EPISODE · Jan 23, 2025 · 45 MIN
The City of Brass & Solomon’s Vessels | Glitch Bottle
Why did Solomon bind demons in brass vessels? What’s the connection between leather bags, necromancy and the winds? We explore the history of jinn, metals and spirit-containers, and how all these themes flower in the collection of medieval Islamic stories known as the Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, Alf Laylah wa-Laylah), by reading part of ‘The City of Brass’. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓✅► Allegra Iafrate, ‘The Long Life of Magical Objects: A Study in the Solomonic Tradition’ - https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08366-7.html ✅►Homer’s Odyssey book X - https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Greek/Odyssey10.php ✅►’Testament of Solomon’ via Joseph H. Peterson - https://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/testamen.htm✅►David Rankine’s excellent post ‘Return of the Winds’ - https://www.davidrankine.com/post/return-of-the-winds ✅►SUPPORT Joseph H. Peterson with a quick donation to EsotericArchives.com - https://www.paypal.com/webapps/shoppingcart?flowlogging_id=f9515331d50c8&mfid=1698601779045_f9515331d50c8#/checkout/openButton✅►The Arabian Nights (1909)/The Story of the City of Brass - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Arabian_Nights_(1909)/The_Story_of_the_City_of_Brass ✅►The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights: Volume 2 (2010) - https://www.amazon.com/Arabian-Nights-Tales-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449396/ ✦🔮🔥Join Glitch Bottle as an exclusive supporter - https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle 🎵 Music **Intro Music - ‘Arabic Sadness’ by Serge Quadrado-https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/islamic/arabic-sadness/ **Ancient music ‘Ancient’ by AvapXia - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/avapxia/31-1/ancient/ 00:00 Intro Story02:44 Brass in Grimoires06:38 In the Bible10:16 In the Odyssey14:58 Testament of Solomon23:50 Holy Qurʾān28:11 Qurʾānic Commentaries33:19 1,001 Nights3818 ‘The City of Brass’ [excerpt]
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Why did Solomon bind demons in brass vessels? What’s the connection between leather bags, necromancy and the winds? We explore the history of jinn, metals and spirit-containers, and how all these themes flower in the collection of medieval Islamic stories known as the Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, Alf Laylah wa-Laylah), by reading part of ‘The City of Brass’. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓✅► Allegra Iafrate, ‘The Long Life of Magical Objects: A Study in the Solomonic Tradition’ - https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08366-7.html ✅►Homer’s Odyssey book X - https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Greek/Odyssey10.php ✅►’Testament of Solomon’ via Joseph H. Peterson - https://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/testamen.htm✅►David Rankine’s excellent post ‘Return of the Winds’ - https://www.davidrankine.com/post/return-of-the-winds ✅►SUPPORT Joseph H. Peterson with a quick donation to EsotericArchives.com - https://www.paypal.com/webapps/shoppingcart?flowlogging_id=f9515331d50c8&mfid=1698601779045_f9515331d50c8#/checkout/openButton✅►The Arabian Nights (1909)/The Story of the City of Brass - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Arabian_Nights_(1909)/The_Story_of_the_City_of_Brass ✅►The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights: Volume 2 (2010) - https://www.amazon.com/Arabian-Nights-Tales-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449396/ ✦🔮🔥Join Glitch Bottle as an exclusive supporter - https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle 🎵 Music **Intro Music - ‘Arabic Sadness’ by Serge Quadrado-https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/islamic/arabic-sadness/ **Ancient music ‘Ancient’ by AvapXia - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/avapxia/31-1/ancient/ 00:00 Intro Story02:44 Brass in Grimoires06:38 In the Bible10:16 In the Odyssey14:58 Testament of Solomon23:50 Holy Qurʾān28:11 Qurʾānic Commentaries33:19 1,001 Nights3818 ‘The City of Brass’ [excerpt]
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