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The Key to the Secrets of King Solomon (an Encyclopedia Grimoria Volume)

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The Wisdom of Solomon

In Second Temple literature and Hellenistic culture, the figure of Solomon was transformed into a kind of hermetic sage. We must remember that the Hellenized world was the hotbed from which emerged all the lore about the beginnings of magic. The secrets to which he is privy are those of the structure and elements of the earth and the heavens. He bears knowledge regarding the nature of animals and how to tame them as well as sorcery.

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