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Saturday, 15 September 2012

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Seals of the Archangels in Faust's Magia Naturalis All texts and images on this blog are my
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One of the most curious works of the Faustian cycle must be the five-volume owner is specified. If any images are not
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Doktor Johannes Fausts Magia naturalis et innaturalis, oder dreifacher are extracted from various manuscripts,
Höllenzwang, letztes Testament und Siegelkunst : nach einer kostbar they are graphically enhanced and
ausgestatteten Handschrift in der Herzoglichen Bibliothek zu Koburg, 1849 reworked by myself.Any person wishing
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 The fifth volume of this work, very rich in pentacles and seals, contains a comment for my permission. I would like
to discourage piracy and encourage
number of plates with pentacles ascribed to the seven planetary angels. communication and fair exchange of
information.
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 Plate 30 features he seal of Anael in a very distinctive fashion, perhaps
tributary to a manuscript source, with the first mark containing a sort of heart-
shape instead of a teardrop, and a snake-figure replacing the somewhat
phallic mark of the Heptameron.

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 Plate 38 features a distinctive version of the seal of Raphael, a sort of
abbreviated version of the Heptameron.

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 The following plates are more systematic in their representation and feature
the whole scale of the seven planetary angels.

Plate 99, titled I. The Seal of St. Michael, abounds in seals that so far are
unknown from other sources, but the seal in the enclosure certainly is
extracted from the Heptameron. The perimeter has the names of the angels of
the day of the Lord and the spirits of the air, king and ministers alike, which
draw directly from the Heptameron. Not only that, but the order of the angels
is the order of the days of the week, starting with Sunday, and the attribution
is Michael-Sun, Raphael-Mercury. There is no doubt about it that the
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 Heptameron is the source of the seals, one instance where the inspiration can
be absolutely certain.

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 Plate 100: II. The Seal of St. Gabriel

Plate 101: III. The Seal of St. Raphael

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 note: this should have been Mars, and Samael.

Plate 102: IV. The Seal of St.Samael

note: this should have been Raphael.

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 Plate 103: V. The Seal of St. Sachiel

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 Plate 104: VI. The Seal of St. Anael

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 Plate 105: VII. The Seal of St. Gabriel

I realize there is no point in analyzing the seals in comparison to the figures

of the Heptameron to establish a link to them. However, I shall nonetheless
proceed to note the differences recorded for two reasons. The first is for

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 recording just how much a seal can be morphed and changed from one direct
source to another document, that is, just how much a scribe, a compiler or a
draftsman can change the design of a seal. The second reason is establishing
the peculiarities of the seals from this edition in order to ascertain what later
documents had this version of the seals as a source, and not the Heptameron
or another.
Mostly all the seals here are faithful replicas of the ones in the Heptameron,
only of far better draftsmanship, so no notes will be mentioned, except in
extraordinary cases.

The seal of Michael

The seal of Gabriel

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 The seal of Raphael

The seal of Samael

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 The seal of Sachiel

Notes: to testify to the Heptameron as a direct source, this seal even keeps the
lower left hook in the third mark.

The seal of Anael

Notes: as in plate 30, we find a heart shape instead of the familiar teardrop
from the Hept. seals, in the first mark. Also, the second mark is smaller,

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 fainter and thinner than the first one, an uncommon occurrence when we
consider the general aesthetic graphical balance of the lines that the artist so
dearly cultivated.

The seal of Cassiel

Notes: The first sign begins with a sort of curl that is reminiscent of the
slightly curved end line occurring in Hept.1.

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 Posted by Mihai Vârtejaru at 19:00
Labels: anael, cassiel, cycle, Faust, faustian, gabriel, German, Johannes, magic, michael, planetary, raphael,
sachiel, samael, seals, seven

5 comments:
RBX 15 January 2013 at 11:07
Re:seal of Anael, I believe the triangle and heart shape to be representing the union of male and
female, with the shapes implying genitalia of both sexes. In this case the "heart" being the parts
of the male genitalia that remain "outside" during union. IE: the balls :-)
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Mihai Vârtejaru 16 January 2013 at 10:36

Dear sir, this is purely speculation, and it has no place in the academic analisys of these seals. We
might as well assume, like the pseudo-scientists on Hystory channel, that the seal of Raphael is
”some kind” of machine meant to ”some how” lift off.

1. I was not aware that sexual union was meant to be represented by the parts that remain
outside.

2. This is a very unique seal, evolved from other forms, that evolved from other forms that
maybe evolved from yet other forms, that bear no resemblence to what you describe.

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 3. Like Freud, we could see sexual meaning anywhere we choose to.

Of course, the seal of Anael might be prone to that especially, i agree, but nevertheless we could
not indulge in such symbolic deconstruction unless we have full data from it s creators.

It s funny how all along history people always knew and thout others that the seal of Anael was a
sketch of sexual content for sure, while the other seals were not even attempted at
decypherement.
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Mani Price 30 May 2014 at 22:42

Hi! Do you have anything in your research/ results or conclusions with the history of
Barchiel/Bariel/Bachiel/Barbiel (had many names variations) angel/demon? Maybe something
attributing him to an ancient Sumerian god? My email is manicprice at gmail dot com
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Optimystic 20 June 2014 at 21:06

Mihai, this is all considered pseudo-science as far as the mainstream is concerned. Anael's seal
evokes the mysteries of sexuality and tantra, but it also speaks to grace, fertility, and fecundity as
general spiritual principles, manifesting particular through nature, the metal copper, the alchemic
process of conjunction, etc.
It doesn't have to be one or the other -- don't be afraid of sex but don't get hung up on it either.
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Anonymous 20 November 2015 at 02:16

Love your work I had a dream of the sign of St. Michael. It has taken a long time to piece this
past together again
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