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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 1 month ago

Testament of Solomon is absolutely wild, if read literally, and probably where Hollywood got a lot movie ideas related to the Knights Templar. It's not so wild if you read it as early attempts to reconcile different parts of our personalities with each other (body, temple, schism, integration, etc).