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Éliphas Lévi's ''Conjuration of the Seven'', an invocation used to consecrate a talisman, includes a banishing of Moloch: "By the holy Elolm and by the names of the ''genii'' [[Cassiel]], Sebaltiel, Aphiel and Zarabiel, at the command of Orifiel, depart from us, Moloch! We deny thee our children to devour." He believed Moloch and [[Bael]] were personifications of [[Yahweh]] which had been dishonoured by barbarous attributes. | Éliphas Lévi's ''Conjuration of the Seven'', an invocation used to consecrate a [[talisman]], includes a banishing of Moloch: "By the holy Elolm and by the names of the ''genii'' [[Cassiel]], Sebaltiel, Aphiel and Zarabiel, at the command of Orifiel, depart from us, Moloch! We deny thee our children to devour." He believed Moloch and [[Bael]] were personifications of [[Yahweh]] which had been dishonoured by barbarous attributes. | ||
In the ''[[Testament of Solomon]]'', [[King Solomon]] falls from [[Judaism]] when he becomes enamoured by a Shunammite woman and sacrifices five grasshoppers to Moloch on the advice of Moloch's priests. In the depression that follows, he builds temples to Bael, Raphan, and Moloch. | In the ''[[Testament of Solomon]]'', [[King Solomon]] falls from [[Judaism]] when he becomes enamoured by a Shunammite woman and sacrifices five grasshoppers to Moloch on the advice of Moloch's priests. In the depression that follows, he builds temples to Bael, Raphan, and Moloch. | ||