#king Solomon

[marsvlog]

8 is for 8ARBATOS

man he was so real for that…,

day ??? for @om-adventcalendar

honestly what am i doing lol i’m ignoring the real prompts for the day and just doodling wtv😭

[lorkai]

Things with Solomon happened so spontaneously, so easy, as he jokes and makes you laugh, as he clings to you like a koala and blow raspberries on your neck, arms wrapped so tightly around you that you couldn't escape him even if you tried.

And then, other moments were all about domesticity, swaying side by side while you make lunch, letting him cuddle to your form and pepper your neck with long, soft kisses, talking nonsense in the middle of the night, having a tickle fight and playing fights just for the fun of it.

So of course, when he asked you to marry him, it was in a random moment. Both of you were practicing some curses and spells, and you were almost winning against him when he shouted the first thing that could freeze your brain.

"Marry me!"

It was soft, giddy, full of happiness, both at seeing your flustered face and because he won against you - he liked winning, you can't judge him for that.

Something something, domestic, spontaneous moments with Solomon, my beloved 🥺💓

[illustratus]

The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon by Edward John Poynter

[beardedmrbean]

[cosmicportal]

“ A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.”

~ king Solomon

[chthonic-sorcery]

The Ars Goetia didn't originate from "King Solomon" as it claims.

If it did, it wouldn't be heavily influenced by fucking Greek magic, since Solomon supposedly lived thousands of years before that period.

Medieval monks, who really wrote the Ars Goetia, had a very well documented habit of assigning parentage of magical texts to apocryphal figures like Solomon to make them seem cooler or more powerful. Particularly to christian adjacent figures, since otherwise these books would be considered hersey.

Even the word Goetia itself derives from the Greek Goêteia, meaning sorcery, specifically sorcery utilizing chthonic powers, or the Underworld: Gods, Daemons, and the Dead.

Goêteia comes from the proto Indo-European word goos, meaning to mourn, cry, or to wail; it comes from ancient funeral laments and mourning practices.

Also, Solomon likely never existed, hate to burst your bubble, but there has been zero archeological evidence found to support his, or his "father" king David's existence. Unlike other real kings of roughly the same periods, like King Nebuchadnezzar II.

Even the fact that the magic circles within the Ars Goetia utilize the same coiled serpents and five-pointed stars that Greek goêteia uses, stemming from EGYPT and Egyptian practice, not some psudeo-biblical figure like Solomon.

But wait, there's more

Even the use of demons isn't Solomonic, nor is it Jewish or christian.

It's also fucking Greek.

The word demon itself derives from the Greek daemon, meaning earthly divinity (rather than heavenly/ouranic) or a messenger of the Gods.

It was taken and absorbed into early christian theology like many other concepts such as Tartarus due to early christianity rising in the same region.

Particularly the use of daemons in magic through evocation, or even invocation (calling them within yourself to become possessed, a hallmark of Daemonism and the Engastraitai) through ritual incantations of voces magicae and nomina barbara.

All of it is fucking Greek, no Solomon to be found.

I'll add a step further: even the use of Jewish aspects of magic within the Ars Goetia stems from Greek goêteia, as Greek goêteia was a syncretism of Greek, Jewish, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian magical and spiritual practices.

Fuck, just take a look at the Greek Magical Papyri sonetime if you don't believe it.

Hell, even take a look at the Coptic Magical Papyri, which was a syncretism of early christianity and what we would call "ancient Egyptian" religion and Magical practices:

See the similarities?

Solomon my ass.

☆ ☆ ☆

Learn more here

[why-i-love-comics]

Shazam! #6 - "Meet the Captain!" (2023)

written by Mark Waid art by Dan Mora & Alejandro Sanchez

[cultof-aphrodite]

Solomon and Sheba, 1995 🍊

[majestativa]

Arise, my love, my beauty, come. Winter is gone, the time of singing has begun.

— King Solomon, ‘Song of Songs’, as cited in The Poetry of Jaroslav Seifert, transl by Jaroslav Seifert, (1998)

[artandthebible]

Judgment of Solomon

Artist: Valentin de Boulogne (French, 1591–1632)

Date: c. 1627–1630

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Description

This rethinking of the picture now at the Louvre (on view for exhibition at the MET) has puzzled scholars. At the very least, it testifies to the fame of that work. But the changes also indicate the artist’s growing interest in clarity of exposition through gesture and facial - expression - ideas he shared with his compatriot Nicolas Poussin. The carefully articulated pose and commanding gesture of Solomon are especially telling.

The Judgment of Solomon

The Judgment of Solomon is the biblical example of King Solomon’s wisdom. When Solomon ascended to the throne, he sought after God, and God gave him opportunity to ask for whatever he wanted. Solomon humbly acknowledged his inability to rule well and unselfishly asked God wisdom. God gave him wisdom and wealth besides (1 Kings 3:4–15; 10:27). In fact, “King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth” (1 Kings 10:23). God also gave Solomon peace on all sides during most of his reign (1 Kings 4:20–25). The account of the Judgment of Solomon is found in 1 Kings 3:16–27:

Now two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. One of them said, “Pardon me, my lord. This woman and I live in the same house, and I had a baby while she was there with me. The third day after my child was born, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one in the house but the two of us.

“During the night this woman’s son died because she lay on him. So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I your servant was asleep. She put him by her breast and put her dead son by my breast. The next morning, I got up to nurse my son—and he was dead! But when I looked at him closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn’t the son I had borne.”

The other woman said, “No! The living one is my son; the dead one is yours.”

But the first one insisted, “No! The dead one is yours; the living one is mine.” And so they argued before the king.

The king said, “This one says, ‘My son is alive and your son is dead,’ while that one says, ‘No! Your son is dead and mine is alive.’”

Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword for the king. He then gave an order: “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”

The woman whose son was alive was deeply moved out of love for her son and said to the king, “Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!”

But the other said, “Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!”

Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.”Solomon’s strategy relied on the reality of the maternal instinct. He knew the true mother would prefer losing her son to another woman over seeing him killed. Solomon’s shrewdness in getting to the truth and the just verdict he pronounced caused everyone to take note: “When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice” (1 Kings 3:28).

[jollmaster]

Could we get some information about King Solomon, King David and how they were and acted?

hello thank for question!

David and Solomon

• David's story is generally consistent with known myths

• the eighth child in the family, a shepherd who, after many hardships, became king of the jewish people

• red-haired, which is saying a lot

• killed Goliath, a descendant of the rephaim (half-breed children of canaanite women and fallen angels, whom they worshiped as minor deities)

• began to build the Temple, but didn't complete it because he shed a lot of blood

• and also became Asmodeus' father by sleeping with Agrat

• and don't forget that he forcibly took wife, Bathsheba, from another man, whose death he arranged

• his younger son by this woman completed work with the Temple

• it was Solomon, and this guy was more interesting

• king Solomon was the greatest mortal mage who ever lived

• could speak any language, including the languages of animals, birds and creatures of Eden and Sheol

• came to the throne at the age of twelve

• Yahweh personally blessed him with a promise that he would serve only him

• Solomon broke the promise; he approved of some of his wives' desire to pray to younger deities (Solomon was a womanizer and had large harem) and communicated with demons, and some of shedim served him

• had messed up relationship with Asmodeus, his half-brother, haha (once Asmodeus even threw away Solomon's ring, took on his guise and ruled under his persona for three years)

• his Song of Songs is still quoted from memory

• was generally a wise but peculiar ruler, after his death there was a split in the state

• Sheol's creatures were waiting for him like a brother, but Solomon didn't end up in either Sheol or Eden after first death

• and no one knows where he went

[marsvlog]

my pookie !!!!

loved the new voicelines😁

[koenji]

New Jacob’s Bible Cards depicting biblical figures. by Lion Playing Cards, Tel Aviv, Israel, c.1970.

[lionofchaeronea]

The Anointing of Solomon, Cornelis de Vos, ca. 1630

[weepingfishturtledragon]

Headcanon:

Billy Batson is well aware that saying the wizard's name is one of his few weaknesses. He either figured it out by himself or with the assistance of Solomon.

Because he is aware of this, he has created a strategie to prevent others from exploiting this weakness.

He spent months poring over the books from the Rock of Eternity in search of a spell or poison that will make him completely mute and finding a way to undo the spell/potion. Practicing this over and over again until he can do it in his sleep.

Placing the book/potion in a pocket dimension that he can access whenever, wherever, and in whatever form he desires.

Billy could also use it to prevent others from accessing Captain Marvel without his permission. For example, if a villain was controlling him, he could simply drink the potion or cast the spell to prevent him from saying shazam.

I honestly hate when DC makes Captain marvel and Billy Batson act less intelligent than they are.

I know Billy is smart enough to do this and even if he isn't, he still has Solomon who I know for a fact would figure this out. (The guy literally controls demons he knows how to find a loophole)