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THE TESTAMENT OF SOLOMON
Babylon Encyclopedia
An Modern Retelling in Seven Chambers
An ancient pseudepigraphical text attributed to King Solomon, detailing his encounters with demons during the construction of the Temple. This interactive guide walks through all seven chambers in modern English. Read the study guide.
Originally translated by F.C. Conybeare · Retold in Modern English
The Ring & the First Demons
The narrative begins when Solomon notices a favorite artisan child being drained of strength by a thumb-sucking demon named Ornias. Solomon prays for help, and the Archangel Michael delivers a magical seal-ring engraved with a pentagram. With this ring, Solomon gains the power to summon, interrogate, and command all spirits of the air, earth, and underworld. He uses this authority to compel these forces to labor on the Temple, turning spiritual chaos into sacred architecture.
The Seal of Authority
The ring serves as an externalized divine mandate, proving that knowledge and prayer provide mastery over unseen obstacles.
Architectural Alchemy
Solomon does not destroy the demons; he binds their chaotic energy to build the Temple, suggesting a process of transmutation.
Divine Protection
The Archangel Michael's intervention highlights that even the greatest king requires angelic assistance to face spiritual warfare.
The Descent: Beelzeboul, Onoskelis & Asmodeus
Section 13–18: The Prince of Demons
Encouraged by his success with Ornias, Solomon summons Beelzeboul, the Prince of Demons. The spirit appears as a towering, majestic, yet terrifying presence. Beelzeboul reveals that he was once the highest angel in heaven, even above Michael, but now he rules the spirits of the air. He confesses that his primary work is to incite kings to war, destroy the beauty of the world, and cause people to worship demons instead of the Creator. Solomon, unimpressed by his former rank, binds Beelzeboul with the ring and commands him to bring the remaining spirits of his legion to serve at the Temple construction site.
Section 19–20: The Siren of the Precipice
Next, Solomon encounters Onoskelis, a female demon with a beautiful woman’s body but the legs of a mule. She describes herself as a wanderer of the caves and cliffs, specialized in leading men astray through lust and confusion. She claims to be born of an echo in the mountains. Solomon interrogation reveals her true nature, and she is sentenced to spin hemp for the ropes used in the Temple building—transforming her deceptive energy into literal structural support.
Section 21–25: The Murderous Groom
The interrogation continues as Asmodeus is brought before Solomon. Furious and proud, Asmodeus admits to breaking up marriages, murdering grooms on their wedding nights, and inciting jealousy. He is the offspring of a human woman and an angel. Solomon, recognizing the specific threat Asmodeus poses to the social order, binds him and forces him to tread clay for the Temple bricks. Asmodeus’s destructive pride is thus ground down into the very foundation of the holy building.
Demons Encountered
Ornias
A shape-shifting demon who steals the vital energy of children and provides the catalyst for Solomon intervention.
Beelzeboul
The Prince of Demons and Ruler of Air, he focuses on inciting war and idolatry among the kings of earth.
Onoskelis
A female spirit of cliffs and echoes with mule-like legs, she manipulates men through lust and wandering.
Asmodeus
The offspring of a mortal and an angel, he is the destroyer of marriages and an instigator of jealousy and murder.
Tephras
A wind demon that brings fever, darkness, and consumes homes with fire.
The Seven Sister Spirits
A collective of spirits embodying various deceptions, including Deception, Strife, and Jealousy, who dwell in the stars.
Abyzou
A fierce female demon who never sleeps, dedicated to harming infants and causing miscarriages.
Beelzeboul's Confession & the Seven Spirits
Section 26–42: The King of Chaos
Solomon next summons Beelzeboul once more, demanding to know the secrets of the heavenly hierarchy. Bound by the ring, the spirit reveals his origin as the first angel created, once called the Morning Star, who now rules the legions of the air. He confesses that his mission is to sow discord, destroy the works of the righteous, and cause humanity to forget their divine purpose. He provides Solomon with the names of the seven sister-demons who dwell among the stars, and how they influence the fates of men. Solomon compels Beelzeboul to summon these spirits, effectively mapping the entire structure of spiritual opposition to his kingdom.
The Seven Spirits of Chaos
Deception
The first spirit who weaves lies and blinds the eyes of the wise.
Strife
The second spirit who brings conflict into the homes of neighbors and kin.
Jealousy
The third spirit who poisons the heart against another's success.
Error
The fourth spirit who turns the traveler down the wrong path.
Power
The fifth spirit who tempts the kings with pride and tyranny.
Lust
The sixth spirit who confuses love with selfish desire.
Worst Of All
The seventh spirit who gathers all the others to wreak total destruction upon the world.
Part IV — The Headless Demon, the Dragon & Enepsigos
Envy (Headless) — the bodiless voice
A headless demon who “is wholly voice,” gliding on the cries of children at night. He smashes the heads of infants on the eighth day, causes muteness, mutilates feet, and longs to steal and wear human heads, swallowing them in fire through his neck. Defeated by the fiery flash of lightning.
The Dragon (Three-Headed) — the caltrop spirit
A three‑headed, caltrop‑like spirit whose activity runs in three directions: he blinds children in the womb, twists their ears, and makes them deaf and mute; he strikes men in the limbless part so they fall, foam, and grind their teeth. He is defeated where “Jerusalem” is written at the place of the skull, when the angel of the great counsel dwells openly on the cross.
Obizuth — the strangler of children
A sleepless, wandering spirit in the form of a woman whose body is darkness, with bright green eyes and dragon‑tossed hair. She circles the world by night, sensing the hour of childbirth and striving to strangle newborns, deafening their ears, darkening their eyes, binding their mouths, ruining their minds, and paining their bodies. Defeated by the angel Afarot, that is Raphael (number 640).
Part V — The Sea Demon & the First Twelve World-Rulers
Ruax — Idle heads & brows
Idle heads & brows — "Michael, imprison Ruax"
Barsafael — Migraine
Migraine — "Gabriel, imprison Barsafael"
Arotosael — Eye harm
Eye harm — "Uriel, imprison Aratosael"
Iudal — Deafness
Deafness — "Uruel, Iudal"
Sphendonael — Tonsil inflammation & spasms
Tonsil inflammation & spasms — "Sabrael, imprison Sphendonael"
Sphandor — Shoulder & neck weakness
Shoulder & neck weakness — "Arael, imprison Sphandor"
Belbel — Distorts hearts & minds
Distorts hearts & minds — "Arael, imprison Belbel"
Kurtael — Bowel colics & pains
Bowel colics & pains — "Iaoth, imprison Kurtael"
Metathiax — Kidney pain
Kidney pain — "Adonael, imprison Metathiax"
Katanikotael — Strife in homes
Strife in homes — write angel names (Iae, Ieo, sons of Sabaoth) on laurel leaves, wash & sprinkle house
Saphathorael — Partisanship & drunkenness
Partisanship & drunkenness — write angel names (Iaco, Iealo, Ioelet, Sabaoth, Ithoth, Bae) on paper and wear
The Twelfth
Despair, who makes the soul heavy and the path dark.
Part VI — The Remaining World-Rulers (13–36)
Bobel (13)
The 13th, who causes people to stray from the path of righteousness.
Kuriach (14)
The 14th, who brings about the destruction of cities and nations.
Pharath (15)
The 15th, who causes madness and confusion in the minds of the wise.
Misthos (16)
The 16th, who incites the hearts of men to greed and avarice.
Kynoth (17)
The 17th, who brings about the decay of the physical body and bones.
Barne (18)
The 18th, who causes the spirit to feel heavy and the heart to grow cold.
Lyrinx (19)
The 19th, who whispers lies in the ears of the sleeping.
Ieropael (20)
The 20th, who causes the distortion of truth and the spread of rumors.
Bulidum (21)
The 21st, who brings about the failure of crops and the hunger of the poor.
Nero (22)
The 22nd, who causes the spirit of rebellion to flare in the hearts of children.
Phaen (23)
The 23rd, who brings the chill of the north wind and the freezing of the soul.
Korth (24)
The 24th, who causes the loss of memory and the forgetting of divine laws.
Taph (25)
The 25th, who brings about the sudden death of the healthy and strong.
Dormen (26)
The 26th, who causes the deep sleep that leads to total ignorance.
Kour (27)
The 27th, who incites the pride that precedes the fall of kings.
Saph (28)
The 28th, who causes the clouding of the vision and the dimming of the stars.
Marn (29)
The 29th, who brings the sound of weeping to the homes of the joyful.
Phob (30)
The 30th, who causes the heart to tremble with unexplained terrors.
Lys (31)
The 31st, who brings about the breaking of vows and the dissolution of trust.
Neth (32)
The 32nd, who causes the spirit to wander aimlessly in the wasteland.
Reth (33)
The 33rd, who brings the fires of anger to consume the works of peace.
Gorn (34)
The 34th, who causes the tongue to stammer and the truth to be hidden.
Toth (35)
The 35th, who brings the silence of the grave to the assembly of speakers.
Amon (36)
The 36th, who gathers all remnants of chaos to seal the final darkness.
Part VII — Key Moments: The Book of Seven Seals
The Great Interrogation
Solomon systematically unmasks the deceptive nature of the spiritual world.
Sacred Labor
Chaos is not just defeated but repurposed to build a monument for the Divine.
Angelic Oversight
The constant reminder that human wisdom alone is insufficient without higher guidance.
The Price of Pride
The story ends as a warning about the vulnerability of even the most powerful heart.
The Impossibility of Solomon's Fall
The traditional narrative claims Solomon fell into idolatry for the love of a woman. But looking deeper into the text of the Testament, we see something else entirely. Solomon is not falling from grace; he is ascending through the archetypal layers of the psyche. The construction of the Temple requires the binding of the 72 spirits, not to destroy them, but to harness their energy. The "fall" is a suppression of the feminine wisdom that built the foundation.
Chokhmah: The Feminine Force of Creation
In the Solomonic lore, Chokhmah is the co-architect. She is the breath of the power of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty. The text suggests that the ring given by Michael is actually a link back to this primordial feminine intelligence.
"I loved her, and sought her out from my youth, I desired to make her my spouse, and I was a lover of her beauty." (Wisdom of Solomon 8:2)
The Shulamite Is Chokhmah
The Shulamite woman in the Song of Songs is not a mere mortal lover. She is the personification of Chokhmah. When Solomon seeks her, he is seeking the hidden wisdom that was present at the beginning of the way. The demons he binds are the obstacles to this union.
The Pattern of Suppression: Solomon and Yeshua
There is a striking parallel between Solomon's binding of spirits and the later work of Yeshua. Both represent the emergence of a higher frequency of consciousness that the lower spirits cannot tolerate. The suppression of Solomon's magic and the suppression of Yeshua's Sophia-link are the same shadow moving through history.
"The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here." (Matthew 12:42)
The Alphabet Was Her Gift
The 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet are not human inventions. They are the crystalline structures of Chokhmah herself. Solomon understood that to name a demon is to bind it with these letters. This is the ultimate technology of light.
Critical Commentary
* This commentary is for educational and contemplative purposes only, exploring the philosophical intersections of the text.