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To: alt.magick From: Gnomedplume@aol.com (Gnome d Plume) Subject: Re: A Clavicula Salomonis Question Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 07:39:44 GMT On Fri, 30 May 2003 14:04:46 GMT, Odysseuswrote: >rb1_622 wrote: >> >> I am curious if anyone has ever read any commentary or Christian >> thought - I know that's a bit of an oxymoron - about The Key of >> Solomon the King. I did an Internet search in Christian bookstores >> and didn't turn up anything. >> >> If these writings are attributed to him it not only paints a different >> slant on him than the Bible suggests, but it again proves that the >> Church is more interest in suppressing facts then revealing the truth. >> >Many works have been spuriously attributed to historical or >mythological figures from Thoth to Taliesin. OTOH Idries Shah (and >probably others) have identified the Lemegeton's "Solomon" as a >mediaeval Sufi (Suleiman bin-Daoud), IIRC son of the architect who >designed the Dome of the Rock, rather than the biblical king. > >--Odysseus ****However that may be, the "Clavicules of Solomon," both greater and lesser keys, are both obviously attributed, in the texts themselves, to Solomon King of Israel (circa 900 B.C.) and just as obviously medieval (and late medieval at that) in their style and content. They even contain obvious Christian elements that didn't seem to bother the anonymous authors over much. Even the Zohar was attributed to a first century rabbi but is actually a 14th century work in its content and by the admission of the author's widow. It was customary in that time to attribute magical works to ancient authorities both for prestige and to protect the actual authors from possible persecution.**** Gnome d Plume
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