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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. | ||