Theurgy (God/guilt-based magick)

[sp!ke]

At 05:24 PM 2/4/99 +0000, you wrote:
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>> >
>> >And some inquisitors did.  They began to use the tools of the enemy
>> >against them.  After all, they had access to hundreds of occult books, had
>> >seen dark and loathsome rituals performed, knew the witches perhaps better
>> >than they did themselves.  They were making the ultimate sacrifice -
>> >risking their immortal soul in order to defend others.
>> 
>> 
>> sounds very similar to that movie "the beast" -- about a priest who
>> predicts the end of the world and descends into a world of violence and sin
>> in order to track down the devil...
>
>Spanish darkly comic movie?  I think I've read a review of it, but not
>seen it.  Either that or there's another one with a similar theme.


that's the one.  speaking of spanish-language horror films, be sure to
check out "cronos" (my favorite vampire movie) -- presents an interesting
take on the whole vampire legend (guillermo del toro of "mimic" fame
directed it so it's chock full of catholicism and bugs!)
Jared A. Sorensen
http://www.memento-mori.com

"I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just
some stupid things that people shouldn't do. "
- David Cronenberg