Fettered be your magic and the illusions you create. “ “Be you fettered and bound, giants of the darkness, and fettered be your bodies with the strong chains with which smiths fetter monsters.
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Here’s the full Lilith abjuration quote that Jacob rattles off later in the episode, from the Gemera article: In hindsight (Jacob says) I wish I’d done more research on the incantation bowls, I hadn’t realized they had a role beyond being a somewhat cute cultural artifact with demon cartoons. There’s actually a surprising amount of Jewish law in them (and the article talks about legal wizardry in a manner that screams out to be made into a historical fantasy novel). These bowls were commissioned as wards, and were apparently some of the only written material from the Jewish faith from about 500 BCE to 800 AD when the Talmud was a commonly copied document.) They include some of the legalities for divorce, scripture and rabbinic teachings, blessings, and, of course, incantations.
We talked a bit about them in our last show notes (the one at the right is from a rich and Lilith-bearing article from The Gemara).
These were used as traps for demons, spiralling prayers/abjurations trap demons in their sometimes amusingly cartoonish illustrations. We open in media res,talking about incantation bowls, a fairly frequent source of demonological lore. This week we return to Lilith with Part 2 of a very long conversation about the mother of demons. Image note – serpent wine glass for header image from Simon Curtis Antiques, with thanks.