Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Occult

Who and why he removed 10 pages from the Devil’s Bible?

Who and why he removed 10 pages from the Devil's Bible? 7

One of the largest medieval manuscripts is the so-called Codex Gigas, also known as the Devil’s Bible, because it has a large image of the Devil on one of the pages .

The weight of the book is 75 kg, its width is 49 cm and its height is 89 cm. It is estimated that it would take at least 30 years for one person to write and draw the whole book.

Who and why he removed 10 pages from the Devil's Bible? 8

According to legend, however, it took only one night to do so for an unknown monk living in the 13th century AD. The same monk was imprisoned in a cell for violation of discipline and vows, and a much more severe punishment awaited him. In an attempt to avoid punishment, the monk decided to surprise the superiors with a book that described ” all the knowledge of the earth .”

To write this book, the monk turned to the Devil himself for help. In exchange for his soul, the Devil created the Codex Gigas overnight.

Initially, the Devil’s Bible was stored in the monastery in Podlazice, in the territory of modern-day Czech Republic, near the town of Chrudim. After a while it was moved to the monastery in Brumov. In 1648, it was stolen by Swedish soldiers and taken to Sweden as a prey. In 1649 the manuscript was placed in the Royal Library of Stockholm, where it is still preserved.

Who and why he removed 10 pages from the Devil's Bible? 9

There are 310 pages in the Devil’s Bible, but there were 320 pages before. So, 10 pages were taken and what was written in them is still unknown to anyone.

It is officially believed that the statutes of the Benedictine monastery are written on these 10 pages, but many conspiracy theorists are sure that no one would extract the written rules of the monastery from such a huge and valuable book, and that the missing pages clearly contain much more important information.

For example, the prophecies about the Apocalypse. Or, the so-called “devil’s prayer”, the reading of which, under certain conditions, is described on the vanished pages to summon the Devil. At the same time, the sheets did not just fall out of the bound book because of old age and decay. They have been deliberately removed. They were cut off from the Codex and this is evident from the cropping of these pages.

Who and why he removed 10 pages from the Devil's Bible? 10

None of the historians knows when and by whom these pages were removed. In the 16th century, one of the mystics of the Paracelsus Circle became interested in the Code, and in 1590, his student visited the Brumov Monastery to study it.

The Code also attracts the attention of the Holy Roman Emperor – Rudolf II, who sought occult information in it. He even ordered the Codex to be transported to his Prague Castle. Then the legend of the Devil’s Bible began to spread. Most probably, it was Rudolf II who tore these pages, finding in them the occult records he needed.

Another oddity of Codex Gigas is that no one has even tried to rewrite this book. In those centuries, when printing was not yet invented, important manuscripts were constantly rewritten to reproduce.

Moreover, even more voluminous and complex texts have been rewritten than the Devil’s Bible.

Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.
Comments

You May Also Like

Bizzare & Odd

Cologne Cathedral, located in the third largest city in Germany, is rightfully one of the most mysterious structures made by human hands and certainly...

Spirituality

Many people believe, this especially applies to believers, that if you destroy the Devil, then humanity will immediately live well, there will be universal...

Spirituality

It is easy to see that in the name of the main Human Enemy, the Devil, there is a Greek prefix -dia and the...

Paranormal

The main Catholic exorcist, father Gabriel Amort, who died in 2016, said that he had met the devil 60 thousand times in 30 years. The...

Occult

Image Credit: CC BY 2.0 Manuel Quintero Making horror movies can be a dangerous business…  Tragic deaths, strange coincidences and unnerving experiences surrounded these...

Bizzare & Odd

Dr. Beachcombing Beachcombing’s Bizarre History Blog In spring 1127, in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire strange things happened. At night locals heard repeated horn blasts and some,...

Occult

The Medieval era of history has no shortage ofcreepy books, but theCodex Gigas, written in the early 13th century, may be the darkest of...

Apocalypse & Armageddon

Dear readers of Soul:Ask As you probably don’t know, our site was uploaded 2 years ago with a single purpose. To prepare the grounds...

Advertisement