The Key to the Secrets of King Solomon (an Encyclopedia Grimoria Volume)
Historical Blindness
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The History of Solomon's Exorcism
The portrait of Solomon as a powerful exorcist certainly goes hand in hand with the portrait of him as being endowed with esoteric knowledge like a hermetic sage. His power over demons was said to come from his knowledge of their nature and their names. In part it must have been derived from the tendency in Hellenistic culture to portray kings as divine and capable of performing miracles. And in even larger part it represents a syncretism of ideas that were very popular in the Hellenized world regarding the hierarchies of demonology and angelology.
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