The Black Suitcase of Magical Amulets with a Mysterious History. A lovely dream I dreamt one day In some Jewish folklore, such as the satirical Alphabet of Sirach (c.7001000 AD), Lilith appears as Adam's first wife, who was created at the same time and from the same clay as Adam. Once they saddled for him two mules which stood on two bridges of the Rognag; and he jumped from one to the other, backward and forward, holding in his hands two cups of wine, pouring alternately from one to the other, and not a drop fell to the ground." Despite the rather unsettling picturesqueness of this account, it is conveyed in numerous places: Genesis Rabbah 18:6, and BT Sotah 9b, Shabbat 145b146a and 156a, Yevamot 103b and Avodah Zarah 22b.[49]. Jewish magical inscriptions on bowls and amulets from the 6th century AD onward identify Lilith as a female demon and provide the first visual depictions of her. In the pashkevil broadsides which are popular in ultra-orthodox Jewish communities, the word is often used to describe various ills which have spread throughout modern Israeli society, whether they be of a biological, theological or moral nature. We found the amulet below in a copy of the book Shaar HaYichudim (The Gate of Unifications) by the famous Safed Kabbalist Hayyim ben Joseph Vital. However, this view is challenged by some modern research such as by Judit M. Blair (2009) who considers that the context indicates unclean animals. 47). According to myths, Lilith, the female demon, is looking to snatch and kill sleeping babies as a revenge on Adam. In later periods paint-ed amulets were prepared, and these in time were replaced by prints. [80][81], Not so much an amulet as a ritual object for protection, the Krasmesser (or Kreismesser, circle knife) played a role in Jewish birth rituals in the area of Alsace, Switzerland and Southern Germany between the 16th and 20th century. https://blog.nli.org.il/en/djm_sen-san-sem/, The figures of Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof appear here from right to left, 2020 . In the text an amulet is inscribed with the names of three angels (Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof) and placed around the neck of newborn boys in order to protect them from the lilin until their circumcision. [16], The Sumerian female demons lili have no etymological relation to Akkadian lilu, "evening". According to Biblical mythology, Lilith was Adam's first companion and she abandoned him. As opposed to the Kabbalists of Safed, who invoked the secret divine names to save themselves, the scribes of this manuscript decided to make use of canonical texts telling of the victories of God over the various plagues which threatened the People of Israel. Sansenoy, and Semange- lof on amulets hung around the necks of new-born babes: when Lilith sees the names, she remembers her oath and leaves the child . References to Lilith in the Zohar include the following: She roams at night, and goes all about the world and makes sport with men and causes them to emit seed. Throughout the 16th century, plague spread across different parts of the Middle East. The angels who were sent to return the woman to her husband were Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof. [a] The legend of Lilith developed extensively during the Middle Ages, in the tradition of Aggadah, the Zohar, and Jewish mysticism. The Myth's Origins In the book of Genesis 1:27 it says, "Male and female, He created them." The subsequent creation is performed with adequate precautions: Adam is made to sleep, so as not to witness the process itself (Sanhedrin 39a), and Eve is adorned with fine jewellery (Genesis rabbah 18:1) and brought to Adam by the angels Gabriel and Michael (ibid. After Mephistopheles offers this warning to Faust, he then, quite ironically, encourages Faust to dance with "the Pretty Witch". These talismans invoke the names of the angels Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, or sometimes the prophet Elijah, in order to protect young children from the grasp of Lilith. Nebuchadnezzar sets forth various ordeals for Ben Sira, who responds with 22 stories. If a child laughed while sleeping, it was taken as a sign that Lilith was present. 34:15 there she-shall-nest the great-owl, and she-lays-(eggs), and she-hatches, and she-gathers under her-shadow: (15) There the hoot owl shall nest and lay eggs, hatch them out and gather them in her shadow; There shall the kites assemble, none shall be missing its mate. In every place where a man sleeps alone in a house, she visits him and grabs him and attaches herself to him and has her desire from him, and bears from him. Many have connected it to Lolita, but Nabokov adamantly denies this: "Intelligent readers will abstain from examining this impersonal fantasy for any links with my later fiction. [56], Key features of the depiction of Lilith or Lilit include the following. The quest for a proven, functioning magical amulet, one whose supernatural powers can be trusted with certainty, has led buyers to prefer amulets ordained with fixed and familiar mystic formulas. The Krasmesser would be used by a midwife or by the husband to draw a magic circle around the pregnant or birthing woman to protect her from Lilith and the evil eye, which were considered to represent the greatest danger for children and pregnant women. In this particular case, the "arrow of Lilith" is most probably a scrap of, "Rabbah said: I saw how Hormin the son of Lilith was running on the parapet of the wall of Mahuza, and a rider, galloping below on horseback could not overtake him. Joseph M. Baumgarten (1991) identified the unnamed woman of The Seductress (4Q184) as related to the female demon. Amen, Amen, Selah, Halleluyah! She is mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud (Eruvin 100b, Niddah 24b, Shabbat 151b, Baba Bathra 73a), in the Book of Adam and Eve as Adam's first wife, and in the Zohar Leviticus 19a as "a hot fiery female who first cohabited with man". For other uses, see, The spirit in the tree in the Gilgamesh cycle, The bird-footed woman in the Burney Relief, Alsatian Krasmesser (16th to 20th century), In Western esotericism and modern occultism, , -, - ; - , . [47][52] These bowls were buried upside down below the structure of the house or on the land of the house, in order to trap the demon or demoness. Yet another version claims that Lilith emerged as a divine entity that was born spontaneously, either out of the Great Supernal Abyss or out of the power of an aspect of God (the Gevurah of Din). The midrash develops the story of Moses's plea after God expresses anger at the bad report of the spies. Surrounding the image is writing in spiral form; the writing often begins at the centre and works its way to the edge. Lilith responded, "We are equal to each other inasmuch as we were both created from the earth." And find again the paths of life. Ever since the days of Eden [51], An individual Lilith, along with Bagdana "king of the lilits", is one of the demons to feature prominently in protective spells in the eighty surviving Jewish occult incantation bowls from Sassanid Empire Babylon (4th6th century AD) with influence from Iranian culture. Behold, here it is before you: because of the sins of Adam the first man all the things mentioned came into being. Frequently amulets were place in the four corners and throughout the bedchamber. [102], The western mystery tradition associates Lilith with the Qliphoth of kabbalah. Isaac Luria perished during an outbreak of plague in the year 1572, when he was only 38 years old. This promise is the foundation of the famous amulet used to this day by women following childbirth. Blind Dragon acts as an intermediary between Lilith and Samael: Blind Dragon rides Lilith the Sinful may she be extirpated quickly in our days, Amen! As with the Massoretic text of Isaiah 34:14, and therefore unlike the plural liliyyot (or liliyyoth) in the Isaiah scroll 34:14, lilit in 4Q510 is singular, this liturgical text both cautions against the presence of supernatural malevolence and assumes familiarity with Lilith; distinct from the biblical text, however, this passage does not function under any socio-political agenda, but instead serves in the same capacity as An Exorcism (4Q560) and Songs to Disperse Demons (11Q11). All rights reserved The National Library of Israel 2017 , The sages of Safed created amulets, the Jews of Italy wrote prayers and other Jews warned of less conventional plagues. Lilith claims that since she and Adam were created in the same way they were equal and she refuses to submit to him: After God created Adam, who was alone, He said, "It is not good for man to be alone." As that youth's eyes burned at thine, so went Till heart and body and life are in its hold. And all who possess her will descend to the Pit. The "first light", which is the light of Mercy (one of the Sefirot), appeared on the first day of creation when God said "Let there be light". An amulet for safeguarding a newborn child and its mother with an incantation against Lilith. [15] The Isaiah 34:14 Lilith reference does not appear in most common Bible translations such as KJV and NIV. A plague of non-kosher meat, from the British Mandate period. This last term, according to the Hebrews, signifies the same thing, as the Greeks express by strix and lamiae, which are sorceresses or magicians, who seek to put to death new-born children. An amulet for women after childbirth, The National Librarys Amulet Collection, Jewish Mysticism, Joseph Dan, Jerusalem : J. Aronson, 1999, Some sources of Jewish-Arabic demonology, Gershom Scholem, JJS, Vol. She shall become an abode for jackals and a haunt for ostriches. Folkloric traditions recorded around 1953 tell about a jinn called Qarinah, who was rejected by Adam and mated with Iblis instead. [75] Gershom Scholem proposes that the author of the Zohar, Rabbi Moses de Leon, was aware of both the folk tradition of Lilith and another conflicting version, possibly older. (The witch he loved before the gift of Eve,) Each of them are mothers of demons and have their own hosts and unclean spirits in no number. (14) Wildcats shall meet with desert beasts, satyrs shall call to one another; There shall the Lilith repose, and find for herself a place to rest. For you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while I am to be the superior one." (16) Look in the book of the LORD and read: No one of these shall be lacking, For the mouth of the LORD has ordered it, and His spirit shall gather them there. In this tradition it is made clear that Samael and Lilith were born as one, similar to the form of Adam and Eve who were also born as one, reflecting what is above. A blank space is left for the name of the mother. The poem and the picture appeared together alongside Rossetti's painting Sibylla Palmifera and the sonnet Soul's Beauty. That, ere the snake's, her sweet tongue could deceive, [85] Her gift was the "mark of a Sibyl", a gift of second sight. Many early occult writers that contributed to modern day Wicca expressed special reverence for Lilith. If not, she must permit one hundred of her children to die every day." Stephen Skinner's 1671 Etymologicon Lingu Anglican], which asserts that the word lullaby originates from Lillu abi abi, a Hebrew incantation meaning "Lilith begone" recited by Jewish mothers over an infant's cradle. It seems these tales were known even before they appeared in the stories of ben Sirah. It would become evident that the child was not fathered by the husband, and the child would be looked down on. There is also a threatening vocal motif involved, emanating from the onomatopoeic sound of the names said together, which resembles sounds found in nature, like the hiss of a snake or the crackle of fire. Amsterdam, circa 1700. Lilith is cited as having been "banished"[2] from the Garden of Eden for not complying with and obeying Adam. The Hebrew title appearing at the top reads This amulet is for plague from the holy ARI (The holy ARI was Rabbi Isaac Luria, Vitals teacher). All rights reserved The National Library of Israel 2017 , The story of the three angels charged with safeguarding newborn babies and their mothers. Adam stood in prayer before his Creator: "Sovereign of the universe!" Found on a parchment paper of middle eastern descent was the information regarding an amulet of protection from Lilith. Lilith and Faust engage in a short dialogue, where Lilith recounts the days spent in Eden. The rose and poppy are her flower; for where Her gates are gates of death, and from the entrance of the house The amulets contain written text featuring the names of the angels as well as graphic motifs of their images. Stories about Qarinah and Lilith merged in early Islam.[88]. And soft-shed kisses and soft sleep shall snare? 16, 1965, p. 1-13, The Black Suitcase of Magical Amulets with a Mysterious History. As such, she would kill a pregnant mother's baby in the womb, causes impotence to men or attacks little children with illnesses. The sound warns Lilith and gives her pause, making clear that she should not approach the mother and her newborn children. A way of resolving the apparent discrepancy between these two accounts was to assume that there must have been some other first woman, apart from the one later identified with Eve. Another version[69] that was also current among Kabbalistic circles in the Middle Ages establishes Lilith as the first of Samael's four wives: Lilith, Naamah, Eisheth, and Agrat bat Mahlat. Tablet XII is not part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, but is a later Assyrian Akkadian translation of the latter part of the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. 'I have been deserted by my helpmeet' God at once sent the angels Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof to fetch Lilith . They found her beside the Red Sea, a region abounding in lascivious demons, to whom she bore 'lilim' at the rate of more than one hundred a day. It is a re-telling of the Fall of Man as a love triangle between Lilith, Adam and Eve with Eve's eating the forbidden fruit being in this version the result of misguided manipulations by the jealous Lilith, who had hoped to get her rival discredited and destroyed by God and thus regain Adam's love. This monstrous couple was apparently first brought together in the 13th century, their combined powers allowing them to rule the realm of impurity. [30] Modern research has identified the figure as one of the main goddesses of the Mesopotamian pantheons, most probably Ereshkigal. And, subtly of herself contemplative, No Children Allowed: Introducing Lilith, the Jewish Vampire Queen. Samael Aun Weor in The Pistis Sophia Unveiled writes that homosexuals are the "henchmen of Lilith". This amulet was written on parchment. [84] One source states simply that she is a daughter of the goddess Hecate, another, that Lamia was subsequently cursed by the goddess Hera to have stillborn children because of her association with Zeus; alternatively, Hera slew all of Lamia's children (except Scylla) in anger that Lamia slept with her husband, Zeus. Schrader's and Levy's view is therefore partly dependent on a later dating of Deutero-Isaiah to the 6th century BC, and the presence of Jews in Babylon which would coincide with the possible references to the Lltu in Babylonian demonology. Scholars tend to date the Alphabet between the 8th and 10th centuries AD. First among these Talmudic demons is Samael, often referred to euphemistically as Sitra Achra The Other Side. These amulets are mentioned in the Ben Sirah, and in fact, the story probably exists to give a more religious justification for the otherwise pretty superstition-and-magic . And still she sits, young while the earth is old, [7] In the Ancient Mesopotamian religion, found in cuneiform texts of Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia Lilith signifies a spirit or demon.[1][8][9]. Whether this particular tradition is older is not known. To take revenge on Adam, she pursues human children. MacDonald employed the character of Lilith in service to a spiritual drama about sin and redemption, in which Lilith finds a hard-won salvation. And her course leads to the shades. And she also afflicts him with sickness, and he knows it not, and all this takes place when the moon is on the wane.[74]. Hormin who is mentioned here as the son of Lilith is most probably a result of a scribal error of the word "Hormiz" attested in some of the Talmudic manuscripts. (c. 10th century), which was followed by the Zohar and other Kabbalistic writings. It is of Middle Eastern origin, made in the early or mid-20th century. Her beauty's one boast is her dangerous hair. Then a cloud descended and God commanded the earth to produce a living soul. One mentions her creation as being before Adam's, on the fifth day, because the "living creatures" with whose swarms God filled the waters included Lilith. Apples have been man's desire. the first Adam). This aspect of God was negative and punitive, as well as one of his ten attributes (Sefirot), at its lowest manifestation has an affinity with the realm of evil and it is out of this that Lilith merged with Samael. I own that these terms [lamiae and strigae] are found in the versions of Holy Scripture. A third alternative version states that God originally created Adam and Lilith in a manner that the female creature was contained in the male. Judging by the style of script, as well as the name of the youth to whom the manuscript was dedicated Yosef Tzemach Gabriel Donati which appears on the last page, it is likely that the manuscript was inscribed in Italy during the 18th or 19th century. "I was created only to cause sickness to infants. [45][46] However, John J. Collins[47] regards this identification as "intriguing" but that it is "safe to say" that (4Q184) is based on the strange woman of Proverbs 2, 5, 7, 9: Her house sinks down to death, [89] A few magical orders dedicated to the undercurrent of Lilith, featuring initiations specifically related to the arcana of the "first mother", exist. She tells Elijah that she will lose her power if someone uses her secret names, which she reveals at the end: lilith, abitu, abizu, hakash, avers hikpodu, ayalu, matrota [78], In other amulets, probably informed by The Alphabet of Ben-Sira, she is Adam's first wife. I,74.1. In rabbinic literature, incorporating over 1,000 years of writing and interpretation, we find the names of several satanic figures that developed over time, each of them constantly trying to establish evils grip on the world. Sent after her were three angels Senoy, Sansenoy, Semangelof. God sent three angelsSenoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelofto find Lilith and bring her back. The three failed in their mission; Lilith claimed that the great demon has already come upon her, referring to Samael, and could therefore no longer return to Adam. Below it, were the names of the primogenitors: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah. Scottish author George MacDonald also wrote a fantasy novel entitled Lilith, first published in 1895. Lilith's earliest appearance in the literature of the Romantic period (17891832) was in Goethe's 1808 work Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy. Occasionally, a piece of paper with magic spells writ-ten on it was hung by the child's bed. The Victorian poet Robert Browning re-envisioned Lilith in his poem "Adam, Lilith, and Eve". The Treatise on the Left Emanation also says that there are two Liliths, the lesser being married to the great demon Asmodeus. Lilith believed she could leave her husband, and as he refused to accept this decree of equality in their sex life apparently meaning that Lilith wished to be on top of her husband during intercourse, she fled from him and escaped.. Who's that there?Mephistopheles: Gilgamesh is said to have killed the snake, and then the zu bird flew away to the mountains with its young, while the ki-sikil-lil-la-ke fearfully destroys its house and runs for the forest. In 1980, this Pashkevil poster warning of the plague of archaeology spreading throughout the Holy Land was printed and hung up in various ultra-orthodox communities. They found her beside the Red Sea, a region abounding in lascivious demons. The names of the angels Senoy, Sansenoy and Samengelof also appear, as do the names Lilith and Satan. In this case Asmodeus and Lilith were believed to procreate demonic offspring endlessly and spread chaos at every turn. [87] This is in accordance with Jewish folk tradition, which associates Lilith both with long hair (a symbol of dangerous feminine seductive power in Jewish culture), and with possessing women by entering them through mirrors.[90]. Lilith is also mentioned in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C. S. Lewis. [65] Her creation is described in many alternative versions. The lamiae, the strigae, the sorcerers whom they accused of sucking the blood of living people, and of thus causing their death, the magicians who were said to cause the death of new-born children by charms and malignant spells, are nothing less than what we understand by the name of vampires; even were it to be owned that these lamiae and strigae have really existed, which we do not believe can ever be well proved. Like other manuscripts of its kind, it draws a link between observance of the laws handed down to Moses at Mount Sinai and the health of the individual and the community. With denial of inferiority She rose into the air Spoke the magic word And fled to the Red Sea. [96] In some contemporary concepts, Lilith is viewed as the embodiment of the Goddess, a designation that is thought to be shared with what these faiths believe to be her counterparts: Inanna, Ishtar, Asherah, Anath, Anahita and Isis. Adam stood in prayer before his Creator: 'Sovereign of the universe!' he said, 'the woman you gave me has run away.' At once, the Holy One, blessed be He, sent these three angels Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, to bring her back. According to Augustine Calmet, Lilith has connections with early views on vampires and sorcery: Some learned men have thought they discovered some vestiges of vampirism in the remotest antiquity; but all that they say of it does not come near what is related of the vampires. On the other three pages of the bifolium is a list of Torah and Prophets readings. Alphabet of Ben Sirah, Question #5 (23ab). If you placed an amulet with the name of the 3 Angels on it, and placed it on the baby, lilith could not harm it. Taking pity on Lamia, Zeus gave her the ability to remove and replace her eyes from their sockets. She gives birth to multitudes of djinns and demons, the first of them being named Agrimas. The Geneva Bible of William Whittingham (1587) from the Hebrew: Isa 34:14 and the screech owl shall rest there, and shall finde for her selfe a quiet dwelling. Take a good look. And all this ruination came about because Adam the first man coupled with Eve while she was in her menstrual impurity this is the filth and the impure seed of the Serpent who mounted Eve before Adam mounted her. . In the Zohar, however, Lilith is said to have succeeded in begetting offspring from Adam even during their short-lived sexual experience. In memory of Adam and Eve, excluding Lilith, a protective amulet against demons and harmful forces, from the exhibition book Back to the Shtetl An-Sky and the Jewish Ethnographic Expedition, The Israel Museum, 1994, How was this sense of equality manifested? The charm in fact consists of two different amulets joined together, one on top and one below. In 1863, Dante Gabriel Rossetti of the Brotherhood began painting what would later be his first rendition of Lady Lilith, a painting he expected to be his "best picture hitherto". Thy spell through him, and left his straight neck bent Two apples swayed upon a stem, She is considered a goddess of independence by those Satanists and is often worshipped by women, but women are not the only people who worship her. Moses responds to a threat by God that He will destroy the Israelite people. The names are surrounded by three frames: The first has illustrations of a birth and circumcision ceremony, the second frame consists of verses, and the third features decorative ornaments. [53] Almost every house was found to have such protective bowls against demons and demonesses. Lilith continues to serve as source material in today's popular culture, Western culture, literature, occultism, fantasy, and horror. He then separates from holy Eve, sleeps alone, and fasts for 130 years. A thousand years later, the residents of the land were still dealing with fairly frequent outbreaks. Lilith in Historical Text The demon(ess) is entirely static.[52]. (image), The pseudepigraphical[58] 8th10th centuries Alphabet of Ben Sira is considered to be the oldest form of the story of Lilith as Adam's first wife. The above-mentioned angels went in search of her, promising to bring her back. [84], In Mandaean scriptures such as the Ginza Rabba and Qolasta, liliths (Classical Mandaic: ) are mentioned as inhabitants of the World of Darkness. Lilit would seek revenge on the family by killing the children born to the husband and wife. While God created Adam, who was alone, He said, "It is not good for man to be alone" (Genesis 2:18). The female side was Lilith, whereupon she flew to the Cities of the Sea and attacked humankind. The background and purpose of The Alphabet of Ben-Sira is unclear. Under the threat of death, Eve admits that she never loved Adam, while Lilith confesses that she always loved him: As the worst of the venom left my lips, None of those who enter there will ever return, These talismans invoke the names of the angels Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, or sometimes the prophet Elijah, in order to protect young children from the grasp of Lilith. Is This What the First Temple Looked Like? 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