The Meaning of the Star of David in the “Language of Birds” of King Solomon

        One of the mystical symbols of the ancient world is the hexagram (the six-pointed star), which the Jews call Magen David — the “Star of David,” or the “Shield of David.”

In Islam this symbol was known as the “Star of Solomon” or the “Seal of Solomon,” and it also appears in Hinduism, early Christian and Muslim ornaments, and beyond.

According to Islamic tradition, King Solomon possessed supernatural power and knowledge that encompassed all hidden sciences. In the Qur’an, this knowledge is referred to as the “Language of Birds” of King Solomon (Suleiman). In esoteric sources, the “Language of Birds” is also known as Sufi-batini wisdom — a teaching that reveals the inner meanings of words through their consonant sounds, which themselves are considered symbols.

In this article we shall uncover the essence of the Magen David — or the Seal of Solomon — through the very “Language of Birds” of Solomon himself.

The six-pointed symbol is formed from two interwoven equilateral triangles. The upper point of the hexagram is directed upward, and the lower point downward. According to ancient belief, these two triangles united the masculine and feminine principles. Across different religions and interpretations, this symbol came to represent the unity of the human being and the cosmos, the manifestation of the universe in the form of man — the macrocosm reflected in the microcosm.

In Sufi-batini teaching, the downward-pointing triangle symbolizes the primordial matter of the heavens, known to us as Eloah / Ilah. The upward-pointing triangle symbolizes the soul of man and of sacrificial animals, which, after the death of the body, ascend again to the heavens. The soul is a “drop” of primordial matter that separated from it, entered into the body of a being at birth, and thus gave it existence as a living organism.

Both of these symbols are linked to the ancient Egyptian cosmic god Atum, who was created by Pharaoh Amon from the primordial matter. In my article “The Great Secret of the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Flood, and Marduk through the Eyes of a Sufi-Batini” (site: https://firudin.blogspot.com/2021/04/blog-post.html), I explained the essence of these symbols and the technology of creating the god Atum. Here we shall focus on the general essence of this creation.

According to the ancient sages, all flora and fauna of our earth are the fruit of the “activity” of primordial matter. Primordial matter (Eloah) created all things once the conditions for the birth of living beings had arisen. Yet to subdue the entire world and, like Eloah, to create all living beings at will, the Egyptian pharaoh Amon began to create a God in the heavens — a living cosmic being whose body would encompass everything created before him.

In its natural state, primordial matter does not submit to human word or thought. To subjugate and govern primordial matter, man must “prove” to it that this substance is an extension of his hand, his word, and his mind. And for this, the only path is the fusion of primordial matter with the souls of sacrificial animals.

The Sacrificial Ritual and the Creation of Cosmic God Atum

Sacrifice is the act of human hands through which primordial matter is fused with the souls of sacrificial animals. The ritual performed for this purpose was accompanied by the sound omm. This sound symbolized both large and small cattle, together with their souls.

If the moment of the creation of primordial matter is symbolized by Nun — the sound “N” — then the symbol of Pharaoh Amon’s creation is expressed by omm, the sound “M.” Pharaoh Amon identified the souls of sacrificial animals as an extension of his own spirit, while he associated the color of blood with the color of the morning dawn. In this way, he “proved” to primordial matter that the red heavens were a continuation of his hand, his will, and his mind — thus adorning the heavens “with his own blood.”

In the ancient Egyptian Tale of Horus of Edfu and the Winged Disk, the creation of the heavenly city of Teb (Beyt — the celestial house of God) is associated with a grape cast into water and with the heart of the god Horus of Edfu. Here, water symbolizes primordial matter, while the grape, by its form, symbolizes the human heart. An idea arises in the human heart, and accompanying that idea are thought, word, and ritual — that is, sacrifice, whose symbol is the soul and the blood.

Therefore, the heart itself is the symbol of blood and soul. Just as the red juice of the grape mixes with water and colors it, so too the result of the heart’s activity — blood and soul — flows into primordial matter and unites with it. This unified mass is considered the heart of Pharaoh Amon. For this reason, in the sources, the heavenly realm of Atum is also called the “city of the heart.”

After these rituals, primordial matter, submitting to the mind and will of Pharaoh Amon, assumed the form he imagined. In the Torah, God commands: “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together in one place, and let the dry land appear” (Torah, Genesis 1:9). Following this command, primordial matter, mingled with the spirits of sacrificial animals and imitating the ritual performed on earth, took the form of Pharaoh Amon’s shadow in the heavens, and thus the cosmic god Atum emerged.

This means that the cosmic god Atum was created both from primordial matter and from the souls of sacrificial animals. Hence, we may affirm that the downward-pointing triangle symbolizes primordial matter, while the upward-pointing triangle symbolizes the souls of sacrificial animals that ascend to the heavens and merge with primordial matter. From this very union arose the cosmic god Atum, whose “body” encompasses the entire earth.

In the Torah, this cosmic god Atum is referred to as Adam. The rabbinical Adam is described as a giant being, extending from the earth to the heavens. Rabbi Eliezer, defining his stature, cites the following verse from Deuteronomy (4:32): “… God created man (Adam) on the earth, and from one end of the heavens to the other…” Among the Gnostic sect of the Valentinians, Adam — the first man in whom the divine manifested — is regarded as the earthly representative of the Demiurge and is even counted among the Aeons.

All of this indicates that God Atum, or Adam, originated from the meeting of “male waters,” i.e., primordial matter, with “female waters” rising from the earth, i.e., the souls of sacrificial animals. In the Torah, the “female waters” are also called the pairs, which rose from the earth and “irrigated” the heavenly lands, that is, the cosmic body of God Atum (Genesis 2:6). In this book, the body of God Atum/Adam is also represented as a tabernacle, created from sacrifices. On the day the tabernacle was erected, a cloud covered the Tabernacle of Revelation, and from evening until morning, it appeared as if a fire shone above it. At night, this cloud became radiant like a pillar of fire, preceding them like a daytime cloud. It descended from heaven during the consecration of the tabernacle and was never to be extinguished.

Moreover, the sacred fire, which usually burned on the altar, was constantly maintained. Since sacrifices were continuously offered on the altar, fresh blood was always poured, and the smoke of burnt offerings ascended ceaselessly to the heavens (Bible, Leviticus 6:12-13). Thus, the symbol “the smoke of burnt offerings continually ascended to the heavens” represents the female waters, which, rising to the sky, united with primordial matter. From this union emerged the Tabernacle of Assembly — a paradise in the form of a tent, and so on.

From all the above, it follows that the Magen David, or the Star, the Seal of Solomon, is a symbol of the cosmic God Atum/Adam, or of paradise, the Tabernacle of Assembly, which were created upon the body of this God over six “days.” Therefore, the hexagram is a symbol of the heavenly world, created in six “days.”

In symbolic terms, “male waters,” i.e., primordial matter, are also called fresh water, while “female waters” are salt water. The Qur’an states: “And We opened the gates of the heaven with water pouring forth, and brought forth from the earth springs, and the two waters met by a decree already determined” (Qur’an 54:11-12). In Jewish myths, this mixing of waters is associated with the Flood. Hence, God Atum originated from the “flood,” during which “fresh water joined with salt water,” i.e., the souls of sacrificial animals rising to the heavens united with primordial matter.

In one of the documents discovered in the Sumerian city of Larsa, it is stated: “The flood came… After the flood passed, royal authority was bestowed from above.” In Psalm 28:10 it is said that the Lord sat above the flood. Therefore, the Lord God, i.e., Atum/Adam, sat above the flood, which arose from the mixing of male and female waters. It should be noted that in ancient Egyptian texts, Egypt is called “the land of the flood,” meaning that Upper Egypt symbolizes the heavenly body of God Atum.

In Islamic legends and narratives, it is believed that the Seal of Solomon was initially the ring of Adam. When Adam left paradise, this ring was left upon the Throne of Arsh. The angel Jibril found it and gave it to Dawud, who in turn passed it to his son Suleiman/Solomon. Legends say that by virtue of this ring, Suleiman could command nature, jinn, animals, and various beings. At one point, the jinn stole this ring from Suleiman, and he lost his power, causing chaos on earth. But Suleiman regained the ring and restored his power, reestablishing order on the earth. The fact that the loss of this ring led to chaos indicates that this period corresponds to the end of times, because in Sufi-batini teaching, only at the end of the world does chaos briefly reign on earth. Thus, the image of Suleiman, who regained the ring and restored order on earth, represents the Messiah/Moshiach/Mehdi.

The Symbolism of Magen David and the Seal of Solomon in Sufi-Batini Thought

In Sufi-batini teaching, the symbol Magen (MQN) David (DD) is also read as “mag-nun duat”, where the symbol mag (gam) signifies magic and the incantations of shamans. Nun represents the moment and place of creation (Anu-Heliopolis). The symbol David or Daud signifies the celestial world of Duat. Since this symbol coincides with the Djed (DD) symbol of ancient Egypt, it indicates that this spiritual world exists within the Djed pillar, which in the Torah is called the pillar of fire. Therefore, in the “Language of Birds” of Solomon, the symbol Magen David means: “the celestial world of spirits located in the city of Hel, created through magic (incantation).”

At the same time, the symbol Magen is semantically equivalent to the symbols Gen/Ganna/Canaan, etc. According to ancient Egyptian texts, it was in the city of Canaan that Ruten, i.e., the god Neter (Turkic: Tanry), was created — another name for God Atum. From all this, it follows that the symbol Magen David is a symbol of the cosmic God Atum, created in six days.

In Arabic sources, the Magen David symbol is called Khatam-i Suleiman, i.e., the Seal of Solomon. In Sufi-batini reading, it is read as Khatmi Suleiman. The symbol Khatmi is interpreted as “to seal,” “to close,” or “to complete a matter.” This symbol, like Khatmi Nubuwwat and Khatmi Anbiya, refers to the last prophet, saint, etc. The symbol Suleiman/Solomon (SLMN) is deciphered as Sul-Amon (Isa-El Amon) or Ulus-Amon, meaning “the spirit of the (heavenly) world of Amon.”

In the article “Biblical Seth, son of Adam, as the Image of the Messiah” (site: https://firudin.blogspot.com/2021/04/blog-post_23.html?m=1), we demonstrated that the essence of the last God (Omega) is the spirit of Pharaoh Amon. At the beginning of creation, Pharaoh Amon called his spirit, mind, and all imagined thoughts God Shu, whom we know as Yeshua (Jesus) or Shia. This God Shu acts as the last God, who is to appear at the end of the world.

Thus, Khatami/Khatmi Suleiman signifies the last Suleiman, i.e., the final king from the lineage of Pharaoh Amon in whom His spirit will manifest. In Islam, the symbol of the “seal” represents the image of the Mahdi (Messiah). The symbol Islam (SLM) in Sufi-batini reading is equivalent to Shlomo (ŠLM), the Hebrew version of the name Solomon. According to this logic, Islam/Shlomo is read as Isa-Alemi/Shu-Alemi, meaning “the world of the Spirit.” This world refers to the celestial world of spirits (paradise) located on the body of the cosmic God Atum.

Therefore, Khatmi Suleiman or Khatmi Shlomo signifies the last celestial world of spirits, which will be created in the time of Prophet Isa (Jesus Christ). In the Qur’an, this period is considered the time of the end of the world: “On that day, the earth will be replaced by another earth, and the heavens [too], and they will appear before Allah, the One, the Mighty!” (Qur’an 14:48).

The symbol Khatmi in Sufi-batini reading is also read as Hu-Atum and Khat-omm. The symbol Hu-Atum represents God Atum/Adam — the last God, the second Adam, who is to manifest in the heavens at the end of the world. The symbol Khat-omm refers to the Hittites, also called the Kuti, whose kingdom descended from the heavens. Hence, the last of Pharaoh Amon’s lineage will resemble the first gods, created in the image of Atum.

From all of the above, we can conclude that the Star of David or the Seal of Solomon is a symbol of the One Cosmic God Atum, whom the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Amon created through magic. The hexagram, associated with primordial matter, its power, and its laws, represents the universal symbol of all creation.

 Firudin Gilar Bek

Sufi-Aggadist