Raudskinna | The terrifying Icelandic black magic book

Although on previous occasions we have already told you about the Grimoires or chilling magical books, it is worth remembering that these are magic books that were persecuted by the church and the authorities for centuries, however, today in Mysterious We want to focus on one of them, which although it has long since disappeared, we still talk about it...We refer to Raudskinna, the terrifying Icelandic black magic book .Are you joining us to discover it? 128578;

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Raudskinna: discover the terrifying Icelandic black magic book

Raudskinna or Rauoskinna (also known as" The Book of Energy "or" The Book of Power » ) means in Icelandic "red skin", since that was the color of the covers of the cursed book.It is supposed to be the most terrifying book of black magic that has ever existed and its purpose is to get to dominate the same devil to that he put himself at the service of the magician who owns him .

The author of the book was Gottskalk Nikulausson, who ironically occupied the post of Bishop of Holar.In he collected rules and spells of black magic very contrary to what his trade and religion supposed.At this point, you are probably wondering why he did it.Well, it is said that his intention was to defeat Satan, escl envision him and thereby rule the world .But let's see how he got to this point.

Born in 1469 in Iceland, Gottskalk was appointed bishop in 1496, but his life did not follow at all the principles of Christianity.He had two official lovers; with the first of them he had two children and with the second one a girl.In addition, it is said that he was an ambitious, cruel and manipulative man, who began to be interested in witchcraft and black magic spent doing this interest a real obsession .The people of his region knew what he was up to, and when he died in 1520 he was buried along with his book: the Raudskinna.

The legend that hides behind Raudskinna

Raudskinna | The terrifying Icelandic black magic book

In Iceland it is said that, two centuries after death of the bishop, a man named Loftur arrived at Holar's cathedral seeking to deepen the black magic .He studied a book known as Graskinna (meaning "gray skin") but it was not enough: he wanted the knowledge of Raudskinna.He knew he had been buried next to the bishop who wrote it, but he didn't know what grave it was in.

One night he went to the cathedral with a student to invoke the spirits of the bishops buried there and get Gottskalk to give him the Raudskinna.Loftur sang psalms of praise to the devil and other spells until he got Let three bishops rise from their graves.They turned away from him with fear.

Raudskinna | The terrifying Icelandic black magic book

He continued singing and finally another bishop appeared who did not look cross on his chest and carried in his hands a red book with golden letters.It was Gottskalk.I speak to Loftur and told him never he would get the book.Loftur did not give up, sang psalms to the devil again and the church shuddered. The student who accompanied him thought he saw Gottskalk giving the book to Loftur, but fear invaded him and began to ring the bells of the cathedral.

The spell broke and the scene vanished.Loftur died shortly after he was sailing in his boat, the legend says that the devil dragged him into the depths of the sea and drowned it .But for the Icelanders the mystery continues: some say that the Raudskinna was destroyed, but others believe it is still there, buried somewhere next to the evil bishop.

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