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I love the dry humor you put in these. Absolutely great.

As an Assyrian witch I would LOVE to be a part of recreating this ritual. I've been a practicing with for over 20 years and barely know anything about my ancestor's magical ways. Thanks for this.

Asafetida!!! I remember when I was a boy, a piece of asafetida was hung by a string around my neck to ward off my catching a cold in winter. For those who don't know, it's a brown resin, supposed to smell really bad (I sort of liked the smell, actually). I never head that head colds were caused by evil spirits, but I suppose asafetida has been used for that for thousands of years

New framing? Love it, much more badass also noticed you worked on the cuts and transitions and the mystic memes keep getting spicier

often wondered if the idea of the burning purification idea came after we started cooking meat, and how the burning/cooking seemed to stop many diseases and parasites, this burning/purification is old and found all over the world, the ancient druids used to do this same thing, running their bulls through the flames to purify them, for example

Thank you! This is so interesting, I'm Chaldean (a group native to Iraq) and we trace our roots back to Mesopotamia. It's difficult to find good content on this stuff or on anything about my roots in general. I don't know why but stuff like this just makes me feel a greater connectedness. If you have any other recommended readings that relate more generally to Babylonian or Mesopotamian occultism please do share! :)

This channel is absolutely fascinating. My some odd Great Grandfather was a Hex Painter and Exorcist in early 19th Century Ontario, so besides my own fascination with folklore and mythology, I feel a personal connection to counter magic rituals.

Yes! I am so glad to hear you advocating that kind of interdisciplinary investigation! I've been struggling for years to figure out how to increase the flow of dialogue between experts in the different fields I've been independently studying. It would do a lot to help with the Ancient Aliens problem that you described at the very end. That very body of literature has made it incredibly difficult for me to have intelligent discussions with my peers about a lot of esoteric topics. I would really just like to get to a point where these topics can comfortably fit into our casual conversations. I think if we could establish a clearer picture of how our global religious ecosystem formed and for what purpose, we could arrive at conscious solutions to the unconscious problems that religious behaviors are designed to solve.

What a splendid acknowledgement of the inherent dignity and value of those who practice witchcraft in the modern context by disclaiming your language. Well done, sir.

"Pure cringe friends." I loled 🤣. Great video as always my friend and I agree, this subject deserves much more respect than it gets on the History Channel via the "Chariots of the Gods?" usual suspects.

Malevolent Magic Doer People would be a great post punk band.

The lords work🙏🏻thank you. Many blessings. Bread and salt

I ❤️‍🔥ESOTERICA and I’ve always felt “closeness” to Mesopotamia/Phoenicians and even Ancient civilisations like Akkadians, Aztecs, Mayans and so forth, therefore thank you very much for this X 🤘🏻😈🤘🏻🥰🔥🔥🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥✨🧿✨🙌🏻👌🏻

You are unique my dear friend. I enjoy watching your videos

Loved this. Congrats on hitting 20K 😍🎉🥳

Might be cool if you did a cunning folk video, I don't know a tremendous amount about them so I'm not suggesting anything specific but I just noticed you mentioned them here.

I've been going through your videos out of curiosity recently and find them very interesting. The more we learn the more we realize nothing ever really changes. We are dealing with much of the same issues in our world today as they were back then. They had a financial system based in necromancy and so do we. They had "plague" gods, and so do we. It goes on and on and on and on... I appreciate your efforts in regarding to sharing this information and enjoy your perspective. Thanks.

Right on. “Mr Sumerian tablet” is very questionable and telling at the same time as to being related to the coming alien hoax. I digress. Great content here and I love the resource presentation greatly. Thank you very much

Madd props, Doc, channel is fiya! Thank you🙌🏻

This is great! Thanks so much for sharing. 🌞

Coming in from latest and ultimate livestream of this year, thank you for this enthralling episode of Esoterica! As you might have said, endlessly fascinating, and the formidable challenge for practitioners to recreate and study ritual is without equal. I'm effusive at moment, just finally getting around to this with maybe a kind of critical mass stemming from here and there of finding starting praxis (yes, I get to use fancy word hopefully correctly) and then who knows. Recreate with relevant intermediate practicing experience under the belt and with Dr Justin Sledge as esoteric consultant along with highly respected practitioner authors and their acclaimed practice tomes, let's forge this baby maqlu ritual! Plus a handy trusty squire at ready with fire extuminguisher, of course. Thrill aside, thank you as well for excellent academically rigorous deep dive references! My synchronicity (to me) asking after ancient Library after Lilith episode leading me here is on point. What's Brill?

I love your channel. I've been listening for a while but just recently subscribed. Today I learned we both live in the same place, which was exciting. Keep up the great work!

I know this is an older upload, but I would like to add that the “Kukru” or Ki-Kukri plant is called the Cobra Lily because it resembles a hooded serpent raising to strike… 👁️🔥🐍

Just discovered this channel. I really appreciate that you take a nerdy scholastic approach instead of a sensationalist or religious one. Also like that you dumb it down a bit for those of us who are just hobbyists.

Thank you Dr. Sledge.

Y'know, as far as your forensic magic pitch goes Steven Skinner might be a good person to tackle that. He's (if you're not already familiar) both a scholar and practitioner who's done a lot with actually working with the PGM and other ritual approaches from the general time frame. Regardless, agreed, would definitely be super cool!😁

Good job Justin

Sulphur is also used in uncrossing rituals in african american folk magic.

Fascinating! I'm really enjoying this playlist - thanks for making & sharing it with us!

Always stoked when my boy Ashurbanipal gets some love. And yes, if he heard a peasant like me calling him "my boy" he'd have me skinned alive. But he's dead.

Learning so much from your channel. Thanks

Could you do a video on the jewish amulet writing tradition?

BRILLIANT 👏👏A New meaning to Ethical Esoterica. 🖖

Thank you for being kind to witches and explaining the misogynistic terminology. I have read about this in The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe by Levack. Any other historical book suggestions you’d recommend on witch history or magic in general?

I am very interested in Ba'al and Shemyaza, and believe Shamash🌞 to be a predicessor for Khepera, the creator deity of ancient Egypt...

I hate to admit it, but my first exposure to the "Maqlu ritual" was through the Simon Necronomicon, and...Simon got a few things wrong.

Thanks for sharing! It is interesting to hear similarities (and differences) with what is done today in various places. For instance, asafoetida to repel unwanted spirits. I wonder if the massage functioned similarly to hands-on or energy healing is done today, but was just described as a massage.

Considering the "Southern Accent": To paraphrase Doctor Who here: A lot of ancient realms have a south.

I’d love to recreate it, you know, purely for academic purposes. 🤫

Man your funny as hell and very informative.

5:09 ahhh, the secrets of the Akkadian grammar - the _true_ esoteric knowledge. As a foul elitist delving deeper and deeper into it, I can approve of this message.

I'm going to rewatch this this weekend.

Great gift for the Exorcist in your life. 💗

Sure! happy to recreate this with my students.

Aren’t those tablets in cuneiform/ancient Sumerian? Love this channel’s vibes 🥰😊🙌🏻

Notions of love and that's when the title of my working white paper and abstract discussions on weight versus Mass

Sounds like it's time to reproduce the Maqlu ritual! I'm down!

As a lover of everything Sumer and Mesopotamia, this topic got me excited. I own a copy of the ritual in the Writings from the Ancient World series. Love those books. I would also recommend The Treasures of Darkness. Read that beautiful serveral times over the years. Great beginners book on Mesopotamia.

This is An AMAZING, INCREDIBLE GOOD VIDEO. Thank you for sharing. Month of ABU AV JULY-AUGUST 4 more days until the full moon. The Full Moon is August 1st . The First day of the month just so happens to be the Full Moon 2023 I want to take my inner victimself subject of witchcraft through the MAQLU RITE ❤ Heres to The Reproducing of THE MAQLU RITE❤❤❤❤ Im DIVING INTO THE BOOK IM DIVING INTO THE BOOK. IT JUST CAME IN THE MAIL a few days ago. 😂😂😂

If you enjoy his amazing content, I recommend, Robert Sepher and or Manly P. Hall.

wonderful video, your humor is funny.

Very interesting. I never doubted you are balanced and confident in your field You amazing me the wealth of knowledge you have. Personally I stay away from magic. On a personal level I stay away from magic. I have never killed an animal for sacrifice or practice in the launage you describe Then I feel other want to hurt me. I name then ask it to leave my side I asked in my mind if it with not leave. I command it to be ground and go into the ground Then say a lot of word and launage I don't understand I get a glimpse in English of the word I speak but this launage is weird The reason I did not like spells or burning dolls is the fact it might rebound on me. It might simply staying away from places and people who practise the craft. I accept the magic is strong and in a master hand you can blow yourself of or worse and be stuck in a loop of what you crated. I know myself I stick to Prays and meditation. Not because I am super holy. Or hold any firm title. Magic is dangerous because it takes you over than it in charge not the person. I am fusey but I rather be fusey than sloppy Out of respect that oh what a web we weave then we Practice to deceive I know the symbol for order that good enough it was only after one of your video I looked up sign because you should me a sign I was draw to You think it's would be cool watching others practice from your piont of view I understand your mind wait to understand and experience see for yourself I get it but you try and find someone who will let you watch them. Would they let you explain what you studied afterwards It like me saying I like one of my favourite artists is going to ring me up. I think you're supposed cool and a very good teacher.

Amazing Thanks for the great work Dhanyavaad

P.S: I think a video or 2 at the end is no real Hardship to we Viewers -even a beginning one (just not any in the Middle IMHO)

Shamash somewhat reminded me, will you perhaps do a video exploring the Shams Al-Ma'arif...???

Very cool, love the respect!

Great video.Do you know where can I find rituals that activate pentacles of Solomon key?

Have you made a red dragon grand grimoire video?

Hi. Great video.

I tried searching but have you done any videos on lilitu?

Interesting that ‘maqlu’ means burning. My first thought was the Arabic word ‘makla’ which means meat/food. In both senses they’re ‘cooking’!

How close is the akkadian to hebrew in pronunciation and can you also read it? Have been learning arabic and the sounds are coming more naturally.

Would a specialist in ancient Mesopotamian writings be a "cuneilinguist"?

Little k,we fact: nuru massage is a derivative of the Maqlu ritual. But the emphasis is different.

I'd be ever so grateful, if you could share any materials you have on Ishtar, the world's first International deity. And a feminist one at that.

Very interesting

TREMENDOUS

Yeah, I totally agree with you about that last part. According to my understanding of ancient Sumerian language and belief, anunaki means "sky not earth." That seems to go against the impressive sounding but inaccurate translation "from heaven to earth came" or whatever. Cause they were aliens, see?

MarHaba, what if the kashaptu also performed the ritual on the victim, wouldn't that produce a countering effect, thereby nullifying the effects of the ritual? Salaam.

Anciet Hebrew prayer like my grandfather Abraham 👴🙏

Could you please share your collected information on the order of Melchizedek?

Have you heard if the bit meseri ritual??

There is nothing hidden that shall not be uncovered. You fulfill NT prophesy with every breath. A gift for the Masses.

Oh, if anybody is willing to recreate this ritual, I'll be more than happy to provide coffee and doughnuts for the whole group!

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"this channel ain't called Esoterica for nothin!" 😂

I'm really curious, how close are ancient Egyptian (language) and Akkadian? Also, knot magic must have been around for a very long time from the sound of this video. It is still used today. Again, another comment, asafoetida?! Eek, isn't that toxic?!

in your opinion, what is the most powerful magic book in the world?

"Pure cringe friends." Exactly what a lizard person would claim!

Can I find your reading list anywhere? Please like put your library on here lmao

I am Him

Yeah we have Zechariah Sachin to thank for all of this cringe crap. The fact the media likes to run with his ideas is a sure sign for me. Thank you! 🙏🏽💕

Malevolent magic doer person :D

according to the encyclopedia of witchcraft, there are four hex breaker scriptures in the bible.

The ultimate Uno Reverse card.

Talking about history *and* taking a jab at Ancient Aliens? Yes please! 😂

I don’t think it’s necessarily sexist if the cultural belief is that only women can perform certain rituals. Men are the only ones able to perform rituals in other religions, and if all this is to be taken as ‘real’, I imagine the reasons would be the same as a purified individual being the only person who can perform magic in some circumstances, and not so in others... not saying women are unclean, just saying maybe there’s something about the difference that makes the ritual work 🤷‍♂️ ...sorry I’m late.

I think they figured out Peter Levenda faked the Simon "Necronomicon"? I wonder how close he got the Maqlu ritual in that?

Esoterica and cutting cucumbers has become an integral erev shabboth minhag 🧿🔪 🥒

Dr Sledge I have a personal question of you to ask. Feel free not to answer but I am curious are you a practioner of magick as well?

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everything is perception/mind, yet everything is energy explain perception without conscious energy Magick is real nerds your ignorance of it, is no excuse

We didn't have religion back then only code of lore

And here I thought you were called Esoterica just because you want your channel to sound like a symphonic metal band (a worthy reason). XD Ugh yes, the ancient aliens theories are cringe for many reasons, many of the worst being imo the harm to current peoples (if I understand correctly many conspiracy theories have an anti-Semitic element?) and the disrespect of ancient peoples' abilities. To lighten things again, I love your dry sense of humor. Keep the good content coming. :)

I came for the unhexing, I stayed for the oil massageS in the wee hours.

Adunai mother father gid

Your so cute..

5:06 misogyny lol

the voice of reason in a sea of chaos...is is not ironic your site was blocked for 4000 years and the BLM is spread far and wide...praise the lord you are not republican or you would be blocked.thank you Prof..Selah to you