God heeds Mastema’s plea, and a compromise is reached: nine-tenths of the “evil spirits” are thrown “into the place of judgment,” a most dreadful place that is not further identified here, but of which the Book of the Watchers gives a vivid description, and God lets one-tenth of the spirits go free. These spirits are allowed to roam free, wreak havoc among humans, and continue to obey their master Mastema.
