Earliest Manual of the Magic of Solomon - Origin of the Lesser Key of Solomon & Medieval Necromancy

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  • King Solomon is legendary for his wisdom and knowledge, which, according to legend extended to the Occult. Though the "Key of Solomon" magical literature is famous in western ritual magic, what do we know about the origins of this school of sorcery - What are the origins of Solomonic Magic? In this episode I turn to the earliest text of Solomonic Magic, the Greek Hygromancy or "Talismanic Treatise of Solomon to his Son Rehoboam." In this complex Greek text, Solomon describes the evocation of Planetary Spirits, Angels and Demons, Elective Astrology, and the Occult virtues of "Words, Herbs & Stones." In addition, this text attracted a vast array of ritual and magical microforms which go on to form the structural core of western magic - from the knife of art, various forms of divination, the magical circle and, most famously, the powerful Ring and Seal of Solomon. This magical treatise is truly foundational for the history of Western Magic and Occultism.
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    • @beepboop204
      @beepboop204 Рік тому +1

      🙃🙃🙃

    • @matthewherd
      @matthewherd Рік тому +3

      If this was written in Greek, then can we really assume this was from Solomon? Who was only around long before the Greeks

    • @logician3641
      @logician3641 Рік тому +3

      Can you do a episode soley on Greek methods of Obtaining Genius/Daemon Spirits at birth and revealing Familiar Spirits when one is of sufficiant age?? Also can you do one on Incubi and Succubi Spirits? The channel material is Next Level!

    • @ladyhonor822
      @ladyhonor822 Рік тому +2

      I like the one with a priest is locked up and needed assistance completing the book OVERNIGHT...
      My hero is Vlad the Impaler.

    • @helenbostock2350
      @helenbostock2350 Рік тому +1

      Some interesting

  • @markobabic487
    @markobabic487 5 місяців тому +72

    Finally, a person who talks about magical history objectively, not as someone trying to pull me into their cult. I'm just here to listen to the stories and you do that with style.
    Thank you for your work.

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  • @RoseBleueDuRosierSec
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    The planetary seals/magic symbols on these books always look super interesting to me, and I'm glad you made a whole video on those back in the day. I enjoyed this one a lot!

    • @eychene
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      Nice! Tkx.

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    SO glad I found your page as I am on a new journey of learning. Thank you for these excellent discussions into these traditions and texts.

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  • @JudasMaccabeus1
    @JudasMaccabeus1 Рік тому +18

    I recently read the Testament of Solomon, written, most likely, sometime during the 2nd century A.D.
    It reveals much about where the later medieval ideas for Solomonic magic came from.

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    I almost laughed out loud when you mentioned the whole Saving Throw to stave of poverty thing! But it was the “moisture” content implied that made me understand the Cloud Presence I saw across the Northern Horizon on Easter Eve Evening right around Sunset. My impression was that it was Solomon, but now I’m sure it was he. He looked nearly like the image in this text.. oddly.. but his robes and beard were luminous, as if made from the palest rainbow’s Light.. which optically speaking was already well beyond the “traditional” optics, but his face was quite kind, and his arms were outstretched.
    I think you used the term “aeromancy” in a previous lecture about the sins punishable as witchcraft by the medieval Catholic Church. I used to say somewhat jokingly that if I’d been born 600 years ago, I’d have been burned at the stake… but the older I get, the more convinced I am that it’s true! But seriously. You’re standing there watching the clouds at sunset and the entire sky is enveloped with Scenes that could only be painted by God or those who have both the vision to see and the skills to reproduce such things… and I have only the eyes. How can I Not Look? It seems to me, it would be Rude towards my Heavenly Sponsors who have taken the opportunity and time to Paint these Divine Vistas… how can that be sin?
    Idk. I’m just the one who’s watching.. and I’m praying.. but I’m also trying to understand. It’s tough being a creature seeing well beyond my current pay grade… but it’s a heckuva View!
    Thanks, Doc!
    Happy Easter, from my house to yours!🦋
    Blessings!🤗

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      Then channel Rorschach from the Watchman movie: "I'm not trapped in here with you! You're all trapped in here with Me!!" And then proceed with whatever means you have learned and acquired. Good luck.

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      I laughed a lot!!!😂

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    Very informative as usual!

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  • @chickenbiscuitbabyyewww9580
    @chickenbiscuitbabyyewww9580 10 місяців тому +1

    The “hella syncretism” line cracked me up haha, but on a serious note these videos are extremely informative while keeping still pretty short and sweet, giving a lot of great starting points to dive deeper. Thanks man

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    Love your content, thank you🙏

  • @lauriecraig2760
    @lauriecraig2760 8 місяців тому +1

    Solomon has always astounded me! Thankyou

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  • @lilyc.g.5567
    @lilyc.g.5567 11 місяців тому +2

    I wish I could have a conversation with you and your colleagues in person…no one around me has any love for occult academia💔 so watching this was really wonderful for me. Oh, to have like-minded peers to ponder with. Thank you.

  • @LaurelaiBailey
    @LaurelaiBailey Рік тому +2

    I was just thinking yesterday I wanted to watch a video by you about this very subject.

  • @alamagordoingordo3047
    @alamagordoingordo3047 Рік тому +4

    Dr. Sledge, have you done a video about Voynich manuscript ? Thank you for the great content.

  • @brucemangan3807
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    Was waiting for this one.. 👍🏻🍿

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    Always a pleasure doc

  • @arete7884
    @arete7884 Рік тому +12

    We live in pretty surreal and lucky times to not have to dedicate lifetime of study and research and accessibility alone is a huge benefit. A solomonic manuscript found in the 14th century mansion hidden in the walls of a dead Spanish nobleman turned into a more simplified system of talismanic-card and board system with ruhaniyat conjuration repetition is one of the many tools one can acquire on the internet,let alone things like abramelin squares , what a time to be alive.

  • @evangilbert5251
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    Great video! Wonderful channel

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    Thank you so very much Dr C.M. sledge! I found this video very informative

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    @yamamushi Рік тому +2

    I've been excited for this one ^_^

  • @Stephen17116
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    I didn't have Dr Sledge saying "hella" at 14:02 on my bingo card haha. Great work!

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    This is such a great show! I have shared it with my family of Kabbalists! ❤🎉

  • @michaelstrange523
    @michaelstrange523 Рік тому +8

    The D&D references make me giggle every time 😂 (thank you so much for your amazing videos!)

    • @Pixieshade
      @Pixieshade 11 місяців тому

      Me too, I was abt to post same comment. Saving throw vs. poverty….😂

  • @blssd494
    @blssd494 11 місяців тому +2

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    Another amazing video

  • @royalindiann
    @royalindiann Рік тому +42

    I love learning about Solomon! There's also the "greater" keys of Solomon. I read both when I was younger. It was cool.

  • @LOVE-wq4ku
    @LOVE-wq4ku 11 місяців тому

    just been getting into this recently, thank youuu

  • @starswithstasi
    @starswithstasi 3 місяці тому

    Another great video! Thank you 😊

  • @jamesllewellynevans9733
    @jamesllewellynevans9733 Рік тому +1

    Hey, Doctor Sledge! Huge fan of the channel! I’m in the early stages of a production of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe going up on stage in Toronto in October. I was wondering if you had any interest in covering Faust as a figure of history as well as a “character type” and how the Faustian Bargain has impacted popular views of the occult in the modern world. As always, glad for the context and information and grateful to have your channel as a resource!
    VENE VENE MEPHISTOPHELES

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    I love your videos 🙏🏽

  • @angelorosini4326
    @angelorosini4326 Рік тому +29

    Thank you Dr. Sledgehammer keep rocking these educational videos you are amazing. Such a wonderful academic resource for everyone your one of the fathers of a new era in making academic occult studies available to all. You are in your field what Agrippa was in his!

  • @comeandsee9643
    @comeandsee9643 10 днів тому

    Excellent presentation.

  • @spacecowboy3063
    @spacecowboy3063 Рік тому +31

    I just happened to read The three Magical Books of Solomon because i saw it in the local university library last week. this is exactly what i need to help make sense of this stuff. this episode answers many questions that were burning on my mind and i really appreciate your perspective on how the text is "living" and to be used as a working manual. its really beyond me why these ancient magicians put so much effort into figuring out which talisman to use at which hour on which day for whatever spell but, regardless, they've given me a lot really fun reads! thank you, Dr. Sledge.

    • @steviechampagne
      @steviechampagne 11 місяців тому +3

      they spent so much effort because it was necessary.
      same reason why it’s important to know the details of the heavenly bodies on the date of your birth

    • @johnnylego807
      @johnnylego807 11 місяців тому +4

      @@steviechampagne In my humble opinion, messing with things that Hold great power by those with little understanding is a recipe for disaster, Solomon was bestowed this gift by God himself, Solomon was one of thee most brilliant men in history, too many fall into this trap of attempting to practice his magik, which God had approved of, only to fail terribly and become possessed, not even by there knowing later down the line, falling out of favor of the Lord, and more into witchcraft, Every single Mage, or practitioner of High level magic, eventually succumb to the spirits they attempt to work with or die a horrific death, and most of the time don’t even realize it a. either at all, or b.until it’s too late, is it worth eternal damnation and a loss of your one and only soul to participate in things we are told not too? i am genuinely curious to why people think they posses more occultic knowledge than solomon, even aleister crowley , succumbed to this. Why is this worth doing in any capacity?

    • @dislikereporter2271
      @dislikereporter2271 11 місяців тому +1

      @@johnnylego807 so in your words how does one obtain a balance between the occult and the divine, or should one just single mindedly pursue the divine?

    • @yohannesasfaw8469
      @yohannesasfaw8469 10 місяців тому +1

      @@atkgrl 1 Kings 4:29-34 the bible
      29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. 30 Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.... Etc

  • @funonthebun7662
    @funonthebun7662 4 місяці тому

    I love you schtick information man, good video

  • @pmgn8444
    @pmgn8444 Рік тому +4

    Another fascinating video. I came for the history of alchemy but stayed for the arcane history!

  • @jdewit8148
    @jdewit8148 Рік тому +41

    Dr Sledge, you make solitude spirituality more bearable.
    Thankyou for sharing your knowledge.

  • @wjpperry1
    @wjpperry1 Рік тому

    Thank you. I've been searching for someone to talk about this

  • @CHANCEINTUITIVE
    @CHANCEINTUITIVE 6 місяців тому

    I absolutely love this it’s very very educational ❤

  • @maltwednesday
    @maltwednesday 9 місяців тому +1

    @3:38 It’s cool to see that the Angelic language from the Nier series has its roots in a real esoteric alphabet. I didn’t know the name for it until now, thank you!

  • @kimconnell760
    @kimconnell760 3 місяці тому

    Good to see this revealed.there are nobody that I know of that talked on this subject.thank you

  • @Amadi-TV
    @Amadi-TV Рік тому

    wow very educative and insightful, i yearn to learn more

  • @Allanhorns
    @Allanhorns Рік тому +5

    The great thing about Magico-folk Traditions, even in a modern ceremonial context, is that it's so diverse and almost all aspects can be interchanged or augmented.
    So, what is the true Magic? The Operator. As we see in many cultures spanning thousands of years there are so many Magical formularies and operations that as long as there is a sense made from of by the operator things can come of the work, most of the time. There are some things that are absolutely meaningless and bunk, but just as poetry if there is a meaning in the formula, there can be meaning derived therefrom to bring about desired change. Such as the subtle red string tied around the finger, or carrying hidden seals of protection.
    Magic is real and works. Even if only on a subtle level.

  • @rachethippyproductions
    @rachethippyproductions Рік тому +2

    Thank you for your services, good sir.

  • @cristoferurlaub7499
    @cristoferurlaub7499 Рік тому +43

    As a fan of Solomonic Demonology and medieval grimoires, I absolutely loved this video. Thank you so much.

    • @mr.midnight1349
      @mr.midnight1349 Рік тому

      Are there any medieval grimoires you might recommend?

    • @cristoferurlaub7499
      @cristoferurlaub7499 Рік тому +2

      @@mr.midnight1349 All of the most interesting ones have all been shared on this channel. I think hes got a playlist. :)

    • @KingSargon96
      @KingSargon96 4 місяці тому

      He was a prophet

  • @tesladeathray8198
    @tesladeathray8198 8 місяців тому +1

    Doc, could you explore the Shams Al Maarif Book by al buni ?
    Is it related to this solomonic magic ? Or it have self standing source ?

  • @anpu418
    @anpu418 Рік тому +2

    Baruch HaShem Justin thank you for all you do

  • @coreymerrill3257
    @coreymerrill3257 Рік тому

    Wow, I asked for it and here it is. Thanks

  • @raulfbustos2893
    @raulfbustos2893 Рік тому

    a most wonderful lecture

  • @cejayhilton3436
    @cejayhilton3436 7 днів тому

    I almost scrolled past you because you had a rabbi/preacher look and I thought this would be another “stay away “ lesson. Man am I a judgemental pos. You are scholarly and awesome- and you know your stuff. So pleased after endless scrolling for information and being disappointed that I ran into you! Thank you. You, sir, are amazeballs.

  • @emeraldcitymystic
    @emeraldcitymystic Рік тому

    I was listening and ended up laughing from your delivery. It almost sounds like chaos Magick in some aspects. lol I love this channel. 💖