Why should we challenge the assumption that the Greek magical text, the Hygromanteia, is really the source of the Key of Solomon? Why is Frankenstein’s Monster a better way to look at the collection of ‘Solomonic’ manuscripts? What is a ‘Solomonic network’ with ‘genes’, ‘nodes’ and ‘clusters’? Dr. Gal Sofer - scholar, medical doctor and translator - discusses his first book, Solomonic Magic: Methodology, Texts, and Histories (Brill 2025), answers your Patreon supporter questions and more!<br />⇓ ⇓ ⇓<br /><br />►⚡Dr. Sofer’s ‘Solomonic Magic’ tome - <a href="https://brill.com/display/title/64906" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://brill.com/display/title/64906<br /><br /></a>►✅Dr. Sofer’s Academia page: - <a href="https://bgu.academia.edu/GalSofer" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://bgu.academia.edu/GalSofer</a> <br />►▶️Dr. Sofer Lecture: Wisdom and Command | The Magical Seals of Solomon - <a href="https://youtu.be/iu5lPccZLyw?si=XdTw7iZwA2bUV9UP" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://youtu.be/iu5lPccZLyw?si=XdTw7iZwA2bUV9UP</a> <br />►▶️Dr. Sofer Lecture: From Seals to Pentacles| The Magical Seals of Solomon - <a href="https://youtu.be/zgjeysr5OK0?si=SLSiY04YxDt5U2mm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://youtu.be/zgjeysr5OK0?si=SLSiY04YxDt5U2mm</a> <br />►Email Dr. Sofer - [email protected] <br /><br />✦🔮Become a super secret Glitch Bottle supporter! 🔮►<a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2Fglitchbottle%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0SQkKsx7BxIwGTifwmfEpdxfp3a9TDY1MBlxTPCh5fv5h7qll0O97R7P0&amp;h=AT3QndnosHcvsuiPo6kK-yNFNTPhYdmmJeHLKzowBpsEJ0FzQ0hmd6SxUU8inH1fQ4c8MhV56wjDjBTU1JR9XQ7fXdHg7Y6QlfbaVpryyNgmFmKZV87sV-qQV4MrwffVr86WXTb4t92zac22RDuNL4cQDY7_kHFXesMaz4-Ma3tZwtnpzrJQii1-iNzhyRnrLcvB9AgYwMZ2_p4bb3LpumNRig-p7VPNnrMLFe9_7d3zo39N9bg0pHIhs8Yt80S59OhJgrcOI8WbbDBZp31O9TIPooNfVjghOMb-PZ4Zpu3Bs0xbxqXWejdLrCCRYBjT5Hu0XIqb6XAtkqXdk2d1WXJ5_3SwMwXkPQ7BC84Q_ILiUwK0ri6y9Ltx4Z-Y6ameyo5iW1xrJYy0PpKLTij7CTqwldcNyMZOD-KC6-C772Zuo2xQ5w7ZzvXQ-Cv6_J3omoIyCYZS3zm3vPhGaZdc7TNMunoKOCWyvHRq_DvQUH58BhGC26yrG1KQ9pSeBsIIEcEiH-HZT5UlDmu_jQ2cdU3d8HeL4rXCvWkyix-1zDpROlAUWx7VGsKyO1B7tpU--o3vKd0Uj_9AJCU4gJ__28CDUctgMpQWzst2FkBEtNXi30So82WadS1QtkMAiL2Kuud2DgGoiwmF19Y1Xf28" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle</a> <br />♫ Music by the artist Crowander (track name: “Tornado”)-<a href="https://soundcloud.com/crowander" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://soundcloud.com/crowander</a> -<a href="https://crowander.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://crowander.bandcamp.com/</a>-<a href="https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado</a>  <br /><br />00:00 Intro<br />2:52 Esoteric + Medical interests<br />8:52 Deep Manuscript Interest<br />12:23 Genes, Nodes and Clusters<br />27:46 SSM and Manuscript Evolution<br />35:36 Role of Scribes in Narrative!<br />46:54 Liber Bileth Analysis<br />1:13:44 Key of Solomon Analysis<br />1:40:36 Ḥover Ḥaver and Babylonian Talmud<br />2:06:15 Hygromanteia Analysis<br />2:58:59 Future Work and Projects