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  1. "When we allow our faith to dictate history, we betray both" - Esoterica I like it
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  2. Babe wake up new Esoterica on YHWH dropped
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  3. I can't express how much I appreciate your integrity
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  4. "I bet my sky dad can beat up ur sea monster dad!" "Nuh uh!"
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  5. Man I remember people in my church growing up looking at me with disdain and demanding my mother take away my D&D books back then. Good thing she didn’t- thanks ma.
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  6. The best analysis of the event. I was a police officer at the time and the seminars and training all of us got was crazy. Everything we investigated, be it vandalism, trespassing, break-ins to abandoned buildings or anything else had to be examined through the Panic filter. Trouble making teenagers suddenly become unknown satanists. Graffiti taggers found they could whip up an entire neighborhood by painting a pentacle and random spray paint squiggles. Never, not once, was any proof found of bona fide satanists or satanic cults. I am so sorry you had to experience the hatred of the fomenter of the lie. And that is precisely what it was. You are courageous for sharing your experience. Thank you for sharing.
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  7. Direct viewer support is the best answer we have against this late stage corrupted capitalist system in which corporations and AI matters more than legality, morality or even people. Please, folks, if you appreciate Justin's work...chip in. Every $1 counts, and it's the only way I've been able to keep my work going for 10 years against this hostile social network and media hegemony.
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  8. So you're saying that his nature was not Seth in stone?
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  9. Solomon: "Don't do demons, kids"
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  10. As the owner of a high-end craft cocktail lounge, I can’t tell you how excited I am about your absinthe!
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  11. If any other channel had a video with this title and thumbnail, I'd think it would be some quackery made to push views. So glad this channel exists to talk about the occult in scholarly terms.
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  12. Well said, sir. This former Millsaps professor (History, 2009-2013) thanks you for your statement. I second your support for Dr. James Bowley.
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  13. "It's like the Cryps and the Bloods, only Yahweh and B'aal." Jeez you make me laugh!
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  14. When the man said “donor” he was speaking the only language admins understand
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  15. I tweeted at YouTube on Twitter. I hope everybody watching this video who has social media will do the same if they have a Twitter account. Dr. Sledge's videos are a treasure trove and it would be a tragedy for him to suffer any strikes or, god forbid, have his channel removed from the site. Thank you for all the work you do.
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  16. Tracing these figures back through ancient writings is incredibly fascinating. More, please!
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  17. Just a friendly suggestion. This type of scholarship and guidance is unusual. There are a lot more positive comment then there are monthly subscribers. I just became a monthly subscriber and would suggest to anyone who has waded in the pond of on line resources for real magick history and practical advice that we really don't want to lose this beautiful voice. Lets try and make it possible for our professor to do this full time. He is such a needed addition to the field.
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  18. We must seize the means of alchemy
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  19. Saint Lilith, the patron saint of cowgirl
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  20. I am glad that you ingested no Mercury!😇
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  21. The simultaneous outpouring of academic and religious integrity alongside personal honesty and incredibly entertaining content across your livestreams, videos and interviews is truly the most precious gift YouTube has received since its very inception. I hope that content like yours, Dr. Angela’s, Seekers of Unity’s, Religion for Breakfast’s, Let’s Talk Religion’s and the Modern Hermeticist’s will inspire many others as much as it has inspired me. This little corner of YouTube stands as a rock amongst tempestuous waters, and though scholarship and historical research is as fluid and evolving as it always has been, the recognition of that fact is what separates the grain from the chaff. My most sincere and joyous gratitude goes out to you.
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  22. Ridiculous, what is even the point of tenure...
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  23. "I hope you like the taste of shoe polish" isn't the type of content I signed up for but it's content I am grateful for
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  24. When the student is ready, the teacher appears. I treat my YouTube algorithm as Life putting different perspectives into my awareness. Your thoughts and theories are grounded, learned, and respectful. Fantastic work ❤
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  25. I find your videos endlessly fascinating as a non religious person. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
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  26. I love how his cadence has changed from purely lecture-like education to a dry-humored, goofy professor. He's so good at humanizing everything he teaches in a professional yet entertaining way. One of my favorite YouTubers!
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  27. My mom used to have a tote bag with Thoth on it. She used it to carry groceries home, deliver old clothes to the Goodwill, and bring snacks along for the family, which she served out with grace and wisdom She called it her Thoth bag
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  28. As soon as you mentioned Donkeys I immediately thought "oh my god this is how we get Alexamenos" and I am flabbergasted. Never would I have expected this video to cover a synchretization of Yahweh with Set, but to then lead from there to that being the origins of the Alexamenos graffiti is such a wild ride.
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  29. This has been the first time I’ve actually feel like understood what the sublime actually means.
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  30. Thank you for this video and for being such a great collaborator!
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  31. 13:09 That is from Malta, I am one of that stele's curators. Thar Phoenician inscriptions was found at Tal-Virtú, Rabat, are significant artifacts that highlight the area's ancient history as a burial site. Dated to the 8th-7th centuries BC, the stele features the controversial phrase "mlk baal," which may refer to a Canaanite god or a sacrifice. Some theories suggest it involved child sacrifice, though it could also mean a lamb sacrifice as you are saying. It was found with animal bones and vases, the inscriptions remain a subject of debate, and human remains may have been overlooked or excluded from early reports. It is one of my favourite artefacts we have on display at the archaeology museum in Valletta.
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  32. This is the most fascinating, eloquent, and intellectually stimulating pieces of content on this subject I've ever come across. I watched both videos, and walked away with a deeper understanding of the material than I ever have before; I sincerely appreciate the contribution to the academic community. I also equally appreciate the objective and purely educational approach to the material. It is difficult for people like myself (who have no personal investment in "magic" or "demonology") to find sources of information that aren't presented by individuals who have strong viewpoints and personal beliefs that either align with, or are diametrically opposed to, these ideas. At the end of the day, I don't care to watch a video narrated by a person who is obsessed with magic and demons; I prefer to watch a video from someone who is obsessed with proper research and dissemination of information with the intention of educating and enriching the community. Thank you so much for falling into the latter category.
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  33. If this whole "history thing" doesn't work out, you definitely have a second career as a comedian. Reeling out that long list of drivel about the Templars was like George Carlin meets spiritual hogwash. So funny.
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  34. Thoth seems to be a god of higher level human things; time, language, religion, etc, as opposed to elements or more natural things like fire or death. One of the most interesting gods I've heard of.
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  35. .pdf remains the fourth most popular religious conversion according to Google.
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  36. Thank you for all the knowledge you've imparted to those who seek.
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  37. This is criminally underrated. I've never learned about this part of history anywhere else before
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  38. Such a fantastic and important video! There is a tendency to view all ancient "paganism" as basically the same, but this shows the internal diversity between a lot of schools of thought in a way that is much needed. Happy to be part of this project!
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  39. If the Egyptian gods were the Muppets, Seth would be Gonzo.
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  40. So sorry to hear you're going through this. The copyright system needs serious change.
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  41. Thank you for pointing out that working class communities were specifically targeted during this wickedness. Entire streets of working class people in the north of England and in remote parts of Scotland were deliberately picked on by social workers precisely because they did not have the means to fight back against the revolting false accusations.
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  42. Great video! Thanks for the opportunity to collab!
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  43. Yo it's the sequel to the episode that got me into Esoterica! I have to watch it now.
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  44. Justin is one of the few speakers I have listened to that always notifies the audience precisely when the conversation goes from fact to speculation. And he also provides reasonable reasons for why the speculation is necessary within the context. And then he takes it a step further and gives the audience an idea of to what degree that speculation can be relied upon. Huge thanks for that. Educators of all types should be taking notes.
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  45. The fact that you both get and mention puns in ancient Aramaic esoteric literature attests to both your own mastery of the subject and to the very Human geekiness of these ancient Peoples. Humour is all too often taken lightly and underestimated.
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  46. I can’t wait till 500 years from now when society is having debates about crypto bros in the same way
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  47. So many of these Medieval Mystics seemed to walk a tightrope with "being declared a saint" on one side and "being condemned as a heretic" on the other.
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  48. I'm adding "necromancy flex" to my lexicon. Thank you, Dr Sledge, for not only enlightening but entertaining the curious-minded.
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  49. I’d never thought of that bit of irony there between Micah teaching “you don’t need sacrifices, much less child sacrifice, just do your best and be sorry when you mess up” and Jesus, if trusting the gospels, taught more or less the same thing, yet after his death was theologically transformed into the ultimate (in all senses) child sacrifice. It’s fun to imagine what kind of discussions(fights) the different authors and characters would have had if you put them all into a room together
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  50. I'm so glad that this video series exists. More people need to know about Yahweh's six-pack.
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