#168 - Hygromanteia, Liber Bileth, & Solomonic Networks with Dr. Gal Sofer

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!⇓ ⇓ ⇓►⚡Dr. Sofer’s ‘Solomonic Magic’ tome - https://brill.com/display/title/64906►✅Dr. Sofer’s Academia page: - https://bgu.academia.edu/GalSofer ►▶️Dr. Sofer Lecture: Wisdom and Command | The Magical Seals of Solomon - https://youtu.be/iu5lPccZLyw?si=XdTw7iZwA2bUV9UP ►▶️Dr. Sofer Lecture: From Seals to Pentacles| The Magical Seals of Solomon - https://youtu.be/zgjeysr5OK0?si=SLSiY04YxDt5U2mm ►Email Dr. Sofer - [email protected] ✦🔮Become a super secret Glitch Bottle supporter! 🔮►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle ♫ Music by the artist Crowander (track name: “Tornado”)-https://soundcloud.com/crowander -https://crowander.bandcamp.com/-https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado  00:00 Intro2:52 Esoteric + Medical interests8:52 Deep Manuscript Interest12:23 Genes, Nodes and Clusters27:46 SSM and Manuscript Evolution35:36 Role of Scribes in Narrative!46:54 Liber Bileth Analysis1:13:44 Key of Solomon Analysis1:40:36 Ḥover Ḥaver and Babylonian Talmud2:06:15 Hygromanteia Analysis2:58:59 Future Work and Projects