00:14After the revelation of Ornius the demon, Solomon one day received a letter from the
00:20king of the Arabians, which read as follows to king Solomon. All hail. Lo, we have heard
00:29about the wisdom bestowed upon you by the Lord and that you are a merciful man. We know you have
00:35been granted understanding over all the spirits of the air and on earth and under the earth.
00:43Right now, in the land of Arabia, there is a spirit of the following kind. At early dawn,
00:51caused by this spirit, there begins to blow a certain wind until the third hour. Its blast is
00:58so harsh and terrible that it slays both man and beast, and no spirit can live upon earth
01:05against this demon. I pray you then, for as much as the spirit is a wind, come up with a
01:13solution
01:14according to the wisdom given to you by the Lord your God, and accept to send a man able to
01:19capture
01:20it. If you would do this, King Solomon, I and my people and all my land will serve you till
01:28death,
01:29and all of Arabia shall be at peace with you if you will perform this act of righteousness for us.
01:36We pray you, despise not our humble prayer, and suffer not to bring to nothing the province under your
01:44authority, because we are supplicants, both I and my people, and all my land. Farewell to my Lord, all health.
01:55But because he had a pressing matter to attend to, Solomon gave the letter to his servant,
02:01telling him to remind him of it after seven days. And what was this matter?
02:08Even though the temple of the Lord had been built, it was not yet finished, for there was a great
02:14stone
02:15lying there in front of the temple, the cornerstone, which Solomon desired to lay in the head of the
02:22corner for the completion of the temple. But try all they might, none of his workmen could lift that
02:29stone, not even when combined, and neither could any of their equipments. For days, Solomon wondered what
02:38this could be. Surely, he knew this was no ordinary stone, for it was the same stone the crest of
02:46dragons
02:46spoke of some time back. The stone which had been brought up from the Red Sea, by Epaphras, the wind
02:54spirit of Arabia. And perhaps, only he could lift it, and place it at the exact spot desired by the
03:01king.
03:03After seven days, being reminded of the letter from the king of Arabia, Solomon called his servant,
03:11and said to him, Prepare your camel, and get yourself a leather flask, and take also this seal.
03:18Go into the land of Arabia, to the place in which the wind's spirit blows. And there, untie the flask,
03:27and place the ring in the mouth of the flask. Then hold them towards the blast of the spirit.
03:34When the flask is swollen and blown out, you will know that the demon has been trapped into it.
03:42Then hastily tie up the mouth of the flask, and seal it securely with the ring. Lay it carefully upon
03:49the
03:50camel, and bring it to me quickly. If on the way, the spirit offers you gold, or silver, or treasure,
03:58in return for letting it go, see that you are not persuaded, but listen to it, without swearing an
04:06oath to release it. And then, if it points out to the places where there are gold or silver, mark
04:13the
04:13places, and seal them with the ring, and proceed to bring the demon to me. Go now, and fare thee
04:22well.
04:23The youth did as he had been bidden, and entered the land of the Arabians. And when the people of
04:30that region saw him, they could not believe that he would be able to catch the spirit.
04:36But when dawn came, and the blast began, the youth stood up, and laid the flask, with the ring in
04:44its
04:44mouth, on the ground, before the spirit's blast. And as the spirit blew, it was sucked right into the
04:52flask, by the ring. Seeing the flask had blown out, and knowing the spirit was inside, he promptly
05:00tightened its mouth, and sealed it in the name of the Lord God of Sabaoth. And the demon remained within
05:07the flask. He stayed in that land for three days, to make sure this spirit had been conquered. And indeed,
05:16the spirit no longer blew against that city, and all the Arabians knew that he had safely captured the
05:24spirit. As the youth made his way back to Jerusalem, the Arabians sent him forth, with much honor and
05:32precious gifts, praising the God of Israel. When he arrived, he at once laid the leather flask in the
05:41middle of the temple, for the king to see. And when Solomon went into the temple, still distressed
05:48about the corner stone which could not be lifted, the flask stood up, and walked seven steps towards
05:55him, and then fell on its mouth, and bowed to him. Solomon marveled, that even while shut inside the
06:03bottle, the demon still had power, and could walk about. And so he bade it to stand up,
06:11and the flask stood up on its feet, all blown out. Solomon questioned the spirit, saying,
06:19tell me, who are you? And from within, the spirit answered, I am the jinn called Ephippus, that is
06:27in Arabia. And Solomon said to him, is that your true name? And he answered, it is. And wheresoever I
06:37wish, I alight, and set fire, and blow the winds, and do as I please. Solomon said to him, by
06:47what angel
06:48are you frustrated? And he answered, by the only Lord, that has authority over me. It is he who is
06:57to be born of a virgin, and crucified by the Jews, on a cross. He whom the angels and archangels
07:05worship.
07:06He does frustrate me, and enfeeble me of my great strength, which has been given to me by my father
07:13the devil. And Solomon said to him, what can you do? And the spirit answered, I am able to move
07:22mountains, and to overthrow the oaths of kings. I can wither beautiful trees, and make their leaves
07:29to fall off. And Solomon said to him, can you raise this great stone that lies at the corner of
07:36the
07:36temple? And the spirit answered, not only can I raise this stone, O king, but also, with the help of
07:45the
07:45demon who presides over the Red Sea, I will bring up the pillar of air, and will stand it where
07:51you wish,
07:51in Jerusalem. So Solomon released him from the flask, and at once, the spirit girded himself up,
08:00and lifted the stone, effortlessly, and went up the stairs, with the flask tailing behind him, and laid
08:08it down, at the end of the entrance of the temple, just where it was meant to be. And Solomon,
08:15beholding
08:15the stone, raised aloft, and placed on a foundation, said, truly, the scripture has been fulfilled. The
08:24stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief cornerstone. For it is not by my doing,
08:31but by God, that the demon should be strong enough, to lift up a stone so great, and deposit it
08:38in the
08:38place I wished.
09:10And the spirit of the father, heieved the master's kingdom on time, to lift up a stone,
09:11And in the end of the church, the spirit of the holy land is the dream of the dream of
09:11theいただき,
09:11the tradition of the holy land. Which is very, very true, very true, very true, for its own
09:12women. And the church is not by the end of the church and the church, so I have
09:16no idea, that the land is supposed to be able to remain for the drought.
