Historical Ancient Mountain Cults Called “Philashaphim”
- 1 Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria
Abstract
The study simply pointed out that what Balaam did in Numbers 22:41, Numbers 23:1-16, was consultation of gods at prophetic (Sophian) ancient mountain cults. They were called Philasaphim or occultic (i.e. secret) consultations of extraordinary wonder working powers, Hebrew “Niphilaosophiru”, Judges 6:13, Job 5:9, Psalm 75:1, i.e. the inexplicable or numbers uncountable. The study employed classist textual geographical maps illustrations methodology in presenting the occultic secrets Assemblies, Hebrew Pilosopaot in Orphic-Sopherim (Teachers of mysteries; Woodrow, 1969) as seen in Ecclesiastes 12:11 called Masters of Assemblies, however what this study found out were the Casdimah, magi or Ashaphs called the “Baalisophot” Hebrew “Phylasophu” leaders of mountain (Baal or Phaal) Ezekiel 13:18 i.e. secret cults of the sophis (serpent, Mathew 10:16 wisdom of the Kedemar and the Chaldean-Casaphis; Isaiah 2:6).
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