The Key to the Secrets of King Solomon (an Encyclopedia Grimoria Volume)
Historical Blindness
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The Origins of the Solomon Legend
The legend of king Solomon and his place in the vast myth complex about magic is a truly global phenomenon it had its beginnings in ancient israel with what must have been a real man. With the greek influence on the hellenized world his legend continued to evolve and to incorporate new views of wisdom and kingship along the way until he came to be viewed as an esoteric guru like hermese trismagistus or astrologer like Zoroaster. The connections between Christ and these depictions of Solomon are many both were exorcists and both were teachers of sage wisdom indeed some apocryphal texts go further in identifying the two such as the questions of bartholomio which describes
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