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Fragment A height 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.), length 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Fragment B height 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.), length 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)
4Q201(En ara) Parchment Copied ca. 200-150 B.C.E.One of the most important apocryphic works of the Second Temple Period is Enoch. According to the biblical narrative (Genesis 5:21-24), Enoch lived only 365 years (far less than the other patriarchs in the period before the Flood). Enoch "walked with God; then he was no more for God took him."
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The original language of most of this work was, in all likelihood, Aramaic (an early Semitic language). Although the original version was lost in antiquity, portions of a Greek translation were discovered in Egypt and quotations were known from the Church Fathers. The discovery of the texts from Qumran Cave 4 has finally provided parts of the Aramaic original. In the fragment exhibited here, humankind is called on to observe how unchanging nature follows God's will.
The Book of Enoch is a pseudoepigraphal work (a work that claims to be by a biblical character). The Book of Enoch was not included in either the Hebrew or most Christian biblical canons, but could have been considered a sacred text by the sectarians. The original Aramaic version was lost until the Dead Sea fragements were discovered.
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12....But you have changed your works,
13.[and have not done according to his command,
transgressed] against him; (and have spoken)
and harsh words, with your impure mouths,
14.[against his majesty, for your heart is hard].
will have no peace.
Ena I iii
13.[They (the leaders) and all ... of them took
for themselves] 14. wives from all that they chose and
[they began to cohabit with them and to defile
themselves with them];
15.and to teach them sorcery and [spells and
the cutting of roots; and to acquaint them with herbs.]
16.And they become pregnant by them and
bore]great) giants three thousand cubits high ...]
A Hebrew apocryphal book. It was originally written in Aramaic rather than Hebrew and hence was not included in the canon of the Hebrew Bible or in the Christian Old Testament. It was included in the collection of other materials generally called pseudepigrapha (various pseudonymous or anonymous Jewish religious writings of the period 200 B.C.E. to 200 C.E.). The original version was lost about the end of the fourth century, and only fragments remained, but James Bruce, the Scottish explorer, brought back a copy in Ethiopian from Abyssinia in1773, which was probably made from the version known to the early Greek fathers. In this work the spiritual world is minutely described, as is the region of Sheol, the place of the wicked.
In the 1880s, however, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, cofounder and major theorist of the Theosophical Society, integrated the idea of Lemuria into her understanding of human evolution. Humans evolved through a series of root races, she said. She claimed that the contemporary Anglo-Saxons were the fifth root race. The two previous root races had emerged on Atlantis and Lemuria, respectively. Blavatsky’s account of Lemuria led to further discussion in the theosophical writings of Charles W. Leadbeater and to the major book, The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria, by W. Scott-Elliot. What had started as a hypothetical land bridge between Africa and India had become a sizable continent stretching from India to New Zealand. Australia was a remnant and the Aborigines were descendants of the continent’s dwellers.
Energy: Projective
THIS is the form of the Secret Seal of Solomon, wherewith he did bind and seal up the aforesaid Spirits with their legions in the Vessel of Brass.
THIS is the Form of the Vessel of Brass wherein King Solomon did shut up the Evil Spirits, etc. (Somewhat different forms are given in the various codices. The seal [see figure] was made is brass to cover this vessel with at the top. This history of the genii shut up in the brazen vessel by King Solomon recalls the story of “The Fisherman and the Jinni” in “The Arabian Nights.” In this tale, however, there was only one jinni shut up in a vessel of yellow brass the which was covered at the top with a leaden seal. This jinni tells the fisherman that his name is Sakhr, or Sacar. Colour.—Bronze. Letters.—Black on a red band.)
This is the Form of the Magic Ring, or rather Disc, of Solomon, the figure whereof is to be made in old or silver. It is to be held before the face of the exorcist to preserve him from the stinking sulphurous fumes and flaming breath of the Evil Spirits.
THIS is the Form of the Pentagram of Solomon, the figure whereof is to be made in Sol or Luna (Gold or Silver) and worn upon thy breast; having the Seal of the Spirit required upon the other side thereof. It is to preserve thee from danger, and also to command the Spirits by.
THIS is the Form of the Hexagram of Solomon, the figure whereof is to be made on parchment of a calf’s skin, and worn at the skirt of thy white vestment, and covered with a cloth of fine linen which and pure, the which is to be shown unto the Spirits when they do appear, so that they be compelled to take human shape upon them and be obedient.
S - lakas = SETRUM
Latin Form
Ang baryante ng porma ay tinukoy sa The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage bilang isang formula upang makamit ang pag-ibig ng isang babae. Ang iba pang mga magic square ay binubuo ng mga numero o titik sa hindi regular na kaayusan na pinaniniwalaan na may kaakit-akit na kapangyarihan. Ang katulad na magic square ay sinusulat sa parchment o iba pang materyal na magsisilbing talisman.