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Queens of HELL
“According to Zohar Kabbalah text there are four women
who mated with the archangel Samael: Lilith, Agrat bat Mahlat, Eisheth
Zenunim, and Naamah. Three were said to have already been fallen angels
while one was a mortal women who fled the Garden of Eden as a demon due
to whispering a secret name. They became the Queens of Hell, and all
four have begot with Samael. All but Lilith bore children; Lilith
instead spawned offspring called Lilim or Lithu ‘children of night
terrors’, the others offspring were called ‘the oracles of divinity and
sacred prostitution’. It also states in the Kabbalah that these sacred
angels were sent to lustful men in their sleep and removed some of their
lust, or sent them on a journey to the oracles in order for their sin
to be removed from their souls so they won’t become possessed. In
Christian and Judaic beliefs the four angels were demonized by priests,
thus the succubus was born.
Lilith
Lilith is the most well known succubi there is. Her story is
filled with so many “chapters” that the real question is where do you
begin? For starters the Kabbalah states that Lilith was the first wife
of Adam, but because she was made from the same materials as Adam (dust)
she was not submissive to him during sex. Lilith wanted to be on top,
but Adam felt because he was a male that it was his God given right to
be on top. Furious, Lilith spoke the secret name YHWH (Yahweh?), turned
into a demon and fled the Garden of Eden. But because Lilith fled
without eating from The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil she
remained immortal. After she fled she took refuge in a cave by The Red
Sea. Even though she left, she still visited Adam in his sleep; mounted
him and stole his sperm to make her children. Adam became lonely and
pleaded God for Lilith to come back, so God sent three angels Senoy,
Sansenoy, and Semangelof to convince her to return. They found her and
told her if she doesn’t return 100 of her children will die every day.
Lilith said she’ll never return, but she will spare the children who
bore the mark of one of the three angels who visited her.
God then watched Adam and decided man shouldn’t be alone and made him a
partner from his rib, making her submissive. Her name was Eve. After
this stories branch off into different interpretations, some say Lilith
begot with Samael to turn her into a succubus and becoming his wife,
while others say she was the serpent who tricked Adam and Eve into
eating the fruit from the forbidden tree so that their offspring would
die.
From a Theistic Satanist her name translates to ‘She of the Night’, and
she is viewed as a duel goddess. Lilith the Maiden and Lilith the Older;
in translation: Lilith the Younger and Lilith the Elder. Lilith the
Younger is the wife of the Demon Asmodeus and can turn dark energy into
useful energy, and can be used in a time you feel cursed. Lilith Younger
is shown as a hermaphrodite – female from head to waist, male from
waist down, and is shown riding a chariot driven by a winged horse, and
winged lion, which makes her Southeast. In turn means she’s the triple
elements earth, fire, and air. Lilith the Elder is the mother goddess,
but no depictions of her are given. It would be my assumption her
chariot will still be present but her body will be completely female.
Agrat bat Mahlat
In Hebrew both Agrat and Mahlat are proper names, bat means
‘daughter of’; together the name means Agrat daughter of Mahlat. But
Mahlat has a translation of ‘illusion, bringer of deception, or reward
for deception’; that said the name means Agrat daughter of Illusion.
The Zohar Kabbalah references Agrat bat Mahlat as one of the four sacred
angels, who also begot Samael. Rabbinic literature of Yalḳuṭ Ḥadash, on
the eve of Wednesday and the Sabbath, she is “the dancing roof-demon”
who dances while Lilith sings. And she flies through air in her chariot
pulled by an ox, and her eighteen myriads of messengers of destruction
follow behind. She is also “the mistress of the sorceresses” who
communicated magic secrets to Amemar, a Jewish sage. The Kabbalah and
the school of Rashba state, Agrat bat Mahlat mated with King David and
bore a cambion son Asmodeus, the King of Demons.
From a Theistic Satanist view she is aligned with the west which makes
her element water, but the Kabbalah aligns her with Northeast which
indicates she’s aligned with earth, and her chariot makes her like
mother earth. Agrat bat Mahlat is depicted like the Gorgon, Medusa
because she has snakes as her hair and is the Witch Queen.
Eisheth Zenunim
There’s not much about Eisheth Zenunim in the Kabbalah, but
what we do know is she was one of the Sacred Angels of Prostitution
along with Lilith, Agrat bat Mahlat, and Naamah, and she too begot with
Samael.
From a Theistic Satanist view she is the crone succubus and believed to
be the first wife of Samael and the first succubi. But all succubi have
the element Earth but also share characteristics of other elements.
Eisheth is earth, fire, and water. She’s fire because both her warrior
and boldness aspect about the importance of sexuality and women’s rights
(like Lilith), and water because of her role as a wise Crone. Like
Samael she’s closely related to the sun, which is strange because most
Crone goddesses are linked to the moon. But because Eisheth is shown as a
Crone but also motherly it’s important she’s aligned as a solar goddess
because she’s ‘the destroyer and bringer of life’. Eisheth manifests as
a thin, graceful Crone and is shown wearing golden robes, and a crown
with 6 horns. Eisheth is also justice based, she goes by “an eye for an
eye” – although she’s not aggressive, but she will seek vengeance when
deemed necessary.
Naamah
Once again there’s not much to say about Naamah from the
Kabbalah. But it states she’s one of the Sacred Angels of Prostitution
along with Lilith, Agrat bat Mahlat, and Eisheth Zenunim, she also begot
with Samael.
From a Theistic Satanist’s view, Naamah translates to ‘pleasant’ or
‘pleasing’, and she is said to be the goddess of divination. No one is
sure on her first appearance in mythology, nor is it clear on how she
became a Demoness of Sacred Prostitution. The Zohar Kabbalah depicts
Naamah as a fallen angel, and also begot with Samael. She was also said
to have joined Lilith in visiting Adam as a succubi, bearing his
children as well. In my assumption this makes Naamah her Demoness
sister. Naamah is aligned with Northwest making her earthly. She is
shown as a women crouching, with an animal body crawling on the ground
eating the earth. This sounds strange but Demonoloters agree with the
depiction because she is strictly the element earth. Naamah is also an
afterlife gatekeeper and guide, meeting and guiding departed souls as
they pass from their incarnate existence into the discarnate realm of
Spirit. She shows love and reassurance as she escorts each soul through
the gate and beyond the Shadow of Death to the Otherworlds. She can
serve as a spiritual gatekeeper as well, acting as a bridge between the
realms and communicating messages to the individual from the Otherworlds
and the afterlife. She is also a Matron goddess of the creatures within
the natural world, bringing healing and renewed life to all plants and
animals who are suffering. She is said to reside within a lush and
fertile nocturnal garden filled with strange yet beautiful flora.”
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