the native Sámi people who have their own animistic pagan faith, and it's no wonder that even during the 800 or so years of Swedish reign, Finland (or Österland, 'the east land', as the province was then named) was probably the topic of many a ghost and witch story among the christians and the nobility in Sweden, as most of them would never visit the country other than maybe stop by a port quickly to offload some mechandise. Some of these tales must've spread to the British isles as well along the sailors, as we used to sell A LOT of tar and lumber to the shipbuilders of England and Scotland.

    But I assure you: do not buy into these rumors, we are no servants of the dark forces!

    Now if you'll excuse me, it's slightly past midnight, I gotta go climb up a nearby hill in moonlight to see a man hooded in black about a horse.

  10. Interesting that King James points out that witches are more common in northern areas like Finland and immediately follows with how most witches were women. While when Christianity was introduced to Finland, the pilgrims/crusaders found out that the majority of people practicing magic or witchcraft in these parts were men (and therefore generally avoided repercussions and punishment).

  12. I love how the lighting implies that these people in debate are ghostlike, which further implies that these people exchange their ideas of these things even in the afterlife. A fascinating picture to paint!

  13. Image the mood of the guy for said witches arn't real only for the King himself to write an rebutal book directly name calling you in it

  16. As a pagan, it amuses me to see all the comments talking about how they found this book mildly disturbing in its mundane FAQ chat format-iness. I'm so used to batshittery like this from both hyper-Christians and certain 'pillars' of the online pagan community, each trying to be helpful in their own way, that I wasn't even thinking about this as a villain justifying the murder of mild-mannered con artists/local priests who read the wrong books/chicks who knew how to prevent conception and poison abusive husbands on the dl. I was just grooving on the worldbuilding of little Jimmy's ARG.

  18. I didn't know enough about King James. He seemed so reasonable and making efforts to smooth out differences and keeping the wars of religion from spreading to the British Isles. But clearly he was as crazy as Cromwell

  20. That was incredibly interesting.

    In all honesty, I put this on thinking I'd listen to it in the background while I worked on other stuff and I got drawn in and ended up just sitting and watching the whole thing.

  22. Brilliant, did not expect a dialogue made with authentic pronunciation of the era when I clicked on the video. Visual aesthetics were also spot on. Great work!

  23. This was oddly engrossing. What I find really fascinating is that even the skeptic character here is working from the assumption that the Bible is literally and infallibly true.

  29. They were pronouncing words such as "light" as "loyt". I thought the great vowel shift moved from "leet" to our modern-day "light". Was this false, or was "loyt" a Scots pronunciation?

  30. Re: his willingness to change his mind being the most outlandish part…I did notice that for an ostensible debate, all the "skeptic" really did was ask questions, which Epistamon would then expound upon. There was no exchange of opposing ideas and arguments.

  32. I think of everything presented in this video, hearing James Stuart speak conversationally to me was haunting as an early modernist. Excellent work!

  36. As a fan of Chelsea Wolfe's music.. I gotta ask.. were there Ever any Actual witches, historically.. or was the belief in witches by Christians a case of collective hysteria and religiously inspired paranoia of "the devil's presence.."

    I'm inclined to believe any cases of actual witches, if they ever existed, were cases of common people, practicing folk Christianity, mixed with some aspects of pre Christian, Pagan religion, plus a dose of knowledge of early pharmaceuticals(being able to cure an illness with tree roots, or something..)..

    I Honestly have No Idea, and would like some feedback, Regarding this, as I have taken an interest in this subject, historically and contemporarily.

  37. Did the Scots have the same accent as the English? I'm guessing that the accent was chosen because it's the one that was probably the accent of those in power, but I think it'd be interesting to reconstruct that accent (and potentially the accent of the poor in England and the Welsh accent, unless this is also the poor English accent).

  38. I am grateful for the sundry signs to seek for determining who shall be delivered unto the magistrate in the shire in which I dwell.

  44. Atun-Shei, long time lurker with a Ph.D. in History, first time commentator here. I have worked with the Daemonologia before, and this is genuinely one of the best examples of historical recreation I have seen in years. I shall continue my congratulations in Early Modern, forthwith:

    Goodman Shei, we greete yow well/

    Keepe upp ye goode worke even if ye ‘witchfinder-general’ art a traytor and rebell against owr DREAD SOVERAIGNE LORD His Matie the KINGE and ye trew protestant religione by lawe established/ I confess I am in greate confusione aboute ye p*formeance calld ‘Checkmate Lincolnites’ for ye ‘confederate’ is nott Irish & yere is nowe sight of ye covenanters or cavaliers at all/ art yow sure ys is ye civil warre? But yow art warninge ye ignorante multitude aboute ye dangers of ye Apparitions, Oracles, Prophecies, and Predictions, with Dreams, Visions, And Revaltions. and the Cunning Delusions of the DEVIL soe I guess yow art alrighte.

    I remaine sir yowr trew and obdnt seruante.

  45. The pseudological way that James goes about “proving” the existence of witchcraft reminds me of modern day conspiracy theorists. His arguments are logical enough for self deception of those that want to believe.

  46. Great work. I really didn't expect Demonology to be such a sophisticated and interesting text (at least for a text about hunting witches). I expected it to be much drier and more focused on the minutia of the legal and practical elements of witch-hunting.

  47. What was that Latin quote he said, "A painting of a man is not a man?" I keep rewatching and I can't find it again. What was the Latin quote or timestamp?

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