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Ophiolatreia, the worship of the serpent, next to the adoration of
the phallus, is one of the most remarkable, and, at first sight,
unaccountable forms of religion the world has ever known. Until the
true source from whence it sprang can be reached and understood,
its nature will remain as mysterious as its universality, for what
man could see in an object so repulsive and forbidding in its
habits as this reptile, to render worship to, is one of the most
difficult of problems to find a solution to. There is hardly a
country of the ancient world, however, where it cannot be traced,
pervading every known system of mythology, and leaving proofs of
its existence and extent in the shape of monuments, temples, and
earthworks of the most elaborate and curious character. Babylon,
Persia, Hindostan, Ceylon, China, Japan, Burmah, Java, Arabia,
Syria, Asia Minor, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, Italy, Northern and
Western Europe, Mexico, Peru, America---all yield abundant
testimony to the same effect, and point to the common origin of
Pagan systems wherever found. Whether the worship was the result of
fear or respect is a question that naturally enough presents
itself, and in seeking to answer it we shall be confronted with the
fact that in some places, as Egypt, the symbol was that of a good
demon, while in India, Scandinavia, and Mexico, it was that of an
evil one.
The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses is an 18th or 19th century
magical text allegedly written by Moses, and passed down as hidden
(or lost) books of the Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch. A
grimoire, a text of magical incantations and seals, it purports to
instruct the reader in the spells used to create the miracles
portrayed in the Christian Bible. The work was printed with annexes
or reputed Talmudic magic names, words and incantation, many taken
from Christian biblical passages. It shows diagrams of "Seals"
magical drawings accompanied by incantations intended to perform
tasks from controlling weather or people, to contacting the dead or
Christian religious figures. Copies have been traced to 18th
century German pamphlets, but an 1849 printing, aided by the
appearance of the popular press in the 19th century, spread copies
through Germany and Northern Europe, to German immigrants in the
United States, to the African American South and Caribbean, and
Anglophone West Africa. It influenced European Occult Spiritualism,
as well as popular religious movements in the American South
(Hoodoo), the Caribbean (Rastafarian), and West Africa.
The Grand Grimoire, or the art of controlling celestial, aerial,
terrestrial, and infernal spirits. With the TRUE SECRET of speaking
with the dead, winning whenever playing the lottery, discovering
hidden treasure, etc. Printed from a manuscript of 1522.
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