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Chapter 9  
     
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 And I glorified God afresh who gave me this authority, and ordered another demon to come before me.  
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 And there came seven spirits, females, bound and woven together, fair in appearance and comely.  
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 And I Solomon, seeing them, questioned them and said: "Who are ye?"  
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 But they, with one accord, said with one voice2: "We are of the thirty-three elements of the cosmic ruler of the darkness."  
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 And the first said: "I am Deception."  
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 The second said: "I am Strife."  
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 The third: "I am Klothod, which is battle."  
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 The fourth: "I am Jealousy."  
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 The fifth: "I am Power."  
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 The sixth: "I am Error."  
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 The seventh: "I am the worst of all, and our stars are in heaven.  
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 Seven stars humble in sheen, and all together.  
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 And we are called as it were goddesses.  
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 We change our place all and together, and together we live, sometimes in cities, sometimes in temples, sometimes in a great mountain."  
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 So I Solomon questioned them one by one, beginning with the first, and going down to the seventh.  
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 The first said: "I am Deception, I deceive and weave snares here and there. I whet and excite heresies. But I have an angel who frustrates me, Lamechalal."  
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 Likewise also the second said: "I am Strife, strife of strifes. I bring timbers, stones, hangers, my weapons on the spot. But I have an angel who frustrates me, Baruchiachel."
 
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 Likewise also the third said: "I am called Klothod1, which is Battle, and I cause the well-behaved to scatter and fall foul one of the other. And why do I say so much? I have an angel that frustrates me: "Marmarath."
 
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 Likewise also the fourth said: "I cause men to forget their sobriety and moderation. I part them and split them into parties; for Strife follows me hand in hand.
 
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 I rend the husband from the sharer of his bed, and children from parents, and brothers from sisters. But why tell so much to my despite? I have an angel that frustrates me, the great Balthial."
 
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 Likewise also the fifth said: "I am Power. By power I raise up tyrants and tear down kings.
  
22.
 To all rebels I furnish power. I have an angel that frustrates me, Asteraôth.  
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 Likewise also the sixth said: "I am Error1, O King Solomon. And I will make thee to err, as I have before made thee to err, when I caused thee to slay thy own brother.
 
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 I will lead you into error, so as to pry into graves; and 1 teach them that dig, and I lead errant souls away from all piety, and many other evil traits are mine. But I have an angel that frustrates me, Uriel.  
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 Likewise also the seventh said: "I am the worst, and I make thee worse off than thou wast; because I will impose the bonds of Artemis.
 
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 But the locust will set me free, for by means thereof is it fated that thou shalt achieve my desire . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . For if one were wise, he would not turn his steps toward me."  
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 So I Solomon, having heard and wondered, sealed them with my ring; and since they were so considerable, I bade them dig the foundations of the Temple of God.
 
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 For the length of it was 250 cubits.  
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 And I bade them be industrious, and with one murmur of joint protest they began to perform the tasks enjoined.  

 
 
 

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