<p>Most people think Christian history has a simple answer to anything regarding “magic": don’t touch it, and all of it is “demonic.”</p><br><p><em>The Arbatel of Magick</em> makes that answer harder to defend. This strange little text, translated into English in 1655, sits inside a distinctly Christian worldview while talking openly about prayer, angels, spirits, hidden knowledge, and the deeply serious question of who should be trusted with power.</p><br><p>In Part 1 of this two-part exploration, you’ll learn what the <em>Arbatel</em> is, why it’s such a deep cut, and why it complicates the usual evangelical panic around divination and occult material without treating magic like a toy.</p><br><p>Part 2 will drop on June 11th on Patreon.</p><br><p>Join at <a href="patreon.com/backfromtheborderline" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>patreon.com/backfromtheborderline</strong></a> and search “<strong>The Christian Grimoire Evangelicals Forgot About (Part 2)”</strong> for my deeper breakdown of what the <em>Arbatel</em> actually teaches and how its warnings can be carried into your modern life.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>