October 26, 2021
The tragic effects of magic and witchcraft are one of many problems ignored by Polish hierarchs and clergy. In every Sunday sermon, priests do not address this topic - as a result, many people who go to church often unknowingly come into contact with such pathology or are unable to provide advice to people who destroy their lives in this way.
The problem of the tragic effects of magic and witchcraft is so ignored that due to financial difficulties, the extremely meritorious monthly "Egzorcysta" has ceased to be published for several months. The publisher of the monthly and books showing the tragic effects of magic and witchcraft, the Monumen publishing house, was also not present at the last Catholic publishers' fair in Warsaw.
One of the valuable publications of the Monumen publishing house is a collection of articles "Tragic effects of magic and witchcraft". In the first of the articles, Father Professor Andrzej Zwoliński stated that magic "means both various phenomena of ritualized religious, cultural and social systems (''spells''), as well as activities and behaviors by means of which people try to influence things and events that are normally outside the sphere of their influence".
For the Father Professor, magic has selfish goals, while "religion builds community", magic "is practiced using extrasensory forces, [...] aims to subordinate and dominate other people. [...] animals and plants" and the supernatural world.
Magic is divided into contact (in which other people's things are used), contagious (in which magic objects are used, from which power is drawn), sympathetic (in which symbols are used), gnoseological (in which knowledge about the world is used).
Various forms of magic aim to: cause illness or health, cause hatred or love, persecute or protect, cast or undo spells, send death. The structural elements of magic include: magical objects, magical words and formulas, magical rites, conditions to which the magician is subject.
Magic is associated with superstitions (beliefs and practices that have no rational basis), prejudices and fortune-telling. Today, magic is still popular. It is promoted by many well-known representatives of pop culture.
Occultism is the entirety of "forms of contemporary magic, […] secret knowledge, practices related to it", secret knowledge, magic, parapsychology, a phenomenon that cannot be empirically studied, secret knowledge, methods of searching and techniques for acquiring secret knowledge, a group of initiates. Esoterism is a path of spiritual searching related to occultism, assuming the initiation of the adept through initiatory practices.
The term occultism appeared in the 16th century. Occultism began to be seen as a combination of gnosis (secret knowledge) and magic (practices expressed in techniques and rituals). Occultists were alchemists. Freemasonry was interested in occultism.
Magic became the sum of all the filth from Babylon, Egypt, Greece, Arabia, everything that Catholicism rejected. Magic drew a lot of filth from Jewish magic. As early as the 2nd century AD, there were many Jewish publications with magical content. Medieval Jewish Kabbalism was also a huge inspiration for magic - especially the books "Sefer Yetzirah" (the book of Creation) and "Zohar" (the book of Radiance). According to Kabbalists, because man is created in the image of God, man has a lesser, but still significant power of creation than God. Kabbalah teaches that "The Thought and Voice of God, which are expressed in numbers and letters, called all things out of nothingness, hence formulas, figures and arithmetic combinations have real effectiveness". Kabbalistics originated in the 13th century in Provence, after which it spread to Spain, all of Europe, Jerusalem (where the Kabbalistic ritual was created). The popularity of Kabbalah in Europe is evidenced by the fact that Kabbalistic symbolism was used by Dante in the "Divine Comedy". An important figure in the development of European magic was Paracelsus, who claimed that magic is the use of nature, the use of the natural magnetism of man.
In the Middle Ages, magic was considered to include fortune telling, conjuration, necromancy (knowledge of the future from the dead) - all of this was obtained with the help of the devil. It was the witches (meeting at sabbaths, who were followers and lovers of Satan) who had their power thanks to diabolical pacts. "The ultimate source of magical abilities, powers and occult forces was always Satan."
The shallow religiosity of the Baroque was said to have resulted in the development of superstition, fanaticism and occultism. It was believed that ghosts were: corpses possessed by witches, who, on the orders of the witches, strangled or infected people and animals, and witches themselves in the form of a dog, wolf, horse or large bird. The belief in vampires and possessions was also widespread.
The Enlightenment criticism of superstition did not prevent the Enlightenment from practicing occultism. Before the French Revolution, Satanism and occultism were very popular among the French aristocracy. In 1678, a large Satanist sect was discovered among the aristocrats, which performed human sacrifices - despite the arrest of 360 people, the matter was covered up because the Satanists had connections with the court of Louis XIV, including the king's mistress (official mistress and later wife).
Black masses were celebrated since the 17th century – French aristocratic women recruited 60 priests to celebrate black masses. During these masses, human sacrifices were made ("most often small baptized boys"), the Eucharist was desecrated, a drink made of blood, urine of a prostitute and wine was drunk, on the altar there was a naked woman and black candles made from the fat of murdered unbaptized children. During such rituals, pacts were signed in front of an inverted cross – most often aristocratic women gave their body and soul to Satan so that their rival would die.
Some Catholics do not realize that they are committing profanation and blasphemy by using Catholic prayers in magical rituals. Blasphemers believe that the effectiveness of prayers is not the work of God, but the result of performing the ritual correctly. Such practices were condemned already in the Old Testament. Magic was condemned by: the Old Testament, the Fathers of the Church, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, subsequent councils. The Catholic Church in its teachings proclaims that witchcraft is false, and proclaiming its effectiveness is heresy.
Today, occultism draws on hidden powers, undetectable by science, which unfortunately gives real effects. To practice it, one must acquire knowledge passed on in a socially organized way, inaccessible to random people. Within the framework of modern occultism, the most popular are fortune telling, magic (i.e. "the ability to cause supernatural effects using superhuman forces" - demons), spiritualism, and occult healing.
Some New Age draws on occultism and esotericism - magic, neo-paganism, shamanism and spiritualism. The cult of Satan, pagan deities and other demons is associated with occultism. Practicing occultism causes mental disorders, blocks the possibility of seeing the difference between good and evil. Occultism is an anti-religion, rejecting the will of God, an expression of egoism.
Jan Bodakowski
Source: https://www.fronda.pl/a/tragiczne-skutki-magii-i-czarow-wedlug-ksiedza-profesora-zwolinskiego,168707.html
October 26, 2021
The tragic effects of magic and witchcraft are one of many problems ignored by Polish hierarchs and clergy. In every Sunday sermon, priests do not address this topic - as a result, many people who go to church often unknowingly come into contact with such pathology or are unable to provide advice to people who destroy their lives in this way.
The problem of the tragic effects of magic and witchcraft is so ignored that due to financial difficulties, the extremely meritorious monthly "Egzorcysta" has ceased to be published for several months. The publisher of the monthly and books showing the tragic effects of magic and witchcraft, the Monumen publishing house, was also not present at the last Catholic publishers' fair in Warsaw.
One of the valuable publications of the Monumen publishing house is a collection of articles "Tragic effects of magic and witchcraft". In the first of the articles, Father Professor Andrzej Zwoliński stated that magic "means both various phenomena of ritualized religious, cultural and social systems (''spells''), as well as activities and behaviors by means of which people try to influence things and events that are normally outside the sphere of their influence".
For the Father Professor, magic has selfish goals, while "religion builds community", magic "is practiced using extrasensory forces, [...] aims to subordinate and dominate other people. [...] animals and plants" and the supernatural world.
Magic is divided into contact (in which other people's things are used), contagious (in which magic objects are used, from which power is drawn), sympathetic (in which symbols are used), gnoseological (in which knowledge about the world is used).
Various forms of magic aim to: cause illness or health, cause hatred or love, persecute or protect, cast or undo spells, send death. The structural elements of magic include: magical objects, magical words and formulas, magical rites, conditions to which the magician is subject.
Magic is associated with superstitions (beliefs and practices that have no rational basis), prejudices and fortune-telling. Today, magic is still popular. It is promoted by many well-known representatives of pop culture.
Occultism is the entirety of "forms of contemporary magic, […] secret knowledge, practices related to it", secret knowledge, magic, parapsychology, a phenomenon that cannot be empirically studied, secret knowledge, methods of searching and techniques for acquiring secret knowledge, a group of initiates. Esoterism is a path of spiritual searching related to occultism, assuming the initiation of the adept through initiatory practices.
The term occultism appeared in the 16th century. Occultism began to be seen as a combination of gnosis (secret knowledge) and magic (practices expressed in techniques and rituals). Occultists were alchemists. Freemasonry was interested in occultism.
Magic became the sum of all the filth from Babylon, Egypt, Greece, Arabia, everything that Catholicism rejected. Magic drew a lot of filth from Jewish magic. As early as the 2nd century AD, there were many Jewish publications with magical content. Medieval Jewish Kabbalism was also a huge inspiration for magic - especially the books "Sefer Yetzirah" (the book of Creation) and "Zohar" (the book of Radiance). According to Kabbalists, because man is created in the image of God, man has a lesser, but still significant power of creation than God. Kabbalah teaches that "The Thought and Voice of God, which are expressed in numbers and letters, called all things out of nothingness, hence formulas, figures and arithmetic combinations have real effectiveness". Kabbalistics originated in the 13th century in Provence, after which it spread to Spain, all of Europe, Jerusalem (where the Kabbalistic ritual was created). The popularity of Kabbalah in Europe is evidenced by the fact that Kabbalistic symbolism was used by Dante in the "Divine Comedy". An important figure in the development of European magic was Paracelsus, who claimed that magic is the use of nature, the use of the natural magnetism of man.
In the Middle Ages, magic was considered to include fortune telling, conjuration, necromancy (knowledge of the future from the dead) - all of this was obtained with the help of the devil. It was the witches (meeting at sabbaths, who were followers and lovers of Satan) who had their power thanks to diabolical pacts. "The ultimate source of magical abilities, powers and occult forces was always Satan."
The shallow religiosity of the Baroque was said to have resulted in the development of superstition, fanaticism and occultism. It was believed that ghosts were: corpses possessed by witches, who, on the orders of the witches, strangled or infected people and animals, and witches themselves in the form of a dog, wolf, horse or large bird. The belief in vampires and possessions was also widespread.
The Enlightenment criticism of superstition did not prevent the Enlightenment from practicing occultism. Before the French Revolution, Satanism and occultism were very popular among the French aristocracy. In 1678, a large Satanist sect was discovered among the aristocrats, which performed human sacrifices - despite the arrest of 360 people, the matter was covered up because the Satanists had connections with the court of Louis XIV, including the king's mistress (official mistress and later wife).
Black masses were celebrated since the 17th century – French aristocratic women recruited 60 priests to celebrate black masses. During these masses, human sacrifices were made ("most often small baptized boys"), the Eucharist was desecrated, a drink made of blood, urine of a prostitute and wine was drunk, on the altar there was a naked woman and black candles made from the fat of murdered unbaptized children. During such rituals, pacts were signed in front of an inverted cross – most often aristocratic women gave their body and soul to Satan so that their rival would die.
Some Catholics do not realize that they are committing profanation and blasphemy by using Catholic prayers in magical rituals. Blasphemers believe that the effectiveness of prayers is not the work of God, but the result of performing the ritual correctly. Such practices were condemned already in the Old Testament. Magic was condemned by: the Old Testament, the Fathers of the Church, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, subsequent councils. The Catholic Church in its teachings proclaims that witchcraft is false, and proclaiming its effectiveness is heresy.
Today, occultism draws on hidden powers, undetectable by science, which unfortunately gives real effects. To practice it, one must acquire knowledge passed on in a socially organized way, inaccessible to random people. Within the framework of modern occultism, the most popular are fortune telling, magic (i.e. "the ability to cause supernatural effects using superhuman forces" - demons), spiritualism, and occult healing.
Some New Age draws on occultism and esotericism - magic, neo-paganism, shamanism and spiritualism. The cult of Satan, pagan deities and other demons is associated with occultism. Practicing occultism causes mental disorders, blocks the possibility of seeing the difference between good and evil. Occultism is an anti-religion, rejecting the will of God, an expression of egoism.
Jan Bodakowski
Source: https://www.fronda.pl/a/tragiczne-skutki-magii-i-czarow-wedlug-ksiedza-profesora-zwolinskiego,168707.html
