📖 Why Some Books Had to Be Hidden
Books hold power—to question, inspire, or terrify. Across history, some texts have been banned by churches, destroyed by empires, or locked away in secret libraries because of their radical, heretical, or dangerous ideas.
Here are 13 real books that authorities tried to keep buried.
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📚 13 Real Forbidden Books You Were Never Supposed to Read
1. 📕 The Book of Soyga (16th Century)
🔍 Discovered in John Dee’s library (Queen Elizabeth’s astrologer).
📜 Filled with encrypted codes, demonology, and magical alphabets.
🧮 Remained unreadable until computers decrypted parts in the 2000s—but most of its meaning is still unknown.
2. 🩸 Codex Gigas – The Devil’s Bible (13th Century)
📏 The largest surviving medieval manuscript—said to be written in one night by a monk with the devil’s help.
😈 Contains the full Bible, medical formulas, black magic, and a full-page image of Satan.
🔒 Locked away in Sweden’s National Library.
3. 🔮 The Voynich Manuscript (1400s)
🌀 An entire book in an undecipherable language, filled with unknown plants, star maps, and naked women bathing in green fluid.
🧠 Despite AI and linguistic experts, no one has cracked it.
👽 Some believe it’s a coded scientific or alien manual.
4. 🔥 The Gospel of Judas (2nd Century)
📜 Portrays Judas not as a traitor, but as Jesus’ chosen disciple who carried out his request.
⛔ Declared heretical and banned by the early Church.
📂 Hidden in a cave for centuries before being rediscovered in Egypt in the 1970s.
5. ☠️ The Necronomicon (Myth or Real?)
📚 Popularized by H.P. Lovecraft, but referenced in real occult circles.
🔮 Allegedly contains methods to summon ancient gods and lose one’s mind.
💀 Multiple libraries have cataloged "Necronomicon" versions—but no authenticated text exists.
6. 🗡️ The Picatrix (11th Century)
🌌 A massive grimoire on astrological magic, talismans, and invoking planetary spirits.
📜 Banned across medieval Europe for mixing science with sorcery.
🔮 Translated in secret for elite rulers.
7. 📜 The Book of Thoth (Ancient Egypt)
🧠 Said to contain spells that could control the heavens and raise the dead.
📖 Allegedly written by Thoth, god of wisdom.
🚫 Any mortal who read it was cursed with madness or death, according to myth.
8. 🛐 The Talmud of Jmmanuel (Controversial)
📂 A hidden gospel found in Switzerland in the 1960s—claims Jesus was an alien emissary named Jmmanuel.
👽 Describes space travel and reincarnation.
⛔ Considered heretical and “suppressed” by mainstream scholars.
9. 📕 The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage (1458)
📘 Ritual text for summoning one’s “Holy Guardian Angel” and commanding demons.
🔏 Practitioners must isolate for 6–18 months in ritual purity.
🪬 Banned in Catholic Europe and survived only in secret circles.
10. 🪶 The Nag Hammadi Scriptures (Gnostic Gospels)
📜 Found in Egypt in 1945, these texts offer alternate views of early Christianity.
🛐 Speak of divine feminine, inner divinity, and cosmic duality.
🧯 Hidden for centuries to avoid being burned.
11. 🧪 De Lapide Philosophorum (The Philosopher’s Stone Manual)
⚗️ Allegedly written by Nicolas Flamel, this book details how to create the elixir of immortality.
💰 Kings tried to obtain it—most copies were burned, buried, or lost.
🧪 May be hidden in French archives or tombs.
12. ☄️ The Sibylline Books (Ancient Rome)
📖 Contained prophecies of world-ending disasters and Rome’s fate.
🔥 Three sets were destroyed by fire, theft, or ordered destruction by emperors.
🔐 Only fragments survive.
13. 👁️ The Vatican Secret Archives (Unpublished Texts)
📚 Not a single book, but thousands—including:
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Writings on exorcisms and demonology
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Galileo’s trial records
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Apocryphal gospels
🔒 Most documents are still classified and inaccessible to the public.
📕 Final Thoughts: What They Hide Reveals More Than We Know
Whether magical, theological, or scientific, these forbidden books reflect humanity’s deep fear—and deep desire—for power, truth, and control. Every hidden page whispers: What else is still out there?