Moloch: How an Ancient Deity Became a Symbol of Forbidden Ritual

Podcast: Occult Knowledge · Forbidden Knowledge Network

Opublikowano: 2026-10-17

A biblical name associated with fire, children, Topheth, and King Josiah’s reform became one of history’s most enduring symbols of forbidden ritual. Yet the surviving evidence does not securely settle whether Molech was a distinct deity, a title, or a term for a particular offering. This episode follows the contested name through biblical law, Jeremiah’s accusations, Josiah’s action at Topheth as described in 2 Kings, the philological dispute over mlk, Punic inscriptions and cremation burials at Carthage, the challenged RES 367 inscription, and John Milton’s transformation of Moloch into a fallen angel in P...