The Key of the Kingdom of the Spirits
Good day,
Below is an excerpt from the Key of Solomon. (Archived Page)
The digital copy of the book can be found here: https://rontabs.blogspot.com/2022/07/book-key-of-solomon-king.html
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Know thou only that the Principalities of Heaven, the Virtues, and the Powers, are not Persons, but dignities.
They are the Degrees of the Sacred Ladder upon which the Spirits ascend and descend.
Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and the others, are not Names but Titles.
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[FIRST]
The First of the Numbers is the Unity.
The First of the Divine Conceptions called the Sephiroth is Kether or the Crown.
The First Category of the Spirits is that of Chaioth Ha-Qadesh or the Intelligences of the Divine Tetragram, whose Letters are symbolised by the Mysterious Animals in the Prophecy of Ezekiel.
Their empire is that of unity and synthesis. They correspond to the Intelligence.
They have for adversaries the Thamiel or Double-Headed Ones, the Demons of revolt and of anarchy, whose two Chiefs, ever at War with each other, are Satan and Moloch.
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[SECOND]
The second Number is two; the second Sephira is Chokmah or Wisdom.
The Spirits of Wisdom are the Auphanim, a Name which signifieth the Wheels, because all acts in Heaven like immense Wheels spangled with Stars. Their Empire is that of Harmony. They correspond to the Reason.
They have for adversaries the Chaigidel, or the Shells which attach themselves to Material and Lying Appearances. Their Chief, or rather their Guide, for Evil Spirits obey no one, is Beelzebub, whose Name signifieth the God of Flies, because Flies haunt putrefying corpses.
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[THIRD]
The third Number is three. The third Sephira is Binah or Understanding.
The Spirits of Binah are Aralim, or the Strong. Their empire is the creation of ideas; they correspond to activity and energy of thought.
They have for adversaries the Satariel, or concealers, the Demons of absurdity, of intellectual inertia, and of Mystery. The Chief of the Satariel is Lucifuge, called falsely and by anti-phrase Lucifer (as the Eumenides, who arc the Furies, are called in Greek the Gracious Ones).
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[FOURTH]
The fourth Number is four. The fourth Sephira is Gedulah or Chesed, Magnificence or Mercy.
The Spirits of Gedulah are the Chaschmalim, or the Lucid Ones. Their empire is that of beneficence; they correspond to the imagination.
They have for adversaries the Gamchicoth or the Disturbers of Souls. The Chief or Guide of these Demons is Ashtaroth or Astarte, the impure Venus of the Syrians, whom they represent with the head of an ass or of a bull, and the breasts of a woman.
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[FIFTH]
The fifth Number is five. The fifth Sephira is Geburah or justice.
The Spirits of Geburah are the Seraphim, or the Spirits burning with zeal. Their empire is that of the chastisement of crimes. They correspond to the faculty of comparing and of choosing.
They have for adversaries the Golab or incendiaries, Genii of wrath and sedition, whose Chief is Asmodeus, whom they call also Samael the Black.
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[SIXTH]
The sixth Number is six. The sixth Sephira is Tiphereth the Supreme Beauty.
The Spirits of Tiphereth are the Malachim, or the Kings. Their empire is that of the Universal Harmony. They correspond to the judgment.
They have for adversaries the Tagaririm, or Disputers, whose Chief is Belphegor.
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[SEVENTH]
The seventh Number is seven. The seventh Sephira is Netzach, or Victory.
The Spirits of Netzach are the Elohim or the Gods, that is to say the
representatives of God. Their empire is that of progress and of life; they correspond to the Sensorium or to sensibility.
They have for adversaries the Harab-Serapel, or the Ravens of Death, whose Chief is Baal.
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[EIGHTH]
The eighth Number is eight. The eighth Sephira is Hod or eternal order.
The Spirits of Hod are the Beni-Elohim or Sons of the Gods. Their empire is that of order; they correspond to the inner sense.
They have for adversaries the Samael or jugglers, whose Chief is Adramelech.
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[NINTH]
The ninth Number is nine. The ninth Sephira is Yesod, or the fundamental principle.
The Spirits of Yesod are the Cherubim or Angels, those powers which fecundate the earth, and which are represented in Hebrew symbolism under the form of bulls. Their empire is that of fecundity. They correspond to true ideas.
They have for adversaries the Gamaliel or obscene, whose Queen is Lilith, the Demon of debaucheries.
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[TENTH]
The tenth Number is ten. The tenth Sephira is Malkuth, or the kingdom of Forms.
The Spirits of Malkuth are the Ischim, or the virile ones; they are the souls of the Saints whose Chief is Moses. (Let us not forget that it is Solomon who speaks.--Eliphaz Lévi.)
They have for adversaries the wicked ones who obey Nahema, the Demon of Impurity.
The wicked are symbolised by the five accursed nations whom Joshua was to destroy.
Joshua, or Jehoshua the Saviour, is a symbol of the Messiach.
His Name is composed of the Letters of the Divine Tetragram changed into the Pentagram by the addition of the Letter Schin.
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NOTE: Jehoshua is Yeshua
Important read #1: https://rontabs.blogspot.com/2024/07/beyond-seraphim.html
Important read #2: https://rontabs.blogspot.com/2024/08/tree-of-life.html
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Keep the Faith. Best regards,
Bro. Rontabs, N.D.S.M.D.