Exorcists sound the alarm over children's manual for summoning demons

The magic wands and magic potions of Harry Potter's classmates are yesterday. A few weeks ago, Walmart began selling a practical guide to summoning demons for children. This is not a joke at all! A group of Roman Catholic exorcists warns parents.

Strictly speaking, A Childrens Book Of Demons went on sale in mid-summer. However, the scandal around the book, as noted by the journalist Tim Binnall (Tim Binnall) broke out only now, when it went on sale in the stores of the world's largest wholesale and retail chain. Walmart's offer to purchase, in fact, a medieval grimoire on evoking evil spirits, adapted for the youngest readers, provoked vigorous protests from parents - both Christians and people who are often completely far from religion.

Although the foreword states that the spells and magic formulas contained in the book are fictional and are mainly aimed at, for example, avoiding the work of cleaning the house or defeating the bullies, the Catholic International Association exorcists are seriously sounding the alarm. The President of the Association, Father Francesco Bamonte, warns: “Don't mess with demons! The one who invites a child to summon a demon is like a person who puts a grenade in his hands, offering to play with it. Sooner or later the child will pull the pin and the grenade will explode in his hands. '

Bamonte, who in such matters should be considered not just a professional, but the elected leader of a professional corporation, knows what he is talking about. The exorcist delved into how the book presents a number of symbols that children are invited to portray. They, says Father Francesco, are strikingly similar to those found in authentic medieval grimoires - a kind of 'manuals for dummies' who decided to play with the beyond to get what they want. According to Bamaonte, the author of the children's magic manual only 'simplified the grimoire to the utmost' and 'turned it into a fun game - demonic keys and seals work like a telephone number that allows you to contact evil spirits.'

Bamonte writes on his website in the first person, however, given the high position he occupies in the International Association of Exorcists, it is quite possible to consider his position as a solidarity point of view of the Catholic priests exorcising the devil. Father Francesco laments that what is presented to children as the latest achievement and fun to play is actually one of the steps in a long-term project aimed at achieving a clear goal: to make demonic entities attractive in the eyes of people. And this is not far from the 'open proposal to worship the devil.'

Well, very logical, but on the other hand, controversial. “While Bamonte’s protest is probably justified, one cannot help but assume that the publishers of the book are delighted with all the free advertising that the exorcist association is giving to their demonic guide,” the Internet publication Coast To Coast notes ironically.

V. Sergienko.