Endor
The village of the necromancer.
Inhabitants or natives[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
At the foot of Little Hermon, near Mount Tabor. It is a poor locality. The houses are clinging to the slopes, which farther beyond the country become more abrupt. The inhabitants are poor. At most they must practice sheep farming on the mountain pastures and among the woods of ancient oaks. Some small fields of barley or cereals of the same kind in favorable spots, and apple trees and fig trees. A few vines around the houses to decorate the walls a little, dark, as if this country were rather humid.[1]
Necromancer's Cave[edit | edit source]
“Jesus, with his followers, steps over stones that were certainly materials of solid walls. They disturb green lizards and other wild beasts. They enter a vast smoky cave on the walls of which there are still, engraved in the stone, the signs of the zodiac and similar stories. In a smoky corner there is a niche and underneath a hole that looks like a sewer mouth for liquid drainage. Bats decorate the ceiling with their repulsive clusters. An owl, disturbed by the light of a branch that James has lit to see if they are walking on scorpions or vipers, laments by beating its woolly wings and closing its eyes hurt by the light. It is perched exactly in the niche, and a stench of dead rats, weasels, birds in putrefaction beneath its feet mixes with the smell of excrement and damp soil”[1].
Notable events[edit | edit source]
Judas insists on going into the necromancer's cave, and thus leads the apostolic group there. It will be an opportunity for Jesus to teach about the danger of summoning the dead[1].
Name[edit | edit source]
Endor, Endur, Ein Dor, Eyn-Dor ('Èîn-Dor) means "Fountain of habitation" or "The source of Dor".
Where is it mentioned in the work?[edit | edit source]
EMV 188
EMV 301
EMV 566
Learn more about this place[edit | edit source]
The necromancer consulted by Saul resided here[2].
Excerpt from the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel Salton Maria Valtorta, by Jean-François Lavère:The apostolic group comes from the Jordan and heads towards the Esdraelon Plain. “We are reaching Tabor, we partially follow it and passing near Endor, we go to Nain ”[3] announces Jesus. Judas proposes making a stop at Endor and asks: “Isn’t it at Endor that Saul wanted to go, to consult the pythoness?” “Yes. Eh Good?” “Eh Good, Master, I would like to go there and hear you talk about Saul ”[4]. Maria Valtorta gives us a description of this cave: “They arrive at a refuge made of collapsed walls and caves in the mountain… They enter a vast smoky cave on the walls of which there are still, engraved in the stone, the signs of the zodiac and similar stories. In a smoky corner, there is a niche and underneath a hole that seems like a sewer mouth for liquid drainage ”[5]. These details could prove decisive during archaeological excavations! The fame of this modest village is due to the visit that Saul paid to the witch[6]. But its exact location has been much debated. The most likely site is about 3 km east of Nain, at Tell Agol, and corresponds exactly to the description given by Maria Valtorta. Archaeologists have discovered tombs and a spring in a cave there. Already, in 1884 Guérin reported having explored the caves of Endor.[7]
Explore[edit | edit source]
• 32° 37’ 36’’ N / 35° 23’ 06’’ E
• +310m
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Notes and references[edit | edit source]
Article partially written from the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel Salton Maria Valtorta, by Jean-François Lavère.