Dictionary of Occult,

H ti d A h .. I S'" I! -I

ermel-IC an: ..... , c _ ___ceIIllca, Signs

Dictionary of Occul t,

Hermetic - and Alchemical Sigils

FRED GE'IT INGS

ROUTLEDGE & :K:E GAN PAUL

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D1 c'tiol":..ary of oo cu Lt; 1 he rme tic and alchern~cal sigils.

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Introduction

Dictionarj"' of Sigi Is

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Bibliography Appendices J[:ndex of' Sig-i l.s

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,A,r, ~.i q~ iss i mi S .Elpi @.nt.e e , qu OS .Gr aeco S'ezmone phi lOSQyho5 gppellamu5 .. s i. quae na,tu.rB!e vel art i g !"'S per is 5;£:;-) 't: ;J. ,t'C".;'lfh~l E .:t:l.9 i ,:"1 ,pTrD. 'V"OTum J1o't:i tiam creven.i ,r·ent J' 'V.p'x··iJ$ mudi B atq'IJe

f i '1uri, s ocC'u 1 t,aoai.n t .

~'ihen t~ e wi 5 e men of old (wh om we C'e;I,11 in t.he Greek tongu~ ~Philcsophers') found any arcana, any hidoen things I oaJ ther of a na't:llral ::-:;;ind,r cz :r.~ s ul t,ing f'r om tn e act.i v i t d.e s of man I' ".:.h ey 'l,.,'!'e!J::'IE! accuat.omsd ·to hid,@ these in va r i.oue ways

alia vIi t.t". t11: E. ai d of f igul:"G! S • 'They did thi s

in or..ol"if;!.r tll.a L. 1[i"'_ as if:! mig1rJ t not be un de r 8- to od by the w~Otlg ki~d of PQople.

CROLLrus I' ,De 2"1 gna. t ur is, set~ T7e rae t: v i V~ Ana 'E om.i.a uaj or i .~. e t ns ,;nOI,i h ,U~nd i , 1 ,6l2 ..

Introduction

"rIfE TEXT OF THl I S DICrrIONliRY haa b 12".::! I1 de s1 gnerl '':; s ;::... rG:! f e r-e nee i g aid e t: rld 50u&ce~bo{)k.. for those in\""["1J. ved in gene:ral ()ccl,ljH_ fit:udi~s. Tm'lards this end a.t; pr eeerrt.s r '.~mder 1, :sao h';<;3d1;~g£i r 'the meanings .of over 9 I GOD s' 9119 \'ihich appear .i n Europe:iaJ'"I ,~,h::heErliC'al r ast,:t:'Qlog,ica.l r geomantic: <7~,nd ~,p.latGd he !::.'t"rle t 1 a ,s our ce s I a ang 'iii 1 t.Il a 1Ul i que STraph i c Lndex by me an s of wh i ch 11:11e maj ori ty c .... f 5Uc}J sigi Is may be identi,fiGtd.

Befor~ setting out th@ SCOP~I pla~ ~nd praoti~al consideratio~s I01a'ting too '1-_hi8 d.i c t t onar y I .it. cnigh't, .be as '",reI I for r.:"LE!: to explain why" I h.ll,,(le cho So€! r!. zhe re 1 a ti ve l'i r ar e ",Tord 5 i gil t o des igna te the. g:t:'"<l phi e forms de a l i: witt. i~ the t.ext, , when t.hc Laymen migh'l- ~-e 11 he tempted t.e use such wQ,rds as ss."rnboJ 5, I?jigns' or e"iren ql yphs .

The r,.;ra:r: d !Ii ymbc.J\ is n.r::d::. Ei 1] f fie i 12" n t: ly :;:; pe [;:.' i III i s. 8!d for my PUT fK)S e ,si nc e it carries a Lt. t_e:t"ary as '!;o.Te 1 as an iconographic connouat.Lon ,. 'In a sense I a ny·t.ll L ny mdY be a So ~ 01 0:: anyr.h i P..'J' IE' J s e ,r prov i j cd tha t- ;;J,n aT,] £l.lcJY i s

dr a'INn • or some: e xp.Laria t ion :E Q"T(" the is yl t"ll:. 0 1 is i 1'1.g' g;- v'en . TIl U s r the

rnedi&~".j.a 1 b ~s t ia r~{ coo Ld t.ake the appe r en t 1 y ao surd symbo 1 '0 f tL E:!

\'l It ur s as r'epn;!sent.:.ltivs of 'thG: Virg' n M<;'J;;·Y:r 5imp_y because it l;"T~S current ly be lie'vee t.hat; a, vulture bi:-9V9'~jt forth its young par-=.hf!nU-

gen:et~ic~.J.ly _

'1,\1 i 'thou t 0. .L j te;J:; liI,lr.',1 E1::!xp_ ana ti on I t_.:=! C' i t; or ot.h e r~l i se r

e";8.lnp_'~ given :i, t not he:r.'E:::!tical i' then ,;,-;t,t Laast; obscene.

Only v'ery rareJ.y

doo s i3 i 1:er:1::::'y. ex plana tion ~tancl betw....:en the :s}gils ELI1Q xhe ir l;lleaI1ingz! l and eo;JE'>. n 'the t-: on 1 Y ,i!n the v' a r i 01,,) 8 I gr aph.L;: ::; y ~ t.ems i ( 5 ee ,f or e}(arfJ,[.lle th,lE? errt r'y unde r ORiGIN) I fo:-- ";,,hid.L adt2q,uat'0 bi]::)] ,iuq::::."ap,hic re;:er.eIlce. is givefl.

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v1CTIONARY OF OCCULT, llE.8METIC AND AJL)l1EMICAL SIGILS

fO:t"I118. for vIRGO,.. and has :b0en accora.€:.Q, a c~r1E.ain li'E.~l."ary 'tra.di t.io~~

wh i c h 1 i nks ,i t. 'f! i 'I::.h the V.:i. r-g i n MQJ ry : J, n "t'he entry I have made r'e f ere nee to th i $;; po s s -ili La graph,ie Q tymclogy l fr !:;)tll. t'h,G! 1,ni't,iai5 MV ( Mar. i a Virgo) .. even though in my opinio.n this et:ymology. is entirely fanciful. The

poin't bere i5 tht:..'1:. t.he I v\,1l1 ture, , 5'yfli'bi:ll ;r€!,t}ll..li"t--es k i, te:rar:¥, E:xplana:tion.!' t.he si,gil for V'irgo doe s nat, 'though .Epoch an exp.l anat.Lon may t:hro'W light on it~ origin or pu:rpose as a 5i.g11.

TI'l€! word S1 gn has a vi£!ry wide appLica'tioi'r:" raTl:gi!f:!g' f:t:-Q][I, -g'@sturc,!=: and 't.o.ke,t"Ls Joacde by t:,he bDd'Y'" too a whole bat. te:ty of dev Lcee designed fo,t"" the

As a word;i" therefore 'I it 'has connct.az i cn Ear

Cl~fl:.,r(;-lo:;;:.gic~,l -3pplic,$ltion:: the sign of the zodiac is one of the twelve di visiQ,ns, {,;)f t'h,!;:!: ~cliptic hand t and not ,F as is, som@-timeg, erroneously

S U'pPQS;g a I the' l:J'r a ph j_ C ~ ymb t:i 1 'I use,a, to deriot.e on e of 'the £ ~ ~(Jd Laca.l

tii Vi;5 ions ., T'h us i the ar e of thirty 0 GlgIr€'@£. { trQpi cal) be 'li::w@!Bin Can (:e lr

and! 'Virgo i;;; 'i:he 151q!1. af "t:he zor;1i~iC LEO: ,~" piGt.u~.e G,f a lion may well be intended to be a symbol of Ithi.s ~Ddi~cijl;l Leo" but the gL'"i'J.phic form J1

Ule word glyph is sometim~s used in occult: ccrrt.ext.s. ... :ou.i:: . .Ln ib;:;

pltooper ~.pp.ticGlt,iQn it ahoul.d be restricted t.o scu Lpt.ure and architecture;

for it. is 5'Ll,ppc~ed '1:::,0 L'e£e;t t;:o 5Y,Dtbo15 t1,ppe~r'in'g ,in ~eLi.,ef WO'E~ '. In

t_ll.e nineteenth century a. numbe.r of words wlE're de,rived :f1t'Glll I glyph i

r'Q' 1 a'it ing 'to' the .Y'i£! 1.1. e f prc:}.ce s 5,e;5 iIi. the pll:' in 'tiny ind iIJ 9 t,1Cy r poe'rn-?"J.,P5 thi:5; s Lcne should provide grcund,s for reject:ing t.he w-or-d xralll 'thi2 p:r'esen"l::'

conuext; ,

1,s, true 0 f many oc cu I t. s i g-i 1 s d@riv<@,a, frem th@ Egypt,ian 'hi ~1."'cg lyph Le g ~ For e xamp 1 e '" t.ns h ioe :rog lyph J.!:.N1"'i:Pl and its c ornpcnen t. RU" undoub ted 1 y b 0 trJ glyphic in or Lc Ln , are now fr,eq'..l.ently rused. 81.£ ,sigiL§l .i n their eommon

f Ql::.·!Cl~ I and '0

'The se gran.e r a 1 ob go€! rv a.t.i ens may it):die: r3!.'i:1Z! why :t ~:'.i,a\:rif:! f ~ 1 't. C C1l;tiPFi! 11 ed It!;: adopt the 'Wo rd .:£:i rJ i 1 in the f ac e of CI ppa.:r;e nt, COIillpOS tit ion from ot.her; words.

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IN TROD UCT I OIl

III fact r 'ts "'ll'ery d .. p.rivation, f,r,DfIL "t:he late Lat' n s.igill u.m .... e~CGu:rlges :1 t. lEi us e w' th i n aft. occru,lt con t.ext:. I for thi s, wo:rd appear s f re.q_uet"), tly in ml£!di aev al magi ca 1 con t,e:xt.s of and. hi a 5 even b~G:n use d spec i f i caLl.y for ~ert.a.i.n astrological symbols and a,eviG€s which ';oIerG: auppoaed to 'b~

amui.at.i c in FD' .. ,~r ~ !ru:ihthe.r" 1:~"j,!£ ,':j!'Q;td • r\ -the e"ighte:enth :::;'eiflt.l.)ry did

ca t,'y thie ,spec ial is eo' Ib~ani.ng 0 f I .;.a sina 11 imago I • Si J";. ce LnO £'i[. of t11 e

g,raphic forms iI1, 't.his dictioIla,l"Y' arc t,o some eX'EeI:.t amul.et.Lc - that is I chargJed wit,ifl powor - El.nd many are I sma L i:m.ages I 0 C05i:tiC pr oces.se a r. .;;j,~'Ld ill almost every ;;;::ase: linked w.i t~'l 'the occule t t,:hGn the wDrd 3.j_q.11 connot.as v~:ry well the, field t",> wh' ch I have re$'~riGtGd myself h~,n2! ~

li:a\o9ing exp La J n.ed t'he key WO!.'d o f the to t, ,e for this dictimk t_'y. I must now dea.l ,.-.Tith i t s i,ntcnded ,reo.d@rship. I have designed -l:.he tQxt in such .1 'W.[ly that it " .. !ill be valuable!:.o berth s:geci.;\".!I.li~ _$ and ge.nel;"',:i,l !iIlQrkc~rs in f i.c l.ds dLh'ectJ.y or peripher.J.lly relateo 't.I::J occult.ism. In paz t.tcul.ex r "I: ,1.8 ip,tended for those ,,'ihos~ res:earch b: ing s them it'LO contact 1,-.'1 'tIl occult

0 .... he rme t:ic' tGDCI:S~, anc.ient; OJ:::" modern

for hi 5 t.c r i ana Q f the oc cu 1 t. .r £01:::'

ast;r'olDgelrs I ,for. nhose i:l:L'1:E:!r@sb2!d .. n the ~his,toxy o,f ideas i; f o.r art S 'I: ude rrt.s .a nd .!l:t't hi st.o r i cl;r.L$ •

ThEe book needs no j us ificatioi1 so fa,l::' a s hist():t"ianZJ of the oC'C1Jl'l[

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aIr€: con ce :t";ued ! with ou t dou]!:} t t.ho j[ e i 5 <l 9 r e-a t neen f. (;I,)::" such a 'i!JQrk .:6:;::"

this. I can __ ot: preteud that: trie spe(;::ialist '~;ill TTLe~t with many siy i Is

from his own field with T..;rh ich he is not a~'J'"Ei!a.dy familiar ~ but; one mey 'be cc::rt~,in thaI.:. he 1, ... 111 find it'J 'the aictio:r~<;:iry gom@ indicf-Iti(:)[l 0= hov the si'9'il~ familiar to hitrl were seer'. aJIi.O interpreted in related ,fields Qu:tsidiE!

his. own specialls8I.'tion ~ This 'I:HJich is LJ'Q,~"':'~lIlJ:eif:!:3i. s.imI;=ly bec;:J,l)$e. I h a ..... e:-

endeu'VQured 'to use the rij,igils r-e coz ded b:t spl2cialists in a wid€ range of

occult and he:t"ltl,$: ic ar'eaa , A spec-ialist in a Lohcan.c a L fie] os cannot,

a:vaj_d hav'i.ng SOlD€! pas8in9 ac que.Lntiance wi'th astrolQgic:3.1 :::;igils " for E;:!'Xampl@ t' but it is unlikely th.Elt t.be full '.,.,eaJ t:.h of astrolagic~J.l siqils

will nave heen a~prec'::'ate,li by such a sp'e.:;iali~'t.

,~·ga 1 n , a specialist ir~

a,5t.~-::;:.lo~n' f or the Ii~, s:t:ury' of astro I ogy ~ may J;.."ell be si rprisedtc discover ~t.C! 0XtOl1.t' to '· .. ,hic:h the deve lC)plrlE;!!l1't: of astrolt'lgical sigil!=l has been b{;)lHLCl up '..,i th t.i'lC' ,prev,a _ .Ling- :::"'E! ligious and o C'C:;j 1 -:, notion,s C'oncernirl:;l t!102 l105!,tut..''£!

of S1i"Jt1bo.LlsJ[I,~ Such ide .... s as these .. re int.":"mated in 'tr..e' b.L ..... l '0':Jrap:1ic

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scurt:e;~ 9i~erL ~long$ide 'i);he preser. t.at i on of the sig-ils.

l? l;; aG'ti cal aet.r'o loge r S e,IQ, by ·the Vel! ry nat ur@ of the ir sub j ect t· l:::'equLred 'EO 11 aV~ 5OJ~!i<;'!. ':-{now 1 edg'e of Ehe his tory Q f tfl e irr art I and to be a",Tare of s.oJl:l.8·ch1ng of t:h~ n g.raphic 'theol:;."Y ~ ur~det'l'Y'it1g ·the :::i'gj_ 15 the'Y use. This dicl:.1onLLry wi 11 bE;: of great, vall.C:€! t.c such individual.;&;.1 far it· · ... ;ill revGlal sQrEleth,1!l".g of the \~,:tri,!?t:.y and wGlaLch of' a.s,trolog-ic:al .9ig,il!9' lLocl ~f :t·e La t.ed g,r, aphi c t.he or i!8! ~ n f s y;m_ficl i Sin '. Ii.. t. the s ame time ~ th is t.e xt: may of:: i2.r as!? rLous chaLl.s f:ge to thQ super fie ia 1. III i s t:.or ie S {Jf 4! ;5t:.r(.11 c9Y ~ and

'histories af tne occult! which1 under different ~uthor~hip and title. but wi't'~l mucb the same mor i.bund cont.ent., a.ppf:!ar. each :tea:::: "...tith d.epre~~~it)9

re.g u1al::.' i 'ty .. Tj~ ese' 5 i g,i 1 s;. '- ;;:J,nc '~he source 5: f r'om wh ich they are

ab~ltrac:'tlZ'd or i.ndicEI.'::'e 't.h?.1't. 'thQ' histQ.I'Y o£ ~$)t:rol(lY"1 and th~ occu l, t is L1.Qt.

C:C.i.i"rib at t. t.:,".1 i:;;; .! ~a~n s en 5 e C QU 1d cl 0 nob e;;;; te I' th an commen ce with ~_ ~ t udy of C'e:i::tain of the $a:::.in::@-~boo.l;{ mat€!rial g1.':}"8n in :f::Upp0l::.'"L of ,t~'l.1f:! gigil :t'Orr:t8 pr'i2Hen't.ed here.. I kr;or/f f;rr)tl1 e;:{p.e;r isnc.e that .. it: is diffi cu I t to be a

pr.a c't i Cd 1 .:.::. :::;t.r'Q loge r· I '0 r· in t.er es t ed in th Ig hi :;:,:t ory of ~.he. :5 ub j o:::! C t. I' with out, bE!c:-::xl:"J.ing f.o.s(,=inrJ,t:.~~d by tile Lrms r D.~aliinfI5 or the sigi18 i' 'i)o:rhich speak a

La ::-,.gllage 05I tone e a 1."08 ane and c,oSimi c r r-8'Lninding {):f'J ~ 0 f 'th.G d~ f lui t.L on of ;:) ~yJ:[oc::l ~:i veT) 1:::~{ HAF.SE 197.5 as J' essent.ially pUl"pos.i'il'S.,. ~ it points. to S0111.!5i ,frf.gll.~:r On:I;t:;r £C:Xl' whose (:'h.:4l"ac:t.;:E!,rj.stiG;'s it· is' a kind of abbrev,iat.ion r ~

Th e bib 1 i ogr apb i c. S Cf;]IC @!SO g i vt: mo.r 8: eft Gn t.har. no t; h i.n t.s and ,;rue s ::re S d t

t h~ ~ Hiqi,'.1 i8!,r or::3!8!.t'" ~ r at t.h,= i r~ne;t mean:L n g ,r th(;r\,;:jg'h in t;.'h a s .~ j, e Id 1 poe ;;rhap8 mor'e trJan any ct.ha r , one: must; i1av08t.b:! cy@s ~Q g,8e rand ,tft.G: uu.nd '==0 U'~~d~r·- 5PGand.

Tb oa e indi V id ua 1 S ,(li:lO find t.homso 1 ve sin t.e rc s be51 in wh at; is n o .... ~"aday s called ~ t:~e hi story of ideas' l ,bl,l.t. whi ch J, :~~ ~w.rli.~l::.' d.'ly:::; .... as c~llo8!~ JrI"i!::::'e..i. v ! hi:;; to ry i {on t~'l e f ai ~ as.s umpt; ion '[ha t rr..e. )'":! "';)"8:r@ mot.x v ate d

pre::'isely by· ide<-:'5 r and net merely by i aoc La l.' c.r ~ e concnu.c ' pres s ur'c s l i

cannot fail to find 'this d,lctiur:~.ry "._~~€f~l_ for. i,.'-ln::Je:r 1.ying :n.=::..ny ot t.he

e L g i ls one finds t r aoo s· of an a:'"'~c:i. en'c. ow i sdcm I' o;;! .... p::r ~ So s·p-d. in, 0. ::I' r~ phi t,;~

prao.i s.rcn '~hich, is 5ul:.·p.rislt1g.

oo("]i t"i one l.Ly I the line:if., of -:'hought

e. :-o;pt"S! 58 ed in 't.h e comb ina"77.i ens of s ig i is and 'b ib 1 i.o~ir .:.lphi c ~rf!.f e,re 1;0[; o::! 'W i 11 pr'ov i de a :( G-r t 11 e g rOl.Jnd for: fUL"'t:n e:~ r e s e ~,:t" ch in t.o t.h e b 1 s -:''Ory of i je as.

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1\ I.]sefl:!.l his:tory of +he Lnf'Lucrtc e of

g-r aph' C of:! xpz o s s Lon has. g t' 11 t.e b Q wr i t ten 1 and it. 'Wou ld be I2::rJ.C our ag- ing-

tc.: think thij,i.t 'the ind.ici5I.tiOl:ls set out in this dd.c t.Lons ry migrJt contribute

to such a_ w{1~k.

The stui:;,ly of occult s ig 'is of;:en has th'E! effect of

Ft.lll~_~"..g t.ogGthe:t c:~r1:ain 1· te~1:."1; ry ·themes ;,~'i 1;;.h 'the artistic express ion

'F OJ" e x.ampl£ i the i;n,f Luan ce of J. oh n DG-€! ~ S C:Uh J. OlJ:::;

L"tONAJ] ~ on s ub s equen t graph i c 'C.b€! Ol::."y is con s.i deJ:." ab 1 G- , and a g j::" ~:;.,;p 0 f the Engli!:;hrnan j s in=lll!f::nce 1"JIl BaehITIe I'.s 'U,SI.:.' 0:: sir]':];.; r so ably stt.H.lied by

FREHER 1 7 L 7 I" and i n t~ cd ucs cl to mode rn 5c:h (J 1 ar sh i,? by [&m:s £:: S 19,51, m i gh 1: ina i ~~a '1:.08 t.o tr. e 11. i:!3 t:or ian 1 in€! 5 0:;:: f Lhou.gh t ~ry wh i ch che idea;::; a nd

· .. .la_id ':.;r.=;,y.

S~vo;]ral of thf:- idQas reJ:.it.;'t1J to secret u::'i heretical

influences in -::he history of art set out; in GETTINGS 1975 took' ~he 'or or 19 in fI" om n s r.udy 0 f s i go U. is _ ['I.otaJ:::.iy thEi! d i sc GIve r i e $. l:::' G! 1 a'~ i ng to

the 'L'aurG:-a:n-P i8c:=ea,;n s:yu.bolisITo in 't.ba1_ rGItlark~bJ.e bas-ili:::.an cnuccb of ;Saf'.l, ~i.inia~t) 81.1 M::;;rl'te,j' in Flo.r{:!tlce r and the currous U.5e o E 'the dual

and C in the B.o!::liclt'l.J.cian s.yrrIDo] i!:Om of St,. P, Ler r e f. in sut::h examflle5 c.cmld easily be '1~1I.;]1 t.ipliG:-d - especially in

Ge.n0'ila.

Suc..:h an cbs e rve t Lon ~el1:inds us t.h<,:1- ar t, at.uderit.e , and C::,'jpecid.l1y 'those

f iJl~ art students 'iIJ"hu find 'themselves in t ar e s t.ed in arcane m.at~._er:s. ~ a

rna IE t c omnon th Lng i n th E'; mod ~ rn c 1 ima.'te - w.i 11 fino th i s c c 11 f.:!'C: t Lon of

I need f):-l.'t"CU·V

say that e t.udenr.s of graphics ha,\fi;!. foy a l01:.g 'I::.i1."ne been i L Jle:!e;::, of such .:1

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book in or:.3.er tnat the.y m Lnht; grasp sOT;!e'th' III cf the ,r.'" l.c::h qraphiG

tra.di "t.ior:. whi:=:h unde r La e s the. history of 'the!..:r ~ubj ect; 1 n:rd ~v,~n modern

bibl iQsn:;;.],.phy _ ~s["€:cial1Y' those. titles ?i'h.ich dca l 'fli th grap':1ic theo:d es _ '""ill provide .:::; t.imulus fo)";.- ,fl.]rt:J:'l.I;!::L r~search r and p~rhaps cc ... n t.r i but.e furt.hoC!l"

t; o tht.2! dove i :::;J_:Qr.ten t o f a. graph i c t.h e;:.:: ry 0: form s .'

in t.h~ dec;i.phe:r: 1n.9' undo ~.plifica.i!:.ion of ob!iic'.Jre h,is'Eo.r.ical dc cumarrt.s ~

'I'h e a . .L't h i.st; or ian i $ r ':: Et"haps IJ, mli' i·t t ing Ly 1 de s per C!.'t€! Ly in ne ed of a. be: ok

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VIeT tos« R? DF OCC'U 1....'f" li:g:,RHET zc A,ND ALe fiENICAL :9I GILS

so on ar e .tn .f.n.c;t occu.l.t; sigils i' int~J.~(le.d 'to ,eY)capsuiat,e mearninq j and now

require precise id@~tificationi

:prov,ides ot Lea s c e, pkG'liminary s't.at.eme:nt of the kind of sy£tet),a'tic work wh i.ch lII.ay b 12- d{:)l']# in th i s ~ nd re 1 a t.ed I La Lds , l t i ~ hE;! corad ng inc r cas Lnq 1 y obv Lou 5 to SOlO e hi s tor i all 5 I::.ha t. t;:he devel opmcn t of art: i ,s i t,o'e, C the

his tory 0 f t.h e in:l e ct.Lon of p'Q\'ri'e 1.' f II idea,s from h idd,~n and sorneti:roes

un i de nt.I fiable ;f.lOl"lt."ceS at important: rrJc.:linents in history. F'or exatnpl@. j'

e. t t.i1!;;:! t::ne e:x. treme 0 f cur ~ur ope an cu L t ur'e t we .5 efi! the dependanc ~ ('::-f ;,7l; rt, not only on tlw b~nk.ingl' sys tc!I~I,5 cleve] ope.d .by tho(! ME;:!d:' (;,i I,but also on the

oc cu I t ideas wh Lch tj"'~.i s family enc:ou::rQ.9~{i n sec l:"e-t " and, r...rh.idl fed t.ne deve-1QPJIl~nt of Renais8ance art. to a, 'freodom af hu.m:.nn expr@ssion. rooted in ..":in occut ci sn ,,.llL ch only -che Cou[L<:il t..1£ Trent W6,S. able to defl_~ct,.

:P AN OF SKY 19 r:. 7 has hin t@t:: a '1::. s ueh j[ oot S .0 foe-au 1 t L:2:l"L1 in ouz cul, t'lll:"i2 r i ~1

much th~ samE::: v i:::! in a s lin ND .:_ 9 5:3 s i n ~, mo'r e 0 ccu 1 L s @'tll.1.ng I COl.L IN 1954 h~5 t.ouch ed upon th,e s i.au Lar occul.t; influences, in other Cor~t.ex:t5 7 !'t,t the othfrr 'f:X'~re[l~e 1 in m.o:j~r:-: 't,ime::a. y.;r'e find iUNGBO.r.l .19'70 'ndic~ting the dependenc e 0 f rncde.rn a rt on tbe- 'W'or}{ s D £ s uch ~ S 0 te;t;· Lc and 0 C:C .J 1 t. 1 i n.es

of t.hcuqht, as Theosophy a;ti,d A.ntnropos,ophy. ,My tlWn st:udy' of r@lat~a,

thtElmes J in GETT NGS 1978 ,r presGmts a bird' s eye v hn.;r of 'th.is reL~'t i on= sh.i,p b,~ twe en cor t.a.:i,n .(JoC C'IJ, J t t.h eJ11.12 sand hC!re 1.::.i ca 1 pr fixe sand, t.h e 11 L s tor y of art.. '~\I,it:h such.=:! his,t.or':'cal 8it'.1,lCLt.iQn revl2"aling i'I.::.self r '...,.e need, no jllst.i~ica-::io::. for a'tt.et!".l!?tingl' a pr.eliminal:~y survey:;:;.:;: thi8 occul-t :!5iSd,ls used, by. secret 5~'h()ol:3:! and 1. d i, v1Lh)al oc cu l; t.t s t.s .

;So far as 1 all'. a· .... aI'"e r this is t.he firs t att:e'!1J.pt to collect: toe!,€! Ul[~r under one heuding I- and \ .. .:. th an, 'ndex guide j ao lar:;)'e 0. J)l..Lillber of oc cu l t

fuuct..iClJ) a;:s th c pr@ S E:!:n.'1:: one Q,;t;" e a 1 t oge t.hez Ii nri, 't.!;:! a L n :s cope I and d/~ no t

eye~iI pretend c::' t!")e GQvant.a.ges o f ,this dictionary. 1"he ";o;rOrk of

SOl-tlijER30F'F' 1 7 D I whic h ~,Q obv i cue ly Lnf 1 u€t need ,Prof GILl ndly t he 'ffiQr,e Gasily ava i Lab La GE.5.S!4ANN 1906.. ::; estr~>cte-a to alc"nemical 50' gils, and. , .j.L.. ' fio 1'" -"" aab l.a , .... , ot; "~;,-,,~"'''''l'lc' in 'I::.h~ V',ery- t.'lLl1Iib,~:t' ()f :!ii,:i_".-'ils

J...n ' .... ~ • .:J"o re.;:.c IT! 18 In,-,,l.s:;€:n~ !=!' ~ .L,L JU<=.l. 0:::: .! ":'J

whic~ ar~ presQnted, but also in the bre.~dth 0- def'nition cffe~ed.

12

:fNTROOOCT:rUN

Excellent. 21.£ it:. iSI t.he book is lurgely unava Lt ab Le .. arid a s ir~ a.rtiy ca.se intended for s pec: ali!!'>t alcbemi::rt.2i and for a. ~ed.ical profession 'whi·e::h

is def""-1nC1L Th~ 'work of SHEPHERD 1971 touch·G:s upon t.he Occ=ul' _ .. fi01d

on L y in th e mo So t. fP~r func tory marine J;.r the i nt.e nti'Dti. .be 11'191 to P 'rov ide a \~·orth\..;'hilc reff!:J:'"~B(.:e wi.th' n a m.oa,ern {':'OiLtI2!Rt of s i~nls arid symbols'r the occur ta 'which he does r~cora f;t;OJJL cabbali st1c and he.rmet.Lc SO'llrCG5 i;-lre

the siqil V:r for the z;udi.:J.cal :sig'Il Capricorn ... 'lI·hich i.s all \\'ell and

good. :50 far as i t g'Qe~: my "Own ~.n'l:.ry unde-:t:' CAPRI.CORN 'is't.s no fewe,r tllan

·f:!:ig~l.ty a.iffe.t''E;:!-rrt, aigi :!Sl, alongside bibl.iographic souz'ce s ~

Perhaps it " .... ould bi£:! .::lppropriclte t.e give Sotrne Lnd, cat.Lon of nov.' tJ~,i5

die t i on ary ','l ~,;!5 C ompi, led J' an,a, an id~,a of i L,!:ii uud.'8;,r ly inq :st:ruc,t ure .. Th,e

'~lOr~-;;; was const.ruct.ed by 'the re l.i'JJ·tive.ly simpl.if:! ~ if so.mew1'!ic1'E t.eda ous a,nod laboy,iol:JB. j proce5~ of exam,l:r1ing and co ·la.'ting a la-r,ge nurn:beIt' of previous

c ::.)tJ!:pi 1 a. t . o» s ".;rh i oh rE;! 1.:1. tG: C CGU 1 t. 5i 9 i 1 ~ t.o P;f.IJ ,·t.ic I,,) Lar me: an Lnq 1:3 ,

wa£l ro'~u'LdQd off by a 't:.hOI'OUg]:l ~llrvcy of the most impol:,·otf.lIlt t'=xt$ iff! which occult t Je!orie..=; of symbol' 3m and gl.-aphic: ':orms werJ2; discIJj5ti>~d. '1'he

rcsul tant col_ect.ion of si9l', Ls , and tn.!;:' r Qilm.plified me~ n Lnqs I \'o'~:(e tnen crrl.Lat.ed f. a55o:;;)r trE:d.r cre;;:mLl~d for uti Ii ty I and tb·!?n a.rrar~ged ~ n alpha:l1etic.a.l aIde Ji;., [J.'I.':: cora i ng to me qmi n,g, an d, se t; out i fla th~ "" Q;;r;m pre sen ted in thi e

ciic t.Lonarv ,

With a vast consumption Df index t::ards, a 5.P8~1al ~raphi~

index ...... .;;1.:5 avo l v~;j '1:.0 fac:i li ta;;:;.e 'the ident.ification of individ.ual siqils, -h:L s. i'tnpo::['taI"~t. cen t r ib uti an to th.E;! di (~,ti one ry is e xp 1 ai ned on pa'g'C: 321"

rrhi::::! st ... uct.ur e at; t.h.~ ma.i.n b(Xly of .tl:'')'E! dictio.nary Ls that of an alphabetical lisl:in~J., in 'i#in Lch the greate1t." numbe r or s,u1~Le 9,000 sig.il8i 'nave bee n c - Hssifiedj l..mae::: about r.sOO h~ad1ngs ~ !;8.cl1 f:!ntlty is acco.rd@d a ne.:9di:ng J a hanging .i nderrt; .' n ca.pi 'ta J.s I ..follo'i'led by an ab.brevi.~.ted c:la.[,'is 1i s~, and a, r,ef~;r;em.: ... o ·""hich c(JtL'tains at l'~.fl.s't. one bib J. ioqra.:ph ,. c aour ce from just: 0 ~"E:!r JOO t.i tl e5, indic,::.·ti'rlg· the prcov·e~1..r.iIfl:ce of tJl~ .s:igil

.t:'r2l C or eli:! d. in thG. e rrt,ry ,

1n many ca5e~.r the entry' irlicludes al:so a. .brief

note Lnt.ended as ;:!i gu,i.de tOl,,,'ards JI. oeepe;r insight into dllG: meanin~ of the 8igil~

'.vi thin the dic·tionary I have Lne Luded a. $elec,''tion o:f' t.ne morG: importa:~1.'t

.1'..11 6E 'th.a508 are pl;:.-obably too well kllOTl!TIJ U1 t:i.ny

13

VI CT LOHAR}! OF' OCr!] t. T' /" HE.'f1~1ET .rc ,A ND 14.[,C.HEMI car, SI GI r....s

longec ~e~it the title ~seczet~, yet their ~XeSence ln ull stand~~d occult

...... C.l"k3, and t:h~i,r- vir uua l.l y ul':i:t',~aog:rli.2ed suxv i val in c.er'l::.ain pa.,i.nt.ing§ oE an e 8.0"(; erLc in"(;.e L1 t :t r equ ir e 5. tha t the Y' at; 1 ea. 9 t b eo touched upon a.s

sc r i,pt,8 ~ and f' by v':"r t ue of t.hc -2xpl Lc i't bill 1 iog r aphy of souxc ,e:5 ! to 90 i nt

the :o,'eaa 8::t:: "("";:;'l ether .=.J,lph~bet,5 r should. his in:tere.b1t 18:<.1.a him on t.o:::: fur.the:rc

study ,

l!Ll1[hCJt.l:;rh .1 Lnc Ludc cnly about 50 act.ua l a Lphab ct s ~,,'i t,r-Jin ,thi2

p.:..."L'l.:iifmCe of 'the rcadc r i ana ca rx ie:d too ,:Ear into a r el.a ti,ve.ly obscure

, ]' i

spec J_;!J, :u;:&t;t.o::::n.

sc ,il=" ipt. S' _, ,t:.h-=:! HEERF..,IC SCR I PT and. SFCRET SCR I.PT S - it! i 1] a t l~,.a s t s-= l::."'Vof.:! a s

a, sort of Lnt r'oduct.Lon t.o t"!:"',i,s fascir'_ating field I and oov i at.ca a,~.y G!l~JJo·t:"a~i()n here.

Not OJ') 1 y 'IN a s .L t [lot .3"dv i ~'i3.b 1 e i or rae "to deal 1M _!_.th all 'k ncrr,.;r n sec roe t alp;"'la}:I1:~"ts I .but also it proved impo8sib le t.e dea.:' 'th~).ro'ughl y with e~ch

thuug'l'_ ill almost i£!vof!ry c a.s s ~d~v@!ral var t anr.s ar o known 1[0 exist. For

e.xampl e I the entry en FUNES is, a 8 .long and thorcug'h as ::; F~,G e pel-J[!,:t.. t ~ , yif!: t

T did ::O''=. f':.ven '1:.0 u.;:::n, upon 'I::.he de.:r f.v a l"_ i Vo:;! :: ~ ex e 'I::. SC][ ip' t. S I or t'~"1 e

01: the: :hranc12 .n.m,@s~, \..;"hich ~ thorough treatment WCJ;uld b.!n'e to include ~ Equally. .r ~1.ELVe noe .il~_clu.a-ed 'the tLi.;Jm,~:t'OLl,£ 1 C'od~ j or 2\~ml.lL'ia al~haib ets, o'!J{_:b a,s the .g, t'bas.l-J ,r in 'which the f ir!'::it Let.t.er of- t.he ,dpm1.bet is sw:;.stitU"ii:i.S'd ,for -r:he .Las t Lc t.t.e r i t,hlZ: e ccond for t.he P€11Ul tirna1Ce land

50 'O:tl, or t:.h~ c~fllJ!:le.Jl A.lb%:m (.'or ,Avgaa ,r based QIl let·t.:;:!:~ ~'lJ"l).Qiti t:L1tiOllS , S'.J~h

S ySi";;: em'S I wh i 1.;:: t <:;It,;. L t.e c er r a ihly us cd in oS oc r at wr L L,i rIgs I 'and on mag i cal

G0l:!1a t I' i a ; a illy 8 t em of y.,TQ,ra 0X cha.ngc b a is Q-Q en nurnc r Lea 1 v c, 1 ue 5 !' nor xh e

riso to ~uzz~ing secret sc~ipts.

14

I NT~~ C7DUCl' .IGW

':'b~ .na.Ln body of this a~l( . .::ltionary, conpr I sinq the- alphabetic;: ~,l

8"n 't!::.""i G; S; i oS de s ':''9'ned to comp.re s IS ;:-l 1 ar we amoun t of 1J 50£! fUi .i n fer .na t i on in '1.::.0

c; small sp£lce" and tOl,·;rard5 t.hi~ end each. ent~y f'o LLcv .. rs a s c herr.e designed to cLJs.sify and exp La.Ln thi::! indlivid:,Ja 1 :s:i.gils.

1~Q hanging cutchworj in caplt~~e is a h~~ding, which generally

!:.;.iqi 1 itself ~

~~ereVQr posgible ti1is hQading is t~~ tr~diticnal name

a t t ache d to the u:c. j ac t, :;;ymbnlise.;_l. ; ..... Lt.n.Ln the hermet"_ic s cur ce from w!:,.L.-.:h

it:. 'ilaB de'r i v ed ;

noc e» !-ii::J..L"y for IDa to select. or imrer:rt 0. name folo· Ldcnr i:::ica:c ':'onl eve n

Fer ~x'al!:lple, th-i2

.'::iTI\;1".:r.·O';:;';'lJ:L[.),:t'?hic vision i t.han ..... rou.l.d ':-l w(~:::::d s uch as Dl!~r& or NEGATIVE I whiC'i1 lJLigl'.. t 1,o,'G! 11 be ·..7I5E-:!'8, t;::) (:tmt.:t;:&S t 'I""i th. hi G sigi 1 f o r t.h.:~t (Jut;po.lJZ'i ng l,oilhich b"lO!. cal! 5 LIGHT ~ and t,o 'wh t ch he 'Ji ve s ,tb<f! urlr TOl"-ilj,a.ge sigil C.

not t.i Lud :Jn~ t.G the fact, t.hat; a.ll occult sigi] s .lre mu l, tj, li3.y.:::>.r ::'I1

thiliL ::na[LY oc cu,l t $ ig :Li:;; ,?,:!,;[,€: i :".::::e:nded to be: Ter.H,! (;:,[,1 ~e'.JerL Lavs I s ~

prDt:.=:ili 1y tr-J' ~ undcub t ed !jept.end;"Y natut:~ of s ig iL.ic If.0aninq · ... rh i.ch

It ':'s

.:. : ... :av'€: 9 L' ... "~[L ::uany of these sj gil ~ I for v i r t.ua Ll.y ever}' ~iq· 1 cou Ld b02 the

sub ~~c.'L of at leG!::;t .:,~ p&r.nr.:;raph cz cxp':"ana tiD!"., 'J.n:; in aomc ca sez , indeed I as ' ... Ti t.h such !;; -y 11 s as t.he a.nkh i- t.he "";P~UYJCjis 4 .. or the mon&a ~

d!:;:! 1:iS! r III i :":.02d tha;: 'Ch e :n eLl n i ng Q ~ eaC~"1 s ig i 1 bed eal L 'Ii i c. r. na Lnl.y by

.J;; t.li ,tha ~G:s':.ll-: that. :nany c::£ ,th'='! rr.ul.t i Laycr :::cn;-.c·t-.u.'c.,ic.:n.s and dY';";u~d.:;:::

bibli.ograph:'::: SG·..::.n~es for s'.)ch ideas r in cr(].e:L to avo i.d perp.l~X::'[Lg the

5

DICT.I()i~J:Ii.R.Y OF OCC.ULT", H,'£B:!,:';ETIC ,A,NT) ALCMEMTCll.L SIGILS

reQ.der with too much completx:il:.y of ,sil1pp-nrt've expLana tion.

it. 'Would haVe l')een po~sible to pr e.scnt; a de.e~ply ~~(:rte,:(.:i.c e~pl.';:!,n~tio.n for the analya' s in STEINER 1906 for L:h~ 8.ig:1. £o:r; CANCER 9 D21a'tif.Lg 1 t to the ac t i vi t.y of t.ho;;! .s OU p and r e vea.l ing 't:'51(?' dua 1 i 't.y 0 f t. ~ e s ig '1 as e&pr~:!f.l:;; i ve <0 f a COTE'€! spend ing .:5Jual i ty wi t'h/ n th e 501.11 j Lnvo 1 v€!'d 'W i:L:h tln e

ide a, be,hind hi s ex'p ..L.;1I,na t.Lon WGU 1 a 't.ake !Us 1 ;nt·_o a 1 L te:t,""a t uce a. sane Len t

as 'PQrphyr'y.r as modern as Goethe.

In such cases. I have restrained

,l::jL,Y s e 1£ I and have s.:ulbs t i t.ut.o d i tl ~h.e fi 1 a ce .0 f P:l:"O 1 i~ exp Lane t Lon arlid

bib 1 iog-r aphic rlf:! f e,;r elil-ce oJ. .!i;1 et; Q f more I ac Co2 £ s ib l~' Glxpl ana ti,ous I in the

hope that t.he mere b,iblioqraphic r.e:terence will iilildu.ce tho reade-r to

Th,i s d.oe s not; I!il.ean,. '0. f cou t'"~ e I that the dee ply

i£:! so'te:rr Lc has be o;?!'["L ~:rl,'t..i rEi;:!.1.y expunge d but it doe s maan tha'lt t_h e e s,oteI:' i c

is rner;ely hinted at I in orae,r, to av'c)iCl ob uscation.,

l'ne att(mdan't.

limita:t.ious qf expla.rrJt:(,tiQn are to b@' !'2!x;p~::t::,i~I1c,ed ~speci~!lli' n ccnnex.Lon with the .sigils :from 't.he h,erme'l;.ic R(.):sic][ucian et.r eam , and in t~1~ ~xpla.i'~a~ion ef :8~-!:J"~ lH derived from auch a.utho~s. as B(:II~~h[]:e and B1.avatsky j in wh.icb cas €1! s my en 't.r i e s are i n .=~lrrJO;5 t eve:rry caae vir t. ua Ll y apo lug e tic 'thumb-I).ail sketches of profoilll.dly si9f!lficant cccu.I t vision~

Ar is ing frcma 'tbi::;;. enden ic CQIIil.P l€::xi ty 0 f 'th~ 0':::: C1.J L t trnd it.:L en has been

For QX amp La l'

the; encyclopaedic ~Tork of SO.i'-~ME'RHQFF 17Q1 lists no il2wer e:h,an 40 c1,i~.ferent nameS £u.r SAr.. ,A.MMONIAC j and eve n more £ Q r SUr""':PHUR, arid y.et ~ l, ... ·a:s rod ucea

'~O p,re,sG!nting such rna terial under one l1.i2ading.

doing th; 5 5'ensibly in If:!very' case has -r;-esuLted in a degree! of duplic-at.ian 'of Bigils p and the pJ£"Qvision of @1:1t.ri,l!::!s whic'h Illig+lIt be t.aken ~ by those

concept.ioii1l~

Ne-edl~ss ~o. '::lay, I have at.t empt.ed to avoid the: comp eJ!;,

or 0 s S-lr,E,!.f erenc ing to. wtJ Lch th i s I' ~.ndeEl'.i Le c:.omp Le:x::L t:..y I' le ads ,. arid

!wherever pos5ib1Q I hava l. :;:;ed the [!".lost '·~;re 11-knO'""I11 t.r ad Lt.Lona.t name.

I.:ru.rQ€:! d,iat.e.ly a ft;.,e ee ch he adi t1g- ; the an ry i Ei pl!." e f a coed by I;l. n

16

LLhbreviation for the c l.s se list I the g:t:"OUF of het.'!t[]e'I;,i.c $'t~Jdie:5 in ""hich

Th~sc abbreviatio.ns are~

Alc.

J~.l {:h ~ [lti ca L Ast "olo-gic{1 G:;!oma.n t Lc

"'!.st~ G'eo. Mag. OC'c.

Pa.l r

Magical Occult

Fa· mt at.I c He . j gir.:I1tS

Nat.urally, it will be found t';hat lC-1:'.e:;r·e is ~i:JusiJG!:r:'< hie ever lapping of boundaries I' o:"!sp':~cL;!.J] y ':-iI!inon-g· t.ht2! ~.igi 1£ used in the astrological and

a 1 chemic a 1 con t.e x:t s .

a L.:t.l2mptc·d at. the SliIll.'I!:!. t:i.Jn1'E! t.o he f.ai:r.<l.y· co:..~rLlp:rQhcnsive, by u5iL~~g a :sy:s.'tr2'ffi of crOSS-i:'o:'!fE;J:'ence ~ For e»i1l,['nple _. the as.trologic.3.1 JlJP·I'IiE1~. is referrerl tc the alc:h@l!LiC"al TIN., and thE!! t.wo e:n.t.ri@s constructed sep",l' at-ely,p even though it is, ILmd'~r$'toad. that the t.wo gn;oups of ::;,igils are frequent 1 y

in t.e:::r change abl c: ,.

The )UCil~mio!'-::-,~.!l g'l:'-t)U.p ":'.nc.ludes by .eaT th·E; Sfl::."G!.:ltest number OL siqil:!5 p

rna i nly be ca use f OJ;;' t;i, ]__'-I1Kl st two t.housand ye~~ r 8 the.:r:e has bee n a t.r ad i t i on of' lj.stingJ 5i9'il~ ana thei.r namea I n,nd many auch lists have 5urV'iv~c]~ In order t Q "'~ v(')id p.rol.i:x i ty I and. th e lI1:E.~:,:r;'!8! .t'e c'ol::."d inq Q f sig i 1 s for t.ll) is! £; aka ·of recordir1lg or I have l::"est:.ricted mysl'1!lf larq-ely to ,;,,::·oru.piling these entries

Addi t. ]_ona l.ly J. I have $. ... ~ ll:' c i s ~d my O'Wl1

discretion a5 t·:) which sigils to Lnc luc:!~ p l:.'f:! j Glct.1i.ng all the dub:i [,,11..l.S (':)r:.es I a;nd those w.i thout. c 1 ear .or <:191 l::.'e! od mean i ng s • Th is Ii? ~p 1 a i I1S ' .... hy I have in some! cases !;juppk"f.!!.ssed ce.r t a.tn of UH~ mea.ning~ fI·e;.rn the s i q i.La gi.ven in such s.our::;~s as TRE.sl~.ORr:5 l<J.C,. for axamp l.e , s Lnce t:I feTN' of those: are ill~gible 01': [3Uib~ oua a,s copies ; it expl,.;;.d;[brBi a l so why 1 have not :t:"e~ol::.'dif:!d -'=' ~Jl[)E::'! of 'the s i, gil s ~ 'n 'the .i. l'lV a lllJab l.£! GE 55 Ml!..NN 1906 I' ~ Lnc e t: e.I' t a i!i". of th e mQanings recorded - and 'ndeed, certain of the ~iqils - are questionable. I have i n.alrnos t eve.ry I;;.ia,~ e :t::' ~ s t.r.i c.'ted my s e lf to rep r.::~o U!:.: irLg 'l;.h ~ s i g i.l s wh i cb have errte:! r p-C3 Ln t.h81 ~iJ;f!'S to r-n tr ad' t.:i on p W'h Lch hag of c our s e m ea nt,

that. many useful lists have been .rej'e'c'te-Q. Thi~ exp .o.ins \oo;'hy thE:! .l a at s

of Gr e ek s.ig il g pre served: 800 t.hcxouqh 1 y by ZIJ:I::;:'E'liT I 19':3 2 have n.Qt been

17

irJco.rpo!:::'at_~d ~a a:ny ,8:< c.:~;nt into my "text ,I ,~hil~t the (:-th~:t;", les s

g ~:nerou 6 1 is t.s i f'rcm sue ~J S ClUJ; C e S .:;}i,.!':i BEE T:f:JELDT La::3. 5 h a v.:! been Lnc Ludcd . E-qu;;Llly r t.he V'a::;;;_ I];.lmbers of Arabic I' .E~yptian and Syrian sigi15' ,,!hi ell mi'ly b.f!. Ecund itl manus.cz Lpt s ana Ln apec i,ali:::;.t ~JI:"t.:i clesl b<'1'1J'~ Jl0"f: bo8!~It inc Ludcd , sav-e trlo5,e .... ,rhicn ~re (poSchaps} in'l:.eresting from t he point of

v i ~W' of g r~'pl ~ ice t.yino 1 cgy r and t.h-f:! ,f c zms r 0.1a t ing 'Co a;5 tr<.) log "1 r 9 i V~ n. by sue 1~ au t:.:) or s .as LL1ELJ ~ 19 28 ,_ 'i,i' i'1[1'_ in a 1arg er !"5 t udy G·f Elym".bol isn , !. t."I v~ew of this it might suxp~ise the reader to find so many sigils

.... s n .1..ch 'b a'iJe b ~ l8!il pr ~ s e,J::v~d II em 'tl-:.c b 0br aie tra d i t i(~n I yet b,08! r E::. I v ... 0 u Ld

~enaissance art.

~ e r ao i SD I .... s h Lc h w.('::'I,,~, 1 d 1 La -;J ~ s} 1,0 ~'k~d many mad i a Q-1J"a 1 ar t i 5 t So I had they

reeoqJ;i.~ed t,J1E::ir' sour cos ! l"iany of these 51 '9'~.) s al::>e, obv Lou s Ly

{'i!:':rived :::rom s ec r e't <;::Ilpl-~~J.}Jet=- (wb,.;l,ch is Cue lrl8!a,;gOfl \-;;"hy .I have Lnc l uded

Eour.d alongsi:5e. f'ozms ~nQre ea.:-; i Ly J.dent.if la'l"::·':~ - as for cxempl.c alan,],

- ;():ndon , cn Ly en 0 o f 'i,'/hi ch i 8 .irnm ed i~:i. '(: ely :t 0:;'(:'09 n i ::f,.,;.b 108 as t: co ing from t.h ~ .&~trolog l::::a.l or alcJ1.~[Lica,l ::radi'tinn'~ c=; "v". 'Y'k7 _ b.. "X t.hr8 ::rtan:5ard

~ ,:r:::; ~ ?~ J.;x.....

~iq 11 far E=' lSCl!:S ~ ,,.,T~JiGh i~ o f c(nn:.'::'i::!. ~x'tr02mc1y sio;;nii" Lcarrr with in the

On th~

ot.~F..t:."' h,a.n:5J. f'a sc i.na t.ing :5ig.i..l.=; for 'i,·ih Lch I vIas ab l,c to determine i"J,

roeani~g from u ~epdrate tQxt which was net itself a We~tern farm,

of trtc s:c :;; igil.s t.c DI2 ccnat.r uct.ed ~

SU~"l~ri~ inqly r the:se astrological

concerni~g ~heir forms.

I h,ave avoi6ed r€!ccrjing the r:!Qre It:·.:fO:::3pcns.ib Le

16

n~'TRODUCTTON

and ima.g t nat Lve 1 graphic etym.olo9ies'l 'db i ell ~Jave DQG!n acco:r6ed many of t.ne asrtrQlog-ic~ 1, ai.gil s ~ yet. at; the s amo t.Lme I have c, ttempteq tn gi'le Bcme in j i c a:t.i on of tb e common i dee under L y i ";9 9. .p a.:::: 'tj c I..>lla. r f·or:r.1. by

re cord i ng th.€! p()pul.:;:..t.' o$! tymD 1 og'Y ~. (:0:;' 8!I:\ i.n ·th:, 8 C! c a S€ S wh ex e r know 1:h i s

not to be ~~eurat~.

'I't:.Us I 1 11av,1} avoided ment ioning the iUL;:](] in.:;1!t--;[ V~

in ~er?r0tations of SUCHER 197 Land y'et btJ,V'E-j! recar(le::] the antiql..:!a'Led suggestions of AGRTPPA 1510r and eVe~ th€ mo6crn ~ratio~ale5~ by s~c~

a:= 'Lrol or.;,re rs a s nONE 19 S 1 •

~ e curded f or a.~ t.r 0 1 cgY' are s t i 11 in use j_ IJ as t:rQ.nc;X1!1 i ca'L c i r c 1 IS: S ~

I have

tried I hcwev er I ~Q E"iJC:dcl r~co:t::'r.:3iHq 'I:rl!::o 1.:lI'Cj'12 rmrrLber of abbreviations J

C QU:I' So e ,;;;h ~ in t:he 5€!: a r E='! f ourxl a Ls 13 in h I£!rmet i C' s our Co2 s .

I have r.e f rainE:'!-:S: rEOm inc Lud.i, ng tJ1C as t.r 0 Lo g i c a 1 s i g i 15 a CGO r ded 11 i g h ly

spe cia 1 L s t me an ing is in the ve.r iou s 5eq\.::.~ nCE!:5 of thfii! 5~,C,:Le;!t-_ a Lph r.J.'t~ e t,::;; wh i ch

J. n C J. 1,.l.fl1i;;'! ,O],!-:i t:rcll Qg t e a l f or:iT:L~ ; !S!Vo8! n .~ 0 , in one OJ:::' two cas G: 8 I have. found it:

examp.l, e in t.he e rrt -.::.y for ASCENDANT ..

the as:r..J:::'ologiC:.::lJ, b:JJtdereo. on 'thG lJuk"G!ly oc:cl.il.,t r1IT.ea8. c:" !:'1lUDbQr of .sig! l:!j are knol .. ~r. to me wh.i oh :r: hav'e not :c:een abl e ;;:.0 .i nc Lude ill t:'he pre5'e'nt wo rk simply becau£e they are not drawn or ~~produGed alongsidQ literary

,~x:pl a r:a t Lo l J S a,

fal1'_ous pal'nt-_ing in '["be Nar i.ona I Gal I. Ef-J::.·Y j J,(JndQn: = !~' .so far as r knc .... "1.~';

tb i."> ~igi1 'ha s ,(:.0 at; t~§l:~.tio:.')n ,r yet ,it is ~x !.:r'.2:me.ly .:i:npC.-;:r.·'C"-i=.mt a 8 a symbo l

i t"_ t.hat; it i:£ £(,,"j und fre.q.Ui2E t ly Lt ~ ,[>lie h:ae 1 i c imagery.

~i~:r il i~ net (so far as r &:I:'IL &.\~:J,;(e) d i.scuaacd in. any of ,the bcoks on

s l'TJbo 1 i 8m , Lt i::i qui teo clear 1 y 1 in kec. 'IN i t.h ·the c t;lTIC ept, of Mic ha el as tb:; leader of t.hc geV~,[,i 8o-'¢lLl led .p-I·changols ~ in ::aC'i: ~ iJ;1 T:r i'thelJ.ian Lcz o ,

(

a ... t . .:~nt. J Lt.er a t.ur e , for 'th,!:- 50HAR SHEMOTH rc-:E;a:r,:; -::0 I''six Lun Lno s t t i.ea

( ...... rh i all) for m a (~i..:e.:_.: 1 ~ " :Bur z ound i ng a. S eVif'! n t.ll '[:_i~ljfJ i nos i ty i.n 'the c en tre ! I' a description which is .t?rei:;l Se 1 y. ~efleGted Ln t.ho M.ic-hs..e1 ~ c: sj gd.l., This.

19

DICT IONAR Y OF' ace UL:r I. H ~'R.1l:.~E ~ tc AND ALeE' E 1f!:rCAL SIC,I LS

s ig ill;::' Linked ~." i,th l'f;lEiiny oq;:cuH: lr],eaB - with t.he conc ept; of the

QU I.N'IiES SE.NClS ( in that: t.h e aut eX' G ir c Le i.8 th e b.ti, £;11 s foll:' tl)i:':! ,b~r..::1"!1r.5!,m~rd c

s igil t;,:.'f the Er"EJ.o]El'frS ~ ::(;z ) and it. would be no d.iffi.c.ul t matter to link the sigil r v,i,a TRITHEJ!.lIIJS 1522 .. r,.;ri·th t.ho ! Seven Ages! or period' cit' eQJ'

and ir'.d!2ed 1,>7,i th many ct.he.r s ept.ene.r i ea ~

Such sig" ls I cou.Ld not. pr opez Ly

i no 1 ude wi thi n th i 8 Di ci.i on ~I'y .rL n ,8; p it._€! 0 £ 1~ h,e i,1.' i i. t.r Lns ic in b2T o s t to T"IE:: 1 and, "1.".hE:!ir u,ndo'ubt.f!d il'Dportanc@ '!";[i thi::-'J the es'oteriG tr~tdi t:i on ~

The Gcomantic se ct.t on refers ~xclu5.i vely. r.o 'the cor.r ect use of tJle l,o,:rord,

ar:.d net to anyt.hinq 5.U9~Fi!·sb;~0l by t.he mod€:rn popul.ar misuse ~

s C}- 1:; .. 11 l.ed, lye omancy r a $i £:iOC: ia"t ~d 1;o,1'i t.h 1 ey-l i ne stud·' e S I- e ... rb t C:~11 ar£ so

pOFul ar ~ a nd :£.0 m1 s unae r s t,o od ; tod<::Jy ,r is n e:r ely ,"),n e X arap 1 r8 of th e "Iii rongful ann ex i.no c fa." anc i en t ;,..! or d ·~I."] Lt:h had a Lr IE: ad}' a .5[1 ec i:f icc onnot.at; i on u n r]

derione ti 0 n ~

arose heco5I.use t;h,Qse ,· ... iho :3e\.,'~l0r?e:cl ,the vaTio~1s lf2!Y- l.i.i:"'le t.baori ~s ... ro r'e un.Eami.Lt.a.r i,o/' t.h the! d'8,,gper cc cu.L t t:r.,adl o:::icn I and :::'~r'tainlv unf atr.i.l, iar wi ell

sp.ir it.·[)id l~:t·edict.io:n e

.fa;i li.ng B.rn.o~jg n.ineteenth~ cant.ury sJ.nologii.!Cit--s Ln "::..rar':1S Lat, ing t.ne Ch i.ne se t.e.rm ieng .shu'" J a !--iy5t~~L distant.ll," r~la.'tGld 'to the reode rrr te Lux.i t: 5tL.:.die~

of 1@y-1ines, qult~ wro~gly as 1qecmancy!.

1,J,f!~tcr,tL occultism is a pr'Gdj.ct' ve art.. involved with. corrt act.tnc spf.r L t agE'l1c":'e§ ,I and it is in tr-Jis !::ie;rlse "tbLl'l.:. t.ha entries arc Lnc Luded in t.hi.~

Th02 Magica T entries j!'l,:re lin._it . .f:cl al~lo~L ~xclusivel'~1 to tbE::! tto: e comnon of _he .nuITH:-;!rOLl.::- sigils apportioned to tJ1€ V~ st bo:rdes o f demons ~ Thi:3

li~~ is gho~t wi~hin tne p~esen~ text b~cau~~ I ~avc felt it necessary to

1 imi t clerr:l)ni(: ac L-i vi t.y, fer fe-ar i 1: ',;!cl.;,ld PO.£i:;:"E!S5 t:'-nt-il::'e 1 '}' ,the, bcok , My a i.m h.J.@i ,t~e;J:L to .l'eco:!:"d only ch e most ,in t.erestit.J9 :fiig Ll.s r and 'th en only.

I :"'.i~,vG! 1 iru.ited t~"l1E:: ehce.ce s t.r i c+Iy A glance- t.hr ouch the h'~mdl::'ed5 of

to tr.ose wh i cn axE-'! sl ~nple in ':CH:"':U~

Ch::.D:OU s i;, i.l s in any c ommo r; gr .imo ire or spe c i ~ll i 0::: t_ I.:. FoX t; - £ 0.1- ex amp 1 e I

SCE F. I BTJE 1 8/1 H - Tff i 11 i nd.:.-r;:':L t G ~~:::'U:e Ith L fig of t h 8 t: err.p ta t i 0:;' s c;,:E -t: ~ )lIIpl ex,l t.y a~d inutility which I have rran~ged to re5i~t:

1Q

JAL:' '-rTf ?F' T H~J?

e-" _L- 1;:C:L s »

u' '. ,.)

the many s upp Lf.ed 01' SCHEIBLE 1848.

'Wi tl'l,in this magica.l section r havs

avo id"",(j at,s 0. Ii£! cording prot.J::I ct; i'l},e s La i 1 s. r sue h a!:;; t.a 1 i 5[r",at~!i:i 11 s ed to. ,~'ard off the g"! .. ~il e11'E?, rand, "C_hos"='! des.igned co ~:Ltt.t:'a.;_:t. benet·,' cent fcr{~,e~ '011':

sp i r i ts . The tnajor ity 0.= these sigils a:rre the. equivalent of F!'ri;loit.:i,on.:ll

dotKlle'!:"'i, wi tn none of thJ;5: CQ5rr~1 C' ~iy.ni ficaucQ of t ruo occul, T", SlY LIs ~ "'l"h.Qy

i5tre In e s t. l~ foot • n ob 1 Lv Lon r and in any co. 51!:! UB.U ally 1 e·g i t i ma to£! 1 v eRe 1 Jd e t.hem!;';,el'J'er;:.. from t.h.e present. r.;::C:1J1't'..e::.d: s Imp Ly be oauae t.:I1E;:!}' do not express

a clear meaning.

An e~r;ep~,iDn to t h i.s 'veto is ''".hQ. I nc I 11£ io[f'", of many

which lh"c;re originaJ 1.y et'tbe .... occult or esoteric ~ ano T~;re:t:"e 1.-: t€,r qui~'t_' appropriated fo:t' m.=aqic:al and talismGr-.iG lJ,Se_

The OCCft21 t ,e:nt:rics inc ude t..l.L05e sigils y;hicb de no t fall ;;2asily into

aE":'y- of the: oth~r C,8.1:~9c.ries,. ana, r..;rhic'h at.LLl, eXprG!ss occu.l t irle;;'J!:;l r If

on 1 Y by vi rtl,l, e 0 f .be ing invo 1 \,-fed wi t.il a graph i C BY 5 tern 0 f 0,,-: cu 1 t t:hol,]\"ih t

or s)'w..bol":,,gm.

Such. consd dar a tion under Las the ~eason "'ihy the ~rLt...r"y

und e:::r eROS S i!j l":"L.::J.:L k ed Oce m J:; a the;r;' t}) ~,n ,R;g 1 • f for it ,i 5 pr'e(: i !,:j of:! 1 Y th e

OC'Clll. t COI],'tG:Mt ,,,Thich .. So of' ir;t:et:'e,:st to us, r2 the:r tha.rl the t.r ad i tiona 1

,re.L ig Lous view.

It ~ay be found that witl~in this general Occult 8e~ie5

1: h,:;n r e had 'to cxar c.t.e e more fully t.ha.n in ether sec'tj~u;r_.s l'tly prerogair:.ive lu p,rovidc v'~~bal equt \~41eJl ts fcu- sigi l:!:; whit:·h vl$re not: given J)tHflEeS ]:]":l

the'.r Q t.' ' g ina tor s or r ec-t)rdeX;5 .

I have t.r i.ed to ~1l1 t.iga t.c the ef'f ecc s ::):f

thi£ by proviaing us.ef'uL cros",~-ref,grence ,.

Thl2 ,P'~lI(l'is"try ~ect,' on is admi ttedly 'the s;~ortes't r .;;::nd 'til€! sig':"ls ~'i':' thin .i:t ][1 L gh'(: we 11 h "!:IV e bee n s'!.- ... i;jI, 11o.'I,o;Ted up by the 00:; [_'\l . t 11. Qadi ng j save=- eo!:'" t.he fact tha=",t pl:'d~m.ig;,try is not: ,strict.ly .$fli8ak I. ng an occult. st'~ldy r ~ven thong!') the sY·!1lbols dna. sigils used in t..tLEi! c.hirosmomice .. I ':'1 nd ch Lronant t c

tr adL t.ions aiL Q a er i ve d from oc c u.l, t sour ce s .

The Bel igiotI5' entries are restr Lc t ed axo.l us i ve ly -:'Q t:hQse siqll£i o;..ihich Clre. 1 i nked ,~i tb" th~ oc cu 1 '~ :$ ,t.r e alTJ in gG!-ll® roE!, L Ii C) r ".",1 't.h the: he rme:ti G str e,~l;l.

0:: e so tex Lc ch..,_ Ls tia~li ty in pa:r:tlc;:ul., ... :t:' .•

. :21

D.lr::r IONJ1.l?¥ Of' OCCULT {! ffE.RNBT sc ,j; rJD ALCHE.!:fI CAL 8IG.l L8

-:..he ve s r n UTIJ::.IQ r a v ail ab 1 e ~ I li1 a va had 't.0 ;£!,Xe l::'c i s Ii::! l~"ty GV;,1't". j 'i...~dg emen t r

wi thout giving 3peci:fici rea,SOJ,lE:i £0,1::: par tit'=[11a,r. inclu!:;icns.;. Fo:r exarnp.l,e ~

...,h ell I' ref:: C:j::'(], t:;':! IE: ~ nc i ran t s ig ii, gi '\1'0:2 n by BOCK 19.3! a.s s yrnlo 0 1 L C 0 f CrIRI ST' r

[rOrr. a glyph r ec Q"rded Lrt ':the t.nt"llb a:r: Dem i 't.il ] ~J. {_£, I C he:3e t'j"j e s ig i 1

be: co. u s e 0 f i t.s c D~h,l1€Jxio:t. with t.hs POi:£ c~ a n i~age ry a 'it t ac'h l:i!d 'to en x is. t. ( se e

GE';J'TINGS 19 "'/8 ~ 1 a ::id. 0-2 ca use it comb i ne s 80 lay imaqi£:r~;r. a. s w~ II a S t:.l'~ e

.c::::::o,S:=; l i J:1't'<=!;g r a l: ~d 'rtf L t.]:),':' ~i t.he mo r e obv Lous 11[1..7.1.0 e n"ighb"U:dn~ glyphs in this ,,,.,," ·5Dur"", JZ ~

COli 1 d h a,rd1y b~ 't&ke~L

s:ymbolic of christ. Lrr chat. ·!:.·,t)erE:;! is TID 5iup~")rting evidence - they are no

construction of this bcok ,

On~ may t.ake it t.ha t if a cosureo n syrrJ)ol

then there may be- 8 e:=:iO'l::'s doubts as to 'tine mE'!:3n.in.g a,BCY tbee. t.O Lt; , This

ce r t.a Ln Ly explc<,i ;:-',8 l"ihy r have ,re! j ecte-d s.o mc,:ny of t.ha sigiLg iii. such a work as VERARD.I 197:2~, for. many of th e: Sj,e ,r i ~~ !'; pit. e D f b.::'! i ng ao co l;:.'U:.;:!Q .3! n €!::1::::d:eric 'i1te:aniI1Y in c onnex Lon wi ch the t;r;~.L7.I 7. a r t, of iUhe:robel1o J' r ee l.Ly belong to the cxotar t c tradi t.Lon I' and Ln ,[1OS't c,a.SeS pe~mi t qui ~e c the:::::,

inta:::preta t~.Q'ns to those !~.d~ven by VERl!..RDI 1972 ..

Fol':"owiw;i t.he c l as s abbr'6\!'"i(!J:!.:ioll is, the s t;-t:I,..".j~)] if;:'!,nt.ry which, l,d,tht'lot cxc ep t i 0 ~h •• ' <J i V 8-'8 a ,bi 1:::1 iog raph i G 1:'09 f ~rC,'lK:~ t.o t. h Go 1 i.~ ,t, o i l..i t_,E;:!l:" a Y.'~' ::;Cl.J.rc e s

s ec out; un page 28 Jf,f. ThLS reference cone i s t s of e. word and date. The

date 1:: t.h~, da te o f pub I Lce.t.Lon (no;: always 'C'he t'i:cgt c:di t.Lon l ,r or the

c en 'tu:ry 0 f CO'EI'.p i la t ion.

~.h~ ant.Lqu i ty 'Of t.he sigil g-.:i.ven in the reference. bU:L rr.c rc Ly de-signa'tes

C! xp 1 a i]1.8 why c e rt a inc f °tr. Q a 8. r ro.l og iea':' forms r t.houqh Gr ~,E! CQ- ayz an 'I.:. i ne i

£:i r e :t:'"~ G()l:::d ecil ::::: y the H!O:5i eo rn j[ eo fer eric c s S u en as BERTlIELOT L 8H 5 0 r NEUGEB..?I ~ER 19S9.

T.1;l,is b.ibJ-iographic reierenc€! is pr-ov i dad also as 8L ~o'LJrce-li ::s:t fel: tho::s~ wl":.c N'i511 't..::~ pueeue mo'r e de ep 'Ly t he levels 0:: meaning C',:s;crit:t2d to

I NTRODUC T ION

pur t":'cula.r sig;i 1:::; ~ o:~ riE:v€lalea in various graphic ct}'IJlolcgies. ~hi5 oi couxae m.f!:i;!I"flS th.r':i:t the .bibliog:!"aphy has ibe'E:l1I lirni ted ·to those t>G;x:ts ...... 'hie]'';1 ;;r;eGo:r.d 5p:!oifica_ly th~ sigi.l:!:i I as we l L e.s give ~n IE'xplfLn.ation. or accocnc

of 'th.eir der.otat.lon {.;."IX meani.nq , Thi.r;,; explains T~f.hy, for exemp l e J' _ have

.,.,i t:nopt uont Lon of 'the im'p~)rE.ant R~t.~N 1.8':;.3 -: the :!jCl.Jrce upon \"':-Jich :aLflVAl"SKY 868 lQaned) I B' mply br.2c~.uge no s,igils are given by' FlAGo.N :853 ~ .Fa r ~iI~i 1 a.r ::re as on 5 n.e i th0l; BlJRCKSARDT 19 58 nor '::::UE:N'QN 1'9 7 5. I bQJ'.:'h 0 f

'~ihmr, deal ·£:'!XC::<8 J.lent ly I;.!i th the. BjH'IIDoli sm O . .E "th'8: CrQ5~ I' .a:rQ merrt t.cned n

t_h.~ G-ntri.

Since ~ h,avE::! d,if:! t.e-:t::"T""ll.i:r...ed to include rn~l.terial ':rom t.ext.s wbi'c{"j gj VI?: both .J. siqil and an exp Lane t Lon f·;_)., the sigil j r have in 5{)lJLe ca ses on.L tt<='d

';,fhe :;r'of! t-h~ oS L J':'_ 1 s ·them5 e 1 va 9 \,;'6'1 r€l cie.s e r ibe d rand ·th ~ i;r [!;IE:::!.;I n ing~ given. Fur ~.:;4_.Blmple r it mer;::! y t_he li t e r ary t r add t.! o~~~ ni.3.d been ft(;t cor.ce rn , ~h€!;o,

I

it · ... rcu l j hilV'G: :;:::c:-en poe s i.b l e to gl ve the sigil "~""1 0....,

l!:TUERIC j' .for t:n,p.re rC!Xi5t dG::3cr Lpt Lon s of such €i ::::;1.=Jil (~S a r. fi ve-poi'!'Jt.t;;cJ. sta:r F) .Ln '" fC1~ rZiXiTIiLEle; BLA.V'ATSKY 18B8, :ls:::,oeia·tea. wi th t~'1·e: g lypli. ""hi ch

I have seen many ·ti mli::!s. on anc Lent; zcmai.r.s :j~: Egypt-. In its glyph f o rrr;

Kl:/"

the s.J.gi 1 i:f:. 80LJ:etiI:Ae s shown wi·tJ) the si.gil for th.,,= Sun A and it

'ilI01_], u. of CULJ.r:::t.: :r..ave be~n u8ef1.~l t.O l.·'trccrd +ru.s 59J a.:j::"-(:ent. e d fii;JUY5=! I'

..:: .lcr

wi t.h in t.hc 1:!."' adi t-i on C', 1 G cci 1 t (; u. smoqene e L 8 tJ) 81 ~ L b of:! 1::'.1 c f ere eGa r!2- 1 L n :-::.e:'3

directly ~"i. ~h 1:l::e sun itself (BeE;;. for ·example WAcrr,sMU1E l~~ 2 j) ..

Oc(.·u:'" t.t st.s are awa:l:"e Lbo,t. 'this .siqil s}'lTJ:;.oli se s tl-:'!i::::! of.! ._~li;:! .. ric: bo6y ~ is

1nde:ed a 'vest_iqiaL drawing- CJf l:he human ether Lc body i t.se Lf - and in ·thi 8

corinexd on had. ~. f'l::."of-r)1Jnd t nf Luenc e O~.I ~a r!.'y ell Ls t.Lan a~t. fQr 8X;::J.mple r

thE! 8 o=c ~ 1 1 "i!U a.ran t·e.S" in G a. t; a.c. Q;n.b pa.lu t i ng s a ro?:! not; i.r; f ~1(: t .i:-:. tended to

-:..; h(-:I .... , f .L9U.i:::02 ~ L l1 pr aye r , as mo 5 t; ;.::..:t"t hi s t or i an oS as 8 U1I112 I h.J ~ d ~ BCY":::K 1 9 31

"tr~e llhe.ratcd ethc:ric bc cy •

do give de s cr i ptt ons (ia;l"l{1. i ndocd diagrarrs) of this _:..;ytl:.bwli C ::orru.. I have

IJlea~) i ng .

or t n .i s '["!i:::! i: ;5on .l he. V'2 had ::. C om i t t.h f.: _..:; i'..:) -i 1 .: ro:r.·L the t e x:: .

23

.5 iITlPl_y a,_'b a t rae ting a s 19 i I f,rcru i 'I:: 8, CQi"~ 'E.@ x 'E. mu ch 0'£ the c cmpl'Q-xi t Y p and, cer.t'i:dnly its multi-layer s t.euot.ure , will be los'it.., ,~n !$!Ki:tmple of' ·th!,s may be .fO'Lmd in t.b,~ siirJple entry !;)naer SW.llS'EIl{A,. 1tb.€! sigil ,~aid t.o !be t'he

o..ldest of all grap'llic !5ymbols.;. The ent.ry deals only briefly wit.h the

rrJ~an,i l'H~:r {'] f t.h e :::d-g ill ye t as BLAVATSR Y' 1 B 7,. s-a.ys I r, :rt .i 5 ,.rJO it t'GO' Ir.lillc.h to sa y tha t tile QQ1tl,PO'L:!11d syrflbcd.ism cd; t:J~is uHi T,!,e..rsal ana mQs·t .s'~.iigg@,;5'~j ve- of 3:i. gn s Con t a in s the ke']J to tl~e slfrven g Y'@':@:!: :t:':iy S :t'e':t 1. e.s of the KCI'smos ~ ._, a

a a un t,ing' ,e:no'I.l};rh t.hOl;"lg:ht for any compd Le r of si gi l:s . T'h us , roy bib 1 iQ~ gra,?hJ.c Jr'e.fer·ence after SivJ!i.$TI:KA i!;i i.Jilter.uJed to pr::-tnt to some of tho oocu.l t dep't:h w,H;Jdn BLAVIr,T.5KY lB77 I and in t.urn to t~".ie '\~a:t'1olJ.$ bi.,bl io= gr aph i e re f orenoe.s wh i C' h 'i:h 1 s: a'Ll'l"_hot;', hE::!.t's,e L f adduc e s .

The Lno I uB ion 0,£ re r~ ,ltl£!nc f:!:5 'l;.lI1,tJe~~'- thl8! C ond i t.iOD.s .s'et 01.1 t above h as of CaI,_U:f;;,z:! led t:D t.he use 'of certain ti t,L€';~ whic:11 might: - arllQ '!,o.,'1 th good reas,ot.'l

- bG sn,eered at by the ac:<itderrd c purist. iFor example j the highly

pe r s cna l.L se d sym~ 0 li am 0 f 'KOCH 19.30, 'i, .... ho in f ac t ,r eve a L$ Ii t'tle kI;P:.JW 1 edg e of ot""~{'_'ul'c. 5y~l'iboliS'm or nf,:.s been ,included because h i~ s i, g:i.lLs and m~ani!~_9s ,p wh,C:j,t.e'ifer t.heir merit ,r have already entered Lrrt.o tne. blooo~'t.reatl~ o f occult. symbo l Lsm , ,:r"he .8C1,~r'I€! [!light, be ;s,aid con oe rnd nc the work of CtRt.C1I" 196.2 i Who demon is tr at.e s 1 itt 1,,1E;o z'o a: 1 f a'tni I i ar :t:ty wi uh g.r~:.phJ C ;;Z:YT(ll':iol i£:m 1 yet t't:! rough hi;5 w',r i ting-s has. i rtf I ucn ced a. who1 e g. ene ra t.1 en 't.O"JlI, .. 'I:;ds a pd t:t. i cul.ac me th od of in ter'p·r'~ t :Ci.'t i on e N w. t uxa 11 y or such i mag ina t i v@ cons t.ruc t Loris I what-f! vel:" 'I:.he ir lntr Lns i c va 1 ue J must b~ re:cora.'e-d in such £I. 'work ;;:;,:'j this: no good

I e x i (':O~1.:r ~p hE7- r Gould ~"f 'f Q :r.dt 0 z'e j' e ct a '!'.-lord f ro.1ll his da e t i onaxy is 1.m.p 1 Y' because: it. is somc:tiIllG:£: £'p~11ed wrongly I' UE qd .. ven l.i: si] 1y de,fini tiof'.!:

I 'it: f 011 [jr..,r:;;:, £'r~n th i s pr 0'::: IZ!Q ure t.ha t the s enol e.r sh ip ui1de r I y i ng l~y own

r'e sear-che s has baa, tOE:::! n'C'Ctllp[L,::;;5 .a 11 1 ev(;! 18 0 f Q C adem i c i £In 1 r .a,ng ing f rOffJ ,th ~ b.'t i J.l i.a n G€' co f NE l1G]::;,SAllE:R 194-3 i who ha.!'; I? u t:. 'i:he 5T-ud,! 0 f th,e a:nc.:i. e n t ,sigils ';::']'1 '&i~ 'I::::r.:rt.ire ly new fqoting~. to t.he e1Ci.barr.assrnent of A!..IBER'I'U"S 1974, who cannot sp£!,ll eVe~~ 't.n@ 'English. names a,ttacheCL to the: sigi Is n~ lir;'ts, let ~lone the Latin.

The zig i 1 s theme; e Lvc s are li:6 ted chr(lnolog i ca lly by d~,t Eo: gi b.i b 1 Loyr.aphi(; :r~ fe,renee I- and then alphabetically wi,thin th~ SalE!e:'_ eb,:k'cpolog:i.c~,J pe r 1 od _ 1 T:! a. ~e'i.~ Ca se 51, ~ S e or examp lei [f'j th e en tr y l? LJ!...N:ET.P..RY BY MEOL S 'I I h ave tn2ate.d the €:ntry &lpihL:ibe1:.i ca,ll~{ throughout or in order to .avoid

INTRODUCTION

c on f'tl.~ ion.

not .;IJ lw.aY5 in di en t: e the. ee r 11 e s'lt known us E! of a ,Pa.l:"~ i cu 1 a r s i 9 .1..11 QV'f:!!n t.ho Jqh in. ffir.lflY cases Le. does gi ve. ~bme, ind.ica'~ion of t.he period during wh Lch t e ~.i~il 'vIas being' us ed wit.h a pa r td c u Lax mQaning' _ It is wcrrt:h

po in ti t)g' aut he re t': ha t the da 't.i.. ng 0 f 5 i g i.1 s ~ pe rt.1. cu lax 1y 0 CG'U]. t s ig i 1 oS -

is generally a mlOS.t d: f-Eicul t G:Ke;t"ci 5e •

possible 1: C) track down t_h€ :p:r;oVen~lnc~ in a ge H~ral ... ;ay, <.:I. prec.isGl date is

g:enerally olusiv;;;:! . FOl: exampler it is pos~iblQ t.e Lndt cat.a the pro ~Te I1,anc€
.of 1:\'1 i£: modexn £.igil 'for the :8'1..:m 0 .'~S :bQing It,mly {pE:!rhaps Florence) round about; 148:0 r y.E:!t one c:a.I1,l1ot clete~jrd,r;J.I= frail] .=::!·v&il.able 30'I.)l:ce:;:.; whenci£:

'th iss i gil TIJ.'a.s der i ved f' or occu 1 t u.s e , .11y aiL tic 1 ~ u:naGir S.Ol~AR 197 a s e t.s out :SOlne 0 f the p:r:' obI G!Ln~ r egil.rdi ng thi s. P·.2L:!"t i C lU.la 1"" s i sri 1, ana th i;5 may be

t.i,.\IikE;:!l'l as replt'egentative of thi2 gi2ner·:ll problem [;:IE dating ·!9:i~g'ils. The

,problems which. a ~ i.s~ __ ) r~ga1""d +e the da.t.in::1 .of alcbemio;;al sigi Ls is. eo;.."en more pJrono'Unced ·tlna.n \ ... i th t.h~ astrologic(d_ ones j' =C}r the.fSe have been. copied ana :re·-copied wi..:.h more 0 leg§, care fl;"!:;.'Jm Lat e medL),E!val scur ce s ,

many -0 f 'fthi en a.I" e noW' Losrt ~

'G~neral1'y' I havs follQwed in the fQo't.s.t::eps

of @I!:SSMN'JN 1906;i' and have mer e Ly t.nddea te:d tl"!i a 'L. they aJ.""e I rnedia~val' , even '.,lln en i nf'oz me d g-1iJ.e :::;.swork weu 1 d s ugge;5 t tha,t th e'.l a.!J:.'·e much 0 deY •.

r t may ::=., iJ rpr i.s e t'h!8! layman 'c. h~.'~ !=:!ve fi the· :r elat i ve 1 y mad eK' n. So i gil;B for

the sly n$ 0 f t:,h'6 2.c.di ao and thE::i! p.Lariet; s a.r e di f f Lcul.t, La da t 8: .'

one may survey the devQlopiIlI;:!!J1t of thei:r .fO'rm~ f];""I:ml (~·raeco-By:'-£~r~'E.iJ.")E:! sour cas , in TIilOs;.t cages th,e moder n for,m:!; did no . appca r 'llnti 1 .r<f.!iati ve Ly

late ..

perhups indeed bY' t.hl£' ScD_il'.:i.{)l oi' Cha ~tr·e.9 and i t s 5ub$iaiarie~ - but: there is ,f so f&l:' as l: know f no cQrtrcil,in historical re.cor ds t.o.'hL;,:h shm'i by ~"':i1bm

Certain] "'I r the intt'9~uction of p,t'ln'tirng to

the VIlest had a prQfo·unclly se-ttlirilg e£fQct on ._.'be :forms of tb~ sigils.r if only b~{ "'Jirtue of' 't.he fact 'tnat ·t~'pefa.Ges g~~"er.a 11' J.nclLldad t.ne t;ange 9£ ~pl':!::!cially cut; founts <of a!Stro.1Qgi.r..·&.l s ig~l.s ..

'I'h i.s J·D"I.!.gh ~ have been a convr2rJierr,t point +o pr oaent, .fl. [:oll1[nen:t,ary on the his'~ory of the thE!!ory una.~rlying oc cu Lt; syrr.boli$l1Lp which has .i;!. c:~o!l1sidLerable bea:rin.g on the deve.Lopmarrt; of the 8 igi,ls:;: hO\,'E'!"'1O;;;!l:', the So' q Ll.a ·thems€lves have left little spay·1[: here for ~'lH;i1 a study f and

2S

I)'ICTIONARY OF' OCCULT I HERr."dETIC AND AI.ClIENICAr. SIGTt..S

relev':oiint w'Q,r,-ks whic'h th-e'Jiil8el ves deal 'w'ith. 'th~ his'to:fY,',r ~ve:~ 'thOl.HJh wi I:.h Ln

S 1?f! c i,:E ic: and s ::rrnr.::J;..Tlia t; 8! po£! c. La 1 is.!;::!a s c 1 ~O] -:::1, s t Lc tU; ea .. !;;1 • The de-vel opmen t of

al on ani i c.=::.l !':;. i gill i c f c rms ha s bee n t r€! a b::d -..i i 'th :r ea.s ona!D 1 (;! t.hDr 0 uqhne ss - ;for E.!.«:ampl.e in ,the excellent w'o.rk.8 of CROSl.A~D 1962., CAl..ttB:O.NEL'L:t 1925

and z,l'IRE:!I"l'.l 1932. On ,the other hand , v Lr t.ua.l l.y ev,e:::rything writ ten

.:;n:-olJnc t.he 'U~eol:"'Y of ,a,st.rolog.ical ,Eryrnbo1ism does. not; sta~w t-he tEi!:$t of eve 1.1. 'the mo 3 t, ele:me,nt:.ary scho J.~,::; t ie Lnv ea t i g a tion - though au ch au t.hor s .:;El$ Br'mla\] It:. J 6i14 I' Kriegsrnann 1665~ ~UET 1679 ('I.-;hose .:I!..dE:!::J.s n.ppeat" t.o h.::l.v'e

i:1,fltmncod mo'siC. ,tnod'~](n w,ri'l;:.e:r.·~ On t'he 5ubjec:t,) are worth :3.tlJidy. 1J."'h,e.

t.heo r ¥ Q f 0 cc u 1 t t.s t S}.'TfJb 0 1 ism f ar,es only a I1t.t Le bet te,r j' ~ imp ly bee a us e t.ho se who ai, d' know (EL if> Q'pPO sed t:n thQh e who, pr e toe nded to know) 'o"lro t Q

Li.trt Le , and iJ5ually aoout; only a fey, of [-_he .8 ig il,s.. 'l'h 1.1 &1 , the exc'e L'l ent;

work ,of BLA:VA,,!,SK'¥ l888 ~ 'w~,lil:9t worth c Los.e st.udy r yie,lds i€!lj'! s:igilg r y.£!'C. th~ r e l.:tti VQ,l y imag i na t.i Ve, wo xk I[) f l'!JI RTB 1 9 2 i j in' .... h Lch he at t empt, s to

z e cone i 1 e the tr a.:di t.Lcn 0 f t.he H€:b r a Lc and n eO- F 1 a;to n Lc Cilbb& J .i S t.i{.:'

trad i t,i on wi t.h 'the a 1. cin em i c,~.J tJ; adi t ion;l' with a y'i'I3'F 'to thrm·ling li gh t; on the .2:2 :nz:t j or ,ay cana of t.hc 'I'aJ:.-ot pa ck ~ p,r,:o(3 '';K: e s :!tl,~,ny S.1-9 ils r mo s '1:-_, of

wh.tcr. a.re of 1:L tt I.e J:.:",e~l value, w i.th Ln the (£:soteria sG!t'ting of lh€! sig-illic

tradit.ion.

I n 'the c omp.a.::: L so in f;J."v:L nee d here r the :n ume rate s are perhaps 1 of! S s

]snow W'ha't, she was !Wi' i tiny" ::l,._b9l~-::' j ' .... 'nerea8 'WIRTf1 1927 did :11.01[, r yet, {SIJICI:1 1::;. the deve Lcpncnr of ~i.lc.~ I:h.1.:rl=;,rs hi FDpuJ &:t:: ccco l tisT.':LJ it is the s igilliC fQJ;:tl~lj of '\!'ii r th ";;,rhi ch a r IS now moz G!! wide Ly s pr.@ ad .in DU l:."' C I,J,] t:ur e I ~l nd E!'\~en 1:.1 s ed by t.hos E:: 'W!ho should, kn::r..r bette J;;" ~

rl2"ferQu:;~ :i.$ g.'E::!ner~J J Y ,i,nte'nded ei thor to throw (1)Ql:::"e light on a particular Si'iJ ill' n·.}:· to sugge nt ide a,s :: Ok' fur t::.h eJ:- 't,:"e s ea 't;."ch. ': in rio way Ls such an €li'JL,ry (jesi'gnec t:) gii ViE! ~~ full aCCOICl,Ji'!: of t:1~ d?rivdtic::-n OiC 'ffiaaning of c:I.

'8 ig L 1 ,~, Q1.) i£! 0 f 'E he ma i n pI c".1b 1 etnS ,i:r1 tb2! i;l;pprO':"1 eh to O~ cu 11:: s.1 g 11 s i $ -c:,h,a t

t:hr. rnajol:it.y of them mean very many t.hi.nqs, and in some oaS(.'!5 'the prGicise n~e8Lni ng :P!,:J.Y .b e 9 a th e re d on] Y f ::t{:)[J"j Q, {] i V'En \:·CH1. te x t . For exanp 1 ell n the s-tng Le man U;9 c:r; 1 pt I Li. st a e: i\LCHEi4'.:l 16 50 I th ~ .8 i gil ,~ is a cc 0 :t:cled ':.hr ee diff~rent tTJif::::Li'i.i:ng5 - f(f;VE.RB.i!:F...A.TIO,., 'EAR'l'H and S/-'.;.'LT - and it. is on Ly f'rom ,"01

26

TNTRODUCTION

.Pf1::r:' ti e I.,J 1 ar ccrrt.e xt t ha 1:. mJ.Q mo.'}' 5!.e.c: ida ...... hi en of ·the.!:'i e t; 'hI if:! ~ [[Ea.n i r:.q s i 8

1ntend~d by the sigil.

This; p:t.~oblem i:s .fl .. rrt her cortj-Li.ca I~ed by the 'W1di.~glli.Ded Lrrt.en t t or; of

Eew.

A goGot.~ ~Xcnl:p1e may be found in the aJ,.:::.:nemical. t.e rn l1.IF! I' fCJ;;' T.qhich

the most cr)tllmon ~.iqi':' is a variant. on 7~'i:

The uni n i'I::.i oS!. 'l:e d trri gh t; ex ui, te

rc:asonal"Jiy i;.!:\:'lsurl'.e t.ha t thE! na:neand 't.he s1gi 1 r e.f e r to t~e mixture (If

\l:1.~ITE 1894 wi Ll, rap1.dly di sencherrt. bi,:ilj fer t.h.i.s zecc rds that ~ Eug.e!li us

PJ;i.:1.1.,::'j,,lee.}'jC$ says tha t t·be. a 1:1':' is not a12 element... but .;:r c.'ert . .;3i.:tl mir,::;).culoZl.fi nermaphrodite,. th~ cP-.t.r1£lnt: of two wor}ds~ a,1.2d £I rr.:.ed'lGt of ext reme s , J''t i s t:i1e sea Q.f t:.J~.! ~'1g 5 i n vi s i. bl Q ~ em d. roe t·~i r.13 t i1e ,c:.,PG.G i as oi: all i.: 'h...l' ngs wh"i:l t~

eres t.1 es s.ness. •

.Such cons rdar e t i.one shou Id . isrbtl \f lead. 'Lho::e Lnt.ez cs t ed in rna tter~ of scholarship to e:xe:t:c:is.o:?, r:;~aiJ tiO:l:1 If,Them C'onsu.lt.ing th ~ "" .Pic~t·' Ql.i"~ "y, foy.

there 1]1i':!.Y b'e '[uO doubt w'Jiat:soever t.h~J,t the ..... E'!XJ:l.s. ' . .:rseC'i by 'the early

.;;,,:~ c·u.l t; i &: t.s do not a 11.'1' i'l ¥ s c cz' res po rid 'to t.hQ Dl~an ing 9 T,.., e ta k e for 9 1:::' antE!!d

iu our :modern u~agE!,

ever. r omo't.e.Ly the !5C1.[ll,e, - i:tLde'8d, a glance at the notes on Ver.tu,s mi C']"OCBSmi

irr~ the entry under 'VENUS shcu Lo indicate 5Qrne of the cliffic:u1'tirt':!s 'h~re ,. Ag.:;!l.iir" a readi.ng of the entry under PALEGM.A. in. th€:: text is also I'elev[L'JjLt,. fO.r it migh'i: be re[L=c:;r~a:t:.le co a~SUTd@j that: the p'h.leglJ'la of the alchGimist:s

wa,:5 t ha t ~,tm·it [J.iil to '1,{1 hiC"~J , ... ' ere f e:r; when ~'e '1] S If:!. 'the dof! r tva t i v€ te rtn , or perhap::; linked w i, th t:.he th~Q:ry Qf t..t"112! buraouz s j and hence ti'E;il 'U;" ' .. ; i'1:t1 th€!

rich thec:r;-' es of t.nG! ·TEMPERA1·lENTS ~ hoi .... evez ~ a s 5:0M11ERHOFF 1701 r eveeI s p this phlS'g:t~ is an ~:::J.b')ecially itr:Jp~'Jrt.tlnt dis'ti11ed liqui.d. used in the r3.1c::h~lical search. for the Ph· J.osopher • s Stono, and pre::;:,u;r:rhbly 'I:h~ !;igi1 s given alQng.L,dde ·t.h~ nam.~ yl0uld refer to t.he C!i.lch~m:ica1 m~aning.r rat~le~

th_ n to. any _h i.ng mer IS 1 Y mod e;.- if'. ~ precision of rne.~inq is requirsd,

it woul.d b e ~ S \f} ell too consul t, such ~

I

s pee La 1 .i s L as SO.f..1MERHOFF l 701 p 0 r a s Lm i.l.ar rei iab e Le;>::.i COf,L r .1 ~1l Oy·e er -::;0

.27

DICTIO~ARY OF OCCULT~ HE~t~TIC' AND ALCHEMICAL ,SIGILS

a 8,ce;t;" t.a irt 'i:be rea 1 meaning cont.a i nad TIl i:th i n the ,s ig i 1 ,~ as, i riit ended by

'those w'ho used the f;:j,igil.

S pee i.:;:i, l.i£ t requ i,reM.i en t s ,"S1. part ,r h'owev.er l the

p:.Y'E;:!sent Di ct:iO:i1.:;1;t:l; has bl£!e;n designed ~o that. i.t co.r.rc6j?Cinds to rn.od@rn den.ot: at ions and c onnot.er.Ions ('thl2 fr@qlJ! cnt, use of 'the.' La tin name s Ls intende·;5 0.5' a mut.e reminder th~"t .;::i" et.r i ct t~"~,nsl~,tiorl clO>e:~5 net; alwuyfi

C-$.;!!;rV one "1;0 the 8.en:se intended ,it) a;, mOde1::."fL usag~} I t:.hol:lg}1l :na.'turally wi'chin a fi@ld 'i.,.'l".i@re it is t.aken for granted 'that things are rarely.'

wh,:;:"t t.hey SeEl!l"t"!, to be ,. It is pr&:Hib ly bi!;!CEL'!.1Se so marry of 'I'.:Jh,e anci,~n'i:

sigil S TI'lGr@ t.nt.onded for LG'VG!l~ of unders;t.at1ding ''j'lhich ar'e nQ longer

:fiiqiJ,s i,n: 5lJch <"!. 'l:.ex;'t-_ 2!l8 GEHEIME 1788 ';1l::."'-e I' .fer all I.::..h~,ir "'l:pp2.1;rE?n9:. aLm

of S@j,t ti ng ou 1: Ro·s 1 cz uc i an 10 EO r 1 arg-if:! 1 ~" in campr@:hefls ibl e s a v of:! t.o a f ri£! w

sp G::Gi a . .1.,i s t s .

No d i cnLona ry ma.y t.ake into ac COW1 t such r e,finemen t sand.

early ccculti~t8.

A f:i ne ex amp Le Q f t.hi s 1 0 ~:5 0 f mean! iI1g may' be 508 en in

th~ :s.igiI fc~:t SIjLPHiJjR ,$ which. mily Ln one .r;;:'li:.I.'text-_ J;"eflQr preci,sely t.o the e l emcrvt, .. in ar:rotner to 't.he fi xed principle undez Lyi.nc na·tural phen,tJmeniJi j' i:'_ <;1rLothie:::::' '1[(:1 ,t'in~ alchemical unLon of E~lI:.·tl:J and F'iJ:'~ I .""lnd o~

ail1o'tner levG.l Sii~"Lrpl v to ~ 3piri t ! ,.

rn.at.el:"ia,li ty of sulphur Lt se l f (and consequently i t_~ .!;i i.g Ll.) may be related to one '0 f t.hc Tlu G! ~ P r i n cip 1 ~ ,s , th@ sig 1.1:Eo for ""hi ch ar'@:,~ !i e th€!

pc t errt.Le.LL ties em.::Jnating f rcm the Chaos of Materia P;t:.i.ma;, Sud~

C OIlS ide 1."";3 t i ons ~.'3 t.h E::; e incl.l cat.lf! h.r:.w ~ ill. tbe f i e 1 d of he rme ti c symbo 1 L am a't le,a,s; 'I:., a 1 in€! a r thj, nk ing i s a Lmo.s t a h indr anc IE: to right un de r sta.r~d;t:ng'; yet the fact t s ,;:;hat .:::.LJ eLf .1$::;,1 fic:at.lon ::;,yS,t~~:H-~, - esp€i!c'ially t:ha·se -of a

dL ct.i.r.;:,n "'try - a 1::' P.: ill t:.helII,S; e 1 Ve 5 1 i near Ln form, and in t.en t.i.on .

It is c.l ear t:h G-r e:if 0 re t.hat; , t.he nat uze Q t' he rmet_i c syrnbo 1 i em be ingr what it 151 th~ ne~d to be usefully si;~le has led to th~ sacrifice of a

Fo 1::." f1!,xamp 1 e r in t:.h02 a.l, ehemi.ca.L t $':<::1::.

Gtl!.BELLA 1615 i wh i cb is, in some. r e gp@Gt s a '[[".ode I 0 f 0 ccu 1 t graph lc symbolising lit. is dif.ficult. to root out. the many subtle! ,~plaTlatioT'.i.s of the sigi 1 '~ 'ilhich is termed Nunt 'i' 1..1.:3"/ and wb 1ch I: hav~ listed qui.t,e

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In Lhit:; sevent.een'tjl~cen"_'lLlry' text the ~iSl'il is treF.,lted is~ the manriez tl! t.h€!

best a Le hemi.ca L t.ext s i 'I. .... hi-:::l:. is 1::.0 ~i3.y ,...,.i tJl clppa,re,nt conf'us.t orr, The

.uthorls hints and guasse£ ar~ cbviou51y dQsigned to d15courag~ linear thi nk i n~J 1" and, i f ,f.o llcwed. exp ~rt_] y do i ndee d 1 ead to a s,er .1, esc f nul t i-

d Lmeris i 0 nal me an ing ~ whl ell a.:t:"e very impre;8 si "!,re in t.hems e J, v~:=,. though hara t() l:'€! solve into a fe,,,, explana ory 'IiOl;Q-5 sl":!c:h as 1,'!'o'l11d be I@quireo o f a

diGt.ion;~~-y of tb' s k nd ,

The stleani~g ig Lnde,~d to be e.:i5eB out. of this

s.Qntient:,- t.b,inkin:g .of t:he 1e,:tG--~rleaiaeva.l alc:n.ei11ists.

S i gil Nun t i UJ;> GA.BELI .... A. 161:5 poi n t S OU L tl'la t th.: 8 .L!'j i:.hQ .Me rcux La L Nunc ~ 0,;1'

!:!lJgg e s ti ng th{.l:t Lt; i s both a me ai a tor be 1:: ween th e ae I ax and 1 unar fa z-c e S r til::;; T;fell as bet ..... .reen i:~:ile sola.r. and the e Lement.a l . 'By sub'tle choice. of word.,:; he .nd.t ca't.e s t.hat; MercurY' rr,!'J.5t cont.a t n 0. clangra:rous element i ~s.elf, l" 1 n thai!: i t ned 1.0. t E::! S. be t we en 1::.he vo 1 a t i' e Su 1 phu r a 1;10, th$. iTLQ.rt S.~l t~ c.f th IE!:

5i I1 C e M 8!r cury clo~::s partake o:E a,a.~ger I. i fL i s l':nked 'i,'i i th 't.h~

shows -Mystical Mars' as a .sigil cQ[r.rpo~e:: of Sun ... Moan and the f(J."~=!:r

El amen t.s (a form r e 1 a t:.12l d to t'b e NONA]) 0 f DEE 1564) .

he werd chosen b->.J

GABELLl!i. 615 for Mars s"., corrupt fOl'"!JL 0.:[ the LatinisP-Q, Greek .Fyroesi.s I ob-v' Gusly Ln t.~:i"ld.ad to ~Uq'gest the bu:t'ning nature - a quaLl t.y wh~.ch 03'';.12' '"'IOU d not; iIr.m.G:dL~te l'}.f as scc i.e t e ord t h Mercu;:J"}'.I even -hQUg~'l its \0"01 a t' i ty

is well recogn'sed.

Here l':..~en i' in one paraqraph f, two o.r three diagrams J!

and. a :fe1)1 li.'t~raj(y allusion!:; r. one has nuances t .... ~ ... ..ich 11,:~.k t.ne "p l arie t ' Mer,cury w i th cosmi~ iorcG!s. 'with ,the· Sun att1 the Eart"_E"J r wi t.h th,e

£' ,

~rej'

and. indeed l;od +h t:he whole C'o5111ic g',j~s.tion of t4artian forcofl.S i. alor',g i.'ii t'h its weU ~knO'ji1:l:1 una,ertonc8 of- oeg,~r~ration and ·r.egr~J,1~ratiQrL (thrcuqh its

p.L ana 1: ary ,ruI1 <c·r sh ill over th@ ,2 ad i a c21 S corp 10 and Ar i € 5) _

Th E!!l:' of:! 1 G, no

obvious w~y in wh Lch evers an inoicatio,[1 0 such subt::le 1 sentient-th: i~k ~ ng 1 - a Lnost; Ch.i.no se in i ts li't~:rra,ry and pictc~gr.,,:.phic: all us . on - m~,:t' be

only the h' blio9_ ap~')i.c; re,ference iD.5 c:r~;Jtcl1 fo,r the ;r;-ea,oer,

'l'his is

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1.:-111 fort un a t0ly th.o8! ca S,e fO:t" ma ny c f th 13 en tr i ~ s ~ b I,) t Eh$ V~:ltV :-ia t uz e 0 i oc cu 1 t i Sill appe a.l::"::;, t-:;~ d emand :3 UC h t r ea !Lincn t .

In certain caSG-5 1 :may appGa,r to have o!f:!xceeded ny brief I for r have

f E! 1 'i:. it. a.ppr()'P l:',i a t.e to (),i"t e ~I'I E::Gi. ifii l1.q- s 0 r s i g'i 1 s wh i oh havs no t ,c e ~:n aLl.oca't.cd Cl pre:ci s s meani~--:.g by an aut.hoz , but '~\(J1i.(:'!h hilVe be'80n 1 ex~<ti21"ined I by a fu...-tber irrJage i B igL.l O:!!:: symbo l I G des,ign. This hap:pE;:!ti,~ l::.','2I,!f~ly in the 'to?-x,'i.: ~ but; a no t ab ~ e eX.;}).rlwle i<::l ,:troIlt MrCH~ELS:l?,A:CHER L616.r who gi VG:~ t.we Lve intriguing sigils alo~~_gsid@ ~'1is i:rIJales for 1[he r;_'o;n8tel1ationi=; or

:c,c-:jL.iC.::i· 8J_gns ~ 'For. cxemp Le I t.he sigil O~ is giv'en ben,~a,th, th~

image for Ta~rus.

?h,~:::;e .£i i9 i 1 S a'r a 'nO t ~x-plai ned, N i t.h ~ n "the t . .ext, bu t

az e in fact m02aning::ul k,'l-.en the zodt.ac al, associa'tiot;s .. ·.'i'th I£!i ther

certain alche~nicGLl proC',ess,~s c r cert.ain met.ar !,al.i3 a~LIE?_ 'l:aKE!IJ Lnuo <~.c(:.::C)unt_ r n tb i ~ PiJ, r'ti '::111. r.ljr ces eli ,t is t.ri; e th at 'my e n'tr i e.s g 1 ve thr.e €!

al'te'rna't.ive ' l1!ean:i mj'5' - ::II. ~,odiQ:cal, ':;'1 IlJi':I.te_t.'i~] 1 t.y and (1 fl;i;QC;2!!i 8 - r,.;rhich may ev,en be cot!,::: i de r ~d GO l':!j e et; u.r 031.1 ,F bl],t.. I :f e~ 1 'chat: th i s i _~ be t T-er. t.ha n D f £ er 1 '~9 no exp 1 anat.Lo nat GlJ 11 f Q r th i5 1,~€: 11- 'k ?_-QW n gn.1up of slg,i 15 .

I f'_:?J,ve £.p.l't., 11l.:.t.le eOi"!Lpul;;:;.io;n to i:inc Lude the gTaphici' .. lly .:i.ntera,st:ing .s::i.gd Ls gi vel':; .by such 50U:CC:P-:S a$ AASSl!:NFAATZ 1787 r for ''i'/111 1 £ L theSe de

':):i v'e the app e~<1."" 03J:-. CQ of. be i,ng ! Q CCU 1 t e.i gil oS ! i and are in tTIiany r£! ,sp'~a t s

cler ived fr::'lli.l 'thE:!! t.r ad I t.ion of n.L=::'bemica::" ~ymboli~1I19, the syst-ern .i s designed t~) .serv@ the new· ,spirit of scientific inquiry, ar~d ma.y ~.:t~i2:refo,r.e i),at be co ri $ ide r ed 0(: (_''LIl t ~. ~ L r_he 5E' n ae undez s tDod w i th.~ n th i 5 p re ~ en t

context.

or e:1 :::.ter i c s.f[lIi;:.{) 1 i s:m J; no doubt. my c he ice s: and e~ c 1 us i.o rt s will nOt:

pl~ase every ,reader,. In tbls, H~:n::'e. th,en, save 'W·ithin the cbv ioue

occul, ta of 1 i te:ra'ii:ure f' especially Ln 't.hog~ fi.e1d8 relating '1.:.00 Theosopb,y' or Anth:t:.-opo~,Ol!lhY,r and to ,!:-1orne of the r invention;:&. 1 of KOCH 1930 or CIRLO·T

1962 I my S'iI.u8:y of 'the S i9 Ll.La TI:l8;Y 1)8 ::.3.1:11:0 't.i:::!mi~";a,te ;....ri t.h the work of Dii.L TON 180B 1 'or '~T i th the 1 i'ke= m i,nd@d HA SS,:l!:NFR]VI' z. 17 a 7 ,0 1 f '1, .. ' e SE! ek a

I symbol I af t:n,e infl uerrce of eig-hteer'.th .... cerrcuz y ::::'13. t.Lona l ism on the

ce V G!l OI.'l11€-I:1.t of s ig i L'li e f Olf:'ri1 s , ~:!n ~n w 'E;!, tn~'Y 8 ",:,!'E':!' i"t_ Ln toIl e pro pO s a 1 o:E ,t-l ~ e La t_ toe it a u,tho:1; - au t hOI:3, indeed - ~~1no souqht to dis. tingu i sh thof! fiB ar t.h ~ ! by the A~;l,-'3tQteliaj"j fO.r:lJl V and the ~lk~l i ~ I pO:::'.=.J.~h and sodas I- with

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17J'TRODJ lCT IfW

t.hG:reb;t, in nhe Lnnoc ent; USQ of <'1 S;ig,il mar k i.nq ,,El pl::."Df'ound,

h l:"e ak ·~I i th ~.1 n a. nc Lcrrt tr~d t '1:. iC:;1 •

Thi::; 1 S j;)'Y no means t. h 8! l? 1 aGe t.o "!~t~.ke

a ;;;:. tud y o f t.hc tnodez n syrribol i em w~~ Lc "ltl ha sat t.a C fl ecJ i t.se 1 f to J[JO(J ez'n che:rn.ist.q;r sinc~t.hose -1,~lVS - Ctt05LA:t--ID 1962 hag sketched u. useful Qutlin€ of t"t";lis deve.Lopment; - but the fact l::.hat I end ~rlore ·or le'!:"':is 't.rith DALTON 18.oB in t.he .11c.:hE::I!liea1 re<'~,lm ahou Ld .not 1. eac 't.l"l0 reader too s.UPPO!3C "{".hat

l:11i5 . s tho£! e:nd 0'" the rr..att,i2r fer Ot.hEL- oceul t ~;r.eas.

It is l,,'ortb

nb si2.t-ving" indeed l that ~\;'hi st -the e.Lchemi.ca L t._ad,i t ion appears whoLly ~,.;ral1(::wE::a in the moder n Cllemistry j until 'this l~tto:e~ Q,,"CrZ! more di$co,\le.r s

spa .... ning' neTd sigi.l sand sYDI.bols" t.houqh admittedly of .legs v.3J1idit.y antI vi ta 1 i t:.y. ·than 'the: ~;;;H promul. 9 a ted hy th IE:: anc i en t lrL"I s ,t ery c e n t r~] s -

moart i.nqs uf 8.igils are not kT.Lm,.'n ~ for exar _pie, ortlly a few of 7..b~ sig L- So used. on ·the emb:t'o id er i~.s. of hi:_;:; fig III e s by ,rRap.h ae 1 et: e ~t i 11 kilOW n LD:? 1I8 J' and the:r=e"fore I have inGl'~ldea only those ''''hic:r:., ar~ lln6.erst(.>od {w.i thOli't.

_n th~ case of the

~n[.ij-orit.}~' of t:he sigLls for spi. Lt s 1 have been especially c;:;re'fulto

1'::' t.t.Le purpo::z;e- in 1 i$~iIlg t.hQ num.erg·u;s sir; lis :L';l.n~ing from ~e relatively aecDr.-EL.til,,,"e o....cp_o

r=:

the: 1 ~~Q"[l i c .forms :5 uc hilS :--- ....

fo.r Carer i tal"

OCC'-ll t In';-lI1,Us::: .. r xpt s i! I have t:"'p-sist,.G:d the te[llpt..at_.iOI1 to Lnc Lude c~.r·_,ain of 1t11e forms p alphabets and ~ig'il S .... Jll ich ar~ not: st,rj ct.] y co cu.l.t. r even !",b~~1

sc r pr.s are ......... Lr t.ca lly the e;;::.u i'v a en t. of pr L va te 5 bc.:o.:.;' t. hand .'

Above oj 1 p 1 have chc sen '1;0 he 1 imited " n the cbo i ce o.f · ... ,h,lc:b ~i.g ils

t(::. Lnc Ludc by !:'J iz; e 08i.J~d conp 1 ex i t Y -

plea8ing t"-U give t.he larg'e, :f:.i91~s for the den;r;ms 'i-.i'hich appee.r in cer'tain

of the more extien s i Ile demono log i ca. LI:a nus or ipt:5 J' ~,~ f r:..:::t" axamp 1 e -='h e

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DICTIONAR.Y OF OC£',[;;LT i IIERM'ET.IC AND ALC.I1EJ4ICA.I. SIGILS

E'qua'<lly eXC'i'ting w(}l;.:lld have been the reco:r'd of 'the lov121y :sigi.ls from the t.hir't:.y~ ::;;i;z: dQcELns recorded in LAMBECIUS 1500 ~

5

.

'::

.

o ~~

~ .'

q_ ~

Ui~ f erta)) ate ly ~ t'h.@. ve ry camp Le x;j_ t.y of t'he i:t:' fO:r.fQL$ r ende 'i: .rt impo s s ibl e 1[0 copy t. rlem ou 1:. 'r )11 Lh ~ .8 (~<11 e en vi saged wi th,i,il the pz e!:i errt forma t ~ no 5<: OpE:::! ., ~c 1 us JOn :i ~ P,=A,;:C t 1 Y' j iQ.5 ti f Led in any e a.se $ iropl.y b ec a. us iEJ tit e rna] or i ty of

these are not So much sig.ils as decorat:i.ve. mot.ifs or aesigns.

One feels

will confirri!,.

'!'n.us ~ even 'th e ROSY eROS::; its if! 1 f wa s a ImQ:;; t 'it: e j of! ct.ed

cz o s s is gxa:o.phi ce l.Ly complica'ted.

oc cult i tl)<iLsre is in '[<'REHER 111 7; for the se are hi ig'hl '1' prlZlgnan t symo 1 S ,r

verg ing a Lmos t on the dome in 0 f syrnbo l.i c dGV Lce s r r a't·.he r i:.1'.2Ll:"J. ::;ig- i l~', ,an d wh;L151~ it l, .. 'uuJ d have '!:::::e'F.D useful to gJ ve .a recora of this worthy s'IJ1mna.ry of Boehm€l ~ s co,s:Jtloconc~ption l' thE".! pre sen't fCl-l::.'ma't p.rt.;:!cllld~Ol this ~ Na tur,~11y & sig,il ['nay .r~j.i)ge in siz.e freID a mer€! dot; to th~ ela.borafte de£igr'~ of the LAMB·.EC.ltJS 1500 decana·te,.? j ~:;'$ r. rl3produced rand thi5 h{i.!5 ri,eat'i't t.ha+ ,t'ht'!:i:€! h.=;;,s 'had to b>e some f·i~v.=: borderli,tb2 &t wh.i<~h a sig,il is in':luded O.t."

I hat ve be en some .... in ate c cerrcz ic in 't'o; gar-d. to

-::h L s be r'de r 1 i ne ~ and ha va no t f e l'lt :1'1t 1112 Co2 S sa ~y 'EO ,@'xp 1 i:i: in mys el flex e,p-:lJ i:: in term~ of what I consider to be us~ful within the expr8~sod aims of this

dict.ionary.

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BERT8Et.OT lESt -fr>r th"i! 8Q- (::alled I mystic:: d.ra'o"lings· fram Gr·@ek. ::liCJ.lJlr·GG::3, which no doubt 'We·l:.'~ jj..:rlt.f::!nde·d 'to r~p·.resei'i't s.Lchemf.ce L ope r at i.one {per.haps ana logou.s to our own a tomi c equa t.Lens ) n a:;:; lea t o ::r·e j e ctio·.I].

I 11.81. V'P- none th e l·~s 8 inc 1 udad t.l1.Q 1 arg i£i and r6! 1 a t.i. V~ ly comb! lex :5 ig i 1 f',or 8CORP 10 from th€! meld i aeva l Ita 1 i an SQu:t:'ce g.i've n <~:s r.;llCCA 1 7 c cYf!!!i:: and

. :Rl

~rJa..ny ·var.ian.t:.s ofl::.he sig'il s for ,fix€:id s.t.ar s f such as 'thQ8'8 li5ted in

Appcrmd Lx 2 t page 316 I ir OITi A.GRIPPA 15,3 1 '.

irlclllsion and. :rej G!ct . .i.on 15 ,t.ln3.'t of u'It11 i t.1 •.

Baa I r~cordea sigil~ merely

~ e G~'Ul se t:l1 i£iy are • oc cu 1 t ~ I. ~,d th ou 1[; r'e f'@IrencEl to mode.rn n@'~ds. th~M1 the r'e

I bave be'i'!.n ver;:y

puo Li.c ,

'!lIDO ern re.a"ae r , r he ve rej ,e ct.ed a Lmo st, all t.he fa sc i na.'i:.i ng s i q i 15 in .:KIRCl1E.ll 1655. qUa.ii:1t. {i,no imilqrinati ve a's tbey arc~t - these sig11f':. ~~'tmlcl be of value only t;o a ~'p>f:!t.::'iali$ t in ~o8!v·er.!.·t.een't.h~Gent.'l,"fl:."Y t;J;'anscr'iptions

I n any ca gel such a sp ec ial i ~:t would

be suf fie i e-n t ly f ami 1 i ar with. K:r~CnER ._ 6 5 5 no t '1:.0 ,l::equ i t"e the aid .0 f

a jiC'tio~1.a:ry I saVI8! in th.€;:! q~est::.iQliE! a t: ]1JinUT_i,i:J.~" In view' 'Of such an

.1 ;TIE)Ol.""t an t 0£: xc 1 us ion. it mi gh t be a..rcg''Ll.E! a t:1£L t. I ha,V'o:::! inc 1 ud r2!d some rna t ez ial

whi en i 8 d ub Lou S a.

13 i.9 L 1 s ,for the ,1 unar mans i on s w'll i ch I :S:o Ln cl, u d.e i;:l re ,r;n t in f act- ~ ig i 1:8 1 bu t [I~e re 1 y vi .i3u.:.:i.l gu.i.dlZ: s .Q r rnnemo n3. C S r for tho s G; who soug~Tt to 1.0"::: a.te

the areas along the ecliptic.

fC~JD I gL~7e for 'I.1ENTER J!.£:IlETIS", t.ho :.;ecoI".I.l') medio.,eval l'!.:m:::tr mansLon r

i 8 :;)0'1.: .. in Fact; a ::d.g'i 11 'but. ~-~tree St.:J;I';8 along the eclipt:i C ,r a.gl ta Ariet.i s

( S{.1i:TJ eti!!liS: ~ oa 11 eo 13 tr t.:81 nl '. e.psi 1 on ~.r.d 2: p-t ~ ~r i eT_ Ls ,

wow Ld be ~ UJP:PQ:t;"ted by I;'J n ex ami nat i on or tb e n i gh,t sky, ana. a 1 so by the

~ . t· t h t ..!..'f ' t, , ","' . +- J.'~ f' .... t ..... i' - l 1 ~ D _ .:':' v- ,'" '" (; b" .. ..:1 1 i' ' ....

r ac ~ la.. L_1E! r.enL} a r s ru.a,_s_on, C'C!_ e{~ ~_'S"=!.l .:...u.R! , y a ue __ , c·fh_e

t.wist.

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'the man 5 j c::~: 5- PASTOR £il.na. 'T'RE ai:S •

No. doubt: t 119 0 r . ,g.i 11. 0 f th e:s e cur Lou s

Big-ils - if i,ndeed they are ~igi18 - mu sr b~ Bought in tile dis.tributi.QTI of thlf:! :Eix~d stars 'l,~'hic'h ma rk 'the entI'.:J.nces r.o 'I::hl£! 'CWlif!'nty eight roansio.,ns

i~ rnarkea contra~t to ~he 5igils for ~l~ sign~ and const@11ation5.

Ha·;'i~v~~' f: C e.l:''I!: a i n .1 i s t.s ,0 e s far examp Le 'tha,t g i ViS: n by ABfli.NO 13.03, ,8 how

th,at ~a::r 1y attampts were JD';'j,de to :,:)jt.ig'in~l'l::e OJ::.' pre£:ier~J"e sigi 18 for th,e lq~l.o.r mansions· r as t.noucrh far magi cal pljrr.po~es pr.obrJhly involvLtJg simpl,e

~~ulet ~on~tru~tion.

It, i:5 e5pecially itL r,e.garc. t.o sigt 1 s knot ..... n to be dezLved f.:tom ancient. t ~x t s t.ha it. I b ave ax 8'!I'C i sed 8. i s c'r C!'t i 0 ill, si nee iIJ,~ti.y 0 f ti~ e 50€!- 'h.:;;.:v.e .l~C1,W J.i-::.tl'8 '\t.:.lue, and it, T_fle PLajori'ty of C:3LSef:. th.eir precise WD@'aning and

applica.t:ion havs be,en lost.

f :r:"eq uent; l Y' no ,;.:;: nown i:l:ppl i c a!'t i.OJ"J wi 'I: h Ln (J ccul t, ('em t ex t.s ..

sigil S\

firC!DT8Lnd Ii i

wh,ich is ,.''HL a5t_:l::.'O~ 09'1ca,1. t:e:t:m f(;.~ ~ sig:n pZ'e~'~cl'::_n':!l a noda L CI§'!;'j'l::,r@.! r '!;);ay at], a siei 1 Of£! takE",~ as at c Lose relation to the GrQ,e::';; fora; of DAIM01' -

encyc Lop aE! eli C G! n t.r y "

On th~ other hand~ certain sigilB which have

ccnt.ext.a , h avc 03..n ant Lqua r.t an or pa.la~8g1yphiG in-tere;st ,.

For' @.Jol;,a:mp 1. Q !

r.he sigil recorded by OMONT 18:)4 :for 'ConE:'! pars ca. Ll.ed .4ci1..L;'~V , fer which tr:e :=igil, if; ~ h~d a: wid€! appli(;a.t ion ,ZL';i one of t.he important ir::'I"'l_':ofCH in Greek a~trology: this sigil ha~ been recorded fer i,ts antiqua~i&n

'rhe problem of im~a~inqi is especially acute in the anci~nt texts~ arnd

f'0:1: example; "the Gre~k t:;::;:Y:'o:E G LJ{.I~(1,S Ye~orde~. hy {)MONT lBg.~, haa i'tself ~ ve~y wide application, maaning in gCDQral tan aS~Q~~lyl o~ 'meetingr/ and 't has specdaliscd us@: ·,.,ri't'hin gr'::!mmol't.Lca l.. fisca land even .t;E:x:].3J.l

'"""he Greek s .. gi 1 att:.ad"!.C!d to 'li:h i!:i rt.arne ~ :L s a compound of

8 yz yg Y i ~ .imp 1i ed ,. even though t. his CDU 16 l:'"e 1 a te to the a. s t ro 1 og.i ca.r

a~ pe ct, 0 f CJ~an jun cr Lc n Ql:." OPPQ5 i t Lon .• a nd even though it. is pos s ib 1 if! 'th at

t.he aigi.l 'r,·ms a nt.cndcd t;o ~XOl::."eEl.s a:o s.ynGdi C' rel.'5l.'(:,i o.n.ship b(~n .... een -:;;:he tT,.;rQ l.tJJtlinari!:':!9 r a~ t:hesE:;! per1Qd~ Tl'lerA of gl:.'!2!at iruport,:u\ce t~) t-.li.e GrG.:ck

astrologerg j and n~late t.o r;ert,aiH ! mystic numbers!' at.t.acne d 1:0 'tl'..~

More ~pecifiGally~ the slg:1 could ref~r to ~he ~etonic cyc~e

J"'n ;:;i. t::~·.~m.pt to az r i vo at a. trUE! u r.:d~:t::' s t .:l.n:i:l ltg'

uf the orlgin~l ~Ganing of trie s1qil is b~se with ~iff~culties bQyond t}~Q

for pure ly an'· iqtlar ian reaSOn,s,. Po. t, t irne s l' I)O'N e"lle .... I' spe c 1 a J ~.::. t :.;; no'" 1 edge may urrr a VG 1 the :rue an i nSf C) f G08 z t.a in .5 i g: i 1:5 at t"~e';n~! i ~e Lcs t "'(:0 'U S $ Q f i..l r ~l s

meaning is cuncerned.

has be en gi VQn j has a :1lea.:::inq both

wi thin a mag' cal ccnnor at Lon ~ ir:vol,-"e6 wi-_}) o:..::.j e1.. mnfmcy • '::':'!"Jd wi t.h i.r; a

sucb as ,T"RE.sNE 1688 I::hat. o·ne is 1 eo t:Q a sceLbe a.n .:=ts·tro':'ogica.':" mcamnq 1:::0

the sigi,l,.

palaeographi~ S EU;:lY" t.D d:~ l::E"!t'~d J"Je t_hp. pa.r7j. cu Lar epp l i.ce t ion, aIld onLy d q~ne.ral hin·t (J,'" lJ1ea~,iJlg ;i. a, po s s i.b'l.o , \d th t.ha res!,.): tth.:;;.'t it. o;ilQuld be

qui. t e :::atuous. 'to include "lhe .,<;;iyi 1 Ln ~~ cUc:t:1Ql1ary 0 f tbi s kind.

t:.h~,s J' it IT.Itl:!H: be adm i t:ted t,h,J,L c'F.!:t::t.a;J 1..1. ~iqi 1.8 ...... ,l'I:J~ dist.i net;i ve names ha'\le

XQ unknown, and tli@ir app.li{;.EL t,i ~m wi "t.hin an occul, t. context uncLar i fiecL

to avoid recording nlere aoo ·ev'LJ.'tiorl51 on t.he p:r.: Lnc.Ip.l e that th.is is

Sll.,pposed Lu be <J dictionary of siqi_5. Naturally.f this (10,t'.!s U:J'~ ~rJE'!a~l.

J5

DIeT IONA.RY OF (lC'CUL:t § HEMET zc ss» A.LC F)''EMrC IlL 5I GI LE

that: 1. hav,e- exc l ud ed dIOse abbr~vi at" ona whio:;h ,;,ll:'!;: clearly intended 1:0:.:: rank a:g si gi 11.<): (a.s :[ or ex amp 118 t~) ~ G~ eek 5 ig i 1 'Sf j u st merrt.Loned r , and thoSE:! ,=-;igils wh Lch are cle!;l;.rly de:ri ved ,from abor ev lJ.t,io:n~ r as for ~xarnpl 0

of C'G!- -tE3!Ji n fO)cm,g which in.ist:orians might .rega.rd as si gi Ls J and ,the

Lnc Lus.i.o ri of others wl'L' ch ut:h!IP_:t::' historians Eni9ht: re~;rard a s bein~r merely

abhreviat"_iollS ~ 1·'or eJ[ampie j f:j::'OrTL the Gr·eek co.l Lece.Lon ecc:yt'Oof!"d in

BERTHELOT 18aS· I btJ.v·e included. botl1. M. arid 1 "",hich in my oQirtiOIL are sigils ( even '~ough dG!ri v(]d .:[l:-C.>:m the th~ Greek t.e rms f-1~···r!~.:r'·;;' and ~-6fi_ ~j'r1 ~ .• SuCh e:Mclll.sions and. inc u.sions 'h8 ....... e hoQi2!~ .Qlete.'r:'miued u Lt.Lma t'i!:!ly by. my own ,PG:Isonal Qpiniqns~

It:. ·g·Oo:"!5 wi:t:hout say:L:ng tbrd.:;. I ~,avof:! no+ thaugh·t-_ i 1: n.e~~~~sa;ry. to . nsor t. .sigil.~ which have been pJt.€!servet"l i~ .... err'one-otis ~~}.t: .. rr;. _ It is uniortunatel2" no ra.r;€· thin-g for sigi.ls r and indeed t .. ~hclG! batches Q'" $igi Ls 1 co be

p r int:.ed 1Il r·ev·~r se- from copp et'p 1 a't.e ,. 0 r to .b IE" g j "olen UVB i d e- down. by

Por ~xa:mplc, ·the £e<:nnd lin!£> of Di': .... a ne Let:.1:er:1::i it)

L:lllliiiar .

BA_RRETT 1801, ani nde f a t.i g a:b _ i£! and ex: t.:reHH:;! ly car el c S:9

. figures u!?~ide.-dow;u r. and Lnev I t-'Jhly these: have b-een t:'!?-cordG;d by cer:tiJiin lat-e;t;· dubious. I histor.i;:3,ns. I i who ho3.';;o8 ·Y:!e,,...er .tJ.Q,[A_hert:'!:::1 to examine p:rilLL~l sOUr¢E':!S r Dr arc unawar-e of thf:! graph Lc t.heory ll.l.lderlying t!H~ const ruc t.a on

.of such 5igi15~

r have wade one- or t.T,ffO ilrl'portant -anCi necessary except.ioTJ.:S to this geneIri;ill :t:'u Le , FQr cxam.p e [ ]; h.avE:::! r ccor dod t:he mi s t.ako s made by AEYDON 1 to 64 cone ern1;ng c ertai n 0·£ H1e g eom ant! c s pi r 1. t; s i gil So f whic h he cop i.ad , ... :rrOtlg 11' 'fL'(mL ,A,GF.tIPP A. 1 5 ].1 { 5 e e fo.r ex amp 1 e A!'<:ll'H X 1: E.L 0 ".::: SORl'~ TH) I tJ,nd in tu·t:'!.l I h,a\.~e :!::.'!£!corded the rnis ,-.ake o.f ~~:GHIPP.A. 15.31 i tL regard t-(} HIRCQS ..

Such inc 1 U5 Lo ns /) aql a . ;ns t. tI1.e. 9 ene l';" <;:l ; ru 1 ~ ~ wer-o :t' eq IJl i red. be! C a U312: th e s e

f.cl,rL'I':'S as a l:QsuJ t of "the i ndus czy ana i'~'nQ~aIlcf:: of Le t.er ci~;pyi.l:::i'ts ..

The fe'''" a.r::"pendicr.2s ccmmenc i.nq 6L t page 3l~ have beGn Lnc Lud ed in crde:c 'to pz eaent; th-e ·general re..a.d~_ wi't.h a synoptical ·..,.rie'"oj elf t~e dev@lopment

36

I NTf{ODUCT IOlYl'

of t:l'l~ mo_e fr~qtl.ently used S ' gil~. ESl?ecia,~ly in tQre-s'ting i ~ tnG.'

J.~v~ loOp-me nt, 0 f the a. stxo log i ca 1 s 19,i 1 S, fo;t;" the: aod i fLC iJ, lsi gns SLru3

pl il ne '(;.8 J: ':o,Tl1 L c:h rna Y .oe, :3 toad i ad f .'r'(]~1] t.he s el ect tC}riI give r: from four

m-:=.ciiaeva.l nanusc r Lpes in ccmpar t son 'ft,.Ti th t.he fmodern I :EOTIIlS _],reserved by AGRlPP.P, 1531 f. and 9i 'If'en ism appa~Ei!ntly ,i::tccid~,r:!'I~a.]_ 'mprima'tu:r hy "t.b'e

printinq pr~s~ ..

be made bGlb"'eE!n 'the.. alche-mical s' gils t.akan frOlJl rflORLI.DClli 1651 'With th€! n~Q-li:lchemica,l £O~rlg pr-ese:n.ted by E:E:R,GM.A.NN 1795.

Occultism being what Ie is = a p~rsonalr If Dot to say lLe~etic&l, appr oach "(",,0 life - I nave tak,~n for 91('~imted that, t.lle reader '.·:i1L

bee it her s p@ c ia I! s't e.nough j' or i f'j I:e res t.e d e iI1 ough ; to me .. ~c 't.h1.::: d i ct. iOT1.il.l:''Y hi 8 or .. rn by ex t enu ing :L t ~ 'l'QT"yar ds th is end 1 a numbe r of h. ank 5l1@eo:i::.S h~ ve

b~.E:i!rL bound inlGo the tIZ:M't." nfter the INDEX OF' SZGILS" at page 4J(). I hope

t.hat; 't.he personal effort:!; of 'the r.eader will be such, as to remedy the

omis,sio-ns a.na. defec'ts cwh icfi t.he book doubt Le s s pl":O;tru go. t.ea .

menne.r in 'dhich this text: 'Was const.r!.lc'ted bas det.ezmaneo that. JIListakeS

shcu Ld occur E ,[For technical reaS:,Ol1S I was: t.";!ii!quired to t.ype out

th e tex t per aona 11.y a 'Dcl t}~ en ins ez t by hand 'ttl i::! S 19 i 1 s whj C J"J I had Gol.Lec:t.eo ~' it. is inevit.abl,e thEL t in such Labo.r i.oua urr anacr :Lb ing of formg - i l'l s OI1';rt::!, cas E;'!:!!:i .r t.hz ee Gr' four 'I:. 1m€! S. r.' be t.w €len UJGI nu S c.r ip't or oo Q k, and

the f i ~al e n:try Tn i 1:h. n tb' 5 tex t - c-r ror s ShOi_) 1 C], h~ v'e C:J:"e pt. in. 'I'l":. E:;

tr ia"].$ and teo i urn o:E th G i [Llj,i::!X sy s't'8J't! - wh.i ch in it: s vif:!ry E*:';' t.en t mak es this. Dictionary unique - must al so have ] ed t.o uil10bservej errors 1;.;rrd.,d~ '...riJ.l be far from unabser\;'_bl e t.o t.hoae 'who use the 'te ... t :frequently~

_ f I ma.¥ exoua e such Q,rY or s in adv anc e j' and per hapa diE:! f Le t.'i:"". the dar t [;j Q f criticisml let me say that all the defic1eneie~ are due merely ~o lack of soho Laz eh.Lp , and in no ,.;ray arise frmrl lack of love for 'th~ S-lJbj !p.ct.

If t..h·::;. t.ru t.h Ls held i;rl. tndnd I t.hen my Lnt.ont.Lcns .-ri11 he mi5i,n~erprof!t'E!d only by what C:rol1iuSi termed l the !;.;r:J::.'oug· k i.nd of people j' ~ fror.J. ';.;hf'.)[lt t.he anc Lerrr s in any caSE;!: sc,..;.,ght "(;,<0 hide tJ1t1! ·t,ruE:'.! mean ;-.gs cf their siqils. r

A more impo~ tanto t. z ut; h i::i

chapter (lil1 ~ Symboli~rn and Ideo(j '<;Lpbs I ~

37

l'!.ES-ACI

.-P.lc.

GEOFFROY '1718 V

DI!JEROT 176J.

l'!.ES'l'AACT

Slg'l O:;('\o""eill by ~ONE.R 723 0 with 0 as alternative r

indicating chaos co.nfu·sum~. the f 1][;":::. 1-. crf ·tb,!£:: t.en lilfllks in the sc--ce.l.Led

G'old~..!1 Chain (. presumed to bG . nk@:d wi th ·the 'th:r'~Q @lements !;-ri thin

Bl:.lellm~ ~:s first lJivilt',E! outpouring (~o2!C:: GRAY 191) 2) ~

110M8R 1757 b LA/tl 17,'2 @

See a.l so CHAOS.r and HOLY' DEITY.

S~E:'!= VINEGAR

Ast.:.

~ledic.eval sig L'l s Po

sc~.'e ... ime.s

ca.Ll ed Ar.is.ta or. sp.i C~, sdven by Hl!:FMETIS 13C 1, (p

192.2 .P1~~f.'

and EVANS

'n a form aaopted F.lS a variant fOj( the mode.rn ~1gil

.L~C.lD Ale. LUi!.:VY .1928 L\

DIDEROT J,763 g .i vcs ·th~ siS!'" 1 rGi.

fo~ 'marine acid! r whic~ is

.. p.r:o:.:.:bO:lbly d0~iv<G!d fr:-c::cti that given by GEOFFROY 1718 for ' .c Ld of 8.ea

salt· ;

GEOFF ROY 1 718 9 i"!J' e 5 the s ig i 1 f~''---+

-OF acidic.

SCHEFFERS 1775 ghres t.he sigil +8

fer A.c.i.6um Salis;

'+72

for

39

DIeT IOr1AR Y OF OCCV LT I' JlERM BT u: l1ND ALC 112M text. SI'G.TLS

Acidurn :for.micarurn

8J.'.id t.he .s ig i 1 b .for AC i a 11.m a 12.l"i9 um (b 11 t S @'i2: CARBON or Ox I. DE ) •

Th·e s.ig-il fd;r;- r=l~.v·~d9i-er l:.'ii !iciae Ni treux Ls :recorde.d by CROSLAND 1962 9+-

.5 ..-.._. I:;;' 1 J\.c" I- D(J ", . d A. QlJ A'· '''''''''R- T I <::_,

c::<:: a :go ~- .. " ',' co an, _.~. E- 'OJ, .0.

ACltluS

the. Spi:r i·t or t.he Nor 1 a fAn i.rna MU12d.i)' j'; <!> itll€ ·l:hi.rd of' ·the: t~ n

1 i nks i n t.~.e 500- ca 11<Gl d GDl de n C }'i:rl .in, p~e~';ilt::![m"",b l~{ 1 i IJl.e d wi th the three e llElme n t_$ w i-t.hht B cehme I 8 f i:t is t Di vine: Ou tpour i ng ( see GRAY 19 52:} ..

ACIEL

SCHEIBL.E 1848 gives two gtmp.le vari.ant~ (aJ:nonq sG!v@.ra1

complex $1911$) f'or 'this demon:...ff ~

_~CQU.I S :rrr-ro

Oec.

See AQUISlTlO

to reprE:seil'1lt 'the ~ctiV'el

dynamic prin(~iple.' ~

C'IR-LOT 196.2 gives 1:.11e ~igil

for !active intellect'.

,A.DAMltS'

£:: 'tonE! 8 ,r t.o be. l n t.!;!rpre t.e. d as d i amond or- adamant.i ne 'c:7

.Almost

c e::L t.ai.nl y i'l.:. is t. he qua 1 i t; Y 0 f r harOil. e ~':£ 'I' 'Which t.s in t.€: nded . ONOMAs.T lCUM 1574 C

,ADAr--rrc;: S'CR I PT

Gcc.

One of t h €:i num €Y-QU S SECRE.T SCRIP'l'8 d.!8!Y L ved f rOl'tl, the

!B8!Dra,ic 'l:.:radi.t:icJ1 of ~~lphribet5 (see I-lERRAIC SCRIPT) ?! but a·Clap-too for

the :R:oma.n a Lphab i2! t .,

L8 7 0 r .,.1 i t:.h 'Va.r La n t chao r. ac: t.e r:5 by 'R IVIERE 19 3 8; ~

b . c (.1. ,~~

[ e i

g

I ~ I~ I~ I~ I 't!

h i ['[ j !' k ] 111 n

> r

o

p'

4Q

q

r

:) I ,-., 1VT rr:=;-T

~.i w ;~ bZ' CJ

~. ' ~ f)

t

II

s

This script '!:i "al~!Jg';5t identical wit.h t.he Raphaelie gcript. ..

ADAT:IEL M:ag,. Two of t.b:~ lOOl,"e simple 8.igil forms for t.h' s cleitlon a.re

recorded by S·CHEtBU!: 1848: ~ c..:Z?

l\DNACHIEL

JZ X

M~(Ua..evBJl var.Iarrt s or t.he • nngoel' of Sagittarius ~

p/t;J.g a,

See SF IRI'T' OF ~.G ITTAR I.'U S.

'Verdig:t; '$ I' £ipE':!ci.f'ical1y fro.m copper" is given the four

cer t.a 'niy a confusion w _. th tradi t.ioj·~a.l sigill ic forms for A.I.H ~

AES Se e BRASS, C()PP<ER and CRUDE METAL

AEST.AS Se e SUMN.ER

.Alc~

such ~.:5 Burned ~. Jt.t~s,. Bu.rn~d COPPS'I.· o5r ONOMA;STIC1JM l5-74.-f: 3r---

C'ROLLIUS 16 2 ~ ~ ~,

ALCHBM rcsr, 16 7.1 -¥~

l"'ftESWE 1 If H8 ,:::Q r:;....,."..

SIGNA 17c ~ V

SOMMER!::SOFF 1 701 ~ f1''''' u~ erE. D !DEEO'li' 7 63 ~

=cs=

GESSMANN 1906 @ st _;; .rx: -i-E ~

Cl\ROONELL'I 925. f

sc F.lNEl]);ER 1962 % ~'!J

,R.ES v IR I DE

CROLLIUS 1670

V.AI...ENT INE 1671

A -JC~E[!.nCA.L 17C ~ ~;

I~i;JEDY '191B ~

S€'e ;;.:I,lao cnocus Mt!.RTIS.

,t;.lediaeva.l ::; 19 i I for the 808m' -Plt' e c iou s s 'tone J ecmet; i[tes

DIeT I QNARY OF ,OCCULT I' HE'R}fST ic ./j.ND A LCHE.NICAL S 1 ct LS

the Spik'it: ZAZEL). t hut the sig:i 1 give.n upde::t:' th1.s n8t'f.1>e by HiEYOO~ M~,64 i.8 intended t.c re.pr€!;~i@n1[; th.e leittE;i!r A itL t::h.Q ~ee:t'e't r Alpt..;:;..bet of'

'*'

'!'II' ~'] ... , 1 ., , , -.:'1":

Bnge ~. ann I..!'en 1, :. ~

See, TEJ,AS

fl.,le.

SQ[!,R-lEREiOJ;i'F 17Ql e 9-

LUBDY 1928 6) 9

AlB

Ale.

Th,@ rna s '1:. c:OtrJ1JlOl1 :!-::l i g'i 1 f 01:." t:h i s 'I s eCGJ1!d :el et))e nt. I t:5 1::.

in the eact~ric tradition, ~ir iSi as

be foz'e the dG SG"t:;:.n:t of Luc i f ~T ~ ~ the occ [11 t Air.

.A, mooern .sigril i~

qiV'E':B by DE VORE 19471 within an astrolQgicfti.l corrt ext; ~ wh.ilt:it. a

~ cabtali.st:.1~' £o.:t"'"m is r'ec'ord,o:::L~.' b,';' .:;'!.,!:]~rJt:'f.-;r, _{":; 71..- ~ ~,~ Th

..... L.-~ _[..:;; I'-I.L:.!: J:l.L:ll!\.L..' :J - f e,rQ, ar@ ,,""ery

many ~rledi..;I,eval vax ian1:s r. of .... ;hic:h th,!'"::! fol.16-wing e.re t.he moOst :::OiU[r:!On:

ALCUEI'lY 1650 ¥ ~ TA~LE 1. G 76 X FFJES,NE 1688 b S~ELmN lIe JR.

KIRCHm 1655' csora.r US 1670

T 1 J T T

~,

RU *:70

So.[>'U-tERIlOF'F 1 701 A ~ ~ ~ *" ~' :S:' ,QIDEHOT" 1163 e +

"'\. ,4 ~ :5: EB

GBHE I'M;E 1 7 fJ 5 & SCHt:\I:r:.;lDER 1962 11

GE S EMJ!..NN 19 06 ~ \~IILTER 1970 N

A IP lIf!.ND .Fa 1 '. oS ig i 1 or ig ina. 'ted to oS ezve mod ez n ch i "'-.091 IlOltijl , Ln !.eIld eO to

dencd;:.e '!!:.b e mal e Air ha nd f ozm ; 9' i ven in GETTINGS 19 (; S ~ d

The ferna,le Air hand fC:!;"'tl~ i~ :r:ef.lr~s~nt:.,aa by 't:,h@! gi,gil; ~

l!. LR TR I'PL'IC I'I'Y 11.1 G ,.

i'!,lhi.lst:. Ln pr ac i:ica,l t.erms any of the $::igilG; i;r; the

42.

~GI-A..LB

l\,ir t.r' p L ici ty (Gemin.i f Libra & ,;R1i'".j'~ i as ) r A.GRIPPA 1510 g Lve s ,~ cQ.rr:Jpos.i t.e .sig il G,.ari V€Q fro["'~1 the 8 igill Lc forms most f:t:"equently used :or the!:i~ zodiacal signs: ~

See AKA.SaYl'.J.

,AKASHYP._

GcC'.

t.b!:£! or i on tal equ~. va 1 E&!TI t of t'h e lEur ope,~,l1, i nv i g i!o 1 €: • f if th leI emp-n, t , 't.h e

QllINTESSENCE (see BLAVATSKY 1(88):: 0

The sig'l is descr.ibed as

r a t,ra;n.o;;:pGt.rcnt w.hi t:e c iral. e wi tll Gots ~ I' the la't ter rep~'~5en'ti!f'Jl chhidra ~

ho La s or sp ac e s in s'LID.s .... ance , l1. ~i9il is given by' AVALON 1919 CD

and is &s5Dcia,tea ¥ii th 'tile P'i sUddha or tf1r{)at chakz-a .

.PER S.ONAL 19 80

See ETBERIC and QU I ~~rES SENe!::

,ttl. c - S ig i 1 .g i VeIl i ~1 OOOM1!..S'rICUi-l 15'74 ,r th e 3 ub So carte e be i:n,g

MA CORVI

i.'i\st: , M,edia>P-'l1al sig'i1 for the dcub l, e st.QjJ: ,del't::a. coxv i SOtll~'-

. , 11 - -, t. 'i II"..... L 1 r: tlmes ca ed f~gora~1' g1venn HER~ET, S ~~ ~~

A v ariant 0. ...

th 'is .sigil , .. 'a5 g'iven Dj-" AG:RIP'PA 1510 an:j pz i nt.od in .AGIUPPA lS31.r \11'1 th

fi 1 i gh.t v ar i a i[ ions ina f 0 rm whi. ch s 'nC'lw !l::' eg .;;.,rded ,g,,:::. standard in European occultiBm~ ~

~I ;:JI

J!..LAYOCfi ,Ast .. Mi2!di a eva 1 s i gil for tlt e fix ed s. 'ita t" a 1 pl'l.5: A.UT i ga e ~ sometimes;; ca led HIRCUS, A.~.§I:lt·lJe--3, anCi CAP EtI.A. ... giv~i1 by ,HERP1E. IS 13C X

Sigils for I whi te:n~55' or 'I p~, ene ss ~ 'j sOrl:e'l:::,i:rr'l~£ a l.so USif!!d

for l~hitQ of egg'. ALCHENICAL 1 7(:. ~ SeE:! a 15c A~BU¥1EN

BIGNA lie ~~

ni«,

Genera Iy this eigil was restrict~d to 'white of egq! O~

I gl","Lrl _

4'71

~,

;FRf!..}!CKL tN" 162-; 01) ~'HEt.TON 1 7C ~

SON:NERHOFF 1701 "7J oy '@ ~

P,._LCHENY l650 &

O P cA ~ ~

GESSw\NN J 906 ~' :?

ALBUS

a nul t,ib...:;dE! of var Lanr s (dots J' st.ars. f oz a I devices. e:tc.- ~) is used ifil

.i !I' If .Ioj ..

Iii !Ii

Albus is 1 inked by i!1"GR DP.~ J 531

Cancer .

The fo 11 'ON i r~g 5 ig il s ar ~ d,8:r i vad :: rom 1 a t.e-raec i;3, ev"al s;ou,rc e S ..

.?!j,nd a.r~ som.fl_times usad 'to denote the planet f.-:1ERCURY r ;3;.8 for €!xampllE: in T? I THE~iJIUS 150 3 ~

J.\GR r Pl?A 15]: JXI s;;t ~ '5l X HE'lDUN :·6.64 '9

AI.,.(".AL I

fiLCAL Ito S

occ ~ s'ig.il given :by HOMER 1713 a s 'cor_por.aal alkali' of

the e t.exne L becoming of God 1- thE:: fol..lL th in the ten link~ 0 the

ac+c a.Ll ed Go.ld.:eo,:r.l Cl1ail:l,r assQciated with ..... be ~eco;rl£l (famale, cr'Q-ativc:~ ex_pansive) of Bc ehme I':;,;; D 'V l.ne Oll'tpOlJ,r i:r.19§: (se~ GM.Y 195.2).: 9,

ALe HE.r..ll :::;~.l' SCR I P'l'

Gae.

t 1 ar g e numb ex e,::,f a ppar ert 1:1 y unr-a lat €d secret

<::.nr:.:l alch,,=:!mica.l i!e.x'ts r_:r_e ge-nr2ral idea being' that !;i:iiy Ll.s normally llS@O 'to :5hBllote sub st<ances ~,r p:l;;"ocesse£ ar'Ei! bub::;'!.:.1 tlJ(te,Q for r.he letters of

VIGUERE 1586 records a fairly typ.LcG!.l e;x<-lpf'le ~ whic~".!

ts given ner e , along ,,,'ith a. numbe [,,)£ \larian,t.s to i't from .5ELE ms 1624 =

b d r 11 k ']
a c e - g i J 1']1 H
0 'ei e C, J tP Oi 2 <J b Q E :1
. ' I
,-l\ U n * x X L, X * C:J IW
,
() '() II r s l u v w x V 'l
,
.{ 44,

ALB-.ALi)

h (I f h , " .k 1
- a c e g 1 J III n
I .1
~ G (p ~ I e
. ,
I l{1
III U n *- ~ Yl) /1
.
.
0 I) q r s t U. V \V X Y z
.
'I'he t: (:I tIt]'!,.,' i ng three, rfLl":" pr e 8 e rV'erJ by SO[·r._,," E ':'f,OFF 1701 t:JJ];""€. again fairly t:ypical af' t'hese acr Lpt.s j c omb h!li.ng ~5t.l:::·ological a.nd. alchern.i.cal .s ig LLs "" pparently \>,'ithQut a"'Tr;l r~al f'ee l in-g for imeani:nq I or secret syrp.boli51Il::

e f

.

1

.

J

HI. II

"'\ o-:

o I) a b

q r
c - d e ~' a m

r() IJ q r
a 1) c <I s l
.
e I r
L t--t
)
?i .
s 1 11; II W, j

S· ,~ "!T ~ - ~

/\ Lr C. .=J C

, '

iFe'~jJ__

x v z
J - k ~ 111 n
21 V' .JL D
Y'Yl\ '* ~
~.
I
X Y Z
- - _..
.. .

1

/" ... "" J7': ~ o ~~ =, -v r"

f ~ h

\'J.'J vv

o p q

no ~ y
,
l u \' w r

See alsu SECR~T SCRIPTS.

k 1.

z.

m ]I

3 ICj,

.::..1:..', .......

1L u' ...

,~ 'flJ

.... 'U .

, , I

ALCOROL !lie. .A. s.igil is '::li'Je:) by KOCH 1930, though ~lithout a st,llt:.ed

::-;.0 lH'C e : ~-~ SC HKE I.l..i.ER 19 (;]. g i VQ'8 the s. 19 il s ~ ~ far

Gpir· tlJS r.--i12i reotii ~-ic'a tissimus, DU·t see SPIEI'l' OF Wi'INE.

ALDEBARAN 11S't •

45

HERME'.l'IS 13c Q' i'iJ€!S t.he sig 11 for a·lp.ha :l:lauri:. X

D I C'I' SONAR Y.' OF OCCUr/I',. Ii ER[~E TIC AND ALCii E"I,jI CAL S IG I LS

ALEiifBIC

Ale.

pITy sic a 1 'b od~' i iT', Tnr, i eh the Gr e a;:. vic rk ,of t.ran amu t; a tion t. ake s :; lac e ;

in. exct.e r.i c alchemy 1 t1:':e term. If€; fers t.o che vesae l. use d :for the process

O~ di~~illaticn.

fol:owing m~diaeval 519115:

ALCHEMY i.eso -3

~CGNA 17;;:; .~. . A L1~

L:J;... ,~ £=1. 0

GESSMANN 1906 {7 ~~

H

'o;lALEtYf'I:tfE 1 iJ 71 XX £i ,4- '3 X'I. o)r("

SOMt-lE3:~OFF I 701 7\X, ~--t 1],"'-~

SCHNF.'! DIr.R 1962 ~,

Al,EPH

me!. 'ny Ole r i v· a t; i 1I~.s have been c:~,;mpour~ded rilj i L:-l in t.he t r ad i t Lon 0 (' s EC?,ET SC:iUPT,C:: ,r a:no:-;-ngst 'N:hich a. s aLcc t i or, from BARTOI .. DZ::r.'I 16,{ S n:a.y be regarded

.:ii, s t:.l: e mos t '....r ~ 11 k n,qw T"J~, ~ ~ ~. "\,..t;7~ ~ 1 ~~, Se e FJ'\,,!!'!8ve r

m-~<F~ ~~~~

HEBfillIC s{:':RIP'l'.,

wi 1::,11 .2 od i ac a 1 :I'a,:u rt1S 1 'C'h e const,Elll Co t; i Or lOr: .on I' and, 1,00 i t.h t.h e Mer cuxy 0 f the: Alch02mi s t s ~ He t~t::"aces. ;=~ graphic e't:ymology w i th 'l:.h1i:! fOl::."tfl's wiJi(;b demon~tr.;;.te a. 'vestigial bull 'I is he.adl Pl~ that 0-:' an .ox; t '~ k K

AL:rALf

Alo~

ONO~-1AS'I·I C (J~ 15 i 4· 4- r

SC~NEIDER 1962 ~, 8 \C, ·u

a 1 $0 SAId ALKJo.L J

1:.LKANE'I' Ala . Sig~-l ~ rec:ord-ecl from GireG!K, lrH1tlUS(':,ript, by BER:T'HELOT 1 E!85 ,

fur Idyerl s bugloss 1: / I The sane sour-ce gives a :related sigil for Laod:tcL;m IJ1,koi:'lnet; I

See HOLY. Di!:I'rY'

b2sed on t::he f Lrs c Let t er o f the Greek alph.aJ:Jet ~ 9'eneral1y inten:}:2d t,n convey the idea of ~ cre,a_ ~,iv€! r::.eginning 1 ana, frequif!nLly 'IJ~.:d conjointly 'rid i th ONEGA I 1 i:l"te end of all thi r~g s I:;: ;J) ;Z\ M

~any .relat.cd 8,igils have bee~ a6!o.~,ted, EOr chl::.' ir:;,tia'['~ use ~ r~'it.h "2!'i(.aphic

46

ALE-f!..Lli

'l.ESTI~

1962 :t:"€,:;::nrds a se.r i~:,; of sigils fl:::'cm such e.:lrl~l Chris. z Lar; sou.rce s , ~ 1':"

e,f )r1}.I.i(~h are .re=laI:.QCl to thQ lS!lpba. ,f-,/\ ~I .~ h. .::; series T .. ;rld ch

cui =n ina t.e s in t, be! form 0 f ·thG:- t z ip 1 of: 6J l -. p nEt." synib 0.1 i (_' 0:: t.h~ ~ji) l-y Trinity: .0. &-1

Be e a 1 so [i.1QRT, .;;'L ~DAr.~

See SECRET XRIP'rS

J1.st-

EV,A.:N S 19 22 unde the {IE: :t;"~{Jn,f:!OUS }. naL'I~~ tssc i a C'Qrona 5C(Ji'.pi ani :3 : ;;.;~) .. ~rr From such 501J-'t'c~s AGRI.PPA 15·31 di:!Y i v.ed big sig il w'hich has G::nt:,e:r~a

the Europ€a~~ cccu l t st r eam r >0

~\~.~

AL'I'}1~W.Cjj i!.s:t ' ~:;ecl L"LE:Nal 50' sr1.1 for the f txed ~:;t.ar alphf~ sooci s I'

50lIile·time:5 Gall cd AI.,I·(.:' t u.r LIS' and Al c!':!a me t h ... given by HER[J.lE'l' I 5 13c; ~~~

~ .

tV ~NS 1 g 2 2 :r eo:; erds of.! m~d i aev~ 1 v er s iC:if .:: ,,,.__l ~1

~_...... v

FruIft such souz ce s .AGR.I?Pl-, 153 L der i VE:'!d his s. ig 11 ..... ,hich has ente.r:(1d

r hc g,':!rC-,pean occu l t :::l1;::.;r-e.am i '9. I

;:;!=-----J~

jUc,.

An enormous :"umbof!r of s1..q il s f(~'- U:is n;i ;~~ra:" 531 t has

~~diaev~l ~an~scripL by CARBO~ELLI ~925 are th~

(?CJc!C'$

the ~lchem~Gal trad1tion; r;..jORLIDGE 165' n t~ JY

.ALel] El-J Ic.AL 1 7 C.

l\LCHEJolY 16 50 L_a

CROLL I II s

CROLLlLTS 161:'"

'i,?..8.Ll!:NTINE 167::

SIGNA lIe

c Q ® -: ~_JQ

~

"I::L: --

r..J~.

DIDE?O:- 1763

,C7

{b

L...i- .

,~

,-- • .,1

()

:fJIC'X.IONARY 01' OCCU t. T .. liER4'fET rc AND ALe Ii El1.fICAL 51-GI zs

LUEpy 1928

SCRNE r O:e:R 1962 rA._) Jl.; ''1... r ~

v J -'--~

S G!e a 1 so A.LIJ.fi.1B.N P.I.;UMEUM, CAI.c. INA TED ALUM and P MAS H

ALU.fi.1EN CMClNA.'l'Ul\t

See Cl!LC lAA'I'ED ALUM and PQT~ Sli

ALu~mN PLUMlEUf;1

Alc~

SCHNEIDER

96.2

SOl-ll-l"F.RHO~F 170 1 0

Al.c~

fmrr sigils recorded .by SBELTON 17e a.<i.CI... $ ,SIGMA 17C ~ a.i!'ll(l

Dr DRRQT 176.3 -

"1'h;;2 f ollaw J [~g ~d g' ' 1 B. are mediaeval variants:;;

ALC'AYMIA 1563 .tJ~ A.LC:'l~Et-!:I CAJ.j 1 7 C ~ d

So..~~RHOFF 1701 ~ ¥' ~ r. ® (;ESSMANN 1906 ~ A ;Z!.

V}.LENTINE 1671 [J,.tl.,.D.. ~ f E SIGNA 17C .A

DIDEROT 1763 ..

9C SHE ID:Ef:. 1.962; '~ ~=

Ale.

ADCHEMY 1650 gives twa si'9'ils 22' dB

bu t see 'ltJHITE AMBER.

and YELWW AMiBER.,

AMBRIEL

l.fag r.

The mo ~'E ce:1tl;rJn·,n m ed.iaeva 1 cha r act.e r s for the 'ang e]' of

Gemini ar~ g.i v~n by :BRAHE 1582: if rs--2

H:£;.n ..... ever s the name is 'Us ed. .;11 so for on e. 0 f the gG!oman tic spi:r i C_ H for ·'tihich AG!RIPPA 1531 gives t:he ~iqil Q~' ~nd HEYDON 1664; ~ TRITHEif.1lI us 1503 9 1 'tIe:5 r.;I. v~r ian t.: .. I'

R:el.

likely that t.he cross \.,;;hich is so ~::Qn'I:nor~ly 'found on magical invocEL1:.iotl5 and large- s C~, 1 e s ig i 1 s 'yja 8. in te:n ded to Q Vf::!k.€ t:. h.e P01;o,'!B r of A;r.'li9n: ~

~MeT.BYST MliIg'i SIGN'~ ~ 7C gives the siyil -c{?

AMISSI'O GOQ. Sig_;;_l .fOl:' .one of the six teen. gE;!omantic fig'ul[e.sj for whi::-h

a mjJl.]~ ti ~ude of varian t.a t;;!:tars l" do't::.1' floral device~ t- e'tc .. } is tj,!;i.ed .in

4B

•

~ ~

the same four~.C"old arrangement: • .' ~

153.1 wi t..h the element: Q,t: Fit';a j' 'the planet Venus a. d tl1.e zodiacal sigin

Libra~

and are some.ti:IJ1E!-S used to denot.a 't.h@ pf.anet; Venus , a.s f{""JL' example .iri

TRITBEMIlJS 1503.

AGRIPJ?A, l.5,:n 1!1 GJ X 1S Z ~

A~-rMONIA

sigi' is :r.'ecc,rded by GESS[o.l&'r..m' J 906: S1+E"

c

Tto."O com !JQ:tl S i g i 1.8 are a.1 so

used , tho. ugh the s ~ ure: so 00 Lqui, tau s ~ .and ~l re. i nt.ended to CQv,8:r so

many crt.h@J;' dc non at.Lon.s and c:onrlr~ta,t,icms I" t:nat, t.hey refide~ T~IC1St texts

ob s cuz e ,

PORT1\, .1::)93 give s the t::r: ~ angle 6 fQ;['" exa,:mple. Wll il s t th e-

§tar is also qu' te COELIIDOn,,. ~9 for Qxample :r;.'cec{:Lde,a. by CARBONi!i!ULI. 1925 for SAL A [1r·lON rAC: -*

1!t.[,tl:..JIX_EL MiJg',. supposed 'by ru:;YOON 1664 t o be a geomant,1 C sp i r it. f for

which he gi VE:::!;5 t.'he 81g11 W but '!.::his is wrong-ly copied fr01'lI 'the

B.e.b reYi of AGRI~PA 15 31 ~ 'wI LO g i sre s t·he. s i~ i 1 ciJ l.OETITIA ana 'Of ~odiac:al PisGe:s~

Alc.

M€ a i aev al 6 i gil rl2 corded by' GE:S Sf<tA.NN 190G

'I'h;; lr..Ost common med.1,aeval s' gil £Dr tile angel of Venus i2

gi"i[~r~ by TRlTHENl.US 150J'~ ,~~ Lb,ough .Ln theor.y any of the. o:;nnr.lr)on si g-i l;s fo.:(" "i.I'ENUS may be '1jJ Si8d I as f or eX~]l!,pl e Ln ::.nU:::PHERO 19 7l. ,.

BAARETT 1801 eo~,fus.l8!s t h i.s :s.ig· 1 'wi t.h that for the Ar chanqe l

MIClIAEL:

SCHEIBLE 1848- g,bJe,~ several at,her ,,;.raria:rri=.s~,

including; E.--tt--

See SPHERE OF VENUS

Occ ~.

~ Gr aek ~ i gil i e.. rtZl corded by BERTBEltJT 1885: J

'W~1,il.st

a C otrnncm mGldi a'eVi3, 1 51 Qi i 1 (an abb::eE: via ti on p i.n fact lis given by

CHASSHNT 1.8.84 :for al'Jge 15 = a.~ KI.RCHER 1655 gi ve s the form

-=*-.E.... . ~;'''''''''

49·

DICTIONJ.JRY OF OCCULT, EB .. FtME:T rc AND Ar....cl1E~'-'1I.Cl1L SIGILS

whils~ OLIVER 1B26 glv~s th~ siqil

Ii ( 'i:

a s ,r an enc.i IB'n t Egy P ti an

SVCHEf,; 197 5 appear s 1: 0 1 ,in}: t: hie $.i:; i 1 for

LEO wi t:.l~ t.h@ sphcxc of t.he Angels I' .. rh Lch is traditionally t.he SPHERE OF THE MOON ~ on:

ANGEL,I C SCR IPT

See CELE ST IAL SC.R.I P'l'

,A mocl~rn sigil for this a::.t,rclo9'i Gal concept i is given hy

ANIMA

AN I,M-~L:t A

ace.

Sigil giv@'r, by HO[;f..E:r:. 1 72J as thG\ :sixth of the 'ten Li.nks

in the so~cnlled Golden Chain: E9

In '!:".he 'l'heo::,;ophic: tra.di tion (,see

BOE~I~E 1 '7.J G) t.1".<0 t ~:ct'l'.i a n i,f.!~ 1 i a do~!:'; not, i fr.!? 1 Y bxu t i S'l1 • as d c-r i vee from

I an.i.na.l, ! I :n u t r a <:'l1,er 50 u.l-en.f i 11 ~ d ~ a 5. f rQJ:I the, L?. tin ,:),r.ti iT!.&! ~ in 1 a ~.:.~ Y-"

~he Dsap hy t h,e l:. ErIn 'II,' 01.\ Ld :re ff:!r r.o 2L be' 1 ng po S $.;2 §i so:! a Df an a. s t.r a 1 ;:; oay .

CIt

-

.

AKI ¥.lA.,,:['E WORLD

Dec.

S,iq j, 1. 1,i "Je.:r;'I, by K:rRC~lER 1655 Una,I8!I this headi,tl9; but

pz 0:':: abl y the au tho r had in II'. ind t.he i de a o:E t h~ l~S IT-.;AL 'iiO~ LD~: lh~

RG:l.,

y,o., mediaeval ccntraction is ;,Lven bY' C.APPELLI 1949: ~I

.l:!..NISE

Alc.

Mediaeval sigi 1 recoYQG:,d b~l :::;~:ELTON 17C;

Occ.

g,i9 LI s us~d f:t"otr_ ~&l::.' lies'!:. t tmc s cVJai~st b:~x renct~8S ~ SQIZ: BUDGE L910) ~ -?BlJ'!LVATSKY 1.6:-:18 8€!@:S it as a fo:ttr,1 of VENlJ's ( ¥:- ) ,r and claim:::! th::;i,t i 1;

ge.nfJ z.a t: i em r .'

,Addi t.iona,ll 11 ~ BLNJ j"\ T,S:KY ;L868 :::-1 aims t.he t 1 t; L s t.hc

50

j. f ~ _ f .... 1 ,.. t'"b t- ~ t

. .'S~gn 0 .1..2' 'B.I' ·L..lfi:! .1. VT.il.g', .an OB. ,J, f' lJe CQvenan "~.;.

r e .i s t.be

The sa.me

souxc e srives ~ as the eaz Lae.st, J.!Hl.kh-;:.;l:.·(.~.:oss, 3. .Locp wrt i.ch combd ne s lxYth a circle and a C;r[)5S in one ima~Je, and y.,Thj ch is ca.lle1 the Ank!2-t'" e ,

TES. TA .:. 9 62 9" i ve- s .!;'i e.'!J'f!.ra 1 form S 0 f tl'_e Ankll-

cross, of ''t';r11icr t he fc)l. {)·;.-ring t,h.ree are zep.re aerr .~l,t:.ive: :::.;C ..o;1!11.' ~

STEINER 1~~06 caJ.l ~ 'I:he a:l1J'-:b the. .Tao.. the 1 I :11:i~ ~ ... ihlch s t r eanod throtlgh -t.i~ ~ 'who 1 e wo.~ Ld in. e":-1lr 1 y di.:.y!f;.

SQe also CROSSI ORIGIN ~nd Ru.

AN?-lEAL

Ale ..

I:le.7,1.r'. ",:~.I (:i .tl.:SJ tf2 r to i buxn I or I set Qn f j · ..... e I r and it t 8 in this sense

t.hi;:l t; the ll:H~~ d Laav a 1 s 1 gil 5 rl8! cor a.;;: d by GES ,SMANN 1 g 06 mus t- be t.akQ n .r for they <);I1:r:I:):;::;1_ C:E::r-1:a.inly do not t:'"€!_ LIte 1:.,0 'the enamelling 0'1";' 'enc:au:;st:ic

proc:es-'5es as 81]oh: -f!.- ... ~ ~ ,C:!::!; ~ ~ ~ 71 ~ 7~ ;±.::~ T

S E! e a 18.0 CJ!..ll-:: I NA.TE •

ANN u ..... os See P L.r:.NETARY SYMlIOLS.

Al:{NU S Se e yzAR

ll_ ..... C.

.50~-:1[oL~5'_aOr·J:·· ':'701 records t.he t t.he I Phi 1 c;.,:;ophi(:.::

yea.r'1 is ac t.ue.Ll.y an ordinary month - r'ecards t.he Gig- i Ls '; l~ 1-6~ Ci~ See 140n Ej and YE..A.R.

a j mensf.;1

for ~'hich he

AN:-ARES

:Soe COR SCDRFIO}l_S

A 1arqe nUilT.:I;)er:;:') sly iJ.s for 'the s ei ai urn of the e~.r Ly

l:."f!.9I ad uc ed try CARE QNELL I

ALCHYMI.A 15 C:) ~

A.:"CEEM"Y 1 b 50 ~. <7 r .. -61, All-: HF.MICAL i rc ~

-r

und a list of frequently used

19' 2 5 ; () ;:'Y -+-fl e +t~~

WORL JDGE 1651 ""t <>

:::orros is

..:i-il

~

CROLLIUS 1670 <>

t.;:~ ~e+-"

5H~LTON 17C ~

51

SI.G.NA 17C I ¥. ~ t .2 q DIPEROT 1763 G'EsSMAl .. n~ 1906 * ~ ~ V 11f p~ 1 i- ~

j' -r .....

J_ "- ~4 ~ r:-:. F7"'i L1S1 a!i.J \,..IJ ~ .c-_7

J j I (/~r 8 131 {..."...J......... - . . --T--' . =F

LUEDY 1928 LOJ

VV' ~..: .---:

SCHNE IUER, 19 6. 2 9 i v es m,@ s ig i 1 g "'6" -·6 ~ :E or a.n timoni UJf;' s pa gy,r; i GG!

"D.raG!,pa.ra ti!lm - a spec Ie . Li.s t, a.l.chemi.ca.I f'O.:t.:1lI J' per·h<·.Ei,p~ = 'for which SOl-ID~R8QFF 1 701 X" e~ ord.s a 1 a rg e. .~ ~l!Jmb iiO!.r 0 f f ozm S I no E. ve:ry d if f E!:r en t frOID 'tho.se 'CI.8I2'Q for simple I' antimony '1': '¥ ¢

--;~ ,."~ "'. /' -c:»: "'\ r 0 ~ ~t m

o ~~ !:(::...I........ "'l. ~ "-7' G +

'r-_'_ ~ .~ 6 e B, - 7 "':; r;.:' ~~

,L....1 .-f- :CJ: . ... V

.~ Gt::'eek ::ilig'il is q iV'en by BERT-BEl,m 188 5 ~ C!

~ 2f? mll X ~~d J'/ fJ 'H /(?J~, $F ~ Jl4 3-'"1

A.1C •.

A1iT IMON¥ GLAS S

s ee. AN"J'II40NX V ITRCI,M

tillTIMOK'.i' HEP.AA, .tl1c.

SCHNE IPEP 1962

(t o

ANT IMONY REGCJLU S J.j,j c ~

'~

. ,

e;,'-'.

SOl"J-1EB![OFF 1 '70 J, Fl' t" =t\ 'V GE's Sl'tll2d-tN' 190G 1;' '6 Y ~

ANT U·lONY V ITRlH·l.

Id<:.' +

o

I.

6

GE S SMl!..NN 190c 6 ~ C9

l\PADI E L Ma.g " Iol.e d.i aev al, s i gil for th e dcmcn I' q i '(ten by SCEE I B,LE 18,oj, B l.:j;-~

AP.~.s occ '. S'igil far 'tt_€! tattva whidl fO]:::f;l$ the rn~.nife st.at.Lon of th~

Thi:rd Logos on t:'1€! ll::i-'tra1 P":'ane (see not'L'l' 1910):::

AVALON =-919, who

records the 5igi 1 p ;say~ that. it is whi L~ in co Loux ~ y

APOLLO

Ast.

A 5ig i 1 gi'v~n l".:y Tf~IERENS .:.9:ill for t:he: esoteric p.lanet,

52.

A POL LON I]!"N SC'R IPT

Oec,

.A.NT- A'QIJ

b ee:n :t'·eCOk" dad in a numb €lr 0 f v err .s Lo D.S ~ {"S fex o;!~.am.pl e t.ha t g i Vi£! n by T.,;rIGNEl:{E 1586 to a Greel'{ alpn<;-_l;;.et (t.H:i! claim that it was 'the script of

e

H

A.po11o.nius. .of Tyant.1 is cf' c;ourSE!: ent.ir021y 5UDPQ5' tiQus) =

M

r

f\

""rf 'V h 0 r ." L_ i'T::l , G ~ k

r~' '. . 1 I :.' ''-"'' ~ '--L~' ~l V J I I, _. ~ ! 0

o 3

o iT

T T

A Versio:n cOl1.st.ruct,20. 1:0 rne Ronan alph«bet by RIVIERE 19]8 1~ r..:ro.r:·tl'. :r." e co rd i l1g for i. t s'hOl. ..... ';s t h eo de pendl ence UrCl:fl thQ ea r 1 i ez form;

a - b

({

r

I

J

k 1

II)

n

C N rr ~,

~ I ~ .~

~. r.. fi' % -r ,. J./\;: u .... l~

0:>, l .... .' . ~

$. n'-'

.

.

"'"" !~

P. - I

l

3

t

II

Z'

,,_.

o

p q

r

v

x

v

~,

I t 1c61 I I I @ I I I II I I I I

.IL~ e

See. WATER

.ii\QlJA .FOEI' I OA

s~ e AQUA MERCUR.l I

AQUA FORTIS

Ale.

u:8U2l.11y these con ai.et; 05.£ a -graphic play r,.;ri t.h G!i ther lA. or F I' or wi'tl1 -che s.i nq 1 e let te x F an a 'the COITJI10t"!. s i 911 f or WATER (V') ~

ONOMA.STICl1J.ol 1514 Y<

. &LCHEM¥ l.650 -0;$ A c+

A l,CHEHI CAL 1 7 C V t-r- Ell _L 1..1 t-:l$ _;d:. SIGNA 17C vf ~ 6-

SCH~l'E rDER 151 62 8B

SOMH.ER!30FF lrQl :t'ecords a m.1mb'e::::' of sigi15 fQ:t"" .:..~, farrm::lla. far OiqlJa

53

FT.:! ~ U ...... U""y1l1 ] t: .... 7 -.::-r::: £\l .... :lI"i._.Ii ..... ;il.1 .~... ~1 L ""i4-- .

CROL ..... IUS 1670 W'

SBELTON .J. Ie

xrr:

V-'

DIeT ION AR Y OF OCC 1'11:T., HEffM'ET tc ,JJ..'ifD ALCFl.ENIC.J':JL S I GI IS

GEeS S ~1ANN" 1906

~ ffi ~ ~ 'IL ~~ 'LJ' ~) C] • ~ .• I ~

? ,~ \l~ 4-, 4- ~~0 c;J-

L-L

raTtis sirllplex:' \C ~

,4~ ~ FFi d?~ ~ ~,

'~ :i!:D

AQUA i1J1RCtJR I I

S GJ'1M~RBOFF L 7 0 1 're c:o:t.::d s th IP, f-t) ll,ow !. ng' := ~.q J.1 s

f or' aqua fQfI2!:.i dSi, s

~~

~~'I¥

AQUPl; PLUV IALI S

See: R.AIN W:A'l'ER

AQUA REGIS

,A10.

A 1 arg02 n mnb ~,r 0 f ElG!diaQva 1 s.iq i 15 '~".Ja S S!lIrv i ve-d ,f but

t~'1 IE' rna j or i t Y Q f 'the se cort s i at, 0 f a graph i c ,Play '~, i th 'the 1 e t t er Fl. and t!1.a mos t common si q 11 f .or WATER (V') '.

,Po LCHY l'o'jIA 1563

, "

ALCHI:::M't 1650

VALE~~INE 167~ \R SlGN.A. 1 7C V

"1/'" f

'VG

SHELTON 17C

i!

AQ L1A.~I us

Ast.

i~_discriminately fOI the Clol1.s't..f!11at.io,n of the :gam€! name .

NEIJGEB,!!._ FER 1"9 59,) •

and r3 E1::::t" i "'!le d ul, t.il~!ll'E.e Ly f 1::."'0!J1 Eyyp t. ian f {)rm~ { Se ~ Sa i d by' ~\GRI PPA. 1510 t.o be ba s@d an the shap €:- of

...... avcs, though this is 1'l6![, a water :f;ign ~

',rhG! qr :ap-'"'.i Lc f C1::."'m i:::; a'l.sc ,

BEHL,1.N 4.2AD

S';r'OBART zc

SF I EGI:LBEiRG 19 11 .... 3'----00--

G r.a ec:o- B yza 11 tin e , G _ 500AD :

Ct;f..!._--

DlGB',{ 12c ~t/

,JANUA 14('. ~tt~~ ASTROU:GICAL 15C. >:..~ \JJj:u)fui.NTI S 15C fi ,~

....... AT1 ~- ~~

NEl)GEBAU ER 1959............... 'o{lill_,.. ,~

1,.sTRONOMIC~;L 1400 t:::. .... ;-~ _. LEUl:o.o.LD! 1,:1:(: .~

54.

~,QU-ARC

SIGILLIS 17C f ~~ .

~ .. Rf.i' r CH ERU C' 1 OJ"'"' W//

!."...'-:i...!!' ( . , , .... ,0'1-.,. ,j' .. v

WELLING 1735 ~ ~.

[;11!..GIE isc ~)

LUEDY 1928. records a related 5'gi1 from.. th€!o Syrian e Lc ~E=![·I~ic:.·dlast;.;t;o..loqical tradi t .. 10n: EE...'Ef

DE1".J'T SC~1L 19 BO

A ;::;.ig il for ·the cons te 11.;1 .... j -on Aquar. i U5 5 !Sl.ta: al eSC' SF lR IT' OF AQUAR IUS

s g i'v en b'j' :LEUPOLD I 14C:

T<Q .. T-~ "''!''f'y,. ,

.t,"". I..,l"i !If.l._lC~

~QU IS 1'1' to

Geo ..

S ig i 1 Co. r 0 ne 0 f the ~ ixt.e·~;r.L gE!oma n tic f igur e 5 f fo-c

' .... hich a rnu ti tude of va.r .i ant.s (dot.s , se.ar s, f Loz-e.L device~ r E!·l;.c.)

• +

is used to denot,e the 8,aELe four-fold 1lr~angerner:1:t: <.

A.quisi tiD is

-;;;he ~Qaiacal sign. ArL~s,

'1'he folio ... ,' ng sig'ils are deriveo f:::;,--=;)'fj: the

JUP I TER I 03,$ for exampke J_ n forR IiI'BEMI OS l:j OJ ..

M.e1i~eval slgil for the pl<·anet.at:y spirit of iSatt7irn" g;i.v~n

by 'l'RITHE1Ht"S 1503 ~ L!' :~

ARCIlAl

Bee. ~PHERE or VE}.,iUS

A1i:CEJANGEL

Gce.

These .spiritual beingi:ffi. lLl:'18: traditioJ1e> ly linked wit.h

t.he s prj r;: r'e of .Mer c ury i in 1:11 r2! me re an c j if:! n:" C'oiS~.)olo.gi e s ~ , ::s ut; sue EER

S·E;:! e ANGE L .=.! nd S P HiE RE OF .NERCUR::l"

Oc.;' .•

1615.

( • ) I th~ throeif' (,6,,) I th.e xi ve (1:{) and 'the S'~ven (IE), ..... h Lch IT_ay

III CT .IOVARY OP' OCCULT, H ERUET rc ll.ND ALCH!'H.rCAL s lGI LS

~ ~ ),.

~ ,¥ .. '~

j=J.~e e~:pla"ii1ed at .lLe:n.g'E.h by {\iIR'I'H 1927; 0 -f- ,h, 0 See in thi5 conncx ion En~RMET I C. TBTF.l:.D ~

The b a 5 i,c: archetype s give r i 8.~ 'to 8UC h symbo 1 i 5IJl_ as is found. e.XPl:' e 5.!:;l ed in 'Ell€:! .gigrils for BODY ERECT ~ CROSS _. ilF. CAD E I DEI"'il"Y, :ETEE!R:rC r

OG~QM I ONE ~ BE.T'TENARY HA'N, 81n d. £0 on.

ARC'I'URU S See. JI;.LTA[\fECB

.ARGENTO M s~ ~ SILVER

ARGENrI.'UM MU S I CUH See S ILVJER :FA INT

MGEN1"!JM . .PICl'ORIU.fil See SILVER P'AlN'I'

See QUICK.SILVER

.M~g;.

Se'V eY a 1 rned.iaeva1 s ig i 19. have been .p.t:-.es erv ~d. :E Dr th Ls dermo n

{or s:p.ir it) r the more simple o f tho ::;~~ :t"e carded by SCHETB.LlE 184 B be i ng

the fo11m .... ing-:;

.Lt:::U

ARIES

,s i'1 il s for t'n e Z odi.i'!I.crl, 1 5 i g-Jl 0 f the Ram" al so us eo

indiGcriminAtaly for t~e con5t~11aticn of the same name.

sigi1 is cl[lr.iveo from t.he manus crtpt; traditieln~ .. such as I..AtliBECIUS 1500

The s ig 11 ts sa ia by AG1RI PP·A. 1510 to 'be

SUCHER

1971- :5 ul]l'ge s't s that it i ,g a p s.c t.or; rap-h o f ~x pJ, adi ng and hop loding

sop i r it r wh i 1 s t. Q;:i,.BELLA. 1615· '8!XP L~ Ln 53 its for:m ~ 5: a g'!:' aph ic expr e. S.lll ion 'Of the equinox ~ and gi.'IiJ'@8 it a C'lU.".io~.:!5 sigl1 ((1. n) which is linke.j with. one of the ,~i9i15· fo~ FIR.E '.

Ancient E'gy'ptigl] .(demotic);-

St'O.B.ll.R'1' 2C L

Sp r EGEI..SERG 1911 .Z· NETJG~EA.uER 1959" 4.." V ¥

ARC-AR~

DIGEi." 12C ]'0

J.Atmtl!i, 14C ~ ASTROlJOGIChL 15C Y Q'l1ADMN'I' I S 15C ~

ELl1NDEV l:LLE. 1602 :+_

SIGILLI.S lIe V

5 lEI.. Y .1790 "':]C'

iVf)DEIW A.\3'llROLC-GY 189.9 0- .",11 LCZ¥:O~""S KY. 1947 Y

ASTRONOMICAL 140;) ~ ~ANS ION rau S. 148.2 V BON;p"TT:r 1SC V PICCOLOMIN:r 1558 ~ PRO'WSS'E 17C :x:

]3()OCHE- LECLERCQ 189·9 Y NEROMA'W 1937 ~ BtmCKIIARD'l' 1.967 it~

LEUPOLDI 14C g'ives a 5~gil for the constellation ~ for wh" ell AGRIPl'A 1510 .gives. a val[ iant:, /I

LUE'O-Y 1'928 ireeord,s & related sigil from the! .syriaI'L a1cl1errric.a1- a s tr.o log Lc a 1 ·trad it. ion ~ L'

S~e a150 .MYBTER.IOiJS PLA.NE'I'S arid SPIRIT OF ARI':ES

A:RISTA

See ACHI [;J.ER

ARMENIA~ BOLE Ale.

SQMMt:PHOFF 1701 ..AOI

SHELTON 1 7C t r:h

, ~ ~ 1 GESSMl>NN 1906 2f-- _J

.ARSENIC Ale.. J1:.. mu.l, ti t;udE'! o f ~. gi sand var i.ant.s exi~t". of which the

~IlO·st C01tltUon a;r;-·e the med t acva.l. ones. reproduced by CAREO~uLr I 1925: ~

o-v S Q 4;> ~J

ALCHYHIA. 1561 6 ~ $!f $1$

ONOMAS1:'l CUr-!. 1574 11

'PORTA 1 ~9 3 8

wORtIDGE 1651 ~ VALENTINE 16 71 ~ SHELTON 17C ~ SHEPHERD 1971 :r

,~ :n 1.lIIIb 8: l::." C f s..1 9i 1 s are J::'e cord€ d by 11ERTBELO'l' 1885 f rt'}lU. anc j en t Gr~·e:k man us t: r i fit:;; ~ ~ '~~ tP .L....9 G:.

!/cr j~C.H'l~ ;<~

ALCBEl:41 CAL 1 '7 C. .?' tzcn ? r 1-d

. ~....J...- ul,.

KOCH ;L 9 _,,0 i~ -I~

See .3.1 S 0 .AR SEN rc SUSLI.MATE r AB s EN rc SCLP HURUr-! r RED ORP It-tENT r RED StJ]_,PHuRE,'r Of' ARSENIC,. ~"IiITE ARSENIC 2l.nd YF,LLOW .A:R.SENIC.

57

DICTrONARY or OCCULT~ UER~ETrc ANTI ALCHEMICAL SIGILS

ARSENIC SUBLlt'lJ\TE Ale ,. So.MME..RfjOf'F 1101 /' ~ ~ ~

GESSMAN'N 1"306 Q ~ / ~ 0 ~, ~ ~CHNEIDER 196.2 ~ ~

ARS Elf ICU ['l RUBRUloi SeQ .RED ORP IMENT

ARSENICUM. S'ULPHuRU~ s;

~ediaev.al sigi.5 ~Ji vers by GESS~~NN 190·6 ~

ASBE S'l us }j 1 c .. '3"'1,.;'0 a::. c i en 1:. G :r.-e.e k si gil s r €:-c o rded by BE'RTHEI..tOT

18.85:~' J

~.SCEl' DANT A.st. . Three var L: :l"l:. s.i gil S o E a: rCG!: :;.OOAD, g:t'aphicC!J.ll}l

der L ved f rOlo'C'te "",~o1l;d horogco,po'$ r t.h e ij'l ame c ~ .:i. 9 ina lly gi von 1 n the

Grf:!~).;;: astrc1og.i cal tradi t.ion to t.he d~gTee: of eClipt-.ic ascE'::-o.ding in a g,; ~;,;~~n che-rt; r .:.=.rof':! 1 i~'bed by NEUGEBAUER 1959 ~ f T i

SOI1C!tiJ:LJ!'S ;.:II) abbr ev i.at.Lon for 1tbo ·',..fOrd . .:1tscenda:n t J and even Eca: • f I r s t

hO~se' prima domus, is ulso used~

SCH£:NA i SC V~ d

sr·1ITH l6C i

0, ,')

GE' 1"1' ':NG S .; 9- 7 7 Q' <.J

Nl-\R'Y. l6C Q.. \

._"

.11 Xl

. ,A·

~_.'! ._. - •

EEER.T"iN 197U

/f

u ,..'(;"-')

fi,

n

n Sl'ROLOGY _ 7C

The:: sig':'l :t'E:!cor~ed for D 'iens i~l MAKSIONIBUS 1492 !

appear[:;j. ·to be

1'~SCEND: NG NODE

.hst.

I'h e ne r th ~~ODr: or < S t. r c-I orJY h a:3 f z om an c i ~n t. t: ur.E! 3

frwJrI an anc Lent Greek text by OMO:1T 189 'i L3

1his 1~ 5uid to b~

the .. ~eph:91i (n:' .:J nij,bic-a zan, t.h.c eqULV?l Lent ci che [(c;jl2::::-n CA.Pl:rI'

c f J.t.Oc]-8 t L s: 3 t .. co ; O'J)' I bu t -;:~":! c .5 i q i ] L 8 prO!J ab 1 y a mi, G ta]{~ r uhe !:'~O!:' rc"'! c c f:::.r J.I be in,] g ~"ve ::-Oc. in t:he SELr:af:! man usc r i~t for 1: h@ CAODA.. "l1. R

S8

Cilr c ek Q~.I·a o~' k.a t G,b£! ,Qa.z on ~

ASHES

v J%.LEm::: NE. 16"] ~

SIGNA 17C ~

DID'ERO'T .1763 -+

""

@

.

•

Se Ii! a 1 S Q ASHE S OF LF.J!;.D a. nd .~.s 1-JE5 OF '11000

ASHE 5 OF HARTS E.r~SE

Ale.

CROLLI us 1670 ¥

ASEES OF .LEAD

ASHES OF TIN

ale.

.A SHE S OF I')OOD

Ale .

F.SMOPEL

lrf~g ~ 'lbree cf t.he rnc:',st COTIl'ELOn :nediaev~.l, siqi Is to t:' the I angeL I

of Tam·,;·u-r;.; r recorcle.d by BRA;:::m 1582 ~ See al ~o SPIRIT or r-nAVR,(J,:.::i".

ASTEB.r)ID

Ast.

t'1oaern s. i gil g i V£! n is y. N.ERO[>1AN 1 I) 3."1' :

x

A S1'RP· .. L WORLD

occ ,

Medid,eval ,S). gil::; gi veri by KI:HCNER 655 for t.he

the s;csllatum I or zonlZi o - th'£';! fixed st.a.xs:

As.TROLrJGER Ast. A flf,tee];'Lth-cent'L.Jxy cont,,r',a,ct,ioll =~:;:.r B:.S'tro ogu.s i s

reccrde.<l by CAPPE1,l'.! 19<49; {r'P[>'

ASTRONOMIA

.lI st.

A r.tedi aeval. cont r ac t.Lon is recorded J;.~y r.EASSAN~ 18Bd,

'though +.he r e is; 1i tt:.le d.:i.. f£erl2:nce bf:t",'-.::en .astronomia and astrologi.a i r'.

D<'l m@diaeval texts: ~.t

59

D.TC'1.'IOYARY Of' OCCULT I HER:s.VETIC ,AlifD ALCHEM.ICAL SIGILS

~carcely Aigil$ as ~UCh6 example; ~ ,GEl: 55 ['.Wj:-~N 19 Of. l' e r.~o r.-ds tb ree medi, aeva 1 gig i 1 S unde r the nam,'l2' 0 f

~THENEU.M

See ATfI.A,NOR

ATHER

See ETHE.R::tC

ATLJ!.tNT!S

OCe.' "

;B;L.A,VATSKY 18BB gi v~s t.he :sig-il @ for the I G!ar'th globe ~

eS01[;.c,r i ca':" Ly s,_~ @.n a:5 t:he ~' un.J~ t y CJf the s.pi r i tUJJ,l WO,X" 1 d r - th e top ha 1. f :::.f 'i:~-le circl e ,being contr-asteti wi t:h th~ duel.Lt.y of thl2 lo'Wer :h~,l.f r the symbol of th8! dl.;l.8J,li "I::.}" of ;:.he r .m.a:ter,ial !';',fOX 1 el' f' .... ihidh she 5N~e§ as a

i'i tti n g s i gil to 0xpr Q S s 'the Ear t.h St;.i1. ,toe - ...... hen th@ ma l.e- f .£!rnal'1?! pol arL '1.:8'

f~_]lly oevel.:;::ped.

'Ep 0 ch 0 f A.l:.lal.l.'t Ls r :r 11 t~) ez' t.h an to the co n t inen tal ma 9 ~Sl i tf:l elf. See

a Lsc E~RTH.,

Se~ 'VITF!.IOL

AT.)R ICH'ALC.UM

BERTHELOil' 1885. ,recQ,ras two anc i ent; GIre;(~k siqil,::;;

fr OID manu s cr-t pt'_ s :

~ c;..)

!

l'

~ROT' TIUQ. 1 '"12" ~ 9

\..,: ,_li.!...!. 'iJ 0 -;:::..._..,

J7 V

ONOJ..1A.STlCIJM 1574 CROLL,IUS 1670 <) SONMERHOFF 1701

<) <1 ()-'J

so« '5~

\;? 0 «> ?~ 1--1' if i:"\ ~ ~Q ~
, .1 1 ~'F "
~ 5CHNE1DER 1962

AIJRIPIGNENTUN

S~e ,GOLD

60

.Zi,,'(JRtIM FOL IATIJM

s ~oQ GOLD LEAF'

AU'RUOO MiJ S ICU[!.{ ,A.] c ,. SIGNA 1 7 c J4- 6'Ot

SCf3NEIDER 1962 rJ< SON.M.EftBOFF 1701 r cco.rds tJ-;~ following as ~tJrum piatorium: X X +01-

1\J .. CHEl-l!CA..... 17C

..

_4URU,M PICTQRIU[o.1 ~@e AURUN £<ms ICUM and 'GOLD PA:tN'I'

AURlJ~1 POTABILE 5~~ POTABLE C~LD

o-!_ C' • Some t.ir[J e s 'the si 9 :i.l:::;; ~.iC e 1] s,ed. in the s e."::. so ]"jal S G n s e I but

,) t: Q t he.r time 8 ,th ex Ii:'! i s th e J[IJ.l r $ Gipe c i fie ::;, ens e o:E har vee t: .. of .J'lL€:

J'.lpi bz"j,<')n jpl::."oc:~~ s . :FRANC!tLYN 1-6:2 7 ~ SHE1}rON 17C ~ ~

,OJ "') o

(.. r

ALe []E;[;.{Y 1650 24- C;OMr':~EHHOFF llO 1 J.S.)

C)$ ~

GE:S5NJ: .. NN 1906 KOCB 1930 Jt1,

AVACHIEi. j\jag. Mcdi~.eva.l :r:;igi J gi ven by liIGFIFP.A 1531 as ruling' ~pirit

Q f :t.~,)di ac a 1 S' a g i t:L a r i u s : ~ The s arne 5P,i ri t "'fa s ~nI!pp05 ed by

lLEYOON' 166,4 'to be a. geo:llIrJl'ltic .;;r~nius of A.QUI5ITIO ~

AYN

Occ.

ThE! sixteenth let. Ler of the HE:"..brP-l. .... ' a l.phab et; (s~e HEB8AIC

SCRIPT), :Eor wh a.cn l~'8i.nY s.igil_·c deriva,tives are given, • .. .rit:hin the t r ad i t io n (;I f s e c!t" at alphGJ,_b et,s ,. a So for e,x.;;u;lIpl e in 'i:.~'1 e ,,' ell- k nO'W:j'J

ser i es reco rded by BPo •. RT(JLOZ~ I 67-5 = : t=t ~ ~ ~ i£:!

WIB:1H 1927 eql,J.a 1:.8:,s Ayn 'W.i'tl'!l 'l...hG! Tarot '::,l,rca.:f1!.1Jru t.hc HOUSE DF GOD, · .. ;itri

the cons t.c 11 a tin n Op/li t.J:cus and th e zodiac a 1 S ig n SeOBE' 10 .. In his

recore, of thE'!: \}'eB tig ial pi;:;;,tcgrapi'lic form:-:; p :ne 8UggCSt8 i"J in}: 1, ..... 11:.11

the GO •• C~pt. of the B~'e~' 0 LJ Y Y

SC~EIBr~ 1848 IQcords ~ sigil intended ~s the laEternncn

AZOTE Ale.

61

Mag.

A s i sr i 1 9i yen l)y ~~GRI PPA 16 C =: or one 0 f E.he' t_WQ demon s

BJ!o.BCElEL

See ~FIRIT OF PISCES"

BABYLONIAN SCPIPT

OC:"f:"

G,ne Co f +.'>-0':' '..,,:::.., n, ~;,- form c='_ I--or ,I, '" j ~""" t: t 1 -~"h "-'+

- - .... ;J'.iJ 1 .... '0'1. :r. - L_jJ_J._o:::i oi£::!G'_" <:! .a pnruJ .... :\i..,

Ls .he cot,"ded .by V I GNEF,E" 1 S 86 ;

1

,~

• ,""

&:;'" .'

;'.,

" .. ".

'i{

This alphab of! t is 0 i':if:! of I::.h e HEBKA. I C ECR I PTS ,r a rtd apl? ea r 8t~.:: be very ;:,'l:osely :r.elated to t'ne 80- ca,11ed CfL~LDEAN SCJ;il::rFI'.

S@G SECRET SCRIPTS

EACCE~ JS Ii t;; e. a, :=;- i g L ] in t roo uce d "r. 'j' TE-ll E RENB 19 31 fo r: t.h e I p 1 ane t ary

pI i f) ci.:Q 1 i£: ~ cf t.hif:! Rcma::-, B".r.:i cct: as... t.he Gre 18k Di on ~·S.QS : ~

Ale.

Two med i aev 0.1 s i q 11 5 r-ec ordQc by D I LlEROT 1. 76 3:, ft

62

T'-Je name i5 ul5.E::!d ~d5O:;:: fc:;:·]::: the ~B!n9.el of Scorpio I ~ for "",hJefl BRAHE 1.582

r~cords three sigil~;

''"1.''''''''''£ ~ L.-f",)

J

';'1

Sea alsc .:Jl:JIRlT OF SCORPIO.

BARCHIl!:L

Mag,.

B...'U!..HE 1582 gives 1GWO aig Ll s for this Cileu.on l C ~ § 6)

Whilst AGRIPPA l531. records a aig i1 ,",'hi.eh is Ld nked b'i t.h the geo["a.nt.ic t.r ad i tion. ~ ..LfYJ_

tUe:: .•

DALTON 1808

~ ~.~

B..:l\TIl

iUc.

SO.MMERHOFF 1 70 1 g i've s s ig 11 s spec: L f i-~~ 1 J, Y for i:.h€! Ba.lneum

GESSM.A.NN 1906 gives

~

I -

epecialist sigils.

Thre~ ~ediaeval 5igi15 reccrd~d by SCHEIBLE 1848 for

/

_i i /r-"'Vd'

I V'-/'---o...J

SEE1., Z;EBUB

The 5ig':.1 gi'ven by ~C:REI HLE 1848 is merely LiII

abbreviation ~

anj th i s demon is iLO z'o fre;;;::, '1108 n t ly d ep1 cr.ed in t.he

forn: of a fly I SOrfl.eti:ne's in 6t ve s .1o;,J La L drawinO:-J f i._ :ref~~Jcct'!.;::e -0 th~

8 uppc sed 1~(I.G:-·:::!:': i ng of his. I1 ane ,,~s- Lord Df th~ F'l j p- 5 .•

g1 \,'f:!rl by AGRIPPP. J.6e: ~

SF. G r J'i"N I N'G

BE:rDCH

Name l~pe:t:':1.ap9 ocr.f uee d ';.;ri t.h Eie.lia.r) and . .sig 11 given by

63

D.IC~'TONAR Y OF OCClJLT I HE RMEP ic ,AND ALe 'H1t.MI CAL S IGILS

H.E'fDON If.dS4 f o.r ~iQ'i r it., .i nte nded 1: 0 repre aen t t.he ,le:t t.e~ 13, in it: ..... ~

'b ~" ] d"" "; l' 'f"

s€lcret a1phaDet- Go!- 'lin9~,-,8 an G!8!n~l • ~

,BEN.TAf-l.I WE FLOwERS

,Alcr.

Med i a ei.t;§3, 1 fI ig i 1 s n~ corded by GES Sl-1ANN 19. 06 ~ tT

BETH

,fO:h which 'Very ma.ny de'r iVB.'ti ve sig'i11ic forms ~l:"e p,J:e:selC've.J w'it'ohl:n the -,"or adi t ion Q,f s e'Gr eta lphab et:!;;i 1 [J f 'wh ~- (;h t;.he me s t:. w~ 11- known ar e the ae recceded by B-~RTOLOZZ;I 1675,:'~ UJ at :x: r ,~ t:t--"',~

In his list of pictorial deriva~ive5 for the

'the letter~ he '5"L1';rg'ests an assoc,ia'i:ion w'i th 'thi£ i.dea of a C~.RLe.ll but

thE! W~ s,ltig ial :3x aw i n.g "fJ a3l almost c ez ta i n11' <'-1, ' heu 'Si e ~, a ,~o inC of:! ~'t: whi oh

is l:.'~,flecrted if', the 50una-v~,1 ue of t.he Letter! ~ L;!) ::J ~ :I

BETHOR

Mag.

:by 'FRITHEMI us ,1503 -tP ::J

scnn I BLE 1848 L.!:::3

l I·

S EiEPHlf,RD 19'7 1 ~

~ILE

Alc.

E I QUINT:i:LE

5iqi1 £cr the ~stro1oqica1 asp~ct of 1440 given by

RAPBAEL 1900: .:t

SIMt~ONITE 1890 records ~ C01:Jl!iI'lf>;t-L .at:b;telJ'L~:tion: £,Q

BIRDSEGGlS

i3EFt!H,E I CiT 18 8 ~ :t:"e o:;:nrd!::i Cl ,5 i 9'1 1 from an ..:::ar ly Cr 0 ak

BIR.THPLACE

See RU ..

'EISHU'IH

Ale.

M~aiaeval sigi.l given. by Br·GNA 17C ~ "'1J with a Lat.e.r

Ll1EDY 1928 ~

SCHnEIDER 1962 ~ 1-.f

EITUMEN ST'ONE

SO.MM.£tRMOFF 1701 .A

BU!.CKMA..L Ale'.. ALC:BJE.MICAlL 17(:, 4

BLACK .sUlLPFlUR

BLACK 'I'A'LC

Ale.

TwD IfLf!!di.a(:!val sigillS reoorded by DIDEROT 1763:

A l

BLEND

Alc:.,

)1ediae'iJa1 ~ig'ils :re:corded. by [JIDERM 1763'; n i.

BLISDON M.iflg.. S'igil for & del[lD~ linked with the p1a:n~t .Mermu:,y, qiV~fi

by ~GFIPPA 16C~ ~

BLOOnS'I'O'NE

:BUlE

A1C'~

K.-:-I) anc i.ent. Greek. i(lanuscript:.

Tw'Q v ~.:r·LEin t.s , pre 5Uri~{!bly me di aeva 1 ,

W

gi ve n by PID;ERO'l' 1763:

DIDEROT 1763

........ '1-

c:p-r'

ELUE V I'rR rot,

BIJ; t. see' V.ITR IOL

BOBOOEL

Mag,.

65

fXfGT IONJl.R~· OF' Gce tJ'J, T i' l1Er.ua:r ic AND J.J LCHEMICi1L SIG:! LE

BODY

Occ~

Mo2 d i.aov a L s iSr.i 1 9 i v€'::tl by S.l GNA 1 7C --<:r-

A late:r fcrm

.r 18!.f.: e ~d'lf:.d. !by GE5 S Lif;,ANN 1 SI 06 ds pre s UJD~b 1 "1 del:' i ved fr om t.he La ti n corpU's.:: t

BODY' ERl! cr gives 1

In her '~.n..-a.phic system of syrnboli.sld, BLAVA.TSKY LB T]

but s~e alEo ONE.

BOIL

Alc.

S IGN~. 1. 7c

~ .d 7\ A>Jf'

SOMt"lERHOFF 1 701. *

Se e a 1 80 GRADES Oi' F'IRE

GESSMANN 1906

BoILED OIL

.Alc~

~

Medi ae Vet 1 5. i gil gi ve i:' :0 y' G·l:; SSMANN 1906;;; o. i:!

BOILED WIN~

s.Lo ,

.~j.c:,ji5l.e va 1 sig i 1 g j~ ve n .by GE;S StWJN 19Q 6

BOILER Ale ~ Most for::ns for the. a.l chemi.ce.I (_;uc:urbi 'to:S!a.re vestig.i a I

r'\

d.r as .. ling5 , ·though DIDERO"I' 1 '76], gi Ve5 t.1,,,,10 sigi.ls':l 0 -€

BDLE

ji_lc.

ALCHEMY 16.50

5!HEL TON 17 C

x ~~ 1;~

sO&Jo<il!:.RHOFF 1 70 1 KOCH i93Q g?

GES SMiC!.Nl1 1 9 0 E .L_'

I SCHNEIDER 1"962 a

See· aLsc ARNEN IAN OOLE I RED BOLE ane y7f,J I TE EOLE

BONES oca:

'l'11G! s 1 g'':' 1 r e.G !)rd eel by CH-~ S 5_~:N~' 18.64 from '[(!oed i a. ~v a 1 30'CI.rc e 8

is obv~ously a contraction for th~ Latin ossa: 0

130M X

Ale,.

A laD;,.re number of ::;igils,i' JD08·t of t.h.em origiW1allr' Hi~·diaeva.1

derivati'l~s r h<),ve be-an recorded:~ ViORL I DGE 16 si ;~ ;)v c::f!

VALEN'l' INK 1671 ... 'L ::v d; A1...CIfEMI CAL 1 7C 1

.sOMNEBUOFF 1.701 'S .~

T ·0 +

. 8~.· " .o---u

. . .

.

'Ehe ~tJo st common • .;1, t'@ CF:OL.LI.!jS l670 ~ d

d

9"RESNE l(.SB

sHEl..'TON .l7e

~ .A/

r:::2:J

R

~

-Jr. i\

80

l

~N a.. N ~lrd

~

-:

L~ .~

D IDEROI- .1 7 G 3 6,

GESS M.~mJ 1906 X bE :LG~ ~ 'd

Y,Y~9~~b,

LUEDY 928 '"'t? .~,~ H

POISSON 1.891 ch
cD b ,1. :<r R ~l \A_
, J/ SCHNElDER

one of t.ne tWD demons lin.ked '.li th t.ho Sun .. recorded by

.A.GRlPP.A. l6C + ~

30'r ]:..RI ON

BOTTLE

A,l{:.o~

nle word in its nounal use is dQ~ignat~d usually by a

~ 1 m:p-l e "lJe s tiel i a 1 d r a ,",' i ng.l a s in 'the IiI ~d,i fi.e va 1 of! x ampl G give n by GES SL'I.Jt..Nl'l

1306 6 ';d1.' ch _'i2pn?~en _s the ampL1~ Le of the a Lcherni s t.s , ~';''!'.:1en a

v~r.bal I .. ,!='>e i ~ i.:tTt.o:3!nded.l 'thE=.!TI u. 81911 :t'r;?-coJ:'d$d 'by GESS,!-<U\h.'ft'.l 1J06 ma.y be II Si ed '""hi chi n f ac+ me ans I.' ,Dot 1:: 1 ~ w',he n c 1 ca rea ~ ~ A Samet Lrie s the

sig LLs fo;1"" LTJTU[<1 SAP I EN I t'tl!! arc u sed in F:1 6 t_ r:i c t.I y If:! sot eY i·::: se n S,C for

t:.hEi:! idea. of bot1[ling and s-r:;ali.:n,g-~, t"1LoU)?h 'thi@.; is prcbably a Le.t,e i'tnd

A.1-,-'· a,

S i gi 1 g i v'en by ?1.A.N t:5IQNEf, 14C for the 7th o f tll eo

A. ;5 igil for t.he amulet. re':"'at.ing t.c this IlJ~"'.:n.r roansion (cal- G!d fin' 5

Gcm:~ nor Li'm)

i 5 given bY' AB.,~'.J';Q 1303: >('.~1.

£:j'r

BPARS

Ale.

'the sigil:::: for ~G!S J;"'e ::e:t::.' to any crude :neta dug f.t'OI~L t he e.ar't.h r in

Qc;::hr2:!: C uS e s 'I:. 0 t.b e C OJlm'"LOn .=:Ill 0:1· {',) f c oppe r an d t.;n ~

C"opper and zinc i 5 prcbab Ly Lnt.erided for :::.rLE::' Daj o r i ty {):f tl'~e follc-.T,.;rir_g sigils1 B'ut the me en.i.no may on l.y b~ de:(i'!Jed from the context. Fnr e;;.;;aiLlp1e, it .i s lik~ly thc,l,'t: the to:t:T1tS gi ven by GES5l'1:i1"\["{N' 1306 (1;:,:., SL':P1 a t e

CQPPE~ a~d $v~n -65 ustum.

'.

\,''1H...lENTI NE .:l. is 71 +,

'",

Q n

SHE!. 7 ON 1 7C ~'l,:_,

a J

67

DIeT'IONAl/. ¥ or OCCULT, .HERMET:Ie ,Al!.tD ,t.Lr.C Hf:MICAL ssct LS

DIDEROT 1 76 3. ~ -¥- (_ S! .. _

GESSMAMN 1906 '/ /~, ~) 0 (-!J 6> H

,AIe ~

The rnos:t:. ccmmon sigils, are v@:G,tigial dra~dng:8.r a~ fOll:

BRI.CK DUS'l~

Ale.

S ig i Ls a 1:";: e.l.so de rived from the in i t i a 1 S 0 f the ,La'tin

f.z3 1:'.i na 1 at,(;;'!Z'um I .. 1 ~ £":;.;r-' examp 1 e in t;.h,e f OIm s, given by D I DIEROT 1 i Ed; F~ GESS:~N'N 1906 lID ITJ. ~ ==4=4==:

,Ale ~

J;. s.igil i5 g iVE:,!I), under thi5 TI<:J;me by KOCfI 1930 £

but thii? !~ ZLct:ua,l.ly ,U~!:§! l,ab~-rEl;:;!d,i,ae\l'al form fal::.' "b La.ck s ul.phur 1

- S@.i2! SULPHCJR :[:,;jIGRUM - ibrimstone! being the verifila cu I i3_T,' at one time

-f or SULPHlJR ..

:1B.RONiZE

Ale.,

t.hough rn:DTIZe is am a,llo'y more eas,ily i.dentifiabloe 'through t.he sigils p

ITo",;,e ve I' , corif'ua ion

still reign@. If and sigils fo"r BRA.sS and COP.PER a,]f"@: of'ten Gnlployea ii"J C.""l:Se!!,:;::; whBre JJ ,f"ot;!.z'.g shou 1d be s i 9'i 11 ated .

BRORGE;8 u'ag ~ Sigil for the demon LLnked with the planet g,aturll} ,g'.i ve n

il) AGRI.P'PA 15C: '9:~

B-URJ'JED AJ.!uM 5 ee C/!"LC INATED lU.;UM

ERI-BYD

is €i;_@ f.LtlR;TS,~ORM

BURNED LEAD

~ '"V"""

BUiRNEP T.AR1;AR See c.ALC lNA.'I'E[I TAR T.AR

BUR'NEIJ VITRIOL Se:e CALC I. NAT ED VITRIOL

IBlJf'MONO Mag. S,igil fer t.he de:non liIlked wi til the:: pL~Lne't. Lrupi '"!_:I?:L ~ qJlvl?i.I.

by AGRI P]?.A 16c: t~1

,1Llc.

j g::t'<ilQUiil11 y~' or r in sta,gG,!l;' I' apr::! ha'lJir.q not.h.Lnq to do wi th the term used

in its astrological ~en~e.

A LCHEMI CaT_, l?c ~ (A1

BYSS Gce.

TAW '1"'7"'" ~ L_ t r» W

S~e ABYSS

69

DIeT ION'tlR¥ .oF (iCC U z T I' II ERNETIC ,!:JNl.J ALe Ii ERICAL sz GI LS

CABBAL:t sr rc SCR IPT

See BEHM I C, SCR I PT

CADENT ,A s;t; ~ Mode r n s ig-i 1 q i veri by DE ~O:R.E 1947 f or bo't~'1 the I c aden t

house 'I and th IE; i Ca.de:D ~ sign! ~ L

GES SMA.N.N L 906

SIGNA :_ 7C 'Jf. \Xl'- T ¢

Q#- ~.¢ / cD -\ d ~

'.

CALr:INAT~

Ale.

}\_LC HY..MIA 1.5 6 3..Y=r 'f

FRANCKLYN 16:2 7

S EEl ,'I\JN 1 7 C

SQM:i4ERHOFF 1 70 1

I ~ •

POIsSON 1891 c/>:

G:tSSl-lANN 1906 ~ ~ CJ:::!,' z.

>""""i r SCflNE IDEE 1962: L ~

,LUEDY 1928 n=

See a 1 $0 CAL.C INJi.L'l'10N

CALCINA'!'ED ALUM Ale.

SOMMERHOFF 1 701 fi ~,

SHELTON 1 'tc %-

'L.) n_-- ~

~

CALC I.NA'l'ED BRAS s See PiE S U STTJlol

fO

CAt.;-·(.AL

CALCINATED GOLD Ale.

B~RTH.£:Lf)'r 1 B.8 S: ~ GES Sl-mNN 190-6 e e

DID1~iROT 1763

(

r--J: h"

A riled! t).e 'if a 1 s i g i':_ J;"e r:o:rrde:d by GES S:Ml!!.MN 1906 ]?Q rhap s z'e foe r s t.o the alcheIf.!.ical proce55 of I. c;a1 aisietz.ioa of gold': :f2t.

CALC INA"l'Ej) mffi TS H30FN

A.le.

Sa~~RHOFF 1701 ~

c "

V

GESSMA.NN 1906

..,Lj:

V

v

.

CALCINP.TED LEAD Ale:.,.. 'I'W'O s.igils fro~1J the GiCeek a.!.ch.f!mi.cal tradi·tion

are re C'Q:J:::'dl;!Q by BERTHE.LOT 1885 n ~

.sOMME:RHOFF 1701

CiU;CIN~'I'ED SILVEH.

Ale.

tradition :by BERTHELOT lB85

rrhe gig;i,l s recorded by SOMt"YiERHOFF 1701 ~ ~+ from: 1.:111:3 .Bourc€: b"i GE SS [o.[4·NN 1 9 06 ~

ana. that der,iver3

~

probably J:.""efe::c to t.he

alchemical process of 'silver Calcin~t16n~.

~ ~

A siql1 dQ:J:::'ived from the G~eek glch~mical

CAL(: I N~I'rEb V I TR I OL

SHELTON 1 '7 C' Q

CALC J; NF~ T ION

Ale"

1;he :sigi 1 'far the s.1,.gn OJ:."" c~,t~,£:t.~J, l~'t.icn Aria$ i ~i t.bez -::.C ~yITiboli8e th€:: alchemical p~QCe5S of calcinatiDn or (less likely] the alchemical

.ANT1MONY .•

CALX

lUc.

!The. s i gil s some t i m;:S c 1 e tl.l:" 11 l."Q f e r to the: enc i en t 1:1·~a ni ny-

71

c'Lincrals _

CROT-.LIUS 1670 ~

SIIEL'rON 1 'tc W SO~'lMERHQFF 1701 0 r:::1 LUEPY 19.::::8 C9 Ct

VALENTINE 1671 ill E t? SIGNA 17c j eY 6

~~~~~~~ ){X

8CIIIN'EI'!DER 1962 ~ ~

y

s~ e a 1 so CALk C EiYMIC(J S 1. eM x ,MErALLORUN,~, CALX OVQR~J.M. and CA:r;X TAR'1'ARIS

II

'Uno e;t' ·t'n,e 'need ing C ~ 1 x SQMl.'$Fl.HOFf 1 70 l 1 is ts a 1:;:'0 Cal x Sa t U' r.if::!i ~ ~

Calx Solis ~

r

CALX CHYMICUcS

Ale.

CALX N.ET1U.LORUM

Ale.

}-)'1' GES.s :r.-lfo..NN 1906, of. \o,,'h Len the f ollolior· ng are ..... 'Q r't.h r'!2:cording; 0 (;I:!IQ

lU \_~J 'y 0t )(-2 X 1 ''r ~ 9 + l' (= t::J

CALX OV01i.uM.

Ale ..

\\TORI.. IDGE 165·1 *

SCHNE IDEE 1'962 'c,o

CAl.,X SOLIS

Cole.

WOlU. I DGE 16.5.1 ~

Vi\,LENTlNE 16 7 ~

But s~e ~l$o Ct~LX

1801. but deri ved from ,t_)£ £ig-i1 gl V~n by T~,ITBEMI1;F.8 1:503 'f{Jr SAl'lAEL: ~

C\MBJHBL u,ag. 51gi' for geQwant:ic s.pir it. given by HEYDON 166.{l r }?er\')aps

n

in, error from AGIUPPA 1531: ~

........

I ~

· .

C.zu.iPHOR III c : S I GNlA 7C' 4

.~ (j

SD.MMElrn-OFF.' 1701 C¢t.< ):x:x)-o D I DEP.:orr 1 '7 6 3 A\ ')(_).Q

GESSM.A.NN 1906 ~ J~ POISSON 1891 ~ m

&LBERTU5 1974

CANAN.EAN SCRIPT

Gee.

One of t he numerous scripts pr e se-rved under this

RIVI.ERE 1936

a b - c (I e r

t

J k - 1 m 11

ri

4 '131-& ..

"""V')., I ~i '11'\. _ ,~~ .. ' l~ .-z

l~ Y iIt -f-. l~ r J I.. L.:.

o

S

L

u

x

-

...

z

q

r

e

Th:Ls £i.eer~t a l.pheb et; wa s originated for' the Heb:re\.;i a.lpl;-·[ilie;;::. (see fc:t;' ~xam.p.le IIEBRA.IC SCRJ,J.l'T} I and l)as been t_aken ov ar from one of the eevexa ve.rs ons call~d the Ct1llU.Dl::!AN SCRIPT;

II

,

n

1

,.

w

CANCER

S ig i 1 s for 'the zed i i~ r=.:] ] sigJ:1 '0 f the Cra b J: U ~,e d

i.ndi ~.C r loci na t.e ly for the con s 'te 11 a r.L on 0 f t.he 5 ame name.

Printed

v·e.t's.Lpn of the sigi1 oder iv.ed .from. one of S~Vof:!.ra L rel,;;,ted forms in t.ho Graeco-'lBy~ant::Lne t.ra.dit:ion {s·ee NEUGEBAUER 1959 be low}, g' 'len by 'H'iGI:NUS 148;2 i 0 0' S.~id bY. AG.R.KPPA 1510 'CO bG basi£:d, Or1

'the movaman t. of the crab J though Ithi.s Ls entirely fane iEul ~

Anc i en t E;~,nlP iI':.i a n (a.~mo t,i '_')I ; STOBART 2(: X

G, ~e~Q-Byz~ntin~i c.500AD~

AS'l'-RQLOG l:CAL 4C q

73

BEFtLIN 42AD ~

SF I EGEI,BERG 1911 Z.;?:-_~

4 /p J.ANTJA 1 i'; 0; /

~~NSIONIBUS. 1482 BOAATTI' 5c ~ TABLES 15C -;:r.:

HERW1ET! S 16.C

LElJPOLDJ 14C: ~g ASTROl.OOICAL i.sc ~ QUA[lP.1!.:NTIS 15C A

S CUY N'AGEL 1 5.00 ~,

S_GILLJ.S 17C' ~ AST~aLOGY .1 7C o-:aVALLEr-10NT 1 707 b 'J

TRI'I'BE[-HUB 16 50 (j ~ TRACTS 1 7(: ~ =« 'fiELLI NG 1., 35 c:f' ~' STEINER 1910' ~ :SURCKmi.RM 1967 (5) F..uDH¥,i~H~ 1970 ~

STEH.JE.R 1906 SlJCE3ER 19 5 B (.)' EBERT r~' 1970 {9 SUCHER .1970 '$ .......

. LEUPo.LDI ! 4(: give $ a s i gil for the con: st.e 11 ation Can oe r f1 j~~IPP~ 1510~ ~!

S@@ also COSMIC EGGp }~N ~~CANUM and SPIRIT OF CANCER

CANE

AJ.c ..

'I'J;.. .. O medi aev 3.1 S igi 1 s z e cor :jed b~l GES Slo1P...NN 1906; 11 G

CRNIS

,'3'igi 1 for t.he 31'".11. lun.ar mans i.on, called Al Aww:~ irl the

CANIS MAJOR j~s.t. MeOia@v.al giqi..1 'for th·e binary ~lp!ja Canis JiJ(-:1jo:ris,

som.etirr..e$ called siri us , g.iven in BERNETIS 13C; ~

A relat.ed val[ iar.t i 5 given by AGalPPA 1510,. l'o'nic,l h.a~ bQcom~ tjl~ :8 tan(:3,~.:t;'"d s igi 1 i hl a is tIcl ogy ; d<:>+..,~

CAN.S M1NOR

Ast~

Medi a e.va 1 ~;i, g1 1 f 0:1:::' t.h e bi i1 a.ry a.lpiMI C~,n'~ s .Mi nor i S i

ScQt·neti.me S ca 11 ed P coG gQn ~ given in HERr<1lf.:TI s 13C i 0/

A ze la t.ed v.£l;t; i a nt go i vG!n in AGRIPP,A 15 0 ha.s :t: IS! com a the standard

sigil i.n ast.rolog-y i ~,~

EVANS 1922

CAPELL.i1'!!. lJ.st.. MeJ]iaeval sigi 1 fo;r tt:e fi~ed ;5tar alpha Au "ig~e c/' gi VeT:!

in !:jE;J:UojETI.s 13.C ursde l; the riame 0 f' ALA YQCM Xc>

t.h is s.igi 1 was ·';'lrongly· ~&n5mi tt:ed by AGRIPPA 1510 I wi'th the r e su l.t; that L he s ig i 1 in COm.:fndfj 1] s e; may bee onf'ua cd wi t; h tha·t .for ALuEBAR11l.N.

74

CAN-CAP'

CAPIU,US

Ast. Sigi 1 for 'I::.hf! e leventh. Luna r mansion r eEL _ lQd. Al Zubrah

As' gi 1 for t~Je al"Dule:t J.inked ~d th thia man s Lors ~ called Vcnter L~cmi S I' is :r€!'-t:; (~X"(lG:d by. ARANO 13 03 ~ 'ry>1~~

CAPFCCORN

As!: .'

the Go.fl t :

the s i gil 5 are u s ~6I. indi 8,C r i mi ne tc 1y for 'tine cons te 11 #.I,t.: ion

AGRIPPl\ 1531 d{;!rives the mediacv.;:.l sigil f r om t.ne,

'tail of tb.Q g~at, but thi~ i~ enti rely f~_;ncif·l..lll' and it as like Ly 'that. the common form is de r L ved from the, a·.Jr' Ii tj! of t.he gOfit.~:E':i. 5h form.

T~I1'e pr in iE:ed V€! rs ion is from t h-2 j"(1';:)J:}U SoC; r ipt ,t r aclj, t i on 1. a S g i "'~Te n by

HYGINU5 1482 ~J FIRMICUS 14991' '~ • .:nd I ILLY 1,647 \';'J

111hG. sigils for th' 8 £i ~ gn are nume roua , Llilt1 to avoid conf'us't.on Lhe

!E:i!n'l::,l:'ic:s be l oi .. 'hav€ bQen Si@'t out in tl'_I'~,e set.: t Lon s - MODERN 1l11RI,.;;;.r:TS, COUJ.'liON r/ilRIA!\rTS (on tl'j!C' modern Eortt:1':g), and Hll_RB forms .

.s,IELY 1790 v~

C~RIST1AN 1870 ~ vREEDE 1 g :J 4 .h

MODF PN ,f.!, S'T!?OLOG.'l 1899 NEUGEelUJER, 1959 0 CIRLOT 1962. ";G NEERACE;H::.I.{ 1967 ~

BURCKHA:RUI' 1967 HADES 196~ '"-0 ,.'0

SUCHER 1970

CQ.r.\fMO.~- VA j:!!' .r A.,NT S

.sCHYNAGEL J 500 ~

H QROSCQ.P E;8 15 c .A..:? '~

Dl~IOT 1557 ~f' G.llH·.rrlion 1.583 0 ~~.'

BERM.ETlS 16C ,/

f .1. ;-" D.,. ... ( (;2.,

SHITH _'tC ~~?---.J

HDROSCOI?E 6 14 "'''·".rt

CHAUCER :'SC

PI,ct01..0M,JNI 55 e AGRI P,PA 16C:: ~'

'. ""'1 r- ..-:::

t-il1.RY 16c V C

13LUNDE'IJ'I LLF.:: 160.2 ~Z Ar_CHYl1.tCAL :;_ 7C ~~

L~CCII ]. 7C /"-b

T ftlB LE 1 7C )A:

~ '-......p

Fl. ULBS 1 7C '6-~~ J

VAt..LEHONT 1 707 ~'

75

DICTIONARY Of' OCCULT,I' lfERlt{FTIC AND lJLCHEl!fICAL £IGILS

FRowSS~ 17C ]: ,~

SQ?fl{<fERHOFF 1 '7 0 ~, 1:f

P'YTI-1AGORAS 18 C ~ GESSNANN 1906 (!f A LUEDY 1928 ~e~ords a r~lat~d 5igi1 from the syrian astrological

-. tr·21.dj_t:.ion~ 7'

LECl?OLDI 14:C go' Vefi &. si:J'il for 'the: conace Ll.ert.Lon : ~

[nlELLINGo 1? 35 z,

'e~j

C.~R.RICB'rERl1S IBC ~

RJL~'~

A.fJc~ien.r:: EglJp't,i.fJ.r'), (d~rnoi!:::ic):

SlOBBET zc T

Gr.a.eco'-,Hy 2a n ti rie , G ';' 500AD :!' J\STROLOGICA .i cc X

J PI.NUA 14C J-j->

MJl;.NSIONIBUS '1482 ~ BONA.TTI. 15 C ~V

6~~--f

QOll.DM,NTIS 1SC 1

LA:1BECIUS 15C

.~GlnpPli 1~10

"fHUR~fEYS SER 15 7 -1

,A.STROLOGl.Cl'IL ,1650

BELOT 1667 C......,

..,1".<

LEFOY 7c

See ;.O!lso SPIHIT U1" (l\.PRICORN

GEHEIME :"785 £F

SY5TEt-iES lHC >

/-0

BERL.IN 42lill 't. G

BP EGELBERG 1911

'1. +

NErJGEBAlJEH 1959

PEST lNA T,I.ONUl·1 1·4C --t-6"'

\_-1.,' __->

LEUPOLD:r 14C a:

l\SWOLOGICAI.J 15(: ~~ FREGOSUS l5C ~ 'l'i"BLES 15C ~_,A' TRITHE[olTlJ's 1503 f;:

'l'HtrRNEYS SER 15 7'0 ~~

BLU NElEV ILLE 1602 v:;. HEYDON 1550 J

r-e

A S'I'ROr OG y. 7 c r~ .J

MAGICI 17Cc..]) >, SIGILLIS 17c xFREHER 717 '''l/Y -y:p

YirL.sm-~ 1820 '\jf
J
SUCHE.:R 1975 ~ ?if ASt". US·.,Jal1y r.he sj ngle wore. Cliiput in an aat ro ogici9.1 ccr.t.e xt;

.r e te r s to C'~'PLlt" 6r.;:lconi 8, "tl:e draqon I s head I., originaJ_ly an

a [5 tr c 1 c go i cal t.e zm ~ b ut, now U sed ,i n -a. 8 l: r--(')loq.l~ a 1 'I a._ ohemi, caL and

"EDman t i c cor. t~ x+; s .

T.Le ~ertl"j in its astrolcgi.cal sense of! fers t.C

,['loon in '[.ISI sec t st'he ecliptic.

""'"he si~:r i 1 iOQS l commonly uaad i.8

mcd i aevaI in 0);' gin ~ de;ri'v~d f::::.·{JtTI I::.he anc i.ent; Greek (see NODE:) ~ as; for

..--~

E:'!xal1l.plt2 the form gi veri by LI ]:;'LY J.64 7 ~ ~J l.9

The en~ry below l~

dividlf:'!d into t' .... o partes - one li$1:.in91 "t.he a~·trc.)loqical and a Lehem.i ca L sig-ilb.r t.he c.th"'i!r Ii !;;lting the geomantic sig.i,l s ..

A.S'I'ROJ.l)GIC.AL AND ALCHEAfICAL·

ASTROWGI CA 14C "'A~' Cl~NONES 15C ~ SIGNIFICl':r.TIONES 15C ~ s CBYNAGE L _ 500 V9

J~NUA 1·4C C BONAT'l'I 1 ,SC ~ TAB~JLAE 15C =F\~[j

,......,

DEUTSCHE 1961 «l G

A medi aE';!val i.JJt:r~ v iat· on is <;l iv,en by CHASSANT 1884: C~

I t i:5 nat un commcn for medcxn eph'em.er i de!!"1. '~Q g i.ve ·thl ~ Sj,:i gil i t.1 a f oztn 'which llHiI.Y b~ con rusec ~ .. Ti t:h th.:.tl: more accurate y uSed Eo.r LEO: d1 GEOMANT'.TC

i ..

This Cr':lfHl'l:. araconi.s. t s linked by AGRIP.PA 1531 with the

e 1 G!:rt:Len tEar th OJ n d t; b,E! Z c~i aca 1 Si'gl1 V" rqo :

a mu.Lt i.t.ude of va.ria,n'ts

{s..ta..rs, dot.s I floral dev.Lce 81 et.c:.) ,1..£ lJs'e.rl t.o denote t.he -?.[.une f'C:n.l.:t'-

tr.lld arrange:r..l.ent.,

Th.e :Eol1m .. 'ing sigi s q_re f.rol1l late medt.aeva.I

,

sour cee, and ::J.rlZ· sO,[JjQti:r-l.e..s used in a.st.rologicG!ll and ~n,aqic,al cont.exts

to c ann 0"[ if! ''(;,'j1:e i ox c e zm d nat 'U:!:E: 0 f as tro log i cal GG! p~ t (a'b(~ve ) aa s E or

e:xauIlple ":'n 'l'IHTBE}-'lIUC; 1503.

c: \../ Q \!7 \.+7 \if

.;\GRI];I PAL ... 31 -t ..j,_ \jI 't'l

· ... rh i (~:11 i:8. So U!( eo l::l 'J,:' .t:.'o:n q .

HEY OOK 1664 r Poe or ds a s i g.i] Y , .... .h i ch L g al so inc DJ;,"":k"'eC '1:: +

A,st~

.fooledi aev i5Il s ~ gil for fixed s ti;l r . IE'!,PU t.lP.;d Lob e the

~'tandard tnode rn fer:n Ior 'i['he aigi,I~ .

by AGRiPP.A 1510,

D...+."_

.! . ~

EVP!.NS 19.'22 {tJ~edia.~val!: \ JIll i

'I.'li,t".i iG~l, has become ·the

A reJated varian~ i5 recorded

CA1-::'UT ARI:Er_['IS See CORNUA ARI "TIS

CR.P lIT CANCR 1 S QC oct: Lll S

CJ!!FUT CAN 1S

77

DIeT IONAR1' OF OCCULT I' HERl~"ETIC AND AlCHEMICAL SIGJ. LB

the l'v:'i3"b Lc &.~'trolc::r teal sy s temj as' gil for ,!;.ihicl:' .. i5 gi '!;ler~ by . Ii!

~'J.ANS I ONES 14 c , Q Eo' o

A £1gi11 or gro~p c: sigi1~r l~nked with this man~ia~ (unje~ th~

nsne of fi nit£ Tau.I.i ~t Gem=' J1orum). J_~ r eco -oed fer amu Le t.d c USi2 by i'o.

ABA.NO 1303; '.A5./ \ 0

CA.l='U'r y.lORTUUN:

t, ..... o 0 the r 'v.:i!l,l::." ian t.s ax .. i e: t ;

WORL1DGE 1651 Q ALCHEMI CA""- J 7·: ~ '},

S.ONMERE.:;O,i,'E" 1 701 ~,. A

..,.

.. .F

CARR lCI:jTER U S l8C .:&

(;lE SS MANN 1906 0 ffi J<.J. SC~3NE;IDER 1962 lD ~-E

&,

,

.

V},LENTINE 1671

SIGNA

[~9 ®

17C (.::::1

T' G

c

DIDERJT L 7~)3 If ALBERTUS 1974 ~

SO~JE PHOFF' 1 7eJ 1 g 1 ',,~a s the 8 ig i 1

~ I...0J

for terrQl damna ta ~

CA7UT TA :J.5:.r.

See: COB TAURl

ChRBON DIOXIO';E

Ale.

SCH:t:F!:"ER5 - :.,' 7 5' U . - 1 -~

glves 'le sLgl ~

for h':"s

Geo.

•

Si9.11 for one 0:: the .six_8ien q~Dmantic figure~ ~ : :

A

re~ltitude of varfants (dots, stars I floral dev-cesr ~tc.) are used to

Caraer, ~prison' ~ is linked

by AGRIPPA i331 ",'ii'th t.'1? ele'm,Q]l't 0': Ea.rt.h.i' the plru"l'!E!t s~ tu:!:n.1 a:::;i, the

zodiac-a L s:i.gr:. Ili!jcG:s. T~'1~ follows'r.tg s.igil~ al::.'Q de r.i vad fr ort t~)0

S it\l.r:":. r as for f:'!xamp e ,::Ln -:-RITEDlIUs 1303.

AGRIFPA 153L Q ~' 9 ~ '\7 ~ <> 9

CARtClJ!~L

s E;'! eo C.r!;,RDI t:lAL~ T"i

78

f:AP-CAu

CARDINAL CROSS

:1;"".:1 't.i OJ'l ale. by B~~ILEY 19 34 l: 0 r epr's sen 't th ~ four cezdi. n a 1 zodi ae a 1

gig:ns I. ~'rl' e s . ,~:."" ·0"... L';b de' " _. /- .. .___

.. "'-. ......'IOU ""_.. .... .. z a an: ' aprl. corn J -=-r~

CARDI _.lALITY

~ode::n s1gil for t.ne cardinal qual' ty ~ recorded by

D'E VOllE 1947: .A

s 12!E: a 1 so CAR[)IN.~L c.~OS S .,

CASK

s~ e CUP.E LI ... .A

CASSEROLE

{J

'r' ..... o rn ad i a@ va l 5 ig i Is ):',fr(:; c: E'G eel by D' DE.RO'l· 1 7£ 3: 'ZJ

Thr~Q ~edi~eval s1;115 fur this angel o~ S~tur~

BARRETI' 1801: Y J ..;s::::a. I though t.':nE: List, f;iqi 1 is

'Jiven .by TfUTHEMIUS 1503 t3 S for OF! IPHIE;"',

SCHEIBLE 1848 r ecc.rd.s marry medi~~val variants:

J f..-W? ~ ~ -~} ;l.:.. -' '+:;1 S

Se~ also S:PHERE OF ~A'I'tJRN

CASSIHEL

,MeJ.g.

~

SCHEIBT.,1ii; J :3.48 giv·p-s several :;:;:i.gils .:E;:J.r t.ha e d,eJLIOn; () L,(IJ

G\STOR OIL

Ale.

BERTHELO'r 1885 .t'G!C·OY:::'~ ,a,ii' 0 r.o.t cnt; Greek f'iigil for ;::hi~.

liquid: ~

.I1s t .

In t:h-E!

as t.re 1 u~ i c 03.1 t.r ad. i ti on it T,.;ra sin te ~·.d.e d t.o dan 0 I.::. IE! the .[o.loon I 5 5(:='i,] t..b NOOE I the 'Po i Il t a't ],o.,'h i ch the d~ soc e'n.a i nq or b i t (.)f t. Lo8 moon in t;.,8:I':':::.e c t s the.

eclipliC.

-"" . i k ) I. • L T L L~'" ] ,-' 4 7 q 9'

- rom t ne anc ~n·1.::. Grre0·· ; a::; g .1.ve.n l.I1 ._,:t .'0 . ~ \J

The cnt.r ie s

A 5 ""ROLOGICA.L

79

DIeT IONlJ.RY OF ,(/L'COr.T i flEF:MET IC' AND ALC'E ENICAL BIG.! I.B

.JPJ'ili[J~ 1·4C ~

1f,· 'i<·~.,.TT][ l:~ C ...0:..

D' ~J.~:r-.... ::). ~

ft(G!N"I.FICA.T lONE S 15C ~ SCHYNl7J.:GEL 1500 n '. 8'FRAGGLI NG 1,.824 :t

GEOUJlNTIC

AST,~OLOGICAL 15C ,~ CANONES 15C ~ 'I'.AB·U,LAE 15t:: ~ l!;.STROLOO'f. 1.7C tV

c~ uda. drsooai e :

,t!; mul.t.Lt.ude of variant sigils Gx1st:s ('With

,8 U.r $; I dot 8, f lQra,l devi ce $;, etc ~) us ed '1:0 exp;t e is 51 the .same f'ou,]f- ,f old

C ,a:ud.9, is, 1 Lnke d bY' AiG:RIPPA 15.J 1 ,,, i th th~ e Lemen t P i,re ,

and the zodiacal sign Sagittarius.

frolT. t.l'H~ li:1,~diaeva.l tJradi.t.ion I and are s,a[ft)et.i:IJ~e~ us€!d in a~trGlogical and mag Lc a 1 con I:.e ... '1:. s ,to exp:;c; e:5 s the ide a of CGI u aa ·.ar,BCQn_T: sin its

as t.r 01 o.g-,f cal s ens ~ jag for e x;.a.rnp 1 e i~! TlH TREMI US 150], ~

A~RII?PA, 1531 j_ A z, £ /1\ A

C.AXJDA C1!.h~ J: CORNI .Ai B t: ~ M~,a. i a ev.:ll. ,s i9 i J_ f v* t.h~ £.i.KeO, Btil t" a@-l 'EG\i

Capr.icQ,rni,. $omet,ime.s oeal1!2!d .Deneb ,J;;lgedi, given in H!ER~T:t.S lJ.C~ AGRIPPA, 153,1 gives Q" variant which has en'tof!rQ;d th,e Eur-opean occult

trf.l!di 1:.1 on:' ;XC !O! 1

,Jist.

Ar'abi c B. s t.rol 091 cal!i:1iYs 'E em, ,f C,r which MANSI.ONES 14,(: 9 i 'lJe s a. medi ~1'!2!'q<1ll sigi'i.l; ,~e - ,-

A s ,f,r.:li. e ~ Q·f 8 iq i 1 s 1 i nke,d w.i 'i::!h thi::;, Lun ar man:f: ion (c:a Ll.e d f i o.i:s .L.@on.1.Set pr i.nai. pi,'$ 11 i rgi l~.i £; I' and, pet'" tH!LPS l,i"nked. '!i.'l i th SF' rei!;.) Ls given for alLlU le:1: Lc U,5 e by ARANO 1 303 ~ 'er' E} GO

Th e 19 th of t.h~ m edf, ~leV,1J.1 1 un a"r nl<1! n5.io:ns ,p C a LLe a

..fI,l 5h.:!i! IUl at i,n, 'the ar abi cas t rolog i cal 081' stern I a si gil for wh i ch is

given by M$H.'~.s ;COMES 14C: -o.jj ~"" 1>;;' ~r:J.z> oo!;!

A, S ig ill iuk!~d 'w'i 1th th i s 1 unaz JEL.ansi 0 n ( ce.l.I ec. £ i n.i s SCoOY pi Ol1 i 5' et: c~put Sa g i t t~ r 1 i ) i ~ g' J., ven for amu.L et: i G I]; se by ABJ...NO 1303;:; ~r~

80

CAll-eEL

CAUDA URSAE

l1st~

.r-1I2!diaev,a 1 5 ~ gil f n,r the doub 1 0 st~ l: lllp,ha. tlr.sa e

Hi.nori s i' 50JIlet-itr:l~5 ca l l.ad ;Polar·' 5.,. St.,~lla F'.olari s. i' CynoS':ur;!.l or the

. ~\_!__r

Pole. St.]r,. ~i11'$n by HERMETIS lJc: 0,/ ~

'I,.,;'hich has ent,e ~e<J. 'the EuroJpean OCGul t

~GIUPPA 15~~ 1 giVG:-8 a varia,nt t.r adi t.i on: >-1--:;h'

d -)

~GRIPPA 5.10 iJ i ve s ; d j' ... 0

CA.uST Ie t-lETAJ ..

A,le.

BERT[1ELOT 18.85 reCQ,rd,:; an ancient Gr~ek !5igi1 ii, LL

CELESTI.AJ..! scs I PT

Ccc.

by ~GRI.PPA 1531.'

w

Th.!£! more or. 'ess genu,inoE! Icc-le5cial! s(:r"'pt.s have, been doz i.ved from the Iiebraic a.1phabG't (s.ee' HEBRAIC SCRIPT), but: some 'I,..rri ter~, such as

RIV1E:R;~ 193B nave {.li.d&;P1::.eiJi t:J:.egi2! for the R.omdln alph&lE>.,t e ~ angel; c ' al,I?habQ'i: or compared , .... i th h i s • c:eles't:,ial ' ';

f . (,,' ,~

h

1

J

J

o

q

r

...: ~J'

II

v

x

v

.'

v.

'-"

8.1

B u't, S i21El a l;iio SEC RET SC R lLP'I'S ~

A1.cr.

The sigil giv~n in the coll~ction of Greek textg

1885 t.rar'5.latc s so:mG:uhat roatar iali s1[i,cally as I ce l,e st.Ls l, y.1)"pQU::I:" I ,

t-hough the form 0 f t:1ne Sigi 1 would ~,iJ,ggoest somGt.1hi.ng of a sp i r L t.ual.

na t ur e. ,_ p er'h lJ.,ps re 1 a ti ng ;;:00 t.h <is! :;1lDIobE! 0 f the python i c or a c 1 e S I f)J:;- eve n {t.JJ,Oug:h moz e doubt,fullyl to the ether ic :EC!rce5; deSCl::'ib€."d int,1i1e

th,eQ aoph iCoil1 it 1"" adi t. Len, ,.

Ale.,

ILl tt .. o:;;;'t contex:ts t.t is clear t.het; a verbal u se is intended

'by 'the' $1gi.1 ~

_____{""";_

SHELTON .1 7C L

nmzs ........ ilI' 1 ""'6,"1; ~

.!. ".c..z, V r. . I _) A..~

rnQdia~val siqilg:

SCHNEIDER 1962 ~

CEN"I'AAl.. P or NT

See P..FCBETYPES_

CERJ.!._

CERES

,tl,.5' t .'

Si911 given 'b-::{ WILSON IS-lSi for I planet ~ (.in fact, an

asteroid) in orbi.t c€:tweeu lia,}:':: and LJupi ter l -f.

K.ocH 19,}0 4-

SIOOWICK 1973 @

CERUSSA

See '[!orE I T E LEJ!;.,[J.

CBA LAfr;l I N'r STONE

,1 .. ~ .... ~

F.RA~CKLYN 16:2 7

f

Cij,~1..LC 1 TE

pyrites:

-eX

Occ~

r.r ad,it i on t) f EEBH,A Ie SCR I PT ,.

T"j".l If:: a 1 ph~.b et. 1: ,p- corded her e i S +h at,

82

9 iV€!n by VIGJ:'>lHRE 1586. ~

j

~I

,

It]

j

«\j'r{ H 7Jl rj '12 t2J 'm ff ~ S1 * ~ ?£ ~Jb~rC~~K~

,f\

The alphab e t ha!ii ncth, i ~~Q' to do 'tjo", i t.h the b: s tt).:r::' i c Chaldof! an Dun e i f Gmt I

but i.n rilediae\oTal 'terminology C,br5!ld@", n was ~ynony.mous 1,,' i th astroloqer ~

CH;?'LK, ~~lc. T ... i'Q med' a'E".val sigils i)re rt$cordod ':Cy GESS:r.~'NN 1906;, Q t?

F,AANCKLYN 1627 gi VE::!8 bra s' gils for 'chalk co,;r"'!tail1ing gf:)ld': I:::?- '\..JJ

CHAOS

Oce.

DEE 1564, gives

I

the ::i;igil --r

bu. _ 8 r2 e a 1 so ELf.MEN'Ii;S and

Al3YSS.

occ .,

]!o. sboxt-fu,rnl 0.1.' abbr~viat:Lon for cha:.ractG.:"_l" in tLe- s~nse

cf ':Sigill l" and 1"ti th re .f'!i}renee 'to the planf:!ti=.! ry Dr a chl?~nical 51"lJlbol:;; ~ is f ound only iLL l(I.:lt1UScripts I ~$ -to' example .i n CON.1DAATI01\1' 14C ~ ~

\.. nl~rQ ~Xigts a wid~ rang~ of different 6igils referred to in occult

Ii i::eKa1:Ure as I cha.rac'i.:I2IS 1; rr.a.ny of which a xe Li s t.ad l n this oict,ionary under the he adfn q of P-,~\N!ETARY SYHBOLS; ~'ut. S'Ei!e also CE1AF..AC'I'EHS O~

CHARA{_:r~RS

See PLANETA~Y SYMBOLS.

CHARACTEllS OF B LEk'f~li]TS

The 1: 011 owL [log si q i 1 s are g i './"'e n by B.F!:l=U'IE

.1582 as characters I' but t];,ese are net Lnt.erioad "to act; as sigi 13 in t.h.;::

ordinary 5en~e fo~ the relevant I?lemertts: they are int~naQd fer simple aruule,ti C U!"i$ +

.p ! V'EJ II 5 :::L CC;s -1 [:::')

"T..-S." ...1 b

s-.

c--l '

v,~-: c-

E ~t~ ~

- -,- .;: ...:..., ~- 'h-r; j------=I

p,,~ ~o fTl

-~- ~ C

EA-R'l'n, GLEMENTS j fIRE. geI l'frES SE NCE I

11 ~ \.~.J ~t-

F' sns ~ :v 6""0 ~~
.._~~
WATRR. : ")1 ~ r.z. FOj::- the: 'tra8Ji tior-al forms ,;

83

DICTTONARl" OF OCCULT f ,IfERM,£"liTC· Jl.N:lJ ALCH.El'ffC1JL SJ:GI'LS

rr'HR.E.E: A.IRS,. 'tHREE. EARTHS ,r THP.EE FIRES, 'r.HR'EE WJ';.TERS and \\Ip .... I'ER_

CHARCOAL

.... uc ,.

Two media~val sigil~ gLven 'b'l (~.sSMANH 1906:' 1 m

CI!:lIA"RIOT

Oac . WIRTH 192.7 re.l;:jtt.es, th.L~ 7th arccanl.11n of th€! Ta,rot :pack ,(",:(1

the. Hebraic ZAIN.i' and a!'j~OG.ia:t"-es with i'I:. E.he s igil '+ which i:::;; the so- c ~11 ed eROS S D f. 'L,o. r.r .3;,i r~e oF wh Lch [/UR'I' H 19.2 7" :5 ees Q,!;j 'i(.he pI" im i t. L V~ foy~ of 'th€! z'ld.n (though ~~ tnC':he .F.re[~isl? E!'I:.~'1rIDloQgy .fo,r· the graphic ve!3 t ,1,.g j.,al fqrJ['1. i:s thEL t of a ! decor a ti ve :5 t~" :ff I ow i tri t n tr~ e Egyp"t. i an

h~ero9'lyphi.C5) . wrRTH 1927 .&1£0 as scct at.as the t:r.'10 sig- i15 6 <$ 'lid.t.h

ti"'.e Ll.'.i.CanlJ[ft I presumably because t.he se are ·to he fo'(:[_r~d w it.h i n "the

compo So i t i onaL s t.ru czur e Q f th e .a e S iq:J; I, -

CHENOR

Jlj~.f! •

~ligi':" used for a sp,iri t (perhaps the original CJJa.l1iel). by

HEYDON 1664, to ref:re serrt th~ Le r t.e r C in tn,e secret 'wri.ting, e a l.Led t.he.

L

,

.

CHE:iRU.B 1: 11

c~c'C a, sue HER J. 9 '7 5 @.l .. pe.o.:r:G; to Li.nk t.he so i g' i 1 .f o.r .M qua r ius ~

'Wi t.t-. the sphere ·Q,E t.he S0raphi~.. whiC-J-l is tr:::a.di tiona11y assoGiatec

In of!,Efect:'1 each [':if r.he :;;:,i;rils for. the" four fixed sign:;: of

t -:':!e. Z odi a G (TA L1RU S f' LEO, 5 CORP. I 0 and AQur~R'I US) GO I.] 1 d t he'ore t Lc a 11:.:' b,e

C~RIST

R~l.

syme 0 1 i. sm of ,t h2 CROss r have be en II S cd 'lo ~ Yiliha Ii ;;;;,G C il.Y." i .s't t i3I I1 d 7". h8

~ollm·ling cons Lst;s 1llF.:.rely of a ;;5':e Lect.i on taken from occu l t BOCK 1931 Jfv

sour oe s ;

SCII1;::IBtE 1848 ~ SEEP ElE PO 19"'71 -f- "f

GETTINGS 1978 ~[

·",jhi.ch rr.iqh-r.:: be ::::<"Ji.d t.o s:Fmboli se c isr: st ;;-

'2> ·l * *

54

CHA-'CIN

~

..... .A. '.""

C.H.:\S SANT 1 B8.:;}. Ir€ C 0. rd~ a [m::di O}S va 1. r ar'-'9 e: X Se e [Lis 0 CHRI S T TRI liMP lLA:t-:1I' "

x\' )

TIl'r~,S ~ of tl'J027n .relatirr1lg Ln e~f£oGc't '1[0 CHRIST 01.- CROSS ~

K.'OCH 19JO 9ive~ ® j," + \~'hi.lst TESTA, 19,£>2 zecorde ~c.;.jr',e

P-

early sig'ils derived from the Jw:1ao~C:h i_5tian tra,diticn:);< X'I "*

,c::HRI ST TIll UN)? HAN-'r

Rei,

Th e TI1.c:lg i c 0.1 alphahe'l:"_ of Ana 191 in SeSB! l:fL:E 1848 g j, VIE!!\'> a si 9'i 1 ~ Q;!: -I-

C'hri$t Trl uf.l'(pha.i1:t ~ 0

See a 1 so CHRI ST t CURl S rr~10N an a .JES U'S •

Ea,rly rr:.edL ava l s.' giJ ~ pr{::babl~{ derived ,from. the

CEiRYSTALLUS

Alc~

JJJ

CINDWRS

Ale.

WORLI DCiE 115 51

--l=! G C ROLT__.I US 1612 L=IF'

S''! GNA 1 7C ... ?*" -$

'J ALI::NTt NE 1 G 71 -f

,SOMi'1C;RHOFF 1 ... Q1 J---u. D lDERO'l' 1 i (;.3 6'·

(;$

+

GESSMANN L906 ..-t

L~

~ ~ )-ll

CINNAEAR

~1.'h e C omrnon £11 chem.i c a, J ,t E rID for t: he red f orm o f mcIC't1'.,,'..r c:

WORLIDGE 16.51 ~

- t; riouoh t.he !,;":'g i 1 L <: a 1 ~,O U5 ed f (':or 1::.he pig ne. n t

~

.sulphide

C:ROLLIUS 1612 ~-

CBOLL 1US 167'0 ~

Sf:

SHELTON 1 7C ~

...D-_, h:'

o .,..Y"

:D~

..J:,....

l;'

_(' b

$'

,

c.

0( p

~ ~

I J u

-fr.-

EIGNA 17C 33 1"3

~~ .~,

7'7 ~

1~ ~,

f

'~ LJ

.s c ~ .. ' ~.

Q_ 6 .. "

c»

, -

~ ~, 3")

D IDL"rtO:~ 17 6 :~

SOMMERHOPF 1701

,$

~

GES s l·tMTN ':'9 06 ~.

~ I ...b
% b ~
. CARBDNELL I 192:5 '3~, SCHNE lEER 1962,S

LUE.DY 192B

r::>, ~

C I NNABlLI"{ or !!.NT:!: MOm

Ale.

T'i,~'Q. sigils give:!:1 by DlngROIJ.' 1763: Q S

C): RCllLA'l'l: NG Fl RE

A,j, c .

~ediaeval sigils

'1i von by GESSJ';1ANN J 906, ms ill J_:y'
D~ L J\ ce~ 0
,~ dB 1f i ved f rem the ocruuon .s ig L 1 for FIRE;

(:,1 RCU:~IiJ'S DUPLE X

Gee.

Sigil 'giv0n by HlEp].;-lES 1513 in a sBrl e.s of g.lt<;1Jhic. o Tb,e dup1 e if symb 0 1 i 6 ~:ffi the id,e a. 0 £ sp i ri t.ue.l,

occult structure~;

T~e sigil may also be inte~prQted as b~lng

CU~VIS

Occ . S i 9' i 1 der i v~d ;f':,:r om ne~ "s ["'O'NA.D by Boe.h!.I.e, and ca Ll.ed by

(see :MUSES 195':"',)"

-.,...-" .. LL »:»: 1:...

The sigil ccmb Lne s t:he ~ S~VQ,n Fo rms I 0= the

S.f!ven plan et.s :

...L.r saturl,1-iLfoon whidL q:ivQ:!: 'narsil de s i.z ing vIi LL I ~ ? .......

~ "'"14--'

!'l.1"eIcuIg-,_7u'p,i"to$'.1~ which g-i'V08!;:1 ~ Bi t'tGr or stinging I' ~

,MS! r,$'- Ven tit-.; wh j eJl give::: ~ l'!.ng-tli s h ~i 1 J. the II f] ?I Soh ofF' Lr If! U i; ~ ¥

Sun "l:-J L :::1"'. it SE! 1 f rep J::',f!! S e;[1 t. s t.he ! flll.:!i:ih 0 f P I.re ' and the I F 3.:t' e 14o.r Id i : 0 Vf;'lnl.-s--~""Jar.s whl ch g 1 ve:: i Lig-ht. or Love. 'wl.ie:r-E! 'thl2 wate-r of E'(;.~rnal L.i fe

.,.., H

,JupI ter.- Mereu.r!j '..;h Lcb give!;; ~ No i s Q , so uno 0 r Mer cu ry I ~ LL ~

M:oon-- $ a. t UTl1 vh Loh q i ve!5 I 81 •. i:::-:' S t a nee of N~ ,t uI' If:: 'I ~ C ,J

MUSES 1 J 51 n,r e se J', t.s Vi:! J:,- i<,I.Il t ~ o:E t; 1 ie ,!'j,~ i etC cord 1. ng to F r ehe r r :L n l:hG:-

or dar given above" bu 1G ~l i t.h a Jl10;f." E ,the ~r.' 81) g h. in 1..0rp r~ ta t ion ar,Q w'i ~h

86

CIN~CD.t·1

t.he sigi11ic fo:t:"Bl~; ~ SeQ' also lAW 17"72,.

COAGULA'IiE;

lL C,.

refer to t.he verbal use of ·t;.h.e word.

WORLI DriB .1.6 51 ~ VA LE N'I' r;:orE 16 /1 L......L.

i...llEDY 1928 '\!_J

........ »; -ra..- ..

EU t se,f:! a 1 00 COAGutA'!'I O~ AT...cIIEMY 16 SO ;t.-£

DIDEROT 1763 'F T HE' C (~

COAGULA.TION Ii Ll c ~ S i gil given by GEHlE I.ME

process of 'tn,icke"~ing s.1_jbst~nc0~ I. ~ %

SI GNA 1 7(; ''1 ::y.J, ~ ~ ~ (.L~,

GESSM1\NN 1906 V l~_) ,0 0

r

SQG: DISSQLVE~

lJE~GMANN 1785 LTJED'y 1928 ~

r» M

scat:F'fERS 1 77 5 ;~

GE SSf.i.r\NN 1 ~ 06 Le: qb SCBNE=DER 196L }~

COBl!J.LT

AlG ..

ALe 8ElO!]:ICAL 17C ~

COHABITIO

The 'wn:f'rl refers t.o an aLchenn.c a L process,

Alc.

Co.MET

i1st.

1'o'...od r2rn s i 9 :L 1 ~ i2C or ded by SHEPHERD ] 971 ;;

COM~I ST 10 fe e M.l. X

CO[\fiol:ON SAL'I' See SALT

CONPOSE

COMPOSITION

87

CONCENTRATB D S l? I RI T OF ~\'i INE

Ale.' ,

GESS~NN 1906

OONCH

SOMMERHOF'F 1701

CONDENSED VAPOUR

Ale. :3.

~'

Art an t::'ie nt; Gll:."'€! ex a 1.g i 1 1. ~ re,corae d by

cor.·rGEAJ-!

Ale.

DIOE~OT 1763 ~

CONG}! LA TIOO'

Al.e- ,.

-the .sign or cons,tella't.io~~ "ta'Ul'"tJ5, @'i I::hQr 't'D sytrJ_b-olise tl1.~ ~,lchi2:!TIi].ical p,E"ocess of Cm::!.g"ela ti01] , o,r i less 1ikGlly} t:hi2 i:[tlchi£JniG~,l ,,8,,1 t,urnen _

Geo,.

or ..

AG1U PP'l!j, 15 31 .... .ri t;h the, e 1 erne ~ t 0 f Ai r I" the p l ane t Mere: uI}!' and the

zodiacal sign Virgo.

]~ll?cli.c:U;i!'V a.L ,S OUlC ce s .r and a;t"!2! sometime!5 u sed t.o denoce the pI an et. Me r C.t!.H::y ,

as for e xa,mp 1 if: Ln ".["R11'HE MI US 15.03 +

,~G1UPPl~ 1531 'OJ [II I X: X y ~ G) CD Z. is 'S.Z

CON0UWCT ION

Ast.

.An a,s pee t 1.n , ..... hi ch ,two or moOre planet:s aze in the

a,arn!£! d'egr~ e of t.he zod i. ac ~ The Q orsmon form o f tlH]: S i 91]_ 1 5, :It' r~,c.~l;;::.;e ly 't'hat [L1und in mi2!(Uaeval manuscripts ~ as for eM.aT4Ple in SI'GI~LIs L7e if

MLEND.A.R L 5C ()-.

IlOROSCUP:E 1614

"\ 5eries of individual sigils " Lnt.ended :1:0 denote palC'ticular= 'plan~ta:ry

con j un ct. i on s ha. s :b'ee J1J g L vG!n by AGRIP'PA I S 1 0 :

SA. 1'URl'l AND J UP ITE'R ,t 4 9~ ~

~ *\1

¢

5ATuRN AND MARS:

88

CON-COP

CONSTRUCT IOH

A rtloE9o@rn :::;;i gil given by CIRLCr'I' 19 (1 2. br:::. .roe pre sen t

I' the C01:l!.struG. tui ve pr i nc:',1 pl e' wi ,thin total i t: y j T s y~ib 0 1 i se d by thoi;';!

TERNARY act'i ng upon t.he QOATERNAR'1 w" th 'IJ TNF IN I'I'Y f. I:.h.u 8 : ~

COW/ERT

Alc.

S ," 'gi i1 s used on 1 yin des.c r i pt ions of aI chemt ca 1 _P..T,oce: :sse's

---i"'L_

.i n t.he mediae"lj~,ll fO,:tLili given by GESSMA.NN 906.:: ,;0''\1"''

il.st,

Fi t.e'ent~h of th€- l:Jlediaeval lunar mans Loria , caJ.ler3,.Al

GI~afI' in -tho Arabic as't;r;o ogic~l system ~ q Lven by :t-1ANSIQNES 14C:

COPP'iER

.A,1c ,. SincQ tbe o ccu l t. theory of signatures links. c,.'oppe:r tid t.h

be: US eel t (;I den,ot'.i2 t.he me!lt a, 1 in an alchemic 8] Con I:.e ;.;;"t •

Th,e. f 01.1 O'W'i n 9'

s,i.giJLS appear to 'have heen USGld specif Lc a I y tn de:i:lQ1'1:.02 'the, j]),@tal:

SHELTON 17C H ~ @ A 2-....1' SIGNA 1 7C ? 0 -0/\= cR_

~ 1 ~

SO~RiAOFF 1701 g'ives ,the: series of s191118 ¥ ¥ J')t,. e,_ ~ ~ and J1Dt,QS a l so that, 'I.:::hi:::: t s the corpus ip.'mHlndum et :r.1per,fect[1m.r ;.:L:n idlSa rell1ted to the e~ot~x d e astrolQgica,l, tr.adi t.Lon reg,j'J,;u.dLng ,t.h@-

.

;],,;]i • .....= 1701-' ..c 1...1 n" ~,_) 0.,.'.'

pl.;!1nef.: 'Ve,nu5l. A("l,D. 'Ii: .. 1.on.a.11y, SOHM.ERH-....i-!"· .- ,'.' g' ve.~ ~n,,:,, r; ~ + ..J'j

~V8~T-9-o-t-

[}P..L 'FOtf U30B ©

['\.f~ Vl,..../

GEe' i:":~'Po.IN 190&' /,., ,....~

.... "" ........ L'1O-1 .... , . IQ. ....... [,.-0,"'-

S301V'~n9

+ /\.

:~

.- '.'

SAEPEERD 197],

'The: following s '-g "ls have bo<;!~n recor ded by GESS[>,[ANN J,906 j r":'!l.:;;,'ti ~y ,to thl;! (j 1 cbe n i C81 COPP;f:iT:

CoP,FER

COPPER

COP!? EFt ORr::

cos» ER PLATE

COP PER SP LIj'!1T

Blind one fQ:;r; r;:O'ppe :r:"' or€:! ~ in addi tic)!, ttl t.wc) Qiyils
and 'two fer copper pure; ~ ~ B.E.R'F'HELO'I' L S 65 give s an anc i ell t Grc e 11. form for cy pru EO co ppe r ~

,£rOlLI chdlkosX t

B9

DICT'IONARr OF occur. .: r' f !1EP.MET tc }JJfID AU'HE}fICAI.., SIG.ILS

liIQRLIDGE. 1651 giv·es 't.hB f'o.1l101,.;Iill.g 1 i5t, amonq 'i,~'hich [o,so_y b€!- one or 'two dubi.oua f.'dl;ms.: r ft. ~B -€J- ~. ~., .H=.t- S .. + ~< ~

COPPERAS

Ai c:

.5ulphat'ii:!fi c):f capper Jiron and zinc (blue ~ qreen and · ... ihi:'tE' COppP-t:oi!:J5 f. res.pecti ve Ly) I but:. now Qji!";o1·neT'7.I.l.ly app l.a.ed to the Lr on s.ulph.::rtcs r e l eo

~alled gr~~n VITRIOL+

Another term is lilIiITE '11 TRIOL ~

~ BFETHELOT IBB5 records the Gr~~k form )( which ~~

COPPER CP..LCINATE

Ale. BERTHELIT_ laSS records an €Ifi.:;.i..o!n t Greek :3' gil

r ... rh.i ch is ider;!'I:.lt:ul 'i:.o t.hat; useCl fo.r ordin<ii!r.:y COPP.ER ~ ~

COPPER F _ L_ N cs

Ale.

T~10 .!:Jig i 1 ~ common use din t.he i[le eli aov a 1 poe r Lod

for COPPER ",~re li :;;tea ty BER'THELO'l' 1885, fror:l anca.ent Gz e ek t'~.xLs as de Ii ot. iny C'opper- fi 1 i 11 gs :.5; ~

COPPEr;! IJE.;:"F

BERTIijEIOT J 885 .reccrd.s t ..... ro anc.i en E. Grc.Qk sigils

, ... 'hich l. .. 'cro use d fer coppex leaf-:

CO?PER OR~

<;ow::: ~t_i Ll, in use du~i:!'l';J t~.he rtll26Jia.eval period I ·tlrJo·.Jgn aome t.Lme s lJ.:sed for COPPER ~ l

COP.AL

ni«,

DIDEFQT 1763 ~

BERTf:iE'LO'I' 18BS r acozd s the Gree:'\. a Lcbem a ce L s i.g-il ~

cos Ll::ONIS /i.st:. ' foJ.€:;!diaeval Big '.1 fr;rf.· .:.<2 'l:r iple st~r. ifi.],ph.::l t.eord s i

;?j,cme~UiLes c:alle;5" ' the .little J.d-ng It givc-n in HERr.-1ET.lS 13C .."U'!; \ AG? .1PPA 1510 '1r1

EV_;!J,.NS L922 ~

go

COP-COR

Fiyst of tr~@ ti".Gdiae·val lunar mans Lon s ; cal1eo;:l ld

S.ha r"" t..;:d 11 in the J!o,.r.w i t: as t.rc 1 oog i cal sy So t.em jl f c r '\\!i'hi ch a :5 i 9 i, 1 h,a s be en reeorde,a by :t-WJ\!H ONE S 14 C: :

J"1.. ;::·i gi J. 1 inked ~ • .'·i th thi s man ~i, OIl, b\l, t. use.d :: or amu l~·t Lc purpose s , is ';e!Gn.r.d-ed by .;;BANO 1:303::; ((G

CORNUA SCORPIONIS

}.1st ,.

ThE::! 6th of the [TIed' c.evlll Lunar manaLons,

called 111 Ju.bana in the ,Arabic as,t:rro01og' ~~l .:;:yste.ITIl a 5· .gil for ""~lic~j is given by MANSIONE.s 14C~ ~

CORONA

.Ast., The 11th of the mediaeorJ"[!l Lun az macn5iol1S, called Iklil

al .1.Tdbi'la12 in th-e A.rabic as. 1;. ol()gical Sy;St.$~I., for ..... ·hich ~ s i q i.L a s gi , s en (J

by limNS I milES 14C: ~

5!. si.g-il de5.igrt~d for anmletic uae , and. 1· nkcd c .... l'i t.h this 'ITlI;I,i':Jsion ~ called :Fi.ni.s .r..ibri) is given by ,A,BAND 1303: E5 11

CORPUS

COR SCORPIO,NlS !lst ,. Me-diaevC3.1 ~ig.il for thQ bina.ry ~lE;ha. SC'orpi-i;t

:5 orne ti 1~I.e s ceLI ed All) t& .res.. g.i ve n by J.f.8llM.ETIS 13.C: T~

A'GH PpA 1510 g i VEl::; a v a:r i a,fL'~ ""hI ell ha s free ema t.he cemmon 1y ELC ce;: te d . '1 ~ .. ~~

~1.g1.: . r- ,,.--

EVANS 19'21

Thi2! same name Ls us ed also oz 'the 18tr, o.f ~he mea.iap.val :,unax men sd ona, (callEi:!d. ,.'1.1 KlI.lb in the J".r.ablc astrologictJ.':" sys.t.::m) ~ .:;,:.r'Ld :3. sigil for

·thi!::i i. ~ ze Gordea b"l .M.A.NS lONE is 14t;. fo 0 .p.

COR 'I'AURI

...4.1 Daba.t'..;:Ifll· in the Arab' c ~s'l:.rolc.g':;:_cal sy~tem~ a £ig 11 for · .... fhicr: is

00"

giver. by M1!..NS I ONES 1,4(.: = e .~ ~ Bll. t s € a a 1 so ALDEEARJLi"f.

A s.i·g~l c early _inked ' .... .i t.h th':;:: fourth man.siort.", but ca LLad C'8.p~t

'0

ta (filii e·t: '!)",er •. ter.. is givei.m iW~!Qle't.ie lise by .AB.~NO 1303 ~ ~'j_

..-:.-

The mansion called C~pl,.it '1:1a.ori is t'he t hi r d of ·the lunar mans Lons ,

t) • D

and 1.s ')'i ve irl ·the. s iq i 1 . ~' by [1A,US I ONES 14C, and tl~_ ~ armJ 1 P-. t Lc

, ~ ~'" '!;I

sig 1..1 i'Tb by ABANO 1303 r \0;,'110 t.erms :i. t finl s Az:i etii:s .

9,1

COS~HC EGG

as th;a ~ f e cundat; t.;:!d co ~m i G:

egg' o f the C:~~in~£e.,

Se e EL 1 so Pta :n..o,soP:f{ rc EGG,

COSV.rOS Gce. S.1.g:i.:L de:t:::i ved by l'i}.EJ LING 17]5 to :t.lymbblise the complete

'!J!nivers[Ll cha:r..·ac'te:t' o f ligl~t and d~rkne-5:5 WO;t;k.:i.UI]' t.oge,!"'i:.her ~ @

HOMER 1723 g1 vee.; the biD. siqil.~ (0 '!¥,

as tho last in the chain of

God ~!'.? c'(.J[!)i ng .i r~ b:) bt2 i iH~' I t::,1:1e _':;0- Calle d GOldi9H C }~:i n r r e .p&~ s en t a tJ. VI? ,of the, Cosmo.~, as oppos@.[i, 'to thllal C~AOS at. 'tl~e b;:~glIlBiI.1~' of t.hG! dt~in".

i~lG.

CROLI.,HE 1670

v )

BUt. 5e€ CRUCIBLE.

six days of Creation,

oE +-]",,-.. G'~(Ill"""".':I· l~

\... ,J.-=: ':r~. __ ~ i:.:.I:"i...ilI.,," ~

BLA,VAT S K'i Jl_ 8:8 8 9,'i ve s

or the elem€:nts a,s an outflow of the Divi~!il!a .!Fire

the zimple sig.il L1.

along ",,"'i th a p roround,ly

G sc'}'i:.e:r i c ~1 ccoun t, Q f the roe 1 ~ t::i on sh ip bet'i'leen the sign TAURUS an,a the PLE1ADBS ,in t'i'l,e conat.e Ll et.Lon of t.haz T.l.El:Jr!te ,r which sh~ terrlLS (in full i(l ceo :~a ance wi t,h t.he Gabbai Ls t i c t,lr add, ti em ) the si de re(;!J :5'~p. t'€!na t,e ~ Tl'lh ic h lLI_Ol!fi J. f est: s f l:OIn 'tflC! p. aDnCC'~ 1 ed ,6,. ~'.

7'he re la t Lon ship be t \;,"een thof! ! anv is ib 1 e I crea:t i ve rorce of ~~-1'l'E:~ sigal

sigillic. form by SUCHER 1975 in his highly por sone L g-raphic symbolism,. He c]. .;J,t ms t:h:'2l, l. the G re a ti ye f o.rcf'! 0 t= Ar 1 e5 r may II' in a 8yrnb 0 1i c

,sons 18: j b@ read a 8 the TA IT f crrn~, T

Eut SQe also SACRIFICE.

A flQrt.he;r' at.'tempiJ::, to symbo Li. SQ in graphic f'o.rm the idea of cr-eatio,n

'11 a 5 De,!':!:r'i. itlade by KDCH 19}G iI' wi,t.h i:. !5 i9 Ll. wh ich i;5 (~:mU)r:1:g; ot.he r t:~ i n'9' 8,')

CREATIVE I~rELLECT

Gcc.

common £igil for the element :E!'I.RE.. .i s g,i'Ven b~ KoCH 1930:

A ?,..J.

92

CB:.OCUS

'I'he ::;igil is, ' eS'I::.ricted to 't.he sub:!:itancQ w~ed in the

__ chere ical prrOc e So s 0 So I and ha s no bo tanic " tnp.1 i cat io n .. BER'l'HELQ'I' 1885 recnrds a Greek sigil: ~ k

DIDl!iRQ'I' .1 7 -6 3 J=f LUEPY .lL928 _1-

QTOCI:J5 ~,rQma:ticus

SONJolERHOFF 1 700 1 'g' i ve stIle f{;) llow ,ing :s iq i 1 s for I flower S of c :cocu s i I

~' .• r , $' ~ ~" •. ,,",, ~.-: .. ~'~

II 1 • • . - . • - ,. ~

.. ' ."_ ",.... .

(S'ee SAFFEON FWWJ,:::R) :

See CROCUS· l~R'I'IS and CROCUS T.JENERIS,.

CROCUS Al'"IT I HON Y Ai G' ..

GES Sl-tANN 1906. i

CROCU s ARO¥.IA = rcu S

See CROCLI ~ a nd SAFFRON :"LOWER

CROCUS NA1-l'l'IS

Ale.

t~ORLID~ 1(;51 c, Jt.

ALCHEM1TAL 1 'tc

CROLLIUS 1670

S~ELTON 17C ~

DIDEROT 176j

enOCH 5 r..m-r ALLORV14

Al c. . SOM r-1ERHOFF 1 oJ

rl-'. iB

CROCUS VENERIS .i'llc ~'r'his alchemical ::nili8t,a.ncC! i5 9 e:nEi!rally ~ega.ra,lf;;d

as beiI"i~l the s,;ml~ as. ~ES U.8'l'UM, but thQ a ig-'ll t,o traG' tion, 1,.;rou1d

5lJgges"!:: t.ha t. 'this W2i9.:, no ,It, a Iways the Ci!'lSe. V~'LENTINE 1671 ~ .g r (~- ,b FRESNE. 168 F.J..g 't ? -Ii

Si'GNl'r. 17c ct; ="v'''' SOMMERHOf'F 17D1 4 DIDEROT J 763 Y <i1-----c-

""lojS t: ~ .. n'I'.T"'" • 9 06~ r- £ ~ UJ::.; i;:::-If"".lHL.~ L'~ .1. . .' ..... <;-Ip 0

CARBONEU, I 1 'n 5 f

I~-~ ~ ,) Q ~ cc.- ~Q ror ~
C7€ ~
, ~ , -) _J
~----- y ~ cr ;f,~ w
~ 6' C]I---e CB-t=. 2.i'
. ~ ' .. v-
I LUEDY 192:3 5"

93

·DIeT .rON}U~Y. OF' OCCUl.T r liE P.MET tc .AND llLC.FlE Jif.TCAL SI G. I zs

CROSS

Rei.

c::d!! sigi 1 ~. almost un i ve r sa I itt iJ5'"". and .applic.at.. " c rt ,

In hi2!r st.udy of

the ancient s.:::rrr~bol· c ,anguage r BI..l!..VAT~K"1." 188e g'iv'es much space to the crcrss t T,.;rhi ch s'J'l.e. :;3e,€:'S as being derived from t.he un Lon r)f Hale and f-emale I S.r:":"ri t C!i:-'_d Matter I t.h·:$ meeting being "the emblem o~ l iEe

~tE!.rnal in spi;r;:i t on ..its; a.scendLng ~ C I' and in ma ttex ~5 ~J)G C'VEr

resurrecting el.e.r:r...ent ~ by P oaree tiOl1 and ,repIodu.c:'t:L{}l.,~ l' • T'~"'.i,if!

s.pir.it;.ua,l male is; the vert,Leal lij')~ 1 v.'hil.:;;t the differr2nt.,iat~ed ;Il~,tt.er-

Lat.ce r on -the plan€: of cbj ecti.ve perception.

BLAVATSKY 188B gives

also t.he ~Tlgil E9

as the ! astrono~lIi¢a.l cross of E.gypt I ,. bl..~t the

connex iCq1 'I,o,1,i ch 'the cxucLf b.:._l.{)'-' If Cti;:rs',[I I ::.;'o:r a s.imple vcr-s i.on of th;i s

8 ig'il is 'the ,R'ose cross ~ ffi

Po.. large :!.m-r:ibe.i:' of vaz iant si~l il s is recorded in 001;;';;1,.;11 t. sour cs s p in

add i, tiou -to th e st03.!:ldard farms Ld st.ed 'by tri;!oi,tiotla.L namc s belQw ~ F-=:.:.r

ex-fu'tl,Q.!. if:: of a 1:. xee-«: roe s g i '0;.; en J::. '1 T,rEttARDI I} i 2 i.= gaia. to. un.i t e t.he tbreE:! 1,;,Torld:s of the Cele.sLial r Terrest-:t'ial and I:n'fe.t:'lr~al: ~ TESTA 1972 r!2.:pTuc;h.l¢e:!:'O n~all':{ egrly Christian ~.t{)S.5 sigils, .a.mOIlg

..... hi C'~"1 ax 0 thE':'! 8.X ~-c IDS S .f. t:.r'll;l-.Q :1.'0££ and t'h e cur tOL.) s hce,mp t -c ro,S S r a 1.1 Q f

TESTA l 9 6 2 al so r epxoduce s t:h 12' vez Lcus

cro.s£-form~ gi '.let1 in 'the f2J.(I:'OU s Poem X'IX by Pau.l.Lnu s of Nola I' of wbich

Y*~*l2a,

the follo~inq arQ due of the ordin~ry:

AUJ

T

simply' because they are 80 -.;;C~!"i[I:On: ancrtber .'J pt:,·ea EC d in (l CO:::::'oJ 1 't GO u.rc E'!: s .

they haVE::! all at one 'titr..~ o r

CROSSLET

~_t ....

~ /x

T

+

l!XE~Cl?OS.C; N t;Nf1 CE.i:.j'IC ~-

CflEVRON

CLEVES COPTIC

COM1~ISSJl

DECUSSAJ'A X

~ +---f.--.4 .A-'~~

T r ~ ..

FLEUJ?Y

EGYPTIAN T

C'AJ\Ai"',...,:>I __j L • .~''':'.L.'') UI-'J. I. I

GRE:c;'K +

GNOSTIC

94.

CRO-CR.Y

+

-,-

rATIN )

MllLTE'SE ~

J.- 4-

FAPll.L ;

MOLINE + PATEE t=f:r

F'o\/rE r

. J,-"':'" D.T~

-:}.- +

S1' AN1.'!-iONY T

TA.u e T T

~t I-"

TRE FEE f: ~l-i>,.

VOIDEn

I

+

y~

_jL iT'

T@

See a 1 so CHRl S'T r CI-IRI.8TMDW Rna eRRI ST 'l'RIUMP'HANT.

eROS SING 'I'I-i:E RIVER

S .::,e ~L'.RAN S. ITU'S F'LUV 1. I

CROSSlfJU131EL

Occ;;.

'l'he thi.rd '8' BC't;!hme! 5 Pi·vi:rI.G! Outpm:rr iIlgs in '1:}'J.i8!

• becond_ng of Ge.d I p :5escr.i,bE![1 a.s the r.:fLI'st 1P.att:~Y' of all s~.bl unary.

bodi.as ' j,n :aO[\~R 172)~ EB Hut. see HOIMEP'S t:.oLDEN CHAIN.

CRUCI8LE

A1C'~

'1'11(;;: mo st; common :m.OOi.:::..eva1 sig-i1s are: ves'l::.igia:' dr a ... !i:rl.qs

o:f con taine.l::"2 I' but w"TIRLIDGE 165J.. gives::. ~ A S VIu.EN'rINE 1671 *

SOMr.-1ERBOl"~" 1701 W @ Xv + >< ~ fl DIDEROl' 1763 [] CJ

~CHNEIDER 1962 7 ~ \l7

AlaER~US 1974 'C

BERTIiEL"uT H~85 r eccr ds an ancient Gree~.;:

slgi1: X

• ....UuI

CRUDE Y£TA.L

.Ale.

.ALCBBMl CAL 7 C

See Ll_SO BAASS .•

CRUDE 'til NE AC 1 D

.f1. .. :.c ..

A. 51gil o i.ven by. GESSYlANN 1906 i!j probably late

~;i'

CRYSTA.L

F..lCIIE}]Y 1650 CJ-

DIDEROT 1763 G ~

95

DIeT JON MY OF OCCULT T lfERM,;8'X xc liND}! I.C I;j.EMICA L STGLLS'

SCfIE.1fFERS 1775 XX

GESS.MANN 190~ C ~ -++E ~ Q_

SCHNElDER 1962 -t+E

SCHEFFl!iRS 177 S g i V-t;!;s th e ,S Lq i 1 JXD

?<. c-t }E. ~ A

liliBERTUS 19'74 if f'or Cry ~ ta 11i Luna e '.

CRYSTALLISED ~RDIGRIS Ale. by GESSMANN 1'9'06 +, )( .}l

A n:lJinlib€,r of med.i aav e.L ~igi 5 are recQ.roed

)($1} ~H# 8_I)~

CRYSTAL OF' ~ATURN

,:Ale ..

1JIDERO'l' 1763

,Ale.

LUEDY 192:8 C!)

5CF.tNEIDRIR_ 1962 gives the ,s19i1 CC a,nel fo~ c:uc~rbita c::o.gca~ ~ SQ6 .9!.1. so BO:r: LEt!:.

Ct)PELLA

Ale ..

.s01-iMERHOF'~I' 1101 gives the .3.igil s "J' e JC X 0 for

cape 11 ifil.. ~ t:h G! contra iller in whicn separ at-ion of the impux'e f ~o.m 'the pur e t!~!:;!!ta,l s t . .;;:.:k e 8 pl a eEl:! I .•

The sig· given by SIGNA. 17C ioprabably i'f~'Ii:~nded -to. symholis,e the

~looden, cask. or cup u 1 (;I =' Tr"

(but 5ee CU]?'ELLATION}

.s I C:.'N'A 1 7 C q i.v€!- S $ ig il is for (.'up.g 11 Gil s:e , 'r,.lh i [;;:1'1 p:rr,o.b ~.b 1 Y' .r e fe~t::" Q 'the

ide.f.!, o fica ek i ng in .:J wooden tIl..Jb'!'; ~ A) f '7Z_

J:"" '\._

.;11c.

sho r+> farms fox th~ Gi'eek word used to d.esign<:il,t;.e the process.of bes'tin.::r

fI _.. r .'

or assayiny or re,fining (pri;!cious) met.al.s in a (:'r.;tp"'el;; L~ ~i

CYPRUS CQJ:'PE.R

S ce O:.lP PER.

96

CRY-DAR

the mode rn ~ ( e men I p wh' ch ;I. 8 unfort uJ1"J: >;: e p 5i nee on .. y t.h e Gre ek

in te 11 i,g~noC 12 _

In the astrolGg:i ca] ::;yste~m of tIle ancii£!TLt G;rcc:'{s,r 't.he

daimo.2'"'! (rnnro exactly' ~ the ldipa.'fi. aai,mo.nas I' ~ the paiCt o f the -Baiman I ~

.... ras "that degree of the zodiac in rnirro;r-:--itna=J'e r :ce 1ativG ·0 t.b'~ A!5G€!ndaJyt I of t'b.:e P~l:5 .ECl,f"'t:I,.ln.aa... :f'or 'which a sigi.l is rG!cord.el(] in

_11..;9 Gr e::e.t!; s.L 9 i r~ corded undo r the namE:;! d a 'It:!on

bv BER'l'HELOT _8.85 may not; be rc1atQQ, t.c this astrolc:.g·ical pars: V NEUGEBAUER 19 59 ~~'::·Qrds an Garly Grae::;-o-ayzaJ~tine va.:::::iant r ' '~

DAL.E!:TIl

Oc,'C _

'l'hl2! fourth Le t.t.e r c.£ th,!:! He.brQ'..;!' alphabet (8ee HEBRAIC

SCRIPT},r for ''i',rnicn many dLrivatives are gj,ven ;,., '.t}du t:he t,ra5lition of

,[: ecxe '(; a. Lpb ~.b ~ t::; s J'i ot.ab 1 y 'the ae r Le s z; ec [j :r.·ded. by BAR'I'OLOz Z I 1675 :;: rr ~ X H' :.1 WIRTH 19.27 egu.t.ltes daleth 'h',i't.i1. t.he Tarot az cunum the EMl?EROR ~ and in h Ls t.r-oed t.1tl.'~:!I.Lt of t.be graphic et:.rIIK~l{"jgy ,f,rom, t.il,Q vG-sti,g ial

a:r;a"Wiug of tt":c Egypti~n h· e~og lypnl.;::: 't.racc:s the fC::Tn~ of the _et'!:.er co

t~'H~ idea of docr."·':' ~ ~ Li L\ ~

DARKNESS

a Lcheru cal f'orm fQ:r NIGET, to s1'1mbc_isp.! t:he :::;et'ti.nq free of the s I.iote rr ana an (3'0 s t ruct.a v.:= ~ O];Ce $. OE da rkne e s ; ~

DL t VER 1 S 2 t g.i ve s ~'be 5 i ~'? i 1 d 9 a. S ytnbo 1 o± the pro f OI.)J') d s e cre,cy (,,:: 1::: ~ da.rkne s.s I unds which the .ini tiatol;;'!,f; wer't! p1a:::'ea f the f o.rm be ing

a IJC! :£t.i g i a 1 drawl f'.g 0 f t':11e Ma:::: en i c -:.' o .... 'e J. : ci)

97

DIeT ION'll.RY OF' OCCULT,. IiB.RfoiET'I.C .JliVD ALC.HEMICAL SIGILS

D4\1{ Ale ., ALC!:!l'lMtA 1563 .____S;
VALENT'lNE 167JL « ~
SIGNA 17C .( 3 ('t--- ~ ALCHE.MY rsso ·FRESNJE 1688

GESS ~i]'~NN 1906

!BE.!R.TIHELOT Ji. 88 5, :rof! co z ds an erioi.e n t Gre ek s i g i 1 for [b: y s ~ 6 d

CHAB$AN'l' 1884 records a n';le(Uaev~l abbr'eviatj~on (for dies) : J;} .J KOCH 1930 give s t.he s ig i 1 f><! f or the rune D.;£i.g +

SOl-][..mR~]OFF 1701. g i Vr:;:!::: a sex i e S Q f 5 ig i 15 r mos. t 0 f t.ham ,r,~co:rrd ~d :b Y GES'SHANN 19f}6 ab cve , but not; ~s t.hEL t ~ .6l:n"1,ong' ~,loh err. Ls ts (Me d'i GDS) not Q~ • .l y t.he 'E. inN;!: 0 f sur: 1 igh t I bu 1:. t't!! e nigh t.im~ ii. 'i:s e 1 f make s IJlP ,:1, a ay ~

.:'"~, Pi.es Natu.ralis'l.

DA Y ,AND .D:rI.GiEIT are a i::; o :r e Levan t t.o th e Ldea 0 f ~ da:y 'I •

S014MERHO~F 1701 qiv~s.~ 0 E- D' l 0-=-'1 -r.........c~ ~ ~ ~ ,Lf' b

VALEN'l'I ME 1671 b.g

./

GESSMANN 1906, ~ £/;r~ ]

SCElNE1DEll 1962· __] 25 /1 rj1d\

BERTHELOT L8:3 5 r G:C oro,s an a rLC i en t Gl::" eek form (b u t i,rl eh i S c QtLn ~x ion I S~ e ·t.he no te, re la 1[;. i. ng La SO.MM.ER!HO:E".5!' 1 70J!. in pA,Y ,ab ave); /7

SHELTON

17C/

CROSLAND 1961 r QC ords ,a, (;;1; ee.k f orlli f or ~ da·y::;. i' ; S~e also NIGET

Oce"

a: 21 i9 i 1 oz ~y.mbo 1 f-DI' ! daa ith!, b ut; a rttml'.b er 0 f' is ig i 1 s 1) aVe be Ef.!J]

,cl~:rc i"V'eo. frc)[r'.! t.he G~e'ek Thanatos ~' frGIJL t.he Gapi tal lil:t.te.r ·Theta - as

.for. Qxampl€:! in g,MI'f~ 16C: r wi thin an as'~r:ologi-ca1 OQn't.,~x:'I::.! Cf{A.S'sP..NT 1884 :r·ecord ~! -9-

BOCK 19 31 9'1 V€! So t.he un8'OIlilITJOJ:l farm.: ~

The C-APUT ]:.'OR"IUJ:JM Qf .=:J:1Ghern;~{' ;15 the I .re ject, 1 re;~ddu;e lefi[ after th€'

G

,

DEAT H ARCANll M,

O:oe,

~y,'IRTA 1927 z aLat.es t.ht.s 13'l::.h ,are3i.:ni..l:m ~j:E the Tar8!t

pack to the Hebraic MEt"lt. and associ~tes with it the ~,igil~' 'i,o,,'!r";ich

98

11;;:] claims to :b e dey i v ed from the pr irn Lt.L va form for mem - tllOl;J,g'b t· [) f c:::ruK'se, "t.be conne.xian ",,'i 1:i'~. ! water! exptr.e!i:-sed in the Egyptian hi.@I'oglyp:'1

siqil fQ;;t' SCQRPIO., are also .rel€vanl:.

tr aced in t.he s t.ruct; ur' e of the de is igf~ , a.ud 'b ec <;:l'U se thi!::i p.I ane t a a eE9t:exic.,;:.Iilly- linked with the idea .of d18ath.

DECAP

Oc.e.,

In her comp Lex numerolog:i. cal study BLA.VI""TSKY 1868 g'ives a,

~ig--il, ;Eor 't.he di9CiJ.r1.e. w~l"jich 's linkeo ·.,.,H:n t.h~ te:", q£ the S(;i?hi ;;o·thic tree r 'lLhe. II cc:lt2lst.ial fj[t.l!i t s , 'i[h.e t en or 8 ': 0 born out of tl':.e two

in vi sib 1 e rna Le and f e.IJlZi.l,12. :s elf! a:=:! 'fjLak in q up thE! 12 I or tb~ Dod<:i! cahedr on. o~ the uni~~rse~.

DECILE

li.st.

A s ig.i 1 ( abb r'e ' .... ·la ti 01'1} 1~. g i v,~ n .:C'Y 8 I :v.tM.'ON l'IiE 1890 Q

DEcoc~rION

Ale.

So.M1olERBOFF 1 701 :>-:'\

D IDE.RO'I' 17 ~ J -r-B

DEGREE

.An ;ibb;r;eviatioI". of the La.tin -rrrl1dus .reco:rCled by GES'S~'lANN

1906 J i s not in't ended t.o rep~r.e S';'iIJ t the degr If:!€! 0 ~ .J. ~·t t'Qlogy ;: .s·e·~ BY DEG.REES,

occ + S.i.g'i 1 1:" eco r ded by ELA V.AT SKY 18.8.8 tor e co.rd ! un.i t.y w'i t; h t:ri

DECADE~

DEMON

Se@ [lAIMON

DEMONS"

Gee.

u~~ally the sigils p~eservE!d in the cc~ult tr~dition are

PICT'I{J.NilRY OF QCCU£T, H'ERMJtT I.C AND A"r..cb'BI.'!ICAL SIGI,[..E

the most common names. but:. KIRCHER 1655 qiT.les as' 9LJ \ ... ·~1' (:'1;1 a.pp~ar~ 'to z'e fe lr to demon 5. .a!!ii a ella.s. G ~ [R

DESCENDING NODE

'l'he .fa llo'rii n'J s19 i 1 _ A copl, ad from ·th~ Gl::: eek

text g' ven by Cl-rom laS) 4 ~ n

It is saia to be tha k~t~babazon or

aura". the e(,£ul.:v·.nlE:::!nC of' tr,e node.rn CAUDAj but tbis sigil j,G; LIlli·te p;t;obiib ly a .mi$iJ:ake; th€l corre c I::. ~C:,rm heing- gi ve n in tX)r2 ~aTJL~ manu-

.s~e OODE.

pe r sona 1 '. sed 'ro- i5I t. " {),!:1E1. l.P2 of

Sigil given by KCx:.·H 1930 in his 'highly' sy:rn':O-o 1 i em ~ A

DESCENDING SALVATION

DEVIL

OCe. The most CCl1Jl!ipCI1 .!:;:1ig-il. for t.hLs Gentleman is the inverted

drrtW i ng: ):f

OJ",IVER 1826 g' .-.;res a e, riou.s s ig'

a.s I ancient .E9:'.::'F~i:).I1I.~ ~

DEV I L ARCANUM

WL1.TIl 1927 :t::"!;:;:!la't.eSi thi.:8 15th a.r:;anuru of tr_G

TarolG p.:tck. "1:.0 t.t.€: !Jebrai:::: SAMEK r and accords . t th.a s igil1ic

as.soc Lac Lo ns -of the 'reversed ]?Qnt:agT-B1i1 (!.';e~ DEV rL above) ~ a nd ';.;rha t J1G: t.ezms tb e • p:!r Lm Lt; i ve Sa. me k ~ r r~ib ic: h j'1 e g L ve. 5- ~ s -!: '~~'1~ tell is ill fact (se-e JENSEN 1970) E.he Old Pho en I ... ian ':-orm rand may h<:l.· ...... ,E:! b aan

derived from a vest,ig La I ci!ra.",'; ing of a fish.

~~IRTB 1927 a550cia tes

the card w i, t.1l: ..fl ur " g~ •

DIAN'A

D IAPiaQ_f;;tET res

.Ale ~

sm'l~·ffi:RHOF·fo' 1701 r ec ord s a Se!l:' Las of late-jneclia.eva1

s 19 i.l s for th'e EI) e~:a 1 s a ~.d rn Lnez a :;; of dia:rl"10E ct; i c ~ge r' C -;it ~·;hi ch in each r:;::a.s e .i S CC1l5 t,ruc t e:;, f ~1:::(,)1:iL t.he rao s t common sic iLl i C .form.~

100

DES-DIS

GOLf)

'0"

-i; . .- '.

3,.' .

. ' ~ .

. ,~

core ER .'Q: " tnos .: ;.....'./1

n.Ll( ! • f.'

.......... '

C~TLV'!;:'"R" .~~':

~~ •• .&:.:;;., 4-! ...

LEAD

IHOO Ast. Hypothedc ,9laii"l€:t;: cJ.s,it"rlo;:!!1 .~¥ ·l.J."E[o.1YS8 192"] to be the rule:!"

of the zodiac'::!,l Vi:rgo~ .. for which he gives t.ne sigi], ~ m

DIED

DIGEST

Ale.

iF~)c- torm i 5 i::tppl.iC2i.bl~ cnLy to the a.l.chemt.ca J proces ~,

lJIDERQT 1763

b

,

)

V.A-LENTI NE 1671

WI.SSON 1B91. 8 ALEERrU 5 1974 '8

..111/ SCHNE!DER 1962~. l)

.~. £.~!.

SQJ-lliF;RtlOFF 1 701. 91 i '!ife s, fQ:t' ,j i goB'S t i.o and di ge r e . til e fOJ;;~r,!!;j' ..l..... --v,J Q '

................ ~ A.-O

8 - s: TD ·two O.E ... ;hi-ch ..... ·ere wrongly -2opied by GESSNANN

1906:

DIGES~IION

Ale ..

MICH..lI...E.:uSPACHI!:.R. 1. 616 g i V~;5 th e s i g: i 1 0+ nex+ t.o thi2

s.ign or co n s t:·e 1 lat. i.t} 1) LeQ I po rhap 8. to sy~ubc 1 i:5 e the F,., 1 ehem i cal process of Digest.ion.

Mag •.

S i gil ;ri'iJ E!n. by BEYDON 1664 for tl !:'ipi;r ~ t (]; ern aps D;i na } and

used to represent thQ latter D in the sgcr~t ~~iting called ~A:phab~t ~--¥

of Angcl£ and G0~iii ~ [

D!ONYSDS

S,£:!@.!. BACC8:J tIS e-

o r SORDBR8 D INTEL:LECT KOCH 1930: 'fr

Sigi 1 gi van by (perhaps Gl:.'.i9'iJ;1.id,t~d by~

o I 5S ()UJT I ON

Ale,.

i,::; given by OJ,DEROT 1763; '9

I

M.l CIlAl!:LSP.ACHER lEil6 IJ i Ve:.Si t.h E:! :5 i gil ~

101

DteT IQ,"lARY OF OCCULT ,"' 'flEPo.i-I,fETIC AND AL..cfIEMIC!J.L SIGIL$

cons ce l Lae Lon cance r , perhaps ..; l"~ t8nd-n';;.l·to E:;,Yln.bolise the alcn€(f'Iic[31 prQC~B~ of di s501 t:rt::ion e s sce.t at.eo ..... ri th thi s zooia(.:.:..~l sign E

GEBE HE 1185 gi V'~s a s.i,g.i1 for t.he a'l.chem i.ce I prOCe5:5, '!, ..... h i.ch be Gon"t as. ts wi th th e ~ i-gi 1 f,,:;r COA~JLAT I ON r th Q S:. f.t ~

DISSOLVE Ale, VALENTI'NE 1671

GES SMANN 19 06 ~ J'o;y::_.

DISrI'ILLA'IIO~

iUc.

~ny Lat'tof!-JD.G:diaeval sigils are record.ad for the

var Lous forms of d i ;!jtil1a'l~io.nf among 1,.,nic'J'l the f'c c,",'ing are the mos r oornmon Ly u sed r

DIE?I'ILU!TE

WORLIDGE 1651 ~

Drs.TILLR,T:rO~if PROCESS AL(.;HE,r-t!i' 1650 y' BOPiMERHOFF 1 701 .~

~ ? +ge L-3

Si-lI:.:LTON 1 7C ~

ALC.HE~lI C]!.,L 1 7C

~AaG"")

~~~

SIGNA, 17e _r......._ e t1 /,iliBERTIJS 1974 A A_'LCHY.t-1IA 1563 1_ rf' ~

c: ~.3 '4 ~~+~\t 0'15 C

DIDER,aT 1763 r

GE 58,MANN 1906.

VALEN'I'I.NE 1671

PO I SEeN 189 1 "----r,-'

GESSM.i\NN 1906 ~ ~-f..A- ~ '~$"- ff Jq

sCT-INEIDER, 1:9 62 ~ ~:J

DISTIL II,. ASHES

GES,s,[>[l!..NN .1906 m GESSlolANN 1906 W SIGNA l'ic: ~

DI6VJ.1IL IN ,BAND

DIST .I.LLA'1~EIi NINE

DIS'!: I LLA TE D TI rN,EG1'"L;~' T,ABLE 1676 '* .5 IGNA _ 7 C

D IDEPOT 1 7 6. 3 t>= if bu'IE 5€: e VINE GAR .

._...f"'!,.,_. - I

+ -;'[":'

MTCtmELSP~C~ER 616 gives. th@ sigil ~

next to the sign Dr

Co.l1 s tIE: 1 L at i on Vir go r. pe :(hap s to 5 ymha- 1 Ls e the al cnemi, ce L pzoce s is .Q f di st"":,j,lati on.!' 0-];:"' (less likely) t.}"l.e alr;h€l:mica1 R:E:'~ QR1?I}'1ENT.

D1 VI NE ,l,ETI'E:RS

S'ee PtANETARY SYMBOLS ~

DI vI HE POWER

QG'C~

Sigi1 given by SI-IEJ?HER!D 1971 ~5 'l:xiceps rune:: A

10.2