Lilith again swore by the Ineffable Name of God, but this time She swore that if She saw the angels’ names on an amulet placed near or over an infant, that She would have no power over it to destroy it. The angels again tried to force Her to return to Eden. Lilith claimed then to have been created only to kill babies, to have the power to destroy infant boys within the first eight days of birth, infant girls within the first twenty. They threatened to drown Her in the waters - which you will notice was not part of their original mandate - if She would not return. The angels found Her in, or more likely over, the middle of the Red Sea. If She refused, Yahweh would destroy one hundred of Her children every day. If She came back, Lilith would be judged as good after all. Yahweh sent three angels to attempt to retrieve Her. When Adam insisted and then complained to Yahweh, Lilith uttered the Ineffable Name of God and flew away from Eden (and by the way, She thus forsook Paradise for the sake of Her personal sovereignty and freedom). Adam strongly preferred the missionary position it would seem, because he was “the superior one”. But Lilith and Adam did not get along at all because She refused to lie beneath him when they were having sex. She was, according to The Alphabet of Ben Sira, created from the same clay as Adam and was thus Adam’s equal, not his subordinate as was Eve, who was later created from Adam’s rib after this first failed attempt of Yahweh’s at wife-making. If you only know one thing about Lilith then it’s probably the tale of Her as Adam’s first wife. Much but by no means all of what I have to say here will be derived from that source. The richest single source, at least in English, concerning Her is The Hebrew Goddess, by Raphael Patai, which contains a chapter solely on Lilith. Only nothing will be certain except one’s own undeniable, lived experiences of Her presence. And yet still, from the tangled weave of Lilith’s lore and legendry, I believe much can be pieced together to give one an idea of Her at least, of Her personality, of Her quiddities and qualities, of Who and What She is. Those statement apply to me also, and to any of Lilith’s devotees. Her stories, legends and lore are often mutually contradictory, and much of it is of questionable reliability - so anything you think you know might not be true. Unlike many spirits or Gods, there is no single, coherent narrative to be found in the web of lore concerning Her. You won’t find out - not conclusively, not for certain - from Her lore. So who is Lilith? And what is Lilith? -One thing is certain. She finds some of Her adherents in the BDSM community/communities, some amongst the various vampire groups, both of the psychic variety and the sanguinary. On the other hand, She can be especially tender towards male-to-female transsexuals, effeminate homosexuals (and heartfelt blessings to you if that describes you!) and of course abused or battered women. She is, in my opinion, a vastly greater Power than that. She is not a mere demon, She is not confined to the triangle of your Circle of Arte (no demon is actually, any of them might appear at any point around your Circle). If you are a misogynist, if you are the type of man who calls women “bitches”, or if you’re a man who has ever physically or emotionally abused a woman, or if you’re motivated out of mere curiosity, then do not attempt to contact Lilith. At least that’s my opinion on the matter.ĭisclaimer. We are not dealing with two entities who are somehow obviously intimately intertwined here, as is the case for example with the Goddess Astarte and the demon or, better, daimon, Astaroth. If anyone says They are the same Entity, or different aspects or Paths of one Entity, I will beat that person with a pipe, an old one made out of lead. My Patron, Patroness or Matron Goddess is Hekate. She is not my Patroness or Matron Goddess or Demoness. That’s because She’s what I call a Benefactor, or rather Benefactress, of mine. I’ll write chunks intermittently when I conceive of those chunks till I have nothing left to say. This is the first installment of an open-ended series on Lilith.
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