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The origins of the Archdemons of the Zodiac are somewhat obscure. | The origins of the Archdemons of the Zodiac are somewhat obscure. | ||
If the Kabbalistic author Jacques Gaffarel is to be believed, the foundational text concerning the demon rulers of the zodiac comes from an unpublished manuscript titled ''Memlecheti Halaal'' (''The Kingdom of God'')originally written by a Persian astrologer named Hamahalzel. This manuscript was acquired and translated into Hebrew by Rabbi Eliahou Chomer, who then passed it to Gaffarel. | If the Kabbalistic author Jacques Gaffarel is to be believed, the foundational text concerning the demon rulers of the zodiac comes from an unpublished manuscript titled ''Memlecheti Halaal'' (''The Kingdom of God'') originally written by a Persian astrologer named Hamahalzel. This manuscript was acquired and translated into Hebrew by Rabbi Eliahou Chomer, who then passed it to Gaffarel. | ||
Gaffarel published the names of the demons of the zodiac in his 1629 book ''Curiositez inouyes'' (“Unheard of Curiosities of the Talismanic Sculpture of the Persians, the Horoscope of the Patriarchs, and Reading the Stars"). | Gaffarel published the names of the demons of the zodiac in his 1629 book ''Curiositez inouyes'' (“Unheard of Curiosities of the Talismanic Sculpture of the Persians, the Horoscope of the Patriarchs, and Reading the Stars"). | ||