Dictionary of Occult – Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils

DAGON

Demon – DAGON « the great fish »

DAIMON

Ast. The Greek word daimon is confused in many contexts with the modern ‘demon’, which is unfortunare, since only the Greek kakadaemon works evil, and the Greek referred to an altogether higher intelligence. In the astrological system of the ancient Greeks, the daimon (more exactly, the klipos daimonos, ‘the part of the daimon’) was that degree of the zodiac in mirror-image, relative to the Ascendant, of the pars fortunae, for which a sigil is recorded in OMONT 1894

The Greek sigil recorded under the name daimon by BERTHELOT 1885 may not be related tc this astrological pars

NEUGEBAUER 1959 records an early Graeco-Byzantine variant

DALETH

Occ. The fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT), for which many derivatives are given within the tradition of secret alphabets, notably the series recorded by BARTOLOZZI 1675

WIRTH 1927 equates daleth with the Tarot arcanum the EMPEROR, and in his treatment of the graphic etymology from the vestigial drawing of the Egyptian hieroglyphic traces the term of the letter to ghe idea of door :

DAMABIAH

Génie 65

DAMABIAH vocale : damabaÿah
évocation du 20° au 24°59′ du verseau,
domine les 4° gémeaux /16° lion / 28° balance / 10° capricorne / 22° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 21h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 10 au 14 février.

DANIEL

Génie 50

DANIEL vocale : daniel
évocation du 5° au 9°59′ du sagittaire,
domine les 19° taureau / 1° lion / 13° balance / 25° sagittaire / 7° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 16h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 28 novembre au 2 décembre.

DANTALION

The 71 spirit is called Dantalion.

DARKNESS

Occ. Sigil derived by WELLING 1735, probably from the alchemical form for NIGHT, to symbolise the setting free of the subterranean destructive forces of darkness :

OLIVER 18326 gives the sigil as a symbol of the profound secrecy or ‘darkness’ under which the initiates were placed, the form being a vestigial drawing of the Masonic trowel

DAY

Alc. ALCHYMIA 1563

ALCHEMY 1650

VALENTINE 1671

FRESNE 1688

SIGNA 17C

GESSMANN 1906

BERTHELOT 1885 records an ancient Greek sigil for days :

CHASSANT 1884 records a mediaeval abbreviation (for dies)

KOCH 1930 gives the sigil for the rune Dag

SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives a series of sigils, most of them recorded by GESSMANN 1906 above, but notes that ‘among alchemists (Medicos) not only the time of sunlight, but the nightime itself makes up a day – a Dies Naturalis -. Within such a framework, the sigils given under DAY AND NIGHT are also relevant to the idea of ‘day’.

SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives

DAY AND NIGHT

Alc. FRANCKLYN 1627

VALENTINE 1671

SHELTON 17C

GESSMANN 1906

SCHNEIDER 1962

BERTHELOT 1885 records an ancient Greek form (but in this connexion, see the note relating to SOMMERHOFF 1701 in DAY above)

CROSLAND 1962 records a Greek form for ‘days’

DEATH

Occ. Usually a vestigial drawing of a ‘death’s head’ is used as a sigil or symbol for ‘death’, but a number of sigils have been derived from the Greek Thanatos – from the capital letter Theta – as for example in SMITH 16C, within an astrological context

CHASSANT 1884 records

BOCK 1931 gives the uncommon form

The CAPUT HORTUUK of alchemy is the ‘reject 1 residue left after the alchemical process has been completed.

DEATH ARCANUM

Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this 13th arcanum of the Tarot pack to the Hebraic MEM, and associates with it the sigil

which he claims to be derived from rhe primitive form for mem – though, of course, the connexion wth ‘water’ expressed in the Egyptian hieroglyph as a vestigial drawing (see JENSEN 1970), and the connexion with the sigil for SCORPIO, are also relevant. WIRTH 1927 relates the card to the sigil for SATURN

presumably because the form nay be traced in the structure of the design, and because this planet is exoterical.Iy linked with the idea of death.

DEATH’S HEAD See CAPUT MORTUUM

DECAD See SENARY

DECADE

Occ. In her complex numerological study BLAVATSKY 1888 gives a sigil for the decide which is linked with the ten of the Sephirothic tree, the ‘celestial fruits, the ten or

born out of the two invisible male and female seeds making up the 12, or the Dodecahedron of the universe’.

DECARAB

Demon – DECARAB « the beautiful »

DECARABIA

The 69 spirit is called Decarabia

DECILE

Ast. A sigil (abbreviation) is given by SIMMONITE 1890

DECOCTION

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

DIDEROT 1763

DEGREE

Alc. An abbreviation of the Latin gradus recorded by GESSMANN 1906, is not intended to represent the degree of astrology

See BY DEGREES.

DEITY

Occ. Sigil recorded by BLAVATSKY 1898 to record ‘unity within zero’

the symbol of Deity, the Universe and Man, linked with the DECADE.

DEMON See DAIMON

DEMONS

Abyss, Lord of Chaos

Aciel, the God Burner

Adatiel, He Who Walks the Land

Adnachiel, The Hunter-Demon

Agiel, Lord of Calamity

Ambriel, the Great Changer

Amnixiel, Demon of the Lines

Anael, Demon of Lust

Apadiel, Musician of the Far Realm

Aratron, Demon of Sorrow

Ariel, Historian of the Far Realm

Avachiel, the Inquisitor

Azerviel, Demon of Defeat

Babalel, Second Demon of War

Barbiel, Lord of Ancients

Barchiel, Tinker of the Far Realm

Befafes, First Demon of War

Blisdon, the Quick One

Bornogo, Lord of Power

Brorges, Archdemon of Woe

Butmono, Demon of Greed

Camael, the Destroyer

Cassiel, Lord of All Conspirators

Cassriel, Poet of the Far Realm

Chenor, the Wish Granter

Dagon, the Great Fish

Decaran, the Beautiful

Digdin, the Disordered

Elim, Lord of Attrition

Eksusha, the God Eyed

Eoligos, Visible and Invisible

Ferug, the Rusting One

Focalor, the Demon that Drowns Men

Forcas, Teacher of Logics and the Secrets of Plants and Gems

Furtur, Demon of Storms

Gamigin, the Horse Lord

Garn, the King Tempter

Grachiel, Archdemon of the Dying Times

Hagith, Demon of Jealousy

Hagonel, Lord under Grachiel

Hamaliel, Lord of Obsessions

Hanael, the Adversarial

Hasmodel, the First Twin Bull

Hasmodai, the Second Twin Bull

Hismael, the Acquirer

Ipos, He Who Knows Things to Come and Past

Jochmus, the First Savior of Hell

Lahad, the Devil Voice

Lesifuges, Bringer of Riches and Shortener of Life

Lucifer, the Morning Star

Malchidael, Demon of Impatience

Malphas, the Tower Builder

Marbuel, Architect of the Far Realm

Marchosias, the Bound Mercenary

Meeod, the Life Restorer

Mephistoph, Lord of the Host

Miczariel, the Warrioress

Muriel, Great Demon of Lies

Naberius, Lord of Cunning

Nestorats, the Fire Master

Nysrog, Lord of the House of Princes

Och, the Sun Speaker

Ophiel, Lord Messenger and God Teacher

Orias, Cartographer of the Far Realm

Ozgin, Demon of Madness

Paimon, Master of Infernal Ceremonies

Parniel, First Lord under Veguaniel

Phaleg, Demon of Discontent

Psohdon, the Inconstant

Ronove, the Knowledge Staff

Rauym, Demon of Filth

Sabnac, Demon of Poisons

Saketh, Second Lord under Veguaniel

Saleos, Panderer of the Far Realm

Schetalim, the Polygod

Stygal, He Who Brings Death

Suluth, the Great Robber

Surgat, Who Opens All Locks

Sytri, Lord of Luxury

Tarthanac, Lord of Goldiron

Tephros, the Ashmaker and Fever Curer

Uphir, Physician of the Far Realm

Vanam, He Who Tells True of Hidden Treasures

Valac, Lord of Snakes

Vegianiel, Archdemon of Fortune

Vepar, the Water Master

Vetis, the Life Promiser

Zablah, Lawmaker of the Far Realm

Zagam, Lord of Forgery

Zuriel, the Stone Master

Zepar, Deformer of the Unborn, Creator of the Chimeras

DEMONS

Occ. Usually the sigils preserved in the occult, tradition are designed to represent individual demons, listed in this Dictionary by the most common names, but KIRCHER 1655 gives a sigil which appears to refer to demons as a class

DESCENDANT

Ast. A sigil is given by NEUGEBAUER 1959 for the Western horizon of the horoscope, from the Greek Dysis

DESCENDING NODE

Ast. The following sigil is copied from the Greek text given by OMONT 1894

It is said to be the katabahazon or oura, the equivalent of the modern CAUDA, but this sigil is quite probably a mistake, the correct form being given in the same manuscript for anabibazon or kephali

See NODE.

DESCENDING SALVATION

Occ. Sigil given by KOCH 1930 in his highly personalised rationale of symbolism

DEVIL

Occ. The most common sigil for this Gentleman is the inverted pentacle, said to represent the goat physiognomy as a vestigial drawing

OLIVER 1826 gives a curious sigil as ‘ancient Egyptian’

But see also DEVIL ARCANUM and KALI YUGA.

DEVIL ARCANUM

Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this 15th arcanum of the Tarot pack to the Hebraic SAMEK, and accords it the sigillic associations of the reversed pentagram (see DEVIL above)

and what he terms the ‘primitive Samek’, which he gives as

which is in fact (see JENSEN 1970) the old Phoenician form, and may have bean derived from a vestigial drawing of a fish. WIRTH 1927 associates the card with Auriga.

DIANA See SILVER

DIAPHORETICS

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701 records a series of late-mediaeval sigils for the metals ar.d minerals of diaphoretic agency, which in each case is constructed from the nost common sigillic form

ANTIMONY

COPPER

GOLD

IRON

LEAD

SILVER

TIN

DIDO

Ast. Hypothetic planet claimed by WEMYSS 1927 to be the ruler of the zodiacal Virgo, for which he gives the sigils

DIED See DEATH.

DIGDIN « the disordered »

Demon – DIGDIN « the disordered »

DIGEST

Alc. The term is applicable only to the alchemical process, and not to the human

VALENTINE 1671

DIDEROT 1763

POISSON 1891

SCHNEIDER 1962

ALBERTUS 1974

SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives for digest io and digere the forms

two of which were wrongly copied by GESSMANN 1906

DIGESTION

Alc. MICHAELSPACHER 1616 gives the sigil

next to the sign or constellation Leo, perhaps to symbolise the alchemical process of Digestion.

DIN

Mag. Sigil given by HEYDON 1664 for a spirit (perhaps Dina) and used to represent the letter D in the secret writing called ‘Alphabet of Angels and Genii