WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.540 Welcome to the deep dive, where we sift through 00:00:02.540 --> 00:00:04.900 your sources to uncover the most important nuggets 00:00:04.900 --> 00:00:07.940 of knowledge and insight. Today, we're plunging 00:00:07.940 --> 00:00:12.619 into a truly, uh, wild and ancient text. The 00:00:12.619 --> 00:00:14.900 Testament of Solomon. Yeah, this isn't your typical 00:00:14.900 --> 00:00:17.800 historical account. It purports to be King Solomon's 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:20.140 personal record. you know, of how he was granted 00:00:20.140 --> 00:00:22.899 authority over a vast army of demons. Demons. 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:25.839 Oh, yes. And how we use them to help build the 00:00:25.839 --> 00:00:28.420 magnificent temple in Jerusalem. You shared this 00:00:28.420 --> 00:00:30.920 incredible source material with us, and our mission, 00:00:31.140 --> 00:00:33.119 well, our mission in this deep dive is to guide 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:35.780 you through its most surprising claims and extract 00:00:35.780 --> 00:00:38.619 the big picture insights. Exactly. We're gonna 00:00:38.619 --> 00:00:40.780 explore how Solomon's supposedly gained this 00:00:40.780 --> 00:00:44.909 power, the... Really bizarre nature and specific 00:00:44.909 --> 00:00:47.590 activities of the demons he interrogated interrogated 00:00:47.590 --> 00:00:49.750 demons. Okay, how we put these forces of chaos 00:00:49.750 --> 00:00:53.630 to work on a well a divine building project and 00:00:53.630 --> 00:00:55.909 how the text claims this story stretches into 00:00:55.909 --> 00:00:58.490 later history with some profound implications 00:00:58.490 --> 00:01:01.469 Okay, let's unpack this extraordinary account 00:01:01.469 --> 00:01:04.969 King Solomon according to this text was a master 00:01:04.969 --> 00:01:07.689 of demons so the story doesn't begin with Solomon 00:01:07.689 --> 00:01:10.189 like Flexing his power immediately it starts 00:01:10.189 --> 00:01:12.569 with a problem right a very specific problem 00:01:12.569 --> 00:01:15.609 right on the temple building site Progress was 00:01:15.609 --> 00:01:18.329 being halted. What was happening? Well, there 00:01:18.329 --> 00:01:21.569 was a young boy the master workman's son who 00:01:21.569 --> 00:01:24.969 was going tormented by a demon named Ornias Tormented 00:01:24.969 --> 00:01:28.189 how just generally spooky stuff knows physical 00:01:28.189 --> 00:01:31.510 to Ornias would steal half the boys pay and food 00:01:31.510 --> 00:01:35.109 and Get this he'd suck the boys thumb causing 00:01:35.109 --> 00:01:37.870 him to waste away Solomon noticed the boy getting 00:01:37.870 --> 00:01:39.590 thinner even though he was being looked after. 00:01:39.829 --> 00:01:43.069 Wow. That is incredibly specific and frankly 00:01:43.069 --> 00:01:46.329 quite creepy. So Solomon known for wisdom, he 00:01:46.329 --> 00:01:48.109 doesn't just send guards or something. No, no. 00:01:48.349 --> 00:01:50.390 He goes straight to the top. Solomon prays directly 00:01:50.390 --> 00:01:52.709 to God for the authority to overcome this demon. 00:01:52.890 --> 00:01:55.569 Does it work? His prayers answered and pretty 00:01:55.569 --> 00:01:58.209 dramatically. Archangel Michael appears. Archangel 00:01:58.209 --> 00:02:00.450 Michael himself. According to the text, yes. 00:02:01.250 --> 00:02:04.329 And he brings Solomon a special gift from the 00:02:04.329 --> 00:02:08.150 Lord Sabath. You know, Lord of Hosts. It's a 00:02:08.150 --> 00:02:11.469 small ring with a seal engraved on a stone. A 00:02:11.469 --> 00:02:14.810 ring, like a magic ring. The text calls the seal 00:02:14.810 --> 00:02:17.810 a pentalfa. You might recognize that as a five 00:02:17.810 --> 00:02:20.169 -pointed star, sometimes called the seal of Solomon. 00:02:20.849 --> 00:02:23.389 It's presented as this divinely granted tool. 00:02:23.689 --> 00:02:26.370 A tool for what exactly? Controlling this one 00:02:26.370 --> 00:02:29.229 demon. For much more. The text says this ring 00:02:29.229 --> 00:02:32.090 gives Solomon the ability to, and I quote, lock 00:02:32.090 --> 00:02:34.389 up all demons of the earth, male and female. 00:02:34.550 --> 00:02:37.550 Whoa. All demons. That's the claim. It grants 00:02:37.550 --> 00:02:40.009 him authority to compel them and use their power. 00:02:40.289 --> 00:02:42.569 Specifically, he's told he can use them to help 00:02:42.569 --> 00:02:44.150 build Jerusalem. So what does he do with the 00:02:44.150 --> 00:02:45.909 ring? Put it on. He gives it to the tormented 00:02:45.909 --> 00:02:49.409 boy with instructions. Throw it at Orneus' chest 00:02:49.409 --> 00:02:51.830 and command the demon in God's name to come to 00:02:51.830 --> 00:02:54.009 Solomon. Throw the ring at him. Yep. And the 00:02:54.009 --> 00:02:56.300 text says it works instantly. Ornias is immediately 00:02:56.300 --> 00:02:58.919 subdued, brought before Solomon, trembling, begging 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:01.120 not to be taken. Okay, so that establishes the 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:04.439 method. The ring, the seal, God's name. Exactly. 00:03:04.860 --> 00:03:06.680 That's the core mechanism of control in this 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:09.159 story. The demons have to submit to that combination. 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:12.460 So Ornias is captured. Does Solomon just banish 00:03:12.460 --> 00:03:16.280 him? Nope. Solomon shifts gears. He starts interrogating 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.039 him. Demanding to know his nature, his activities, 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:21.300 his weaknesses. And the divan talks. Oh, yeah. 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.219 Under the power of the ring and God's name, they 00:03:24.219 --> 00:03:27.280 spill some really remarkable, sometimes bizarre 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:30.979 details. Ornias goes first. What does Ornias 00:03:30.979 --> 00:03:33.460 say? He reveals he's subject to the zodiac sign 00:03:33.460 --> 00:03:36.379 of Aquarius, the water pourer. He says he strangles 00:03:36.379 --> 00:03:39.300 people who desire virgins. And he can shapeshift 00:03:39.300 --> 00:03:42.659 into three forms. Shapeshift into what? A beautiful 00:03:42.659 --> 00:03:45.840 woman to torment men in their sleep or a lion. 00:03:46.250 --> 00:03:48.650 He also mentions he's frustrated by the Archangel 00:03:48.650 --> 00:03:52.030 Uriel. Fascinating. And Solomon puts him to work. 00:03:52.189 --> 00:03:55.310 Immediately. Cutting stones for the temple, specifically 00:03:55.310 --> 00:03:57.810 sourcing large ones from the Sea of Arabia. Huh. 00:03:58.430 --> 00:04:00.550 But Ornaius tries to make a deal. He does, cunning, 00:04:00.870 --> 00:04:03.289 right? He says, release me and I'll bring you 00:04:03.289 --> 00:04:05.490 the prince of all the demons. Does Solomon fall 00:04:05.490 --> 00:04:08.949 for it? No, he refuses the release, but uses 00:04:08.949 --> 00:04:12.669 Ornaius' power anyway. He compels Ornaius to 00:04:12.669 --> 00:04:15.669 bring the prince. And who shows up? Is it Satan? 00:04:16.139 --> 00:04:20.000 The text names him Beelzebul, describes the exarch, 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:23.040 the chief ruler of the demons. Other big -name 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:25.420 demons are seated near him. He even makes other 00:04:25.420 --> 00:04:28.180 apparitions manifest for Solomon. Beelzebul? 00:04:28.420 --> 00:04:30.199 Like Beelzebul? Very likely the same figure, 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:32.680 yeah. And he promises to bring all the unclean 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:35.800 spirits to Solomon in vons. Does the text give 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:37.980 his backstory? Like, where did he come from? 00:04:38.259 --> 00:04:40.360 It does. He claims he was the first angel in 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:42.480 the first heaven, named Beelzebul, before the 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:45.079 fall. Now he controls those in Tartarus, the 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:47.500 Abyss. And his job description. Pretty much maximum 00:04:47.500 --> 00:04:49.959 destruction. Destroying kings, bringing tyrants 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:52.420 to power, making men worship demons, tempting 00:04:52.420 --> 00:04:54.959 gods, servants, inspiring envy, murder, war, 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:58.560 sodomy. Basically destroying the world. Says 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:00.680 he resides in the Evening Star. That's quite 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:02.620 the resume. What frustrates him? He's the chief, 00:05:02.740 --> 00:05:04.959 right? He confesses he's frustrated by the holy 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:07.699 and precious name of the Almighty God. The text 00:05:07.699 --> 00:05:10.560 gets really specific here. It mentions the name 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:12.800 is represented by a row of numbers, summing to 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:17.120 644 in Hebrew. The text later notes this corresponds 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:20.420 to Emanuel, and it's also known as LF in Roman 00:05:20.420 --> 00:05:22.759 Magical Practices. Numbers representing God's 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:25.959 name, okay. And Solomon puts Beelzebul to work 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:28.639 too. Yep. sawing marble for the temple, even 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:30.860 the chief of demons isn't spared the labor detail. 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:34.000 Incredible. His next. Next, Beelzebul brings 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:37.860 forward a female demon named Anoskelis. Anoskelis, 00:05:37.939 --> 00:05:39.680 what's her deal? Described as having a beautiful 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:41.839 form, but she lurks on earth and shifting golden 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:45.720 caves. Perverse wild places, precipices, ravines. 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:47.879 And what does she do? Strangles men with a noose, 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:50.279 or somehow prevents them from following their 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:53.399 true path. She also takes a female form to consort 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:57.000 with men Especially the text notes those of dark 00:05:57.000 --> 00:06:00.100 skin who unknowingly worship her star hoping 00:06:00.100 --> 00:06:03.139 for wealth. Okay, but her origin story That's 00:06:03.139 --> 00:06:04.959 something else. Oh, it's one of the weirdest 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:08.180 born of a voice untimely like an echo an echo 00:06:08.180 --> 00:06:11.139 of a man's orchard Human waste dropped in a wood 00:06:11.139 --> 00:06:14.399 seriously. That's okay. How she controlled or 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:16.459 frustrated. She's subject to the star of the 00:06:16.459 --> 00:06:20.139 full moon and she's frustrated by he that in 00:06:20.139 --> 00:06:22.810 thee is reigning meaning God's wisdom in Solomon, 00:06:23.329 --> 00:06:25.589 and specifically by the angel Joel. And her job? 00:06:26.089 --> 00:06:28.790 More stone cutting? Nope. Solomon binds her and 00:06:28.790 --> 00:06:30.790 makes her spin hemp for the ropes needed in the 00:06:30.790 --> 00:06:32.649 temple construction. So the pattern continues. 00:06:33.230 --> 00:06:36.050 Capture, interrogate, learn the weakness, assign 00:06:36.050 --> 00:06:39.189 work, who's next in line? As Modeus appears. 00:06:40.069 --> 00:06:42.550 And he's defiant at first, predicts Solomon's 00:06:42.550 --> 00:06:44.610 kingdom will fall eventually, demons will roam 00:06:44.610 --> 00:06:47.550 free again, claims he's born from an angel and 00:06:47.550 --> 00:06:50.170 a human woman. Defiant. How does Solomon handle 00:06:50.170 --> 00:06:53.319 that? Solomon binds him, and the text says he 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:56.019 even flogs him until Asmodeus confesses. And 00:06:56.019 --> 00:06:57.939 what's his confession? What's his specialty? 00:06:58.300 --> 00:07:01.500 Disrupting human relationships. Big time. He 00:07:01.500 --> 00:07:03.740 plots against newlyweds, tries to keep them apart, 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:06.379 wastes virgin beauty, estranges hearts, drives 00:07:06.379 --> 00:07:08.319 men mad with lust for people other than their 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:11.300 spices, leading to sin, abandonment, even murder. 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:14.220 Sounds like a real menace to society. What stops 00:07:14.220 --> 00:07:17.279 him? Archangel Raphael. Also something physical. 00:07:17.850 --> 00:07:21.310 the liver and gall of a specific fish, the glanos 00:07:21.310 --> 00:07:24.050 from Assyrian rivers. Yeah, smoked over tamarisk 00:07:24.050 --> 00:07:26.990 ashes, it puts Asmodeus to flight. So Solomon 00:07:26.990 --> 00:07:29.329 puts Asmodeus to work making clay for the entire 00:07:29.329 --> 00:07:31.370 temple, treading it with his feet, carrying water, 00:07:31.850 --> 00:07:34.290 and he hangs the fish parts over him, just in 00:07:34.290 --> 00:07:37.750 case. Okay, the demons get weirder though, right? 00:07:38.149 --> 00:07:41.389 Something about ashes. Yes, Tefras, the spirit 00:07:41.389 --> 00:07:44.569 of ashes. His activities involve dust, heat, 00:07:45.110 --> 00:07:48.269 destruction. Dust devils, darkness, setting fire 00:07:48.269 --> 00:07:50.629 to fields, ruining homesteads, especially in 00:07:50.629 --> 00:07:54.149 summer, lives in wall corners. An elemental sort 00:07:54.149 --> 00:07:56.769 of demon, what's his weakness? His star is at 00:07:56.769 --> 00:07:59.769 the tip of the moon's southern horn. He claims 00:07:59.769 --> 00:08:02.250 he can heal a certain fever, hematurgian fever, 00:08:02.670 --> 00:08:04.610 if people pray to him with specific names. But 00:08:04.610 --> 00:08:06.670 that's a lie. Solomon notes it's a lie, yes. 00:08:07.019 --> 00:08:08.839 He's actually frustrated by Archangel Azale. 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:11.139 Solomon puts him to work tossing heavy stones 00:08:11.139 --> 00:08:13.180 up to the workmen high up on the temple walls. 00:08:13.339 --> 00:08:14.980 Then there's a group, right? Female spirits? 00:08:15.339 --> 00:08:17.879 Yes, seven of them. Described as beautiful like 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:20.060 goddesses but bound together, they identify as 00:08:20.060 --> 00:08:23.100 being of the 33 elements of the cosmic ruler 00:08:23.100 --> 00:08:25.379 of the darkness. Cosmic Ruler of Darkness. And 00:08:25.379 --> 00:08:28.399 they represent specific things. Exactly. Each 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:31.000 is a personified vice or destructive force. You 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:34.000 get deception, frustrated by Lemesel, strife, 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:37.200 frustrated by Baruchiacal, clohode, which means 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:39.519 battle, frustrated by Marmarith. Keep going. 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:42.000 Jealousy, causing family division, frustrated 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:45.320 by Balthiel, power, raising tyrants, frustrated 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:48.659 by Asteroth, error, leading people astray. This 00:08:48.659 --> 00:08:50.840 one claim she made Solomon kill his brother. 00:08:51.230 --> 00:08:53.629 Wait, Solomon killed his brother. That's what 00:08:53.629 --> 00:08:55.870 this demon claims, yes. Yeah. She's frustrated 00:08:55.870 --> 00:08:59.210 by Uriel. And the last is called the worst, imposes 00:08:59.210 --> 00:09:01.450 the bonds of Artemis, whatever that means, but 00:09:01.450 --> 00:09:04.070 is oddly freed by the Locust. So these are like 00:09:04.070 --> 00:09:06.190 fundamental evils. What task does Solomon give 00:09:06.190 --> 00:09:08.309 them? A big one. He seals them all and commands 00:09:08.309 --> 00:09:10.970 them to dig the actual foundations of the Temple 00:09:10.970 --> 00:09:13.330 of God. Reluctantly, they do it. Fitting work 00:09:13.330 --> 00:09:15.830 for forces of chaos. The forms keep getting stranger 00:09:15.830 --> 00:09:18.110 though. What about the headless one? Ah, yes. 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:22.799 A demon with a man's limbs, but no head. Claims 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:26.799 to be empty. Be, and he wants a head. Exactly. 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:29.259 Want to devour heads, especially human ones, 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:32.799 to get one. Claims he sees by feelings, not eyes. 00:09:33.019 --> 00:09:35.700 Says his voice comes from dumb men whose heads 00:09:35.700 --> 00:09:39.159 he smashed as children. Causes mutilations, incurable 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:42.379 sores, especially on feet. That's grim. Where 00:09:42.379 --> 00:09:44.820 does his power come from? He says the fire he 00:09:44.820 --> 00:09:48.009 emits comes from the day star. mentions an entity 00:09:48.009 --> 00:09:50.149 named Elberian that the Seven Sisters pray to 00:09:50.149 --> 00:09:52.710 but won't name into Solomon. This headless envy 00:09:52.710 --> 00:09:54.590 is frustrated by a fiery flash of lightning. 00:09:55.009 --> 00:09:57.169 Solomon keeps him with Beelzebul for a bit. Then 00:09:57.169 --> 00:10:00.429 a giant dog. Huge hound, yeah. Name staff or 00:10:00.429 --> 00:10:03.870 Repdos. Speaks loudly. Claims he used to be a 00:10:03.870 --> 00:10:07.070 man who did unholy things powerful enough to 00:10:07.070 --> 00:10:10.389 hold back the stars hold back stars wow what's 00:10:10.389 --> 00:10:13.230 his job now harms people following his star sees 00:10:13.230 --> 00:10:15.970 his frenzied men by the throat but importantly 00:10:15.970 --> 00:10:18.149 he knows where to find a valuable green stone 00:10:18.149 --> 00:10:20.690 needed for the temple ah so Solomon uses him 00:10:20.690 --> 00:10:23.129 for reconnaissance exactly sends a serve up with 00:10:23.129 --> 00:10:25.230 the ring the hound shows the serve at the stone 00:10:25.230 --> 00:10:27.850 servant seals the hound brings him back Solomon 00:10:27.850 --> 00:10:30.330 confines both envy and the hound and uses the 00:10:30.330 --> 00:10:32.730 hound for lighting Yeah, gets the Hound to keep 00:10:32.730 --> 00:10:35.590 the fiery headless Envy close by. Envy's internal 00:10:35.590 --> 00:10:37.750 fire shines through the Hound's mouth, providing 00:10:37.750 --> 00:10:39.649 light day and night for the temple artisans. 00:10:40.250 --> 00:10:42.990 Clever, eh? He gets two underchecks of the Greenstone, 00:10:43.169 --> 00:10:46.490 too. The Hound is frustrated by the Angel Brias. 00:10:46.870 --> 00:10:49.889 Very practical. Then a lion form. A spirit like 00:10:49.889 --> 00:10:54.110 a roaring lion named Lion Bearer, or Wrath. Attacks 00:10:54.110 --> 00:10:57.070 sick men invisibly, weakens them. But strangely, 00:10:57.289 --> 00:10:59.149 he also claims he can cast out other demons and 00:10:59.149 --> 00:11:01.970 has legions. can even be welcomed into homes 00:11:01.970 --> 00:11:04.809 with his legions. Casts out demons. That's weird. 00:11:04.970 --> 00:11:07.009 What stops him? The Son of Man, whose name is 00:11:07.009 --> 00:11:09.409 given as the number 644, Immanuel. He's the one 00:11:09.409 --> 00:11:11.070 who will suffer and cast the demons underwater. 00:11:11.730 --> 00:11:13.789 Solomon condemns wrath, legion to carry wood, 00:11:14.169 --> 00:11:16.230 and wrath himself has to saw it small with his 00:11:16.230 --> 00:11:18.470 teeth for the temple furnace. Sawing wood with 00:11:18.470 --> 00:11:21.210 his teeth. Ouch! Okay, three -headed dragon time. 00:11:21.250 --> 00:11:23.389 Right, fearsome thing. Cow -trop -like, maybe 00:11:23.389 --> 00:11:25.850 spiky. Each head does something different. One 00:11:25.850 --> 00:11:27.710 blinds children in the womb, makes them deaf 00:11:27.710 --> 00:11:30.009 and mute. Another slips into bodies because... 00:11:29.769 --> 00:11:31.850 is seizures falling, foaming, grinding teeth, 00:11:32.049 --> 00:11:35.389 nasty stuff, frustrated by the angel of the great 00:11:35.389 --> 00:11:38.289 council who will appear on the cross, signified 00:11:38.289 --> 00:11:41.669 by Jerusalem, written of the head, likely Golgotha. 00:11:41.710 --> 00:11:44.250 And this dragon provides useful info. Big time. 00:11:44.539 --> 00:11:47.039 Tell Solomon where to find a load of gold near 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:49.179 the temple entrance, which turns out to be true. 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:52.779 And he confirms it was the demon of Phippas who 00:11:52.779 --> 00:11:55.019 brought that giant pillar of air from the Red 00:11:55.019 --> 00:11:57.360 Sea. So the dragon gets put to work too. Making 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:59.700 bricks for the temple with his human -like hands. 00:12:00.179 --> 00:12:03.340 It fits the pattern. Bind, interrogate, learn 00:12:03.340 --> 00:12:05.940 weakness, compel work or knowledge. The encounters 00:12:05.940 --> 00:12:07.759 continue. There's another significant female 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:10.299 spirit, right? Yes, a spirit in woman's form. 00:12:10.820 --> 00:12:13.879 Head to shoveled hair, but no limbs. This is 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:16.220 Obazeth, and she says one of her names among 00:12:16.220 --> 00:12:19.039 men is Lilith. Lilith, okay, famous name. What's 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:21.220 her main activity? Going around at night to women 00:12:21.220 --> 00:12:23.519 and childbirth and strangling infants if she 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:25.879 gets the chance. The text emphasizes she cannot 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:28.480 stand to be unsuccessful for even a single night. 00:12:28.899 --> 00:12:31.879 Fierce spirit, many names, many shapes, roams 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:34.200 everywhere. That's horrifying. A direct threat 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:37.379 to newborns. How she stopped. by the angel Aphorot, 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:40.580 interpreted as Raphael. Knowing the angel's name 00:12:40.580 --> 00:12:42.960 numerical value 640 and writing it on a woman 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:45.960 in childbirth stops Obazuth Lilith from entering 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:49.200 now and forever. So Solomon finds the counter 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:51.620 charm. What does he do with her? Binds her by 00:12:51.620 --> 00:12:53.480 the hair and hangs her upright in front of the 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:56.460 temple as a public warning and a sign of God's 00:12:56.460 --> 00:12:59.450 power through him for all Israel to see. Public 00:12:59.450 --> 00:13:02.169 display, wow. Then a winged dragon, different 00:13:02.169 --> 00:13:03.669 from the three -headed one. Yeah, this one is 00:13:03.669 --> 00:13:05.710 like a dragon, but it has a man's face and hands, 00:13:05.809 --> 00:13:08.509 plus wings. Claims he used to be worshipped as 00:13:08.509 --> 00:13:11.090 a god, but Solomon's power brought him low. And 00:13:11.090 --> 00:13:13.789 his special skill. He's the winged dragon who 00:13:13.789 --> 00:13:15.929 mates with certain women under a specific star. 00:13:16.470 --> 00:13:18.750 Causes them to bear offspring filled with lust 00:13:18.750 --> 00:13:21.909 that can't be carried by men, resulting in the 00:13:21.909 --> 00:13:24.129 woman breaking wind, oddly. Okay, the specifics 00:13:24.129 --> 00:13:26.570 are just something else. He also breathes fire. 00:13:26.889 --> 00:13:30.559 Yes. demonstrates by burning logs, just by breathing 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:33.080 on them. He's frustrated by the angel Vizazik 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:35.539 in the second heaven. Solomon condemns him to 00:13:35.539 --> 00:13:37.960 Saul Marbles. Marbles again, then another female 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:41.480 spirit, and Epsigos. Right. Appears with three 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:44.659 heads or forms. Myriad names, changes shapes 00:13:44.659 --> 00:13:47.019 like a goddess, sometimes invoked as Kronos, 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:50.179 lives in the moon, frustrated by the angel Rithanniel 00:13:50.179 --> 00:13:52.500 in the third heaven. And she delivers a major 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:55.179 prophecy, doesn't she? Huge one. looks into the 00:13:55.179 --> 00:13:57.419 future, tells Solomon his kingdom will break, 00:13:57.740 --> 00:14:00.120 the temple will be destroyed by Persians, Medes, 00:14:00.259 --> 00:14:03.500 Chaldeans, Jerusalem undone, predicts the temple's 00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:06.259 destruction, and more, says the temple vessels, 00:14:06.700 --> 00:14:08.820 including the jars Solomon used to seal the demons, 00:14:09.299 --> 00:14:12.139 will be broken by men. And then the demons go 00:14:12.139 --> 00:14:15.039 free again, spread across the world, lead humanity 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:17.879 astray for a long time, until when? Until the 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:20.340 Son of God is stretched on the cross. Born of 00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:23.620 a virgin, name values 644, Emmanuel. He's the 00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:25.519 one who will frustrate them all she even tell 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:27.860 Solomon his own time is short and evil and his 00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:30.279 kingdom will go to a servant That's staggering 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:33.259 a demon predicting the future destruction and 00:14:33.259 --> 00:14:35.860 the coming of Christ essentially How does Solomon 00:14:35.860 --> 00:14:39.000 react? He marvels but doesn't fully believe it 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:42.019 at first But the text says he writes the testament 00:14:42.019 --> 00:14:45.179 Precisely so people later will know the demons 00:14:45.179 --> 00:14:47.700 powers and weaknesses and the angels that stop 00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:50.139 them after these things happen He gets the warning. 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:52.559 Okay, so that's a pivotal moment. But there's 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:55.039 still more demons. A big group. Oh yeah. Thirty 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:58.340 -six spirits appear next. Heads like dogs, asses, 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:01.600 oxen, birds, but human forms. Thirty -six. Who 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:04.440 are they? They identify as the thirty -six elements, 00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:07.799 the world rulers of this darkness. And they explicitly 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:10.340 link themselves to the signs of the zodiac, the 00:15:10.340 --> 00:15:14.179 deacons specifically. Ram, bull, twins, crab, 00:15:14.299 --> 00:15:17.399 etc. Like astrology demons. Sort of. They initially 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:19.519 boast Solomon can't imprison them, but they submit 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:22.039 to God's authority through him. And Solomon interrogates 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:25.159 all 36. One by one. Name, actions, frustrating 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:28.519 angel, or charm. This section is basically a 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:30.899 massive detailed catalog. A catalog of what? 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:33.840 More weird activities. A catalog of human ailments, 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:36.700 misfortunes, and vices. Each linked to a specific 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:39.340 demon, and each with a specific angelic counter 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:41.759 or ritual cure. So like a demon for headaches, 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:44.659 a demon for arguments. Exactly that level of 00:15:44.659 --> 00:15:47.789 detail. For instance, Rue Axe, linked to the 00:15:47.789 --> 00:15:50.450 Ram, causes idle heads, frustrated by Michael. 00:15:51.230 --> 00:15:54.370 Barca Fail, also Ram, causes migraines, stopped 00:15:54.370 --> 00:15:57.710 by Gabriel. Ioodle causes ear blockages, frustrated 00:15:57.710 --> 00:16:00.750 by Urul. Physical stuff, too. Definitely. Spondore 00:16:00.750 --> 00:16:02.970 weakened shoulders, paralyzes hands, breaks neck 00:16:02.970 --> 00:16:06.090 bones, frustrated by Ariel. Metathiax causes 00:16:06.090 --> 00:16:09.250 aching reins, frustrated by Adanil. Catonic Hotel, 00:16:09.529 --> 00:16:11.610 causes domestic strife. Hard temper is stopped 00:16:11.610 --> 00:16:13.649 by writing angelic names on laurel leaves and 00:16:13.649 --> 00:16:16.179 washing the house. Wow, so specific remedies, 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:19.679 too. Yes. Bulldameck separates spouses, causes 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:21.919 grudges, stopped by writing names of Abraham, 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:25.460 Isaac, Jacob on paper in the entrance hall. Fanoth 00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:28.100 casts evil eyes, stopped by drawing an eye. There's 00:16:28.100 --> 00:16:31.179 one for coughing, fits in children, fevers, sleeplessness, 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:33.659 even trouble swallowing fish bones. Trouble swallowing 00:16:33.659 --> 00:16:37.039 fish bones has its own demon. Apparently. Aliboreth. 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:39.460 Frustrated by while taking a fish bone and coughing. 00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:41.879 Seems practical, that one. Huh. It's an incredible 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:44.360 system. Everything bad that happens has a name, 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:47.019 a cause, and a counter. It really maps out an 00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:49.399 ancient worldview where spiritual forces directly 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:52.080 impact every aspect of daily life and health. 00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:55.379 And Solomon puts these 36 to work as well. Yep. 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:58.759 Fetching water, heavy construction, working with 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:01.440 fire to make gold and silver, or just locking 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:04.289 them up. Busy demons. Okay, so the demons are 00:17:04.289 --> 00:17:06.230 working, the temple's getting built, but there 00:17:06.230 --> 00:17:08.710 was that cornerstone issue, too big to move. 00:17:08.910 --> 00:17:10.730 Right, the narrative jumps back to that. The 00:17:10.730 --> 00:17:13.190 cornerstone is too big even for the bound demon 00:17:13.190 --> 00:17:15.970 Solomon had. He's troubled. And then he gets 00:17:15.970 --> 00:17:19.009 that letter. Exactly. From Adair's King of Arabia, 00:17:19.470 --> 00:17:21.690 complaining about a fierce wind -spirity of Phippus, 00:17:21.750 --> 00:17:23.829 the one the dragon mentioned, blowing every morning, 00:17:23.990 --> 00:17:26.829 killing people and animals. Unstoppable. So Solomon 00:17:26.829 --> 00:17:30.210 sees another job for his unique skill set. You 00:17:30.210 --> 00:17:33.119 got it. Sends his servant to Arabia mm -hmm with 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:36.400 the ring and importantly a leather flask a flask 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:39.380 to catch the wind seems so the servant stands 00:17:39.380 --> 00:17:42.039 before the wind Holds the ring over the flask's 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:45.220 mouth The tech says the demon if Phippus is compelled 00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:47.680 to blow into the flask servant seals it up quick 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:50.319 and the wind stops in Arabia He cut the wind 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:52.380 in a bottle essentially a servant brings the 00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:55.180 flask back to Solomon and it gets weirder the 00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:58.819 flask With a Phippus inside, miraculously walks 00:17:58.819 --> 00:18:02.000 seven steps and bows to Solomon. The flask walks. 00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:04.579 That's what it says. A Phippus identifies himself, 00:18:05.099 --> 00:18:07.279 confirms he's the wind from Arabia, fetched from 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:09.900 the Red Sea by the dragon. And what frustrates 00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:13.160 this powerful wind spirit? Same theme. The only 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:15.980 ruling god. He that is to be born of a virgin 00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:19.079 and crucified by the Jews on a cross. A Phippus 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:21.599 boasts he can move mountains, overthrow kings 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:25.559 oaths, oother trees. So Solomon thinks... cornerstone. 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:29.059 Exactly. Asks Epipus if he can move it. Epipus 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:31.559 says yes, and he can also bring up that pillar 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:33.900 of air from the Red Sea with help from the demon 00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:36.720 down there, Abyssethibod. Solomon makes him do 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:39.220 it. Compells him, puts the flask under the stone, 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:41.980 and Epipus lifts the massive cornerstone, carries 00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:44.319 it on top of the flask up the steps and sets 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:46.799 it in place. On top of the flask? Wow, fulfilling 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:49.400 scripture. The stone, which the builders rejected, 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:51.440 that scene has become the head of the corner. 00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:55.069 Solomon credits God's power. Then if Phippus 00:18:55.069 --> 00:18:57.309 brings a Byzithaba, the Red Sea Demon, who lists 00:18:57.309 --> 00:18:59.049 the pillar. The pillar that the dragon mentioned 00:18:59.049 --> 00:19:02.430 earlier. The very one. Solomon seals them both, 00:19:02.730 --> 00:19:04.569 forcing them to hold the pillar in mid -air, 00:19:04.950 --> 00:19:07.950 proof of his wisdom. The text claims it's still 00:19:07.950 --> 00:19:10.369 there, slightly oblique, held by these spirits. 00:19:10.750 --> 00:19:13.549 So who is this Byzithaba, the Red Sea Demon? 00:19:13.809 --> 00:19:16.289 He explains. Says he was a winged a spirit in 00:19:16.289 --> 00:19:19.109 the first heaven plotted against others Claims 00:19:19.109 --> 00:19:21.789 he was there with Moses and Pharaoh Hardening 00:19:21.789 --> 00:19:24.410 Pharaoh's heart fighting Moses with the Egyptian 00:19:24.410 --> 00:19:26.910 magicians during the Exodus signs. He fought 00:19:26.910 --> 00:19:29.829 Moses That's his claim says he got trapped under 00:19:29.829 --> 00:19:31.869 the Red Sea when the waters returned on the Egyptians 00:19:31.869 --> 00:19:34.470 stayed there under the pillar until Lephippus 00:19:34.470 --> 00:19:37.269 came for him Okay, so these two powerful spirits 00:19:37.269 --> 00:19:40.390 tied to Exodus events are now holding up a pillar 00:19:40.390 --> 00:19:43.940 Solomon seems triumphant temple built Peace, 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:46.539 prosperity, what goes wrong? It always goes wrong, 00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:48.920 doesn't it? It does in this story. The Texas 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:52.099 saw unto countless wives, including a Jebusian 00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:54.099 woman he fell violently in love with. Uh -oh. 00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:57.099 Her priests demand he worship their gods, Rafaan 00:19:57.099 --> 00:20:00.450 and Moloch, before he can marry her. Solomon 00:20:00.450 --> 00:20:02.950 refuses at first, says he fears God, won't worship 00:20:02.950 --> 00:20:05.130 demons. Good for him, sticking to his principles. 00:20:05.410 --> 00:20:07.930 But the woman is advised by crafty arrows, basically, 00:20:08.410 --> 00:20:10.690 lust. Her priests tell her not to sleep with 00:20:10.690 --> 00:20:13.609 him until he complies. She puts five grasshoppers 00:20:13.609 --> 00:20:16.509 nearby. Grasshoppers? Yes. And she tells Solomon, 00:20:16.990 --> 00:20:18.630 the condition for sleeping with her is simple. 00:20:19.549 --> 00:20:21.569 Just crush those five grasshoppers together. 00:20:22.009 --> 00:20:24.890 In the name of the God, Moloch. He does it. After 00:20:24.890 --> 00:20:27.809 commanding Beelzebul, after all this. Yeah. Just 00:20:27.809 --> 00:20:30.849 for a woman. He does it. and the text is stark. 00:20:31.829 --> 00:20:34.109 Immediately upon crushing the grasshoppers for 00:20:34.109 --> 00:20:36.589 Moloch, the spirit of God departs from him. Just 00:20:36.589 --> 00:20:39.529 like that. Just like that. He becomes weak, foolish, 00:20:40.150 --> 00:20:42.509 enslaved by her. He's then compelled to build 00:20:42.509 --> 00:20:46.009 temples and idols for Baal, Rafa, Molak, other 00:20:46.009 --> 00:20:48.470 demons. Oh man, from master demons to building 00:20:48.470 --> 00:20:50.950 their temples. He realizes, writing the testament, 00:20:51.490 --> 00:20:53.809 that God's glory left him, his spirit darkened. 00:20:54.109 --> 00:20:56.650 He became the sport of idols and demons, the 00:20:56.650 --> 00:20:58.950 very deans he commanded. So the whole testament 00:20:58.950 --> 00:21:01.329 is framed as a warning, written after his fall. 00:21:01.410 --> 00:21:03.789 Exactly. A warning to Israel to focus on the 00:21:03.789 --> 00:21:05.950 last things, the consequences, the spiritual 00:21:05.950 --> 00:21:08.329 state, not the initial temptation, so they might 00:21:08.329 --> 00:21:12.799 find grace. Wow, what a downfall. But the source 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:14.680 material you shared goes even further, right, 00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:17.240 about the legacy. Yeah, the source emphasizes 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:20.500 the testament deals with spirits of fallen giants, 00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:23.720 distinct from human souls. These spirits, it 00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:26.299 says, roam the earth after death, inhabiting 00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:29.619 things, seeking vengeance. Solomon encountered 00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:33.059 these. And Solomon sealed them, but the story 00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:35.220 doesn't end there. Not according to this source. 00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:37.819 Yeah. It makes for pretty huge claim. Centuries 00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:40.259 later, the Knights Templar excavated Solomon's 00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:42.319 temple for about a decade. The actual Knights 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:45.079 Templar? That's the claim. Nine knights. And 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:47.700 they allegedly found Solomon's ring and the vessels 00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:49.559 containing the sealed demons. They found the 00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:52.619 ring and the bottled -up demons. Seriously. According 00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:55.019 to this interpretation of history, yes. The source 00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:56.809 claims they took these back to Europe... got 00:21:56.809 --> 00:21:59.309 rich and powerful via the church, invented banking 00:21:59.309 --> 00:22:02.569 systems. Became bankers. Yes, and allegedly used 00:22:02.569 --> 00:22:04.710 their demonic knowledge, or maybe the threat 00:22:04.710 --> 00:22:08.029 of releasing demons, to blackmail lords, sometimes 00:22:08.029 --> 00:22:10.829 following through. It's quite a conspiracy theory. 00:22:11.130 --> 00:22:13.309 How does the church react in this narrative? 00:22:13.769 --> 00:22:15.849 Eventually, the church figures it out or notices 00:22:15.849 --> 00:22:18.809 something's up. As the Templars arrested, burned 00:22:18.809 --> 00:22:21.549 at the stake for consorting with the devil, often 00:22:21.549 --> 00:22:23.250 on Friday the 13th, according to the source. 00:22:23.430 --> 00:22:26.609 On Friday the 13th. Okay, but some escaped. The 00:22:26.609 --> 00:22:28.829 source claims some escaped the purge. And what 00:22:28.829 --> 00:22:31.769 did they do? Start a new bank. According to this 00:22:31.769 --> 00:22:33.710 text, they went on to form secret societies, 00:22:34.309 --> 00:22:37.210 specifically names Freemasonry and the Illuminati 00:22:37.210 --> 00:22:40.369 as descendants of these escaped demon knowledge 00:22:40.369 --> 00:22:43.269 -wielding tumblers. Whoa. From Solomon's ring 00:22:43.269 --> 00:22:45.690 to the Illuminati, that's a journey. The text 00:22:45.690 --> 00:22:48.809 concludes by echoing that famous line, you may 00:22:48.809 --> 00:22:50.650 be through with the past, but the past isn't 00:22:50.650 --> 00:22:53.190 through with you. And playing these forces are 00:22:53.190 --> 00:22:56.089 still at play. Man, okay. So we started with 00:22:56.089 --> 00:22:59.230 a demon, sucking a boy's thumb. We ended up with 00:22:59.230 --> 00:23:02.009 Solomon commanding legions of spirits, building 00:23:02.009 --> 00:23:04.470 the temple, falling from grace over grasshoppers, 00:23:04.549 --> 00:23:07.349 and maybe, just maybe, kicking off a chain of 00:23:07.349 --> 00:23:09.390 events leading to secret societies thousands 00:23:09.390 --> 00:23:12.190 of years later. That's a lot. The Testament Solomon 00:23:12.190 --> 00:23:14.670 gives such a unique perspective, biblical figures, 00:23:14.910 --> 00:23:17.930 sure, but also demonology. Ancient ideas about 00:23:17.930 --> 00:23:21.359 illness, misfortune, spiritual power. The sheer 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:23.839 detail on the demons is incredible. And that 00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:26.240 twist at the end. Solomon, the ultimate wise 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:29.400 guy, binding Beelzebul himself, falls because 00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:31.539 he compromises on something seemingly small. 00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:34.240 That's a powerful warning right there in the 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:36.440 text itself. Absolutely. It really hammers home 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:39.460 the idea that external power, even over demons, 00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:42.920 isn't enough. Internal wisdom, sticking to God's 00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:45.259 will, that's presented as what truly matters. 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:47.480 Otherwise, you become, as it says, the sport 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:50.259 of idols and demons. This source gives you so 00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:53.059 much to chew on. The whole idea that ancient 00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:55.940 texts might hold these hidden histories or, you 00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:57.740 know, wild explanations for where things like 00:23:57.740 --> 00:24:00.099 secret societies or even just bad luck come from. 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.940 Right. It challenges you to think about how these 00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:04.099 narratives about power, temptation, hidden knowledge 00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:06.950 echo through history. Whether you read it literally 00:24:06.950 --> 00:24:09.910 as demon binding or metaphorically about wrestling 00:24:09.910 --> 00:24:13.069 inner demons or societal forces It's potent stuff. 00:24:13.210 --> 00:24:15.150 So what does it all mean? I guess it leaves you 00:24:15.150 --> 00:24:17.269 wondering about these ancient stories how they 00:24:17.269 --> 00:24:20.569 shake things and Yeah, whether the past really 00:24:20.569 --> 00:24:23.190 ever lets us go. Thanks for joining us for this 00:24:23.190 --> 00:24:25.549 deep dive We hope you found exploring the testament 00:24:25.549 --> 00:24:28.769 of Solomon as well as fascinating and frankly 00:24:28.769 --> 00:24:29.589 bizarre as we did