>>20135548>This is a proxy for antisemitismMost of the Blood Libels took place in Eastern Europe (which is ironic since Poland was the Paradisus Judaeorum), not Germany.
>magick is thinly veiled eastern mysticismThe term Magic comes from the Magi, who were the proto-Zoroastrian pagan priesthood, they are Iranian (a Aryan people), but although this created Second Temple Judaism. Renaissance Magic/Occultism actually came from the East, from the Eastern Roman Empire. Byzantium was the most advanced state during that period. While the rest of Europe was living in absolute squalor, Eastern Roman Empire was having a Golden Age. Their sheer wealth and knowledge made them complacent to barbarians and hordes which is what the Western part of the Empire succumbed to 1,000 years prior. Not to mention the cursed christian Crusaders that sacked Constantinople and set for the decline of the Empire. It was Roman scholars that fled Constantinople and the Empire when it was conquered by the Turks that Europe experienced a Renaissance. From the knowledge the Greek Romans gracefully brought with them to Italy to lift Europe out of its miserable state. Europe was the most backwards part of the world at that time. Rest of the world was flourishing.
During the fall of Constantinople, many Eastern scholars and mystics made their way west and brought with them things that had been lost to west europeans for 1000 years including philosophy, theology, and many forgotten heresies. Because they had lost their ancient traditions they were susceptible to many traditions from the East. None of these things are new to the Byzantine Church. They’ve been well aware of Greek Paganism/Hermeticism, Kabbalah and Gnosticism stuff since ever. They’ve had ongoing dialogue with they.
