Canaanite Magic and Divination - Ugaritic Texts on Healing, Astrology, the Evil Eye & Hangovers! 

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you know there's something wrong with the world when on a scholarly video on Canaan you get a commercial for "ancient aliens"

Justin’s chill explanations make me feel I can digest the toughest subjects if I keep an honest dialogue with myself about if I’m truly understanding or not

Hoping you and your family are all on the mend and feeling better now.

"Compared to the anti-Canaanite propaganda from the Hebrew Bible". Once again, Dr. Sledge slaps those tough truth grits down onto griddle! I'm buckled up, I can tell this is gonna be a good one! And I get to enjoying this from the northern shores of Cannaan, here in Beirut no less!

Snakebite, scorpion sting, evil eye, bad dreams, and invasions. Intriguing to compare the stresses of modern life to the litany of ancient worries and magical remedies! Thank you so much for your scholarship, humor, and wonderful, highly illuminating Esoterica channel!

Wishing you a speedy recovery from COVID. It lingers!

The islamic Hadith literature seems to say almost the exact things: snake, scorpion, and evil eye taking center stage in the "magic" practices mentioned therein. Probably has cultural origins in these earlier traditions.

The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts is a great read for those intesested in this area of study. I do love this channel.

It's been however many thousand years and we're still using the "hair of the dog" for a hangover cure ;) 🤣

Ngl, when you said "monster-mancy" I had to rewind to catch everything I missed while yelling "We did the Mance! We did the MONSTER MANCE!" 😂

You're helping me set up lore and ancient magics for my story with elements borrowed from what I learn here.

"Disarming the bites of vipers" as it was described in Virgil's golden age, is a euphemism (disphemism? Kakaphemism?) that Ficino refers to in a really nasty way when discussing how the Golden Age (of the Messiah) has already come in DCR: "Look! Christians and Jews get along far more now than they used to! the Golden Age has already come!"

I watched this with COVID, so I guess there is a connection. I hope you and yours get well soon.

The sacrificial tablet looks so much like a menu I had to laugh. And how old does this make “the hair of the dog that bit you” the best thing for the morning after? Crazy fun here❤

I find it so interesting that Israelite religion is formed out of ancient Canaanite religion, in fact at one time there probably wasn't a difference as Israelites are historically connected to ancient Canaan.

Thanks for the dedication Sir. Get better.

Feel better soon Dr. Sledge. Hopefully the family is better/not infected.

Creating a video with COVID? Thats impressive dedication, and what a great video. Recover soon.

I wish I could get my fundamentalist Protestant as well as Catholic relatives to watch this kind of video and learn more about the cultural context behind some of their own belief systems. Im pretty sure if you asked them about "the Ugaritic Cycle" theyd give you a blank stare. Im rather shocked by their apparent lack of curiosity vs me, the atheist. Its strange. Get well soon, btw! It struck me that going to the Temple of Asclepius would be the closest thing to a doctor for many of the ancient lower classes-literally a hope and a prayer lol. I suppose if that was the only thing on offer Id go to take my chances with Asclepius too.

Wow, the 'hair of the dog' thing was a very entertaining surprise! It really is amazing how some concepts and ideas can linger in culture and just... persist. Not due to anyone taking any special effort to keep them alive, but simply due to most people not questioning their origin and applicability. I don't know very much about cultures as ancient as Ugarit and the Bronze Age, but I know there are a tremendous amount of ideas adopted for pragmatic reasons during the Industrial Revolution as factories led to booming and overcrowded urban centers which we simply... keep around. Even when those ideas harm people in the modern day, and every practical reason that justified them fell away a century or several decades ago, many people will step up to resist change simply because it's "always" been a certain way. It would make sense for things to persist for a long time if they had some grain of truth to them, or some lingering utility to people... but just having the words and phrases around and overheard seems to let them perpetuate themselves! Amazing!

Monstermancy sounds like it should be a song by Lordi. You give us such an incredible opportunity to dive into ancient People's minds. Cheers.

So sorry to hear you are ill. Hope you and your families recover soon!

I smell a proto- St. Patrick. Love your stuff Doc. Also, he Hair of the Dog info was worth many likes.

I made it three years without getting it. Now I'm sitting in quarantine. Hope you make a speedy recovery. Thank you for all the work.

Rest well and I hope and wish for your fast recovery!

Oh gosh, please get well soon... Here's the Medicine Buddha mantra to help you along: औं भैषज्ये भैषज्ये महाभैषज्यसमुद्गते स्वाहा ।। Oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajyasamudgate svāhā !

We must get to the bottom of this PQQ plant mystery!

I was reading about Phoenicians whole day, and now you put this on yt, thank you so much

I’ve been waiting for this episode for weeks, if not my entire life! Thanks for all you do

Yay! I had been waiting for this video, also I really hope you're doing well. I truly admire and love the videos you make.

Thank you for this wonderful episode and all the great work you do. Feel better soon! 🙏🏻❤

Thanks for such well made content. Have a speedy recovery!

Thank you for this episode, and I hope you get to feeling better soon, Dr. Sledge! Get all the rest you need!

Awesome series ... thanks for your work!

This man needs a Podcast!

Hope you feel better soon! I'm one of your biggest fans, btw. Really appreciate your content!😊

Another fantastic production dr.sledge

There is a remedy where I’m from that after a night of drinking, you are supposed to drink a beer first thing in the morning if you are hung over. Drinking this beer is the: “Hair of the dog” (that bit you.) Who knew that this saying was really that ancient.

Great video. Informative and understandable. I got blessings going your way for good health and fortune.

Thank you so much for your knowledge strength and stoicism and of course I hope you and the family are good and recover soon. Peace and Fortitude

My absolute favorite channel now on the esoteric/occult/magick/history/religion etc... Love how in depth and erudite your content is as well as your subtle sense of humor. May your channel, Patreon and prosperity grow and grow. Excellent work!

This is such an amazing channel. You have a gift for explaining these complex histories of these ancient cultures, you explain on a way that makes it easy to digest for us laymen. Thank you for the effort you put in to make these videosnn

Brother, thank you for your consummate dedication to this channel and to us viewers! Heck, I would even go so far as to say we are a family! Get well soon.

Ooo, yet another interest of mine, Ugarit. Thank you for preserving and making this wonderful video. Hope you are well recovered by now.

Get well soon. Refuah Schlemah . As always…I love your work :-)

Thanks for all the insight, especially regarding El. And on the note of that last ritual, time to feed this pooch here. Heal well, Doc!

Thank you so much for sharing.

Rest deeply, and may you get well quickly. Sorry to hear it got you.

ESOTERICA hope you recover asap and your family stay safe X 👍🏻🙌🏻😊

I love your videos ❤️ thank you!

this is so intersting. i really enjoyed this video!!!

I'm so sorry to hear you and your family got rona friend. I got it back in Dec, lost my smell/taste then it came back couple of months later all warped. I've lost quite a bit of weight because most things taste awful and even inedible, like lake water or smoke. Although I'll admit I was already a picky eater due to my ADHD's sensory issues. But still, I hope that doesn't happen to yall. Also, thanks for this episode! I was so psyched when you posted in the community tab about it releasing soon. I could listen to you talk about this kinda stuff all day. I hope audible has those books you showed at the end :)

‘Hair of the dog’ tidbit alone was worth the watch! Great content.

I hope you're feeling better friend. Fantastic video. The hair of the dog thing is mind blowing. Also....monster-mancy lmao

Just awesome sir! Thank you!

Sorry to hear of your illness we all caught Omicron a while back, it passed without event, hoping the same for you & your family

I love your work, bro!

Ach! So sorry to hear that you have covid. I had a bout of it back in January; not fun. Hope yours clears up quickly with no lasting effects!

Glorious. And please take time to heal.

Get well soon. Another excellent video

Hey man fellow Detroiter here! My girl met you at Home Depot. Hope the fence turned out nice! Love the content.

Get well soon!

Sorry to hear you aren't feeling well. Hopefully you can look forward to a speedy recovery!

22:24 you know what's crazy? This just struck me, but there might be traces of this in the Hungarian language today... We have a proverb "kutyaharapást szőrével", which translates to "the dog's bite with the (same) dog's hair". This short and vague proverb is very old, and everybody uses it to point out repercussions of unwanted actions, and the fact that the action should have been avoided (but they were stupid enough to do it so now they deserve the repercussions). Everybody uses and understands this short proverb this way now, but its origins might point to a different meaning? This is a bit crazy because I took the meaning granted as of now.

That improved my otherwise rather lacklustre day immensely. I shall take a break from abstract intellectual study and put some of that distance healing stuff into practice for you and your family

Awesome 😎 thanks brother!!🙏

new favorite channel

Definitely going to read that Smith book.

Thanks so much for this wonderful knowledge and for giving us the tools to research things ourselves. I bought the Canaanites in the Old Testament, I try to get any affordable books you recommend and my modest library is better for it.

Thank you for this. I was watching a really biased and ill informed video on canaanite deities and I really hoped someone more reliable had better information for me, and you delivered!

A full and speedy recovery....

great work my brother

Thank you for your video.

Great show!

Thanks for the video. Hope you get better.

I wish I could take a class with you. Not only is your material great, but I grok your humor.

Thank you for another excellent video! I hope that by the time you read this, you're doing much better, and if not, that your recovery of health happens Now, Now; Quickly, Quickly! :)

Sending healing energy your way!

get well soon, I send my healing blessings.

Great information!

I wish I’d known about this channel when I took my science, magic, and religion class

This video is amazing

Worth the wait :-)

Hoping you’re feeling better, from Hattiesburg, ms

Plato talked about the liver being the mode through which divination takes place in man. Is there a connection with the "liver divination" of the Canaanites?

Take care of yourself. Get well soon!

Heard about your content from D.H. Thorne, gotta say, I really like it 💙

Another excellent video. Thank you. You do look a little flushed. Take care and get better fast.

This was awesome.

I love how he gives side-eye to certain things.

Hope you get better quickly bro♥️

Great job, as always Dr Sledge. The Ugaritic corpus is not my strong suit; I mostly know of the Baal cycle as a great paradigm of theomachy in Near Eastern texts. However, they're definitely on my "further study" list, along with Mark Smith's book.

Get well soon mate. Best wishes from Australia

Sending healing blessed be 💥

Complete healing

Hi, just started following your content, I'm loving it. I've got a question. Are you jewish ? (I am, but sometimes I've got trouble to keep believing the stories after taking a look in the historic process and changes of the region). Thank you very much

Been enjoying your studies into some of humans more unique ancient history

I knew you were from either Mississippi or West Alabama the first time I heard you speak! It's not your accent--you mostly don't have one--it's your cadence. (I'm from Selma, Alabama.) My S.O. and I *love* your channel. Thank you for taking the time to break it down for us.

Keep up the good work.