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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100061240834

ISBN-139780061240836

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Book TitlePapal Magic : Occult Practices Within the Catholic Church

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMeditations, Spiritual, World, Occultism

Publication Year2007

IllustratorYes

GenreBody, Mind & Spirit, Self-Help, History

AuthorSimon

FormatMass Market

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight0.1 Oz

Item Length6.8 in

Item Width4.2 in

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SynopsisIt is acknowledged Church doctrine that sorcery is the specific domain of the Devil. Yet occult tales are liberally sprinkled throughout the Old and New Testaments, from the spirit-invoking Witch of Endor to the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Throughout its 2,000 year history, the Church has spawned numerous mystical religious orders, like the Knights Templar, that may have been engaged in supernatural pursuits, while no fewer than three popes were believed to be involved in occult practices. Christian scriptures tell us that the occult is real, while Catholic priests are thought to have spiritual power over ghosts and evil entities. But if a priest can cast out demons during the rites of exorcism, does it not imply he has the ability to summon them as well? In this eye-opening, provocative work, leading occult scholar Simon examines the Church's unspoken relationship with forbidden magic by exploring the infamous seventeenth-century document considered by some to be the most demonic of all occult texts--the Grimoire of Pope Honorius III--and illuminates the Vatican's darkest hidden corners., The history of the relationship between the Catholic Church and occult practices begins with the Three Wise Men - or Magi - who visited the Christ-child in Bethlehem, directed towards that place by a star. Ever since then, the relationship has had its ups and downs - its periods of intense rivalry matched by attempts at peaceful cooperation - as the Church tried to incorporate occult and magical practices into its own liturgies while at the same time banning other practices as satanic, demonic or heretic. Orders of monks and knights illustrate the history of the Church with their secret rituals, blasphemous theologies, and pretensions to mastery of the created world. The Knights Templar is the most famous - and notorious - of these secret cults within the Church, an Order that eventually gave rise to the Freemasons. The Magi are still with us. This book will explore the role that magic and occultism have played within the Church itself. The controversial author, Simon, offers the first English translation of The Grimoire of Pope Honorious--and investigates the claim that the saintly pope may have actually composed this dark and disturbing manuscript., From a leading scholar of the occult and the editor of "The Necronomicon" comes a shocking and revealing investigation of the historic ties between the occult and the Catholic Church, including the first English translation available of "The Grimoire of Pope Honorious." Original., It is acknowledged Church doctrine that sorcery is the specific domain of the Devil. Yet occult tales are liberally sprinkled throughout the Old and New Testaments, from the spirit-invoking Witch of Endor to the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Throughout its 2,000 year history, the Church has spawned numerous mystical religious orders, like the Knights Templar, that may have been engaged in supernatural pursuits, while no fewer than three popes were believed to be involved in occult practices. Christian scriptures tell us that the occult is real, while Catholic priests are thought to have spiritual power over ghosts and evil entities. But if a priest can cast out demons during the rites of exorcism, does it not imply he has the ability to summon them as well? In this eye-opening, provocative work, leading occult scholar Simon examines the Church's unspoken relationship with forbidden magic by exploring the infamous seventeenth-century document considered by some to be the most demonic of all occult texts--the Grimoire of Pope Honorius III --and illuminates the Vatican's darkest hidden corners.