IX, 8: And having said these things, he [a headless demon named Murder] then, weeping, said: "I implore you, king Solomon, not to burn me with the seal, and I promise you by an oath that in the name of Ontos...
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...[probably corresponding to Ornias in the other mss., the demon who's been fetching the others for Solomon]...
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...I will offer to you all the demons and will deliver these pawns to you by each one's signs as well as his powers and abilities and those over which he exercises authority.” And I, Solomon, said: “If you will do this, you will be free.”
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9: And he said to me: "Take unborn black goats, 51 in number, and bring to me a new sword of three parts[?=τρικωλον] of black horn[?=μελανοκερατον], and flay the goats."
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10: Then he commanded the required[?=δευθηναι; I struggled with this participle, and settled on identifying it as an error/alternative for δεηθηναι; corrections welcome] human blood to be brought in for the skins and he recorded them sequentially in two leaves...
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...and he wrote them in a triodion[τριωδιω, i.e. an Eastern Orthodox Lenten liturgical book; blasphemous!], and each one found his name written in his own hand upon the skins as well as his sign and his working and his rulership thus:
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Brian Johnson Retweeted Brian Johnson
[This is where the enumeration of demons comes in, which I've already covered beginning here:]https://twitter.com/JohBri/status/1006282217092472838 …
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Brian Johnson @JohBri*ahem* </portentous voice> "Tzianphiel: rules 140: [he] works also to reveal things past and things present and things that shall be." So far, so standard grimoire stuff. Just a quick one today, because, well, I have a day job, y'know. I swear, I should patreon this shit...Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 1 likeShow this thread -
[The frame narrative resumes at X, 53:] And I deposited in a secret place, forsaken by my children, having delivered an oath by god Sabaōth of holy name to impart no more to anyone this great and divine mystery...
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...but in a secure place to keep as a treasure unspent; these oaths unseen and unknown by the masses during the terrible exile[=απεχωρισα, apparently Solomon making a metatextual/prophetic reference to the Jewish captivity in Babylon and/or diaspora after 70 CE].
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XI, 1: And Beelzeboul, whom Entzianphiel[sic] summoned for me, was asked if there are also female demons, of which claim is also made, as have been purported to be seen.
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Replying to @Meaningness
Yeah, we know what ol' Shlomo has in mind. And, spoiler: there are.
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