almost all of us are familiar with the instructive story of King Solomon God gave him the chance to wish for one thing but whatever he wanted Solomon chose wisdom over everything to rule his kingdom Solomon's Noble request was granted by God and as an added bonus God included great wealth prosperity and peace how did Solomon practically achieve his greatness all the gold and silver he had did not pour directly from heaven and his Temple did not build itself many as assumed that they were aware of the extent of Solomon's power and prosperity but are we
really aware of his power one of the things that is highly debated and discussed in esoteric circles is the powers that the king of Israel likely possessed many texts indicate that his power extended further than the Physical Realm in this video we follow the trail related to Solomon's powers and authority over not only the Physical Realm but the spiritual realm as well specifically we will explore Solomon's power over demons did Solomon use some form of power to control demons what did he accomplish with these Powers if he used them did he ever lose his powers
and how did he lose his power over the Demonic realm at the end of his life let's find out many of the Rabin writings contain evidence that Solomon had control over the demons especially in the talmud his magical seal often depicted as the Star of David or the star of Ron gave him the power to subdue spiritual entities particularly demons according to token Solomon had the original ring that ruled them all this included spirits and even animals another source that enlightens us on the subject is The Testament of Solomon although it is not considered canonical
by Jews or Christians some scholars believe the oldest manuscripts in it date back to the first century ad the opening lines read the Covenant of Solomon the son of David who was King in Jerusalem and ruled and controlled all the spirits in the air on the earth and under the Earth with their help he also performed all the Transcendent works of the temple The Testament of Solomon 1:2 codc Paris Library later in The Testament of Solomon it is explained that this was given to him through the power of a ring Michael his Archangel he brought
me a small ring which had a seal consisting of an engraved Stone and said to me accept Solomon only King son of David the gift which the Lord God the most high Sabo has sent you with it Thou shalt shut up all the Demons of the earth male and female and with their help Thou shalt build Jerusalem but thou must bear this seal of God and this engraving of the Seal of the Ring which is sent unto thee actually the engraving is known today as the pental The Testament of Solomon 5 whether the Seal of
God is really the star of Ren or the star of of David is up to you but it is intriguing that it is specifically mentioned here since the same symbol that was engraved on Solomon's Ring has been used in numerous cultures and religions including paganism Buddhism and Hinduism this ring endows its owner with power over all demons armed with it the demons were at Solomon's disposal Rabbi Lewis Ginsburg and the Jewish historian Josephus flavius have similar testimonies to add there never lived a man who had the privilege like Solomon's of subduing demons to his will
God endowed him with the ability to turn the vicious power of demons into a force working for the benefit of men he devised formulas for incantations to alleviate sickness and cast out demons so that they would be banished forever as his personal attendance he had spirits and demons that he could send anywhere at a moment's notice he could grow tropical plants in Palestine because his spirits provided him with water from India Legends of the Jews by LS Berg after Josephus flavius lists a number of books compiled by Solomon covering topics such as zoology poetry and
songs the Jewish historian continued to write God also enabled him to acquire that skill which casts out demons which is a science useful and healing to Men He also composed such incantations by which disorders are relieved he also left behind him the method of using exorcism by which demons are driven out so that they never return and this method method of healing is of great power to this day Josephus flavius Antiquities of the Jews 825 according to both Ginsburg and Josephus flavus Solomon was able to command demons and also to perform exorcisms but there is
something else interesting mentioned in these texts Solomon had power not only over demons but also over animals much like Nimrod who had the Robes of power and could command the animals Solomon used his powers to rule the Animal Kingdom the legends of the Hebrews says that Solomon's Dominion was not only over men but also over the beasts of the field the birds of the air the demons the spirits and the ghosts of the night he knew their languages and they understood his from the same account we learn that during his Reign Solomon's chosen transport was
a huge Eagle he had an eagle on Whose back he soared to the Wilderness and back in a day to build there the city called in the Bible tadmore there the eagle carried Solomon the moment he appeared when the eagle found the place he took Solomon under his left wing and flew to the two angels through the power of the ring with the holy name engraved on it which Solomon placed in the Eagle's mouth Aza and AEL were compelled to reveal the Heavenly Mysteries to the king the demons were compelled by Solomon to assist in
the building of Jerusalem and more specifically the temple do you remember the opening lines of the Testament of Solomon there with the help of all all the spirits he accomplished all the work of the temple Ginsburg explains how the demons became Solomon's Workforce in the following passage after the Archangel Michael appears to Solomon and hands him the ring with the pentacle armed with it Solomon summons all the demons before him and asks in turn for the name of each of them as well as the name of the Star constellation or zodiacal sign and the particular
Angel under whose influence each is subject One By One The Spirits were defeated and compelled by Solomon to assist in the building of the temple Ginsburg further explains that it was the demons who cut the stones and laid the foundation of Solomon's Temple they were sentenced to do all the heavy construction work Ora the vampire Spirit who abused Solomon's servants was the first demon to appear and he was assigned the task of cutting Stones near the temple Solomon commanded the evil spirits to dig the foundation of the temple for it was 250 cubits long and
he commanded them to be industrious and with a general murmur of protest they began to perform the tasks commanded some of these demons he condemned to do the hard work of building the Temple others he shut up in prison and others he commanded to wrestle with fire in the making of gold and silver sitting at the lead and to prepare places for the other demons to be shut up in after Solomon with the help of the Demons had completed the temple the rulers among whom was the Queen of Sheba who was a sorceress came from
near and far to admire the Splendor and art of the building and no less the wisdom of its Builder Legends of the Jews by Lewis Ginsburg demons become an integral part of the Fulfillment of the Divine Purpose this leads us to wonder if some of the other megalithic edifices were built by similar methods the Quran gives a very similar account of Solomon or sulan it states that he could control the wind and the Jin they helped Solomon during his Reign the demons used a miraculous copper or brass spring for the constru ction work the shtin
or devils and Jin were used as forced labor for The Monuments Solomon built and to Solomon we subjected the wind his morning Journey was for a month and his afternoon Journey was for a month and we made him to flow a spring of liquid brass and among the Jin there were those who worked for him by the permission of his Lord and whoever among them deviates from our Command we will make him taste the punishment of the flame Surah shba 34 sahi International the Quran further explains how Solomon was rebuked for allowing idolatry in his
kingdom as punishment one of the enslaved Jinn was given the opportunity by God to steal Solomon's Ring this even led to the usurpation of his kingdom later Solomon was able to repent and regain power over the demons and they returned to building the Temple the big difference in the Islamic text compared to the Hebrew is that in the Islamic Solomon was not aware of his error error and never deliberately participated in idolatry whereas according to the Jewish sources which we will look at in a moment he did the Quran also nowhere mentions that Solomon was
a sorcerer instead it says never did Solomon reject faith on the contrary it was the demons who disbelieved they taught the people magic along with what was revealed to the two angels harut and marut in Babylon the two angels never taught anyone without saying we are only a test for you so do not abandon your faith however the people learned magic that caused Discord even between husband and wife even though their magic could not harm anyone except with the will of Allah they were learning things that harmed them and did not benefit them even though
they knew that the one who vowed to Magic would have no share in the Hereafter how pitiful was the price for which they sold their souls if they only knew albakara 102 but how then did Solomon lose power when Solomon wished to marry a sunite or shulamite the Sun menites the priests of molok and ren were not very pleased they first asked Solomon to bow down to their Elohim Solomon replied in no case would I worship foreign gods they told the maiden not to sleep with me until I obeyed and offered sacrifice to the gods
then I was moved but the cunning Aeros brought and put five locusts beside her for me and she said take these locusts and crush them together in the in the name of the god molok and then I will sleep with you and I did so indeed and immediately the spirit of God departed from me and I became weak as well as foolish in my words and after that I was obliged by her to build a temple to the idols of ball and to Rafa and to molok and to the other Idols then I the wretch
followed her counsel and the glory of God was utterly departed from me and my spirit was darkened and I became a prey to idols and demons wherefore I have written this Testament that ye who possess it may pray and care for the latter things and not for the former so that you may find Grace for all time amen The Testament of Solomon through his own fault Solomon lost the power to perform miraculous works that the Divine Spirit had given him he fell in love with a sunite woman of jebus but the priests of Mok and
rafus the false gods she worshiped advised her to reject his courtship if did not pay homage to these Gods at first Solomon was firm but then he relented Solomon's life seems to be a lesson for all of us he began humbly seeking the best for others instead he Strays from the right path because of selfish ambition Solomon is led into idolatry by a woman like Eve misleading Adam previously he had complete control over animal and Spiritual Beings but lost it because of his unfaithfulness to God which eventually culminated in the building of of pagan temples
many have glimpsed the esoteric significance of this incident it tells us that we must overcome our demons or make them work for us rather than allowing them to rule over us through our sins or shortcomings however as we have said the writings associated with this Mystic are now determined to be non-canonical in addition to these writings many others related to mysticism have been persecuted destroyed and banned by the church texts searching for more of the unearthly manuscripts asking to share mechanisms to get one step closer to the Divine Powers but why find out by watching
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