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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Plus, you have to admit, "Witch of Endor" would be a great name for a rock band.... On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 1:12 AM, Frans van Liere <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > My two cents: I think a conflation of the two is not alien to medieval > thinking. I've been reading Martin of Braga's De castigatione rusticorum, > which has the Fall of Angels as an explanation of the rise of what we would > call paganism or polytheism. The fallen angels, or demons, deluded people > into thinking they were gods. And Augustine, in --Ithink-- his Questiones > ad Simplicianum treats the witch of Endor at length, explaining that what > we have here is the work of demons, albeit demons who work by the special > permission and dispensation of God, in order to perdict things that are > true, in spite of their mendacious nature. > > > > Frans van Liere > > Department of History > Calvin College > 1845 Knollcrest Circle, SE > Grand Rapids, MI, 49546 > > -----Original Message----- > From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious > culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cormack, > Margaret Jean > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 1:16 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [M-R] necromancy - paganism - witch of endor > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Greetings all, > Are any of the learned ones on the list aware of texts (best of all legal > texts, but I´d accept any) that identify raising the dead with > heathendom/paganism rather than (or as well as) magic? If the purpose is > divination, so much the better (And I´d be interested in legal prohibitions > of divination, though I imagine these are common). The witch of Endor in > the Old Testament comes immediately to mind as a biblical parallel, and I > feel sure there must be a literature on her far larger than I have the > opportunity to survey in detail (assuming I could get the texts in the > first place!) Thanks in advance, Meg > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion