While in the Old Testament we read of killing all magicians and necromancers and the same tactic was applied by the Roman Catholic Church with the Holy Inquisition, the very Church paradoxically allowed practiced magic in god’s name.
This is attested by the Holy Grimoire known also as Liber Iuratus Honorii or the Sworn Book of Honorius, which is believed to have been compiled between the 12th or 14th century, although its first printed edition appeared in 1629. This book was compiled by Honorius of Thebes who is considered to be a mythical character and his book contains a collection of demonic conjurations, magic spells, recipes, incantations and pagan rituals that were originally branded as heretical and their practitioners faced the flames of the Inquisition.
The text emphasizes a conflicting religious form of magic, strange to the established Church’s dogmas, including elements of Kabbalah and of the Jewish mysticism. However, this author seems to have bridged the forbidden realm of sorcery with Christian faith. This Christian manuscript challenged every dogma the Church taught about the divine and mystical Satanic practices and instead of being condemned and thrown into the flames, it was used for magic in god’s name.
Isn’t it a paradox, the Church to allow such practices?
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