The Name and Tethers
A Study of the Divine Name, Jewish Mysticism, The Solomonic Tradition, and the Threads that Wove Their Way Through History Into the Modern Age By Ainslie Albright
Length2h 30m
About this audiobook
The Name and the Tethers is a theological and historical study tracing the mystery of the divine Name, from the Tetragrammaton and the hidden pronunciation of YHWH to Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah, the 72 Names, Solomon’s wisdom and fall, and the spiritual systems that carried these ideas into the modern world.
The book follows one central thread: the Name of God, how it was revealed, guarded, silenced, sought, invoked, and potentially misused across history. It explores the sacred weight of divine language, the mystical traditions surrounding Hebrew letters and creation, the Solomonic tradition of angels and demons, and the way these ideas became tethered to later movements including Hermeticism, Gnosticism, the Templars, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, and modern esoteric systems.
At its heart, the work is about discernment. It asks whether hidden knowledge draws humanity closer to humble dependence on God, or if it becomes a counterfeit path toward control, and self-exaltation.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length2 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 25, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
15The Testament of Solomon
2What the Name Is
16Why This Matters for Discernment
3When the Name Was Spoken
17Ancient Near East
4When the Name Fell Silent
18Exile, Hellenism, and Alexandria
5The Shem HaMephorash
19Gnosticism and the Magical Papyri
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6The Discovery in Exodus 14
20Islamic Transmission
7Merkabah
21The Knights Templar
8Sefer Yetzirah
22The Hermetic Renaissance
9The Bahir and the Tree of Life
23Rosicrucianism
10The Zohar
24Freemasonry
11Isaac Luria and the Repair of the World
25The American Founding
12The 72 Names
26The 19th and 20th Centuries
13Solomon’s Rise
27What the Evidence Establishes
14Solomon’s Fall
28The Discernment
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