Gorgons Of A Higher Order

The Golem is essentially a Tulpa, an eidlolon for the magickian to set his task upon. (even if that magickian happens to be Ghod) However, it is Golems which date back to pre-Talmudic times and happen to appear in the Old Testament (Psalms 139:16) which uses a word in Hebrew for "Golem" meaning "my unshaped form" because Adam was also considered a Golem, made of mud; undefined like countless others who were formed by those closest to Ghod in worship and devotion.

"Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them." KJV

"Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." NIV

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At any rate, once the Middle Ages rolled around and Jewish mystics and their ilk were pining over the Sefer Yetzirah (the Hebrew Book of Creation) like ravenous dogs looking for answers as to the creation of life that the ancients had with Golems. The crazy fuckers intended to evoke these little cratures by means of ecstatic gnosis and the use of a shem, that is, a four letter name of Ghod written on a piece of paper and shoved in the mouth or forehead of the Golem to, in essence, turn it on or wake it up. There is much history to consider, but we're not here to learn the artifacts of bygone eras. We're hear to liven it up with modern ideas about just how to awaken servitors and assure that they do their job properly... To be continued.