{"id":86503,"date":"2015-06-09T18:49:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T22:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=86503"},"modified":"2015-06-09T19:12:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T23:12:36","slug":"charlie-charlie-are-you-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/09\/charlie-charlie-are-you-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie, Charlie, Are You There?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_86512\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759249898_def59c81d3_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86512\" class=\"wp-image-86512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759249898_def59c81d3_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759249898_def59c81d3_o.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759249898_def59c81d3_o-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759249898_def59c81d3_o-791x1024.jpg 791w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-86512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Prince of Darkness, Dagol, devouring human limbs.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I like to root for the underdog, so I\u2019m always comforted to find Satanism in the news. There are, after all, some two billion Christians in the world, and only about a hundred thousand Satanists; if the eternal war between good and evil is a numbers game, then it would seem the good guys have this one in the bag. And yet Satanism persists\u2014pure evil\u2019s got moxie.<\/p>\n<p>The latest coup from the dark arts is Charlie Charlie Challenge, a Ouija Board-ish pursuit in which players\u2014who tend to be, let\u2019s face it, kids and teens\u2014cross two pencils over a piece of paper and attempt to summon a Mexican demon. According to no less reliable a source than the <em>Daily Mail<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3116725\/Children-hospitalised-mass-hysteria-mysterious-bruises-Mexican-demon-video-Dominican-Republic-spawned-satanic-Charlie-Charlie-game-sending-teenagers-panic-world.html\">four Colombian high school students were hospitalized for \u201chysteria\u201d after playing the game<\/a>, which set off an international pandemic of DIY voodoo: <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hundreds of teens have uploaded videos\u2014from the UK to the United States, Sweden and Singapore\u2014in which they ask, \u201cCharlie, Charlie, are you there?\u201d and then flee in terror when the pencil appears to move by itself \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a craze that has gone too far&#8230; It\u2019s very dangerous for a young child to play with contacting the paranormal and diabolical,\u201d Doctor Kelven Guerrero, who works at the Hato Mayor del Rey Hospital, told MailOnline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cIt can cause a great amount of trauma in a young person &#8230; One of the major problems has been that in order to start playing a child must ask permission of Charlie to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Charlie also has to give permission for the game to end,\u201d he ominously added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The BBC, for its part, has maintained that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/blogs-trending-32887325\">the whole thing\u2019s a hoax<\/a>. Let\u2019s hope not. I, for one, laud the efforts of these brave young people to install the legions of hell on earth and bring about the enduring reign of the Prince of Darkness. But I quibble with their methods.<\/p>\n<p>Pencils have always been among the finest weapons in a Satanist\u2019s arsenal; problem is, these kids are stacking with them instead of drawing with them. It\u2019s downright primitive. To behold the true power of an occultist with good draftsmanship, one need only look to an eighteenth-century grimoire called <em>Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros<\/em>, about which the Internet yields little. It\u2019s written in Latin and German; the Wellcome Library, which published <a href=\"http:\/\/wellcomelibrary.org\/player\/b1968583x#?asi=0&amp;ai=0&amp;z=0.4262%2C0.3172%2C0.7221%2C0.4536\">a high-resolution scan of the book in its entirety<\/a>, suggests that it dates to 1775, though its unknown author apparently attempted to pass it off as a relic from 1057. The volume is labeled <small>NOLI ME TANGERE<\/small>: don\u2019t touch.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t take long to see why the illustrator wanted to put several centuries between himself and these drawings. They convey a world of such hyperbolic perdition that you almost want to visit it, if only as a tourist. Genitals spit fire and snakes; hideous, multilimbed creatures sprout heads and pendulous breasts like tumors. In one panel, a string of crimson beads connects a mutated donkey\u2019s knife-cum necklace to the raw end of his penis; he\u2019s carrying a bloody piece of flesh on some sort of fire poker. In another, a litter of flying baby serpents come tumbling from the vagina of a flame-eared, bug-eyed, speckled, bulbous cat-woman. Those are among the two easiest to describe.<\/p>\n<p>You can see all the images below. The lesson is clear: the newest generation of sinful mystics is not doing nearly enough to further their art. Together, we can teach these kids to harness evil as a creative force for a darker, less inhabitable tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327001453_d79b73ee5d_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-86505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327001453_d79b73ee5d_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327001453_d79b73ee5d_o.jpg 1527w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327001453_d79b73ee5d_o-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327001453_d79b73ee5d_o-782x1024.jpg 782w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327036763_69168b9228_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-86506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327036763_69168b9228_b.jpg\" alt=\"15327036763_69168b9228_b\" width=\"601\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327036763_69168b9228_b.jpg 1496w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327036763_69168b9228_b-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327036763_69168b9228_b-766x1024.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327050203_fc919959a8_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86507 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327050203_fc919959a8_o.jpg\" alt=\"L0076364 A compendium about demons and magic. MS 1766. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http:\/\/wellcomeimages.org Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere. Watercolour c. 1775 Published:  -  Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327050203_fc919959a8_o.jpg 1505w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327050203_fc919959a8_o-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15327050203_fc919959a8_o-771x1024.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759162888_feb90dd732_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86508 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759162888_feb90dd732_o.jpg\" alt=\"L0076385 A compendium about demons and magic. MS 1766. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http:\/\/wellcomeimages.org Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere. Watercolour c. 1775 Published:  -  Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759162888_feb90dd732_o.jpg 1622w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759162888_feb90dd732_o-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759162888_feb90dd732_o-830x1024.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759169178_708df08519_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-86509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759169178_708df08519_b.jpg\" alt=\"15759169178_708df08519_b\" width=\"600\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759169178_708df08519_b.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759169178_708df08519_b-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759169178_708df08519_b-860x1024.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759189728_c1b69a30bb_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-86510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759189728_c1b69a30bb_b.jpg\" alt=\"15759189728_c1b69a30bb_b\" width=\"600\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759189728_c1b69a30bb_b.jpg 1885w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759189728_c1b69a30bb_b-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759189728_c1b69a30bb_b-965x1024.jpg 965w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759237108_c55bc5c7e7_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86511 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759237108_c55bc5c7e7_o.jpg\" alt=\"L0076369 A compendium about demons and magic. MS 1766. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http:\/\/wellcomeimages.org Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere. Watercolour c. 1775 Published:  -  Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759237108_c55bc5c7e7_o.jpg 1515w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759237108_c55bc5c7e7_o-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759237108_c55bc5c7e7_o-776x1024.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15324443694_a2c43cfd08_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-86504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15324443694_a2c43cfd08_b.jpg\" alt=\"15324443694_a2c43cfd08_b\" width=\"600\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15324443694_a2c43cfd08_b.jpg 1656w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15324443694_a2c43cfd08_b-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15324443694_a2c43cfd08_b-848x1024.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759334520_4c2019fb91_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86513 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759334520_4c2019fb91_o.jpg\" alt=\"L0076376 Illustration of a magic circle ritual. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http:\/\/wellcomeimages.org Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere. Watercolour c. 1775 Published:  -  Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759334520_4c2019fb91_o.jpg 1529w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759334520_4c2019fb91_o-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759334520_4c2019fb91_o-783x1024.jpg 783w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759344850_85a210acef_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759344850_85a210acef_o.jpg\" alt=\"L0076374 A compendium about demons and magic. MS 1766. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http:\/\/wellcomeimages.org Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere. Watercolour c. 1775 Published:  -  Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" width=\"601\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759344850_85a210acef_o.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759344850_85a210acef_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759344850_85a210acef_o-1024x769.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759393400_9db464502a_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759393400_9db464502a_o.jpg\" alt=\"L0076363 A compendium about demons and magic. MS 1766. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http:\/\/wellcomeimages.org Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere. Watercolour c. 1775 Published:  -  Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759393400_9db464502a_o.jpg 1524w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759393400_9db464502a_o-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15759393400_9db464502a_o-780x1024.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15760841997_fa4f1f4d08_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-86516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15760841997_fa4f1f4d08_o.jpg\" alt=\"15760841997_fa4f1f4d08_o\" width=\"600\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15760841997_fa4f1f4d08_o.jpg 1569w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15760841997_fa4f1f4d08_o-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15760841997_fa4f1f4d08_o-803x1024.jpg 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920802146_a342ef1104_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920802146_a342ef1104_o.jpg\" alt=\"L0076380 A compendium about demons and magic. MS 1766. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http:\/\/wellcomeimages.org Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere. Watercolour c. 1775 Published:  -  Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920802146_a342ef1104_o.jpg 1645w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920802146_a342ef1104_o-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920802146_a342ef1104_o-842x1024.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920839996_09b3272daa_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920839996_09b3272daa_o.jpg\" alt=\"L0076373 A compendium about demons and magic. MS 1766. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http:\/\/wellcomeimages.org Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere. Watercolour c. 1775 Published:  -  Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" width=\"601\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920839996_09b3272daa_o.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920839996_09b3272daa_o-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920839996_09b3272daa_o-1024x770.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920848636_f9d4c69ee0_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920848636_f9d4c69ee0_o.jpg\" alt=\"L0076371 A compendium about demons and magic. MS 1766. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http:\/\/wellcomeimages.org Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere. Watercolour c. 1775 Published:  -  Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920848636_f9d4c69ee0_o.jpg 1511w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920848636_f9d4c69ee0_o-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15920848636_f9d4c69ee0_o-774x1024.jpg 774w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15944663951_6928fdb743_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15944663951_6928fdb743_o.jpg\" alt=\"L0076378 A compendium about demons and magic. MS 1766. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http:\/\/wellcomeimages.org Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere. Watercolour c. 1775 Published:  -  Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15944663951_6928fdb743_o.jpg 1594w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15944663951_6928fdb743_o-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15944663951_6928fdb743_o-816x1024.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15944709131_6310cd33f4_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15944709131_6310cd33f4_o.jpg\" alt=\"L0076368 Illustration of the Grim Reaper on horseback, MS 1766. 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Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http:\/\/wellcomeimages.org Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere. Watercolour c. 1775 Published:  -  Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946033062_d530c419c1_o.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946033062_d530c419c1_o-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946033062_d530c419c1_o-790x1024.jpg 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946586785_fc17f906a4_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-86527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946586785_fc17f906a4_b.jpg\" alt=\"15946586785_fc17f906a4_b\" width=\"599\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946586785_fc17f906a4_b.jpg 1616w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946586785_fc17f906a4_b-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946586785_fc17f906a4_b-827x1024.jpg 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946679415_c9ac6d434b_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-86528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946679415_c9ac6d434b_b.jpg\" alt=\"15946679415_c9ac6d434b_b\" width=\"600\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946679415_c9ac6d434b_b.jpg 1527w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946679415_c9ac6d434b_b-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946679415_c9ac6d434b_b-782x1024.jpg 782w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946692875_1d378c8a05_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946692875_1d378c8a05_o.jpg\" alt=\"L0076362 Illustration of Beelzebub, MS 1766 Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http:\/\/wellcomeimages.org Beelzebub - portrayed with rabbit ears, a tiger's face, scaled body, clawed fingers and bird's legs. Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere. Watercolour c. 1775 Published:  -  Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946692875_1d378c8a05_o.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946692875_1d378c8a05_o-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946692875_1d378c8a05_o-778x1024.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946707805_3378f0ae0d_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946707805_3378f0ae0d_o.jpg\" alt=\"L0076359 A compendium about demons and magic. MS 1766. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http:\/\/wellcomeimages.org Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere. Watercolour c. 1775 Published:  -  Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946707805_3378f0ae0d_o.jpg 1576w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946707805_3378f0ae0d_o-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15946707805_3378f0ae0d_o-807x1024.jpg 807w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Dan Piepenbring is the web editor of <\/em>The Paris Review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like to root for the underdog, so I\u2019m always comforted to find Satanism in the news. There are, after all, some two billion Christians in the world, and only about a hundred thousand Satanists; if the eternal war between good and evil is a numbers game, then it would seem the good guys have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2384],"tags":[2300,18404,18402,12976,13439,18403,1273,2783,16937,149,18405,16932,14722,8594],"class_list":["post-86503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-look","tag-bbc","tag-compendium-rarissimum-totius-artis-magicae-sistematisatae-per-celeberrimos-artis-hujus-magistros","tag-daily-mail","tag-drawings","tag-eighteenth-century","tag-evil","tag-german","tag-illustrations","tag-latin","tag-news","tag-noli-me-tangere","tag-satan","tag-satanism","tag-the-occult"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eighteenth-Century Occult Drawings: Still Blood-Curdling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A rare book made around 1775 contains hair-raising drawings of supernatural creatures.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/09\/charlie-charlie-are-you-there\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Charlie, Charlie, Are You There? by Dan Piepenbring\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"June 9, 2015 \u2013 I like to root for the underdog, so I\u2019m always comforted to find Satanism in the news. 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