Indeed, the base-word mo-illu (mollo) means ‘fire/light-giver’. Drunk with power, they also called themselves ‘gods’, i.e. ‘the gud (good/superior) ones’. But how did these ‘gods’ (ma-Illui, or Eloi-m(a) – thus ‘Elohim’ – in Hebrew syntax), become ‘God’? In 2024 BC, in Abraham’s time, to defuse intense rivalry between Su-en/At-en/Ad-on and Marduk (Baal) over world-rule (Enlilship), they merged as ‘One Unseen God’ instead, first trying this on Abraham’s descendants, the Israelite nation-to-be. But, in enforcing ‘monotheism’ on the hapless new nation, their long litany of utterly cruel excesses (see, for example, Ezekiel 9) also began, which, unwittingly, we now pin on God instead.
So, basically, ‘Elohim’ is a Hebrew plural term that, in reality, refers not to God but to ‘gods’; and Ba-Loi is a mere variation of the term. And because ordinary humans once regarded their advanced technology as boloi (wizardry/magic) – literally: ‘the way of the ’Loi’ – it became a generic name for anyone perceived to wield magic or witchcraft. Nowadays, this is the only type of baloi we know of. But is there real magic – not technology or tricks/ illusions for entertainment? Yes there is.
