Book of Black Magic and Ceremonial Magic by Arthur Edward Waite
Luciferian Witchcraft by Michael W Ford
The Demonic Bible by Tsirk Susej
The Devil's Apocrypha: There Are Two Sides To Every Story-
by John De Vito
The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage-
by S. L. MacGregor Mathers
Magick Of Chant O Matics
by Raymond Buckland
Revenge Encyclopedia by Paladin Press
The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene
Summoning Spirits: The Art of Magical Evocation by Konstantinos
Hello Ladies,
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I have never been to a satanic temple,and there use to be one here in
hamilton,but if there are those that bleive in the satanic way I love
to commune on line.
Hi my lable in satanism is not of importance,sorry for misspelled words and poor
grammer for I am stupid,I was fired from my job a little over 4 months ago,.A
guy who breeds pitbulls was trying to figue a name for one of his dogs,I
suggested a Demons name,and he asked why? are you a Satanist? and I said yes(I
will not deny that Ima Satanist) any ways this guy started trouble for me at
work,gossiping,telling lies about me,accusing me of doing things I never
did.Well they fired me.I want revenge on that place,a curse,a hex, I want that
place to go out of business.Any Ideas on what I can do?
Hail Satan
DEATH CURSE
Light a black candle, look into it's flame, and pronounce the following
incantation:
Black Spirits of the night who Riseth from the shadows of hell And tormentest
sinners,
Swirl about me now And hear my command!
Go to the chambers of (name of intended victim) And cause him to burn
With the fires of everlasting damnation For his sin against me
Dark familiars, take his body And knot it with pain,
With cramps that seize his throat And stifle his breath,
And do not return until you have Done as I commanded,
Or I will bring the wrath of Heaven's angels on you.
They say if you do the spell properly, don't be surprised if they die in the
night.
But what ye sow ye shall reap!
The Use and Meaning of Mantras
The Sanskrit word mantra- (m. मन्त्रः,
also n. मन्त्रं)consists of the root
man- "to think" (also in manas "mind") and the suffix -tra meaning, tool, hence
a literal translation would be "instrument of thought".(1) The most popular
source of mantras is from India - verses from the Veda. These words are
pronounced with intention and purpose according to traditional methods. There
are also mantras from the religious and magick practice of Tantra, and these are
used for both good and evil purposes1.
There are five different types of mantras that can be used
Mantras that work by the principle of faith
Mantras that work by association
Mantras that work by agreement or covenant
Mantras that work by meaning
Mantras that work by their sound without reference to their meaning.
Mantras of Faith
The first, most basic type of mantra, the mantra of faith. There is much to be
said about faith, as many times faith brings about results, because through the
energy of faith, the results are expected. It is based on the same principle of
prayer, in that the person "praying" has immense faith in the being that they
are praying to for results. Many times a prayer like this is handed down through
generations of families. If it looses it's true meaning through time does not
matter, as people will continue to believe that it works. It works on the same
principles of the Power of Suggestion
The most familiar and obvious satanic prayer of this kind are the words "Hail
Satan". Although this is often used as a simple greeting between Satanists, when
this "mantra" is used during a ritual, it becomes like a prayer to the Dark
Lord, and is used to unite the participants under one idea and thought, the
praise of Satan. It is the faith in this type of prayer that produces results.
The second type of faith is the faith of the operator, the one repeating the
words. By using a mantra to focus the energy, you have effectively produced
faith in yourself at your own ability, which produces results. It is like a
psychological chain reaction.
Mantras of Association
Words are labels, and the carry ideas and associations with them. For instance,
think of the word "ocean"..as you think of this word it might bring to mind, the
smell of sea salt, wetness, the roar of the waves. Another example is the
National Anthem, whose words are practically meaningless in their context since
they have been written, but when one hears the "national Anthem" one is
compelled to think of patriotism, and the pride of belonging to their country.
These words have their corresponding images and feelings linked to them, and
produce associations with the use of the word.
Associations are not instantaneous in their creation, unless they are within a
context of extreme incidence. For instance, when people hear the phrase
"nine-eleven" , most of us immediately see that image of the burning twin towers
in our mind. We can recall this moment in an instant by hearing this word. This
word, that was used to describe what happened, is now an associated link with
this event.
You can create and recall associations in a controlled way, by linking a word or
name with an idea. You could concentrate and do a focused meditation on your
favorite demon or god, or any subject and thus, through practice, their name
will be associated with the things that you have come to experience in your
meditation. This is one of the main uses of a gods name as a mantra, because of
the associative powers that a name contains.
Mantras of Agreement or Covenant
In the olden days, performing certain parts of ritual and using certain phrases
builds upon spiritual energy. The energy is within the ritual's workings- it is
usually a ritual that has been passed down for centuries, and the energy of this
ritual has created the condition of cause and effect. It is by faith that people
believe that their ritual words and prayers are causing this reaction.
To quote C.W. Leadbetter.."As far as the man is concerned, they produce one of
two effects; either they strengthen his will to do that which he is trying to
do, or they impress upon him the absolute conviction that it will be done. 2"
It is much like creating a groove (in the fabric of reality) with spiritual
energy, and whenever the ritual is performed, the reaction occurs. Religious
devotion that is sustained through "religion" and "religious practice" will
create an expectation of results and fulfillment of the rituals purpose. This is
especially true with ritual words that have been used for hundreds of years by
priests. This is why and how ritual magick works.
Mantras that work by Meaning
This type of mantra helps to create an association. These words are said and
repeated with confidence, many times until they are implanted upon the
subconscious. This is like self- programming by using a word, phrase or idea to
help strengthen your will.
By focusing on a word or phrase you are able to concentrate on one idea or
thought. The Hindu, among other schools of thought, believe that practicing this
leads to the ability of being able to silence the mind at will. The word "ohm",
said over and over is an example of a type of mantra to help focus the mind.
Another example of the mantra of meaning is the "blessing" or consecration. This
happens in many different types of religious tradition. The two types of this is
the blessing one places upon them self, or the type of blessing that is given by
a priest. These blessings create a thought form which attaches itself to the
person who is blessed. The energy of this thought form is dependent on the
amount of energy that goes into creating it.
This is similar to enchanting an object, talisman or amulet for a specific
purpose. This must be done with purposeful intent, and the words must be spoken
with meaning. If the blessing you make for your object of desire is empty and
meaningless, the effect would be slight and purposeless. However, if the words
spoken during the time of blessing have the force of your will behind them, the
effect will be lasting.
Mantras that work by Sound
Mantras used for their sound work by the principle of vibration. There is
vibration in all living and non-living things in this universe. This type of
mantra seeks to harmonize the speaker with vibrations. An example of this is the
Gregorian Chants. These monks have trained themselves to use the perfect note
and pitch, with a certain inflection, to harmonize with the vibrations. These
can be either sung, or hummed.
Once again, CW Leadbetter, on the word AUM:
"That humming sound is a very powerful thing. Sometimes the three letters A U M
are sounded separately. Again, it may be taken on many different notes, low or
high, and sometimes it is sung upon several notes in succession, in a sort of
arpeggio. I have heard that according to the Indian books there are supposed to
be about one hundred and seventy ways of pronouncing the Word, each with its
different effect, and it is thought to be the most powerful of all mantras."2
It is often said in creation legends, how the earth was created with a word.
This is the powerful effect of the spoken word in it's purest form, meant to
harmonize and synthesize with the universe. It is the expression of a deity in
it's ultimate form. Eternal thought concealed in the darkness comes forth as the
creative word. The Christians have a good example of this, with their "AMEN",
which was originally an Egyptian word meant to close a prayer.
These are some examples of Mantras that I have used. In these, I have used the
name of Satan, but there are a myriad of other gods within this system that you
could choose. If you happen to find a particular mantra that helps you focus,
you can use that as a gateway into your mind and soul, for training and
experience on the path of Satanism.
Examples:
ohm sat tan ohm --------- thou self existent one
Ave Satanas---------5 syllables,like the pentagram of satan "praise Satan"
infusco ignis Satanas---dark flame of Satan, Latin mantra
Diabolus Aeternium-----eternal Satan, Greek
satannas dominus terra --Satan,ruler of earth, Latin
- Venus Satanas
http://www.spiritualsatanist.com/articles/magick/mantra.html
REFERENCES:
1. wiki Search on "mantra" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra
2. The Masters and the Paths - C.W. Leadbetter
[ Read a version online here: http://www.anandgholap.net/
Masters_And_Path-CWL.htm accessed 9/17/08 ]
3. Ibid.
http://www.spiritualsatanist.com/articles/magick/mantra.html
Demon Worship
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darkcandle:
Without following any strict code of approach like the Goetia or other grimores,
I have been experiencing contact with one demon from the Goetia with a fantastic
degree of success.
= Approach:
1. Treating the demon with respect and honor
2. Chanting name of demon, visual focus on sigil
3. Incensing sigil with fragrance of plant listed with demon's planet
4. Daily thanks for past favors
5. Placing sigil under pillow at night
6. Offering wine, fresh plant listed with demon's planet, and water on a plain
altar
7. Lighting candles, black or of the specific color of the demon's planet
8. Offerings of personal energy
9. Drawing the sigil and using it in artwork for others to see
10. Private sigil drawing in art for devotion
= Environmental observations:
1. A sweet smell, at times overpowering, comes and goes
2. Ripples through the air, like something moving through water
3. Pockets of what appears to be heat vapor as the type you see rising from hot
objects like pavement, in midair moving and fading away
4. Candles rising and crackling noises during meditation
5. Crackling noises or popping in the air without candles lit
6. Sudden cold areas in the room, usually near my arms, face
= Communication Methods From Demon:
1. All through dreams, information given to me beyond my wildest expectations,
dream images range from obvious to heavy symbolism
2. Odd coincidences in real life which usually point directly to the demon to
some degree
I don't believe in "dabbling" in magick, this is not idle amusement, I've done
my research, which is not to suggest a convoluted ego. I note and appreciate
written cautions against befriending demons and not using protective measures
[meaning I use no circle, I never banish, I do not call upon any godform or
higher power before, during, or after communicating with the demon]. I am not a
practicing Satanist nor do I belong to any Satanic group or order, that includes
the recent web-popular "demonolatry" bunch. I'm not knocking such groups but I
wish to make this point clear as some may ask if I call upon Satan as some texts
describe, I do not. My devotion towards this particular demon from the Goetia
has been on-going for several years. During the early contacts, I inquired to
another demon from the Goetia about a matter and received an instant response
that night in a dream, followed by another dream which was disturbing and made
it appear that I had offended the demon I so honor by contacting another for
advice instead of him. Since then, I have only maintained contact with the one
demon I had so devoted my attention to and the rewards in dreams have been
miraculous.
I evoked the demon a couple of times but have not since and never to a degree
where I could hear or see it, I blame this on spending no more than an hour on
them, an error on my behalf. Honestly, I felt I was pushing it by trying
evocation at this point, feeling it best to continue with light contact for
several additional months. My main communication is through the Approach
outlined above. I plan on evoking to visible manifestation. A recent dream was a
scroll with writing on it and a line thrust before me, which leads me to believe
the demon wishes to make a long term pact with me. Should anyone wish to comment
on my experiences, as briefly as I have stated them thus far and perhaps share
any tips on evocation before I attempt?
Edited on Jan 19, 2008
Reason: Added information I had originally intended to include
Veos:
Tips on evocation before you start: ......Don't.
Many magicians have worked with demons and they have all formed the same
opinion: No matter how nice, gentle or wise a demon may appear, it is still a
Demon and eventually will act like one. There is a reason why grimoires tell
the magician to treat a Demon like a bastard slave with insults and curses.
From personal experience I can tell you that every demon shows its face
eventually. The very fact that you have worked with this being without the
proper use of a ritual evocation shows that you lack the magickal experience to
be evoking in the first place. Why on Earth would you deal with a demon without
the proper safe-guards established in ritual? there is nothing a demon can do
that an Angel or planetary spirit can't. Chances are the creature has already
started working on your mind, though you will of course be totally unaware of it
until it is too late, assuming the being you have been experiencing is indeed
the demon you were hoping to contact (which it probably isn't). Demons are
master decievers! they are the best actors the universe knows. I'm well aware
that despite any warnings you receive you will still probably continue on with
your plan, but know this: If you had fully developed clairvoyance, you would be
able to see that creature's real form, and it would frighten you the likes of
which no other thing in this physical world could do.
Basically, use some common sense. A demon is a DEMON. There is a reason it
is called that. Only after a few years of experience in evoking other beings
should the infernal realms be dealt with by the magician. If you evoke this
demon and the demon actually shows (unlikely unless you have a great deal of
experience. An elemental posing as the demon will probably show) then you would
have found yourself in a hole that is very hard to get out of.
Steve:
"There is a reason why grimoires tell the magician to treat a Demon like a
bastard slave with insults and curses."
And perhaps there is a reason that the demon is being nice to the guy who's
treating it with respect :P
For all the other things though, I do agree that getting close to an evil entity
is not the wisest of courses.
~Steve
Trillis:
Quote from: Veos on January 05, 2008, 08:51:49 AM
There is nothing a demon can do that an Angel or planetary spirit can't.
Then what is the purpose of summoning a Demon?
Veos:
After having established his authority in the planetary and elemental
realms, the magician may wish to do the same in the infernal realms. If so, the
demons are always evoked alongside of the angels who agitate them. For every
Demon there is an angel that binds it. Other than this, idle curiosity is the
only other reason I could think of for the magician to evoke a demon. The only
advantage is that a demon can bring about material wishes slightly more
effective than other spirits, but not enough to use one instead of another
spirit.
Quote from: Steve on January 05, 2008, 10:23:36 AM
And perhaps there is a reason that the demon is being nice to the guy who's
treating it with respect :P
A demon is a Demon, whether you greet it with curses and bindings or with
cookies and milk. Most demons will typically appear very appealing and gentle
to someone who does not have the clairvoyant vision to see their true forms. If
you treat them with respect, you are only opening doors and avenues for them to
enter and attack because you are not fully closing your mind and spirit to them.
If you treat them with a attitude of disgust and loathing, then the mind remains
wholly apart and shut to the demon, and the aura remains firm and impenetrable.
It is much harder for the creature to break down the walls of the fortress than
it is for it to simply walk in through an open gate.
http://forums.vsociety.net/index.php?topic=11913.0;wap2
Ive added new links with very interesting info.
Be nice if there was more discussion on subjects on messageboards.
But please if you all wish to advertise occult sites or groups use links only.
Messageboards are for discussions only.
Hi,
I am a Satanist based in Ottawa.
I am interested in meeting both Modern & Traditional Satanists .
Ive read all of Anton Laveys Books, Currently reading Luciferian Witchcraft by
Michael W Ford. And Ive also read a lot of Aliester Crowley Books, The Golden
Dawn Books, And other books like Demonic Bible, The Devils Apocrypha,
The complete book of Black Magic & Ceremonial Magic and many more.
Like to make Friends with other like minded People in Ottawa Canada.
If interested email me at:
bastiansphillip12@...
or
phillipbastians666@...
Regards
Phillip.
Merry Meet to all of you! (I think that's right!) I am VERY new at all of this!
I want to learn the ways of the Dark Arts. As I said I'm very new at this, I've
been learning for, oh, about a week! So anything anyone thinks of that I should
know or anything anyone wants to share would be great! I apologize in advance
for my questions. I'm sure most of what I will ask will be very rudimentary to
most of you so I'm very sorry! Thank you for accepting me into your group!
revenge spells
By: Love Spellcaster
This spell is to be used with caution, because, it is rather important to decide
at which
point in time you will want it to take hold. This is particularly good for when
you are
viewed as the "Loser" and your opponent is viewed as the "Winner":
Spell to exchange the Luck with a Person who has vexed you....
1. Determine a particular possession that the person is particularly fond of;
his
automobile, his garden, his boat, his favorite chair, etc.
2. Then on the day of a full moon (i.e. full moon at night or full moon in the
day), cut a
length of blackberry (bramble) vine. It is EXTREMELY important that YOU do not
touch
the piece of vine, lest the spell backfire. Carry it with a garden or some other
kind of tool.
3. By sunset lay it carefully under the person's beloved object and chant:
Cerridwin's vine, Cerridwin's vine!
Thine will be that of mine!
By the power of three times three!
By the power I conjure in me!
Our lucks shall change hands!
Mine is his and his mine!
By the power so Devine!
So mote it be in spoken bands!
Gradually your luck will change. Should the victim pick up the vine or touch it,
he will
have bad luck, and you will have good luck. If he injures himself on the thorns,
he will
suffer an accident, and you will come to money. But this of course, depends on
how
much good or bad luck your "victim" has. He will suffer your fate, you shall
suffer his.
Like all spells, this one must be used with prudence, since you are not cursing,
you are
exchanging something using magick. The luck exchange holds a year and a day, and
cannot be counteracted.
http://www.spells4free.com/Article/revenge-spells/191
Brother Nero has just released his new book called, 'Satanism: A Beginners Guide
to the Religious Worship of Satan and Demons Volume One' published by Devil's
Mark Publishing. It deals with the basic philosophy of Traditional Satanism and
many issues that Satanists deal with every day. Some of the topics include:
* Holy Texts of Traditional Satanism
* The Nature of Satan and Demons
* Satanic Marriage and Sexual Relationships
* Al-Jilwah Commentary
* Daily Prayer
* Solitary Practice vs. Joining a Coven
* Raising Children in Satanism
Check out Nero's video in regards to the book:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbNaa5Wzd10&feature=youtu.be&a
You can order it through the Devil's Mark Publishing website:
www.DevilsMarkPublishing.com
Satanic Blessings,
Marie RavenSoul
I'm looking for supplies for a black mass ritual. Hopefully I can get all the
equipment and attendants by April 30 for Walpurgis night. I try to get into
contact with other satanists in the area, or perhaps nudge people into the left
hand path to try and get a sufficient group for a ritual.
Most people I know who do practice witchcraft or have some interest in the
paranormal tend to shy away from even the mention of satanism. There have been
other online communities in the Ottawa area, but unfortunately the websites have
been dead for years and the webmasters gone, possibly just getting on with their
lives I guess.
If anyone here has performed the black mass how hard was it to get the amount of
people to gather for the ceremony?
All hail the almighty Satan this day for it is his day. Horns high people & may
your sacrifices be true. Cast your spells of Destruction upon your enemies &
dedicate it to our Lord this night & he will bless your magic. Hail Satan!!!
Hello and Welcome,
Are there any specific areas in the Dark Arts as you put it that interest you?
--- In BlackmagiccursesOttawaCanada@..., "Eden" <terrells_angel@...>
wrote:
>
> Merry Meet to all of you! (I think that's right!) I am VERY new at all of
this! I want to learn the ways of the Dark Arts. As I said I'm very new at this,
I've been learning for, oh, about a week! So anything anyone thinks of that I
should know or anything anyone wants to share would be great! I apologize in
advance for my questions. I'm sure most of what I will ask will be very
rudimentary to most of you so I'm very sorry! Thank you for accepting me into
your group!
>
The latest issue of 'The Serpent's Tongue' is here. Filled with awesome
interviews, articles, rituals, poetry, a tribute to Lilith, among other
things... you won't want to miss it...
Issue Four: The Power of a Dark Woman
http://www.vengeo.com/Marie_RavenSoul/Issue_Four_January2011
Interviews
Pontifex Melusine (High Priestess of Fraternitas Hermoni- CoBG)
Sonya Scarlet (Theatres des Vampires)
Sarah Jezebel Deva (Angtoria, ex- Therion, ex- Mortiis, ex- Cradle of Filth)
Stephanie Connolly (OFS Demonolatry)
Belita Adair (Satanic Corpse)
Demona Bast (Singer, Actress, Dark Alternative Model, Belly Dancer)
Kindra RavenMoon (Writer, Actress, Alternative Model, Left Hand Path Witch)
Ilkim Oulanem (Turkish Black Metal)
Alkistis (Scarlet Imprint)
Articles
The Abyss: `The Power of a Dark Woman' by Marie RavenSoul
Forged In Blackened Flames by Alastor Fenris Pendragon
Balance: Luciferian Angel and Demon Within by Frater Malus (T.O.P.H)
News and Views: `A Satanist Runs for Politics' by Marie RavenSoul
Tribute to Lilith
Rituals
Lilith Communion Ritual by Luciferius
Blessed Paint by James R. Corkle aka Brother Necrowolf and Sister Averiy
Worldwide Facts and Statistics about Women
Poetry Corner
Prince of Darkness by Fuhrer Von Satanicas
Future of Life by Josiah Hayton
Ask the Editor
Christian Black Metal
Drugs and Alcohol in Satanism
Reviews
The Devil's Bible by Myrmydon Pontifex Maximus
The Devil's Disciple by Myrmydon Pontifex Maximus
Bringers of the Black Flame by Legions of Hoar Frost
The Last Survivor by Lutemkrat
Manifestations
New Releases of Books and Music
In Satan,
Marie RavenSoul
Founder/Publisher, 'The Serpent's Tongue'
Any one who is willing to do death curses ,Please do so, THIS IS SERIOUS !Her
name is Lori Rathburn,. she is causing trouble with me, her Phone number is
541-885-7639 .I strongly wish for this bitch to die and to leave me and my
family the fuck alone Hail Satan
--- In BlackmagiccursesOttawaCanada@..., "N" <ncamp_2001@...> wrote:
>
> Thank you for the add. I look forward to studying and learning all that is
there is to learn about Black Magic. Is there anyone located in Ottawa?
>
I am in Ottawa Canada.
U. S. Imperialism, Hands Off Latin America
November 9, 2004
Below we print part of a speech given by Michael Thorburn, a representative of
the Workers Party, U.S.A., at a Chicago-area meeting organized by the Peace
Agenda Forum on October 21, 2004. For the purposes of publication, the speech
has been edited by the author.
Very simply, the aim of my speech is to encourage everyone here to work to make
sure that the slogan: "U.S., Hands Off Latin America!"
Is a central part of the peace movement and the political agenda of the American
people.
This issue is fundamental because, as the saying goes, "no nation which
oppresses another can be free." Thus, our Party - the Workers Party - holds that
it is the elementary responsibility of every person who genuinely stands for
democracy and the rights of humanity to resolutely oppose the national
oppression and military intervention imposed on other countries by our "own
government."
And everyone knows that for more than 100 years, the U.S. government and the
U.S. monopoly capitalist class has considered Latin America their "backyard" and
imposed colonialism and neocolonialism on the peoples.
Today, U.S. imperialism is intensifying its stranglehold over Latin America as
part of its so-called "war on terrorism." Historically, Latin America is the
foundation of the U.S. empire. And as U.S. imperialism fights to extend this
empire - to create a unipolar world with itself as the "sole superpower" - it is
determined to fortify its strategic base.
- Thus, we see that in February of this year, thousands of U.S. marines invaded
Haiti, kidnapped the elected President and began restoring open U.S. colonial
rule.
- We see the U.S. branding the Colombian people as "terrorists" and stepping up
its direct military intervention in a counter-insurgency war which aims at
suppressing Colombia's struggle for independence, democracy and social and
economic progress. We see U.S. imperialism using "Plan Colombia" to stretch its
military presence and activities throughout the Andes region, militarizing
Ecuador and Peru, threatening Venezuela and Bolivia, etc.
- We see the U.S. government tightening its blockade - its war - against Cuba
and publicly publishing a blueprint for military intervention and the
reimposition of U.S. colonialism in Cuba.
- We see the U.S. government - through the CIA, the National Endowment for
Democracy, and the highest officials of the government - carrying out a
destabilization campaign against the elected, constitutional government of
Venezuela.
- We see U.S. capitalism intensifying its economic penetration of the continent,
dictating austerity budgets and privatization programs to various governments,
pressuring countries to accept such treaties as the Central American Free Trade
Agreement, the Andes Free Trade Agreement, the Free Trade Area of the Americas
and various bilateral treaties which aim at virtual U.S. annexation of Latin
America.
History of U.S. Intervention
Before going more deeply into some of these sharpening immediate struggles, I
want to review some of the background of U.S. intervention in Latin America.
This history helps us see where present-day problems come from, helps us see
that the super-exploitation and war against the peoples of Latin America is
built into the very foundations of present-day U.S. capitalist-imperialism and
that for more than 100 years this colonialism has been the bipartisan program of
both the Democratic and Republican parties.
From the very founding of the U.S. republic, U.S. capitalism expressed an
appetite for Latin America. For example, by proclaiming the Monroe Doctrine in
1823, the U.S. government declared that the entire Western Hemisphere was its
sphere of influence and warned European powers to stay out.
But in its early days, U.S. capitalism, despite its appetite, did not have the
power to project itself too far. This changed around the turn of the 20th
century as the era of monopoly capitalism and imperialism began.
U.S. capitalism emerged as a major imperialist power by waging the so-called
"Spanish-American War," which really was a war waged by the U. S. government
against the peoples of Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines who were already
fighting for their independence from Spain. Through this war, the U.S. imposed
direct colonial rule on Puerto Rico and Cuba (as well as the Philippines),
marking the beginning of the wholesale export of U.S. capital and U.S. marines
to Latin America - the beginning of U.S. economic and, to a large extent,
territorial domination of the continent.
This colonial project was codified by President Theodore Roosevelt in his famous
"Roosevelt corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine which asserted U.S. imperialism's
intention to intervene in the internal affairs of Latin American countries to
control their economic and political systems.
Roosevelt's doctrine reads, in part:
"Any country whose people conduct themselves well, can count upon our hearty
friendship. If a nation shows that it knows how to act with reasonable
efficiency and decency in social and political matters, if it keeps order and
pays its obligations, it need fear no interference from the U.S. Chronic
wrong-going or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of
civilized society, may in America, ... require intervention by some civilized
nations, and in the western hemisphere the adherence of the U.S. to the Monroe
Doctrine may force the U.S... to the exercise of an international [police]
power."
These early years of "gunboat diplomacy" are well described by a U.S. General -
Smedley Butler, who writes in his memoirs: "I spent 33 years and four months in
active service as a member of our country's most agile military force - the
marine corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from a second lieutenant to
major-general. And during that period I spent most of my time being a highclass
muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the bankers. In short, I
was a racketeer for capitalism .... Thus I helped make Mexico and especially
Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a
decent place for the National City Bank to collect revenues in . . . I helped
purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in
1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar
interests in 1916.
I helped make Honduras "right" For American fruit companies in 1903." (quoted
from Eduardo Galeano, "Open Veins of Latin America," 1971).
In fact, over the years, U.S. government has waged hundreds of wars and military
interventions against the peoples of Latin America and these wars have been
waged by every administration, Democratic and Republican.
A partial list of some of the major U.S. wars since the 1950's includes:
- in 1954 CIA-trained U.S. troops invaded Guatemala to carry out a coup against
the Arbenz government and reverse the country's agrarian reform which went
against the economic interests of United Fruit;
- in 1959 the U.S. began widescale covert intervention against Cuba after the
revolutionary government undertook land reform and the nationalization of
certain U.S.-owned enterprises. Over the years, U. S. intervention has resulted
in the murder of hundreds of Cuban activists, workers, peasants, and students by
U.S. covert operatives.
In 1961 the U.S. launched the "Bay of Pigs" invasion, and later Kennedy
threatened Cuba with nuclear war, etc.;
- in 1965, some 50,000 U.S. troops invaded the Dominican Republic;
- in 1973 the CIA-organized a coup in Chile which overthrow the elected
government and resulted in the murder, imprisonment and exiling of tens of
thousands of Chileans;
- in the late 1970's and throughout the 1980's, U.S. advisers on the ground
directed the counter-insurgency war in El Salvador which resulted in 80,000
killed and 1.5 million Salvadorans exiled.
- in the 1980's, the CIA directed the "contra war" against Nicaragua which
claimed the lives of 30,000 people;
- the 1983 invasion of Grenada by 30,000 troops in 1983;
- in 1985 invasion of Panama.
In sum, for more than 100 years, U.S. imperialism has imposed a series of
fascist, military regimes on the peoples in Latin America and has been in a
permanent state of war against the continent.
Just as today the U.S. government, in its war against Iraq, can rely only on
doublespeak to advertise its aggression as "defense of democracy," to label its
destruction and devastation of Iraq as "preventing chaos," etc., so too all the
war and fascism imposed on Latin America by U.S. imperialism has been carried
out in the name of "freedom" and "democracy."
At the time of the Monroe Doctrine, Henry Clay, Secretary of State, justified
U.S. imperial ambitions by calling for "a human freedom league encompassing all
nations from Hudson Bay to Cape Horn."
The U.S. wars against the Puerto Rican and Cuban people were waged in the name
of "bringing freedom and civilization" to the people.
The invasions of Guatemala and Grenada were carried out in the name of
"restoring democracy." The contras mercenaries and the paramilitary death squads
in El Salvador, Colombia and elsewhere are called "freedom fighters" by the
leaders of the U.S. government.
The 1965 invasion of the Dominican Republic like the ongoing occupation of Haiti
are justified as a means to "prevent chaos and anarchy."
The U.S. blockade of Cuba and its plan for armed intervention are given such
names as the "Cuban Democracy Act" and "Assistance for a Free Cuba." The U.S.
government works to destabilize the elected government in Venezuela by branding
President Chavez as a "dictator."
The truth is that the path to democracy for peoples in Latin America is and can
only be the path of struggle against U.S. imperialism - against its subversion,
aggression, and support for internal reactionary regimes.
For the American people, a very touchstone of our commitment to genuine
democracy is resolute, uncompromising struggle against any and all interference
by the U.S. capitalist-imperialist government in Latin America. The touchstone
of genuine American democracy, a vital part of opposition to the colonialism,
racism and war program of "our own" government is to struggle to get U.S.
imperialism out of Latin America, lock, stock and barrel!
Economic Basis
Of course, behind all this military intervention are the economic interests of
the U.S. monopoly capitalist class.
Everyone knows that in Latin America whole countries have been turned into
plantations - banana plantations, coffee plantations, sugar plantations, rubber
plantations, etc. - owned by U.S. agri-businesses.
The fertile soil of Latin America has not been used to feed its people but
turned into profits for the U.S. capitalists. Thus for example El Salvador has
lost its self-sufficiency in food as its land has been used to grow and export
coffee for the U.S. capitalists. And along with pillaging the land, U.S.
imperialism - in alliance with the local oligarchy and fascist regimes -
expropriated, by force of arms, the land of the peasants, abolished their
communal and other indigenous ownership systems, and deprived millions of people
of their livelihood. This same story, repeated in different forms all across the
continent, is one of the root causes of today's war in the Colombian
countryside, where for 100 years peasants have been fighting to keep their land
and livelihood from armed expropriation by landlords in alliance with U.S.
imperialism.
So too the mineral wealth of the soil, the patrimony of the peoples, has
literally been drained and carted out of Latin America. Just as the
conquistadors looted the gold of the indigenous peoples, the U. S. capitalists
have grabbed billions of dollars in wealth by taking the copper of Chile, the
tin of Bolivia, the oil of Venezuela and Mexico, the bauxite of Haiti, etc.,
etc.
While grabbing the raw materials and mineral wealth, the U.S. multinational
corporations have set up branch plants across Latin America in order to exploit
the working class. Under the thumb of U. S.-imposed governments, Latin American
workers are super-exploited and often prevented from exercising such elementary
rights as the right to unionize. Today, for example, after U.S. imperialism
drained Haiti of its huge bauxite reserves, robbing the national patrimony of
the people, 150 U.S. companies have set up shop in the country, paying workers
as little as $1.60/day.
During the last several years, under the signboard of "neo-liberal economics,"
U.S. imperialism has been intensifying its economic penetration and
superexploitation of Latin America. Through military, economic and political
pressure, through bilateral and multilateral such as the North American Free
Trade Agreement, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, the Free Trade Area
of the Americas, etc., through the IMF and other international financial
institutions, imperialism is directly dictating the budget of Latin American
countries, forcing the privatization of state-owned industries, grabbing control
of virtually the entire economic infrastructure. The goal if the virtual
annexation of the continent by U.S. capital.
By 2001, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean owned $787 billion to
U.S. and international bankers and were paying more than $150 billion/year in
debt service (see U.S Commerce Department's "Survey of Current Business,"
September 2002).
This huge debt in turn is used by imperialism as a lever to further open up the
economies of Latin America to imperialist penetration and take-over.
For example, from 1982 to early the 1990's Mexico was forced to privatize 886
state enterprises out of a total of 1,155 with U.S. monopolies gaining control
over telecommunications, airlines, banking, mining, steel and other sectors.
Similarly in Chile, the Pinochet regime (installed through a CIA coup)
privatized 160 state corporations, 16 banks and thousands of mines and
agricultural enterprises from 1975 through 1989.
Today, U.S. imperialism is demanding that literally all the wealth and labor of
Latin America be put at its disposal. Various U. S.-dictated treaties are
turning even the water resources over to U.S. multinational corporations and
forbidding Latin American governments from protecting even such sectors as
health care, education, or the national forests from foreign ownership. U.S.
imperialism aims at nothing less than the virtual annexation of the continent.
As U.S. imperialism spreads its net across Latin America, the apologists for
capitalism, portray this process as the road to "economic opportunity, freedom
and development."
But, this is just economic doublespeak. The only "freedom" aimed at is the
"freedom" of the U.S. monopolies to rob the wealth and exploit the peoples.
Why is it that Latin America remains economically underdeveloped and so many of
the people live in poverty and hardship? The continent has fabulously rich soil
and vast mineral wealth. And only the racist filth of imperialism could claim
that the people don't work and create new values.
The real problem is precisely that the values created by the labor of the people
leaves their countries and goes to Wall Street and Washington, D.C. to fill the
pockets of the U.S. capitalists. The labor of the people does not go to insure
their well-being or the economic independence and development of the Latin
American countries, it is, instead, poured into the foundations of U.S.
imperialism's empire.
So just as the path to genuine democracy in Latin America can only be the path
of struggle against U.S. intervention, so too, the path of economic development
and social progress can only be the path of struggle against the exploiting,
colonial relations imposed on Latin America by U.S. capitalist-imperialism. This
is the path of cancelling the debt, the path of putting the handcuffs on the
multinational corporations, the path of nationalizing the economic
infrastructure and putting the economic resources of Latin America in the hands
of the peoples themselves.
Looking into the economic basis of U.S. intervention again teaches the people in
the U.S. that our struggle against U.S. militarism and colonialism in Latin
America must strike against the very foundations of the capitalist-imperialist
system. In political terms it means that the struggle against U.S. intervention
must be directed against the parties of monopoly capital and imperialism -
against the Republicans and Democrats. (to be continued).
(This entire speech will soon be published in pamphlet form. For more
information contact The Worker at P.O. Box 25716, Chicago, IL. 60625; (312)
409-1127).
http://www.anti-imperialist.org/Hands-Off-Latin-America_11-9-04.htm
Peru: Blood Flows In The Amazon
By James Petras
17 June, 2009
Countercurrents.org
In early June, Peruvian President Alan García, an ally of US President Barack
Obama, ordered armored personnel carriers, helicopter gun-ships and hundreds of
heavily armed troops to assault and disperse a peaceful, legal protest organized
by members of Peru's Amazonian indigenous communities protesting the entry of
foreign multinational mining companies on their traditional homelands.
Dozens of Indians were killed or are missing, scores have been injured and
arrested and a number of Peruvian police, held hostage by the indigenous
protestors were killed in the assault. President García declared martial law in
the region in order to enforce his unilateral and unconstitutional fiat granting
of mining exploitation rights to foreign companies, which infringed on the
integrity of traditional Amazonian indigenous communal lands.
Alan García is no stranger to government-sponsored massacres. In June 1986, he
ordered the military to bomb and shell prisons in the capital holding many
hundreds of political prisoners protesting prison conditions – resulting in over
400 known victims. Later obscure mass graves revealed dozens more. This
notorious massacre took place while García was hosting a gathering of the
so-called `Socialist' International in Lima. His political party, APRA (American
Popular Revolutionary Alliance) a member of the `International', was embarrassed
by the public display of its `national-socialist' proclivities, before hundreds
of European Social Democrat functionaries. Charged with misappropriation of
government funds and leaving office with an inflation rate of almost 8,000% in
1990, he agreed to support Presidential candidate Alberto Fujimori in exchange
for amnesty. When Fujimori imposed a dictatorship in 1992, García went into
self-imposed exile in Colombia and later, France. He returned in 2001 when the
statute of limitations on his corruption charges had expired and Fujimori was
forced to resign amidst charges of running death squads and spying on his
critics. García won the 2006 Presidential elections in a run-off against the
pro-Indian nationalist candidate and former Army officer, Ollanta Humala, thanks
to financial and media backing by Lima's rightwing, ethnic European oligarchs
and US overseas `AID' agencies.
Back in power, García left no doubt about his political and economic agenda. In
October 2007 he announced his strategy of placing foreign multi-national mining
companies at the center of his economic `development' program, while justifying
the brutal displacement of small producers from communal lands and indigenous
villages in the name of `modernization'.
García pushed through congressional legislation in line with the US-promoted
`Free Trade Agreement of the Americas' or ALCA. Peru was one of only three Latin
American nations to support the US proposal. He opened Peru to the unprecedented
plunder of its resources, labor, land and markets by the multinationals. In late
2007, García began to award huge tracts of traditional indigenous lands in the
Amazon region for exploitation by foreign mining and energy multinationals. This
was in violation of a 1969 International Labor Organization-brokered agreement
obligating the Peruvian government to consult and negotiate with the indigenous
inhabitants over exploitation of their lands and rivers. Under his `open door'
policy, the mining sector of the economy expanded rapidly and made huge profits
from the record-high world commodity prices and the growing Asian (Chinese)
demand for raw materials. The multinational corporations were attracted by
Peru's low corporate taxes and royalty payments and virtually free access to
water and cheap government-subsidized electricity rates. The enforcement of
environmental regulations was suspended in these ecologically fragile regions,
leading to wide-spread contamination of the rivers, ground water, air and soil
in the surrounding indigenous communities. Poisons from mining operations led to
massive fish kills and rendered the water unfit for drinking. The operations
decimated the tropical forests, undermining the livelihood of tens of thousands
of villagers engaged in traditional artisan work and subsistence forest
gathering and agricultural activities.
The profits of the mining bonanza go primarily to the overseas companies. The
García regime distributes state revenues to his supporters among the financial
and real estate speculators, luxury goods importers and political cronies in
Lima's enclosed upscale, heavily guarded neighborhoods and exclusive
country-clubs. As the profit margins of the multinationals reached an incredible
50% and government revenues exceeded $1 billion US dollars, the indigenous
communities lacked paved roads, safe water, basic health services and schools.
Worse still, they experienced a rapid deterioration of their everyday lives as
the influx of mining capital led to increased prices for basic food and
medicine. Even the World Bank in its Annual Report for 2008 and the editors of
the Financial Times of London urged the García regime to address the growing
discontent and crisis among the indigenous communities. Delegations from the
indigenous communities had traveled to Lima to try to establish a dialogue with
the President in order to address the degradation of their lands and
communities. The delegates were met with closed doors. García maintained that
`progress and modernity come from the big investments by the
multinationals…,(rather than) the poor peasants who haven't a centavo to
invest.' He interpreted the appeals for peaceful dialogue as a sign of weakness
among the indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon and increased his grants of
exploitation concessions to foreign MNCs even deeper into the Amazon. He cut off
virtually all possibility for dialogue and compromise with the Indian
communities.
The Amazonian Indian communities responded by forming the Inter-Ethnic
Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP). They held
public protests for over 7 weeks culminating in the blocking of two
transnational highways. This enraged García, who referred to the protestors as
`savages and barbarians' and sent police and military units to suppress the mass
action. What García failed to consider was the fact that a significant
proportion of indigenous men in these villages had served as rmy conscripts, who
fought in the 1995 war against Ecuador while others had been trained in local
self-defense community organizations. These combat veterans were not intimidated
by state terror and their resistance to the initial police attacks resulted in
both police and Indian casualties. García then declared `war on the savages'
sending a heavy military force with helicopters and armored troops with orders
to `shoot to kill'. AIDESEP activists report over one hundred deaths among the
indigenous protestors and their families: Indians were murdered in the streets,
in their homes and workplaces. The remains of many victims are believed to have
been dumped in the ravines and rivers.
Conclusion
The Obama regime has predictably not issued a single word of concern or protest
in the face of one of the worst massacres of Peruvian civilians in this decade –
perpetrated by one of America's closest remaining allies in Latin America.
García, taking his talking points from the US Ambassador, accused Venezuela and
Bolivia of having instigated the Indian `uprising', quoting a letter of support
from Bolivia's President Evo Morales sent to an intercontinental conference of
Indian communities held in Lima in May as `proof'. Martial law was declared and
the entire Amazon region of Peru is being militarized. Meetings are banned and
family members are forbidden from searching for their missing relatives.
Throughout Latin America, all the major Indian organizations have expressed
their solidarity with the Peruvian indigenous movements. Within Peru, mass
social movements, trade unions and human rights groups have organized a general
strike on June 11. Fearing the spread of mass protests, El Commercio, the
conservative Lima daily, cautioned García to adopt some conciliatory measures to
avoid a generalized urban uprising. A one-day truce was declared on June 10, but
the Indian organizations refused to end their blockade of the highways unless
the García Government rescinds its illegal land grant decrees.
In the meantime, a strange silence hangs over the White House. Our usually
garrulous President Obama, so adept at reciting platitudes about diversity and
tolerance and praising peace and justice, cannot find a single phrase in his
prepared script condemning the massacre of scores of indigenous inhabitants of
the Peruvian Amazon. When egregious violations of human rights are committed in
Latin America by a US backed client-President following Washington's formula of
`free trade', deregulation of environmental protections and hostility toward
anti-imperialist countries (Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador), Obama favors
complicity over condemnation.
http://www.countercurrents.org/petras170609.htm
Codex Gigas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Gigas (disambiguation).
The Codex Gigas is the largest medieval manuscript in the world.
The Codex Gigas (English: Giant Book) is the largest extant medieval manuscript
in the world.[1] It is also known as the Devil's Bible because of a large
illustration of the devil on the inside and the legend surrounding its creation.
It is thought to have been created in the early 13th century in the Benedictine
monastery of Podlažice in Bohemia (modern Czech Republic). It contains the
Vulgate Bible as well as many historical documents all written in Latin. During
the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the entire collection was stolen by the Swedish
army as plunder, and now it is preserved at the National Library of Sweden in
Stockholm, though it is not normally on display.[1]
Contents
[hide] 1 Description
2 History
3 Content
4 Legend
5 See also
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links
[edit] Description
The codex is richly illuminated throughout.
The codex is bound in a wooden folder covered with leather and ornate metal. At
92 cm (36.2in.) tall, 50 cm (19.7in.) wide and 22 cm (8.6in.) thick it is the
largest known medieval manuscript.[2] At 165 pounds (74.8 kg), Codex Gigas is
composed of 310 leaves of parchment allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys
or perhaps calfskin.[3] The Codex Gigas is the world's largest and most
mysterious medieval manuscript.[4] It initially contained 320 sheets, though
some of these were subsequently removed.[5] It is unknown who removed the pages
or for what purpose but it seems likely that they contained the monastic rules
of the Benedictines.
In Acts 12:25 it reads απο
Ιερουσαλημ (from Jerusalem)
along with manuscripts: D, Ψ, 181, 436, 614, 2412, ℓ 147, ℓ
809, ℓ 1021, ℓ 1141, ℓ 1364, ℓ 1439, ar, d, vg,
Chrysostom; majority reads εις
Ιερουσαλημ (to Jerusalem);[6]
In Acts 18:26 it supports reading την οδον of
Codex Bezae;[7]
[edit] History
The codex is believed to have been created by Herman the Recluse in the
Benedictine monastery of Podlažice near Chrudim. The monastery was destroyed
during the 15th century. Records in the codex end in the year 1229. The codex
was later pledged to the Cistercians Sedlec monastery and then bought by the
Benedictine monastery in Břevnov. From 1477–1593 it was kept in the library
of a monastery in Broumov until it was taken to Prague in 1594 to form a part of
the collections of Rudolf II.
At the end of the Thirty Years' War in the year 1648, the entire collection was
taken by the Swedish army as plunder. From 1649 to 2007 the manuscript was kept
in the Swedish Royal Library in Stockholm.[8] The site of its creation is marked
by a maquette in the town museum of Chrast.
On September 24, 2007, after 359 years, Codex Gigas returned to Prague on loan
from Sweden until January 2008, and was on display at the Czech National
Library.[9][10][11]
A National Geographic documentary included interviews with manuscript experts
who pointed towards evidence (handwriting analysis and a credit to hermann
inanclus – "herman the recluse") that indicates the manuscript was the work of
just one author.[12]
[edit] Content
About half of the Codex consists of the entire Latin Bible in the Vulgate
version, except for the books of Acts and Revelation, which are from a
pre-Vulgate version. They are in the order Genesis-Ruth, Isaiah-Daniel,
Hosea-Malachi, Job, Samuel & Kings, Psalms-Song of Solomon, Wisdom of Solomon,
Wisdom of Jesus, Esdras, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Maccabees. Between the
Testaments are Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews and Wars of the Jews, as well
as Isidore of Seville's encyclopedia Etymologiae and medical works of
Hippocrates, Theophilus, Philaretus, and Constantinus. Following a blank page,
the New Testament commences with Matthew-Acts, James-Revelation, and
Romans-Hebrews. Following the picture of the devil, Cosmas of Prague's Chronicle
of Bohemia, a list of brothers in the Podlažice monastery, and a calendar with
necrologium, magic formulae and other local records round out the codex. The
entire document is written in Latin, in addition, it contains Hebrew, Greek, and
Slavic alphabets (Cyrillic and Glagolitic).[1]
Illustration of the devil, Folio 290 recto. Legend has it the codex was created
by a monk who sold his soul to the devil.
The manuscript includes illuminations in red, blue, yellow, green and gold.
Capital letters are elaborately illuminated, frequently across the entire page.
The codex has a unified look as the nature of the writing is unchanged
throughout, showing no signs of age, disease or mood on the part of the scribe.
This may have led to the belief that the whole book was written in a very short
time (see Legend). But scientists are starting to believe and research the
theory that it took over 20 years to complete.
Folio 290 recto,[13] otherwise empty, includes a unique picture of the devil,
about 50 cm tall. Several pages before this are written on a blackening
parchment and have a very gloomy character, somewhat different from the rest of
the codex. The reason for the different coloring is that when parchment is
exposed to light it "tans", as parchment is made from animal skins, so over the
centuries the pages that were exposed will have a darker color to them. Directly
opposite the devil is a full picture of the kingdom of heaven, juxtaposing the
"good versus evil," in contrast with the picture of the devil.
[edit] Legend
According to one version of a legend that is already recorded in the Middle Ages
the scribe was a monk who broke his monastic vows and was sentenced to be walled
up alive. In order to forbear this harsh penalty he promised to create in one
single night a book to glorify the monastery forever, including all human
knowledge. Near midnight he became sure that he could not complete this task
alone, so he made a special prayer, not addressed to God but to the fallen angel
Lucifer, asking him to help him finish the book in exchange for his soul. The
devil completed the manuscript and the monk added the devil's picture out of
gratitude for his aid.[1][14][15] In tests to recreate the work, it is estimated
that in order to reproduce only the calligraphy, without the illustrations or
embellishments, would have taken 20 years of non-stop writing.[4]
[edit] See also
List of New Testament Latin manuscripts
[edit] References
1.^ a b c d Codex Gigas - Kungl. biblioteket, Stockholm
2.^ Boldan, Kamil; Michal Dragoun, Duan Foltýn, Jindřich Marek,
Zdeněk Uhlíř (2007). The Devil's Bible - Codex Gigas. The Secrets of
the World's Largest Book. NKP. p. 15. ISBN 978-80-7050-532-8.
3.^ KB description
4.^ a b National Geographic: Devil's Bible
5.^ Boldan, Kamil; Michal Dragoun, Duan Foltýn, Jindřich Marek,
Zdeněk Uhlíř (2007). The Devil's Bible - Codex Gigas. The Secrets of
the World's Largest Book. NKP. p. 17. ISBN 978-80-7050-532-8.
6.^ UBS3, p. 464.
7.^ UBS3, p. 491.
8.^ Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, "The Text of the New Testament: Its
Transmission, Corruption and Restoration", Oxford University Press (New York –
Oxford, 2005), p. 103.
9.^ Canadian Press, Return of the COdex Gigas to Prague draws crowds of curious
Czechs
10.^ Raising the devil – A legendary work returns to Prague
11.^ Borrowing the Devil's Bible
12.^
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/mysteries-of-the-bible/3619/Overvie\
w15
13.^ Codex Gigas – Book Viewer
14.^ KB Legends
15.^ "Satanic Inspiration", The Prague Post Online, September 12, 2007.
[edit] Further reading
Bártl, S., Kostelecký, J.: Ďáblova bible. Tajemství největší knihy
světa, Paseka, 1993. ISBN 80-85192-64-0
Codex Gigas in the European Library: treasure of national library of Sweden
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Codex Gigas
Codex Gigas — Official Codex Gigas site at the National Library of Sweden.
National Geographic
Browse Codex Gigas — Browse the complete Codex Gigas in high resolution.
Enormous interest in the Devil's Bible! – News story at Czech.cz, official
portal of the Czech Republic
The Manuscriptorium A Czech language website with a high resolution digital
copy of the manuscript
World Digital Library presentation of Codex Gigas. National Library of Sweden.
Primary source 13th-century manuscript from Bohemia, one of the historical Czech
lands.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Gigas
There are many curses on the links.
But think long & hard before doing any curses.
--- In BlackmagiccursesOttawaCanada@..., "Satans Daughter"
<lonepine666a@...> wrote:
>
> Im a victim of domestic violence ,Is their a curse I can put on them?
>
I have a couple of these books and I just have to say I like them all but there
is just something about the 48 laws of power lol I love it. It is very
practical and tells it like it is. There is another book that I think kinda
goes with it and it's called The Art of Seduction by the same author. It is
broke down much like the laws of power. I think they go hand in hand.
By the way I am Lady Wisdom and I am new to the group as you already know. I
uploaded a pdf in the files section I hope that was ok. I have a ton of pdf's
but wanted to make sure it was ok and I wanted to ask what kind of stuff you
want there before I did any more.
Lady Wisdom
--- In BlackmagiccursesOttawaCanada@..., "Phillip"
<bastiansphillip12@...> wrote:
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> Book of Black Magic and Ceremonial Magic by Arthur Edward Waite
>
> Luciferian Witchcraft by Michael W Ford
>
> The Demonic Bible by Tsirk Susej
>
> The Devil's Apocrypha: There Are Two Sides To Every Story-
> by John De Vito
>
> The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage-
> by S. L. MacGregor Mathers
>
> Magick Of Chant O Matics
> by Raymond Buckland
>
> Revenge Encyclopedia by Paladin Press
>
> The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene
>
> Summoning Spirits: The Art of Magical Evocation by Konstantinos
>