#168 - Hygromanteia, Liber Bileth, & Solomonic Networks with Dr. Gal Sofer

Why should we challenge the assumption that the Greek magical text, the Hygromanteia, is really the source of the Key of Solomon? Why is Frankenstein’s Monster a better way to look at the collection of ‘Solomonic’ manuscripts? What is a ‘Solomonic network’ with ‘genes’, ‘nodes’ and ‘clusters’? Dr. Gal Sofer - scholar, medical doctor and translator - discusses his first book, Solomonic Magic: Methodology, Texts, and Histories (Brill 2025), answers your Patreon supporter questions and more!
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►⚡Dr. Sofer’s ‘Solomonic Magic’ tome - https://brill.com/display/title/64906

►✅Dr. Sofer’s Academia page: - https://bgu.academia.edu/GalSofer 
►▶️Dr. Sofer Lecture: Wisdom and Command | The Magical Seals of Solomon - https://youtu.be/iu5lPccZLyw?si=XdTw7iZwA2bUV9UP 
►▶️Dr. Sofer Lecture: From Seals to Pentacles| The Magical Seals of Solomon - https://youtu.be/zgjeysr5OK0?si=SLSiY04YxDt5U2mm 
►Email Dr. Sofer - gal.sofer1@gmail.com 

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00:00 Intro
2:52 Esoteric + Medical interests
8:52 Deep Manuscript Interest
12:23 Genes, Nodes and Clusters
27:46 SSM and Manuscript Evolution
35:36 Role of Scribes in Narrative!
46:54 Liber Bileth Analysis
1:13:44 Key of Solomon Analysis
1:40:36 Ḥover Ḥaver and Babylonian Talmud
2:06:15 Hygromanteia Analysis
2:58:59 Future Work and Projects