C – SIGILS

Dictionary of Occult – Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils

CABBALISTIC SCRIPT See HEBRAIC SCRIPT

CANCER

CADENT

Ast. Modern sigil given by DE VORE 1947 for both the ‘cadent house’ and the ‘cadent sign’ :

CAHETHEL

Génie 08

vocale : Cahethel
évocation du 5° au 9°59′ du taureau,
domine les 7° bélier / 19° gémeaux / 1° vierge / 13° scorpion / 25° capricorne
chaque jour durant 20′, 2h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 26 au 30 avril.

CAIM

The 53^d spirit is called Caim, he is a great president & appeareth in y^e forme of a Bird called a Thrush at first, but after a while he putteth on y^eshape of a man carring in his hand a sharp sword; he seemeth to answare in Burning ashes, he is a good disputer, his office is to give men y^eunderstanding of all Birds, loweing of Bullocks, Barking of doggs & other Creatures, and also y^e Noise of waters, and [he] giveth very true answares of Things to come; he was of y^e order of angels, & now Ruleth 30 Legions of Infernall spirits; his seal is This, w^ch wear as a Lamin.

CALAMINE

Alc. SIGNA 17C

GESSMANN 1906

CALCINATE

Alc. The most cccunon mediaeval sigils appear as part of a compound in the form recorded by FRANCKLYN 1627 :

ALCHYMIA 1563

FRANCKLYN 1627

SHELTON 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

POISSON 1891

GESSMANN 1906

LUEDY 1928

SCHNEIDER 1962

CALCINATED ALUM

Alc. SHELTON 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

CALCINATED BRASS See AES USTUM

CALCINATED COPPER See AES USTUM

CALCINATED GOLD

Alc. Two ancient Greek sigils arc recorded by

BERTHELOT 1385 :

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

A mediaeval sigil recorded by GESSMANN 1906 perhaps refers to the alchemical process of ‘calcination of gold’ :

CALCINATED HARTSHORN

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

GESSMANN 1906

CALCINATED LEAD

Alc. Two sigils from the Greek alchemical tradition are recorded by BERTHELOT 1885

SOMMERHOFF 1701

GESSMANN 1906

CALCINATED SILVER

Alc. Two sigils are recorded from the Greek alchemic tradition by BERTHELOT 1885

The sigils recorded by SOMMERHOFF 1701

and that derived from this source by GESSMANN 1906

probably refer to the alchemical process of ‘silver calcination’ .

CALCINATED TARTAR

Alc. ALCHEMICAL 17C

GESSMANN 1906

CALCINATED TIN

Alc. A sigil derived from the Greek alchemical tradition is recorded by BERTHELOT 1885 :

CALCINATED VITRIOL

Alc. SHELTON 17C

CALCINATION

Alc. MICHAELSPACHER 1616 gives the sigil

next to the sigil for the sign or constellation Aries, either tc symbolise the alchemical process of calcination or (less likely) the alchemical ANTIMONY See CALCINATE.

CALIEL

Génie 18

vocale : calïel
évocation du 25° au 29°59′ des gémeaux,
domine les 17° bélier / 29° gémeaux / 11° vierge / 23° scorpion / 5° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 5h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 16 au 21 juin.

CALX

Alc. The sigils sometimes clearly refer to the ancient meaning of lime or QUICKLIME, sometimes to the more modern meaning of the powder or friable substance obtained by the calcination of metals or minerals.

CROLLIUS 1670

VALENTINE 1671

SHELTON 17C

SIGNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

LUEDY 1928

SCHNEIDER 1962

See also CALX CHYMICUS, CALX METALLORUM, CALX OVORUM and CALX TARTARIS

Under the heading Calx SOMMERHOFF 1701 lists also Calx Saturni :

Calx Soils

and Calx Veneris :

CALX CHYMICUS

Alc. Mediaeval sigils recorded by ALCHEMICAL 17C :

CALX METALLORUM

Alc. A large number of mediaeval sigils is recorded by GESSMANN 1906, of which the following are worth recording :

CALX OVORUM

Alc. WORLIDGE 1651

SCHNEIDER 1962

CALX SOLIS See CALX

CALX TARTARIS

Alc. WORLIDGE 1651

VALENTINE 1671

But see also CALX

CALX VIVA See QUICKLIME

CAMAEL

Demon – CAMAEL « the destroyer »

Mag. Mediaeval sigil for the ‘angel’ of Mars (The destroyer) , given by BARRETT 1801, but derived from the ‘angel’ given by TRITHEMIUS 1503 for SAMAEL :

CAMBRIEL

Mag. Sigil for geomantic spirit given by HEYDON 1664, perhaps in error from AGRIPPA 1531 :

CAMPHOR

Alc. SIGNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

POISSON 1891

ALBERTUS 1974

CANANEAN SCRIPT

Occ. One of che numerous scripts preserved under this name is the version given in relation to the Roman alphabet by RIVIERE 1938

This secret alphabet was originated for the Hebrew alphabet (see for example HEBRAIC SCRIPT) , and has been taken over from one of the several versions called the CHALDEAN SCRIPT :

CANCER

Ast. Sigils for the zodiacal sign of the Crab, used indiscriminately for the constellation of the same nane. Printed version of the sigil derived from one of several related forms in the Graeco-Byzantine tradition (see NEUGEBAUER 1959 below), given by HYGINUS 1482 :

Said by AGRIPPA 1510 to be based on the movement of the crab/ though this is entirely fanciful.

Ancient Egyptian (demotic) :

BERLIN 42AD

STOBART 2C

SPIEGELBERG 1911

Graeco- Byzantine, c.500AD :

NEUGEBAUER 1959

ASTROLOGICAL 14C

JANUA 14C

LEUPOLDI 14C

MANSIONIBUS 1482

ASTROLOGICAL 15C

BONATTI 15C

QUADRANTIS 15C

TABLES 15C

SCHYNAGEL 1500

HERMETIS 16C

SIGILLIS 17C

TRITHEMIUS 1650

ASTROLOGY 17C

TRACTS 17C

VALLEMONT 1707

WELLING 1735

STEINER 1906

STEINER 1910

SUCHER 1958

BURCKHARDT 1967

EBERTIN 1970

RUDHYAR 1970

SUCHER 1958

LEUPOLDI 14C gives a sigil for the constellation Cancer

As does AGRIPPA 1510 :

See also COSMIC EGG, MOON ARCANUM and SPIRIT OF CANCER

CANE

Alc. Two mediaeval sigils recorded by GESSMANN 1906

CANIS

Ast. Sigil for the 13th lunar mansion, called Al Awwa in the Arabic system, given in MANSIONES 14C :

CANIS MAJOR

Ast. Mediaeval sigil for the binary alpha Canis Major is, sometimes called Sirius, given in HERMETCS 13C :

A related variant is given by AGRIPPA 1510, which has become the standard sigil in astrology :

CANIS MINOR

Ast. Mediaeval sigil for the binary alpha Canis Minoris, sometimes called Procyon, given in HERMETIS 13C :

A related variant given in AGRIPPA 1510 has become the standard sigil in astrology :

EVANS 1922

CAPELLA

Ast. Mediaeval sigil for the fixed star alpha Aurigae, given in HERMETIS 13C under the name of ALAYOCH

this sigil was wrongly transmitted by AGRIPPA 1510, with the result that the sigil in common use may be confused with that for ALDEBARAN.

The CUPELLA is sometimes called as ‘capella’. See also ALAYOCH

CAPILLUS

Ast. Sigil for the eleventh lunar mansion, called Al Zubrah in the Arabic astrological system, given by MANSIONES 14C :

A sigil for the amulet linked with this mansion, called Venter Leonis, is recorded by ABANO 1303 :

CAPRICORN – CAPRICORNE

Ast. Zodiacal sign of the Goat-fish, frequently mis-termed the Goat : the sigils are used indiscriminately for the constellation of the same name, AGRIPPA 1531 derives the mediaeval sigil from the tail of the goat, but rhis is entirely fanciful, and it is likely that the common form is derived from the duality of the goat-fish form.

The printed version is from the manuscript tradition, as given by HYGINUS 1482

FIRMICUS 1499

LILLY 1647

The sigils for this sign are numerous/ and to avoid confusion the entries below have been set out in three sections – MODERN VARIANTS, COMMON VARIANTS (on the modern farms), and RARE forms.

MODERN VARIANTS

SIBLY 1790

CHRISTIAN 1870

MODERN ASTROLOGY 1899

VREEDE 1954

NEUGEBAUER 1959

BURCKHARDT 1967

CIRLOT 1962

HADES 1969

NEERACHER 1967

SUCHER 1970

COMMON VARIANTS

HOROSCOPES 15C

SCHYNAGEL 1500

DARIOT 1557

PICCOLOMINI 1558

GIUNTINI 1583

AGRIPPA 16C

HERMETIS 16C

MARY 16C

SMITH 18C

BLUNDEVILLE 1602

HOROSCOPE 1614

ALCHEMICAL 17C

LUCCA 17C

RULES 17C

TABLE 17C

VALLEMONT 1707

WELLING 1735

GEHEIME 1785

CARRICHTERUS 18C

SYSTEMES 18C

RARE

Ancient Egyptian (demotic) : BERLIN 42AD

STOBART 2C

SPIEGELBERG 1911

ASTROLOGICA 14C

DESTINATIONUM 14C

JANUA 14C

LEOPOLDI 14C

MANSTONIBUS 1482

ASTROLOGICAL 15C

BONATTI 15C

FREGOSUS 15C

QUADRANTIS 15C

TABLES 15C

LAMBECIUS 15C

TRITHEMIUS 1503

AGRIPPA 1510

THURNEYSSER 1570

THURNEYSSER 1574

BLUNDEVILLE 1602

ASTROLOGICAL 1650

HEYDON 1650

BELOT 1667

ASTROLOGY 17C

LEROY 17C

MAGICI 17C

PROWSSE 17C

SIGILLIS 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

FREHER 1717

PYTHAGORAS 18C

WILSON 1820

GESSMANN 1906

SUCHER 1975

LUEDY 1928 records a related sigil from the Syrian astrological tradition :

LEUPOLDI 14C gives a sigil for the constellation :

CAPUT

Ast . Usually the single word caput in an astrological context refers to caput draaonis, ‘the dragon’s head, originally an astrological term, but now used in astrological, alchemical and geomantic contexts. The term in its astrological sense refers te the Moor’s north Node, the point at which the ascendinq orbit of the Moon intersects the ecliptic. The sigil most commonly used is mediaeval in origin, derived from the ancient Greek (see NODE), as for example the form given by LILLY 1647 :

The enrry below is divided into two pares – one listing the astrological and alchemical sigils, the ether listing the georaantic sigils.

ASTROLOGICAL AND ALCHEMICAL

ASTROLOGICA 14C

JANUA 14C

CANONES 15C

BONATTI 15C

SIGNIFICATIONES 15C

TABULAE 15C

SCHYNAGEL 1500

DEUTSCHE 1961

A mediaeval abbreviation is given by CHASSANT 1884 :

It is not uncommon fox medorn epheroerides to give this sigil in a form which may be confused with that more accurately used for LEO :

GEOMANTIC

The most common form is that used for one of the sixteen geomantic figures :

This caput draconis is linked by AGRIPPA 1531 with the element Earth and the zodiacal sign Virgo : a multitude of variants (stars, dots, floral devices, etc.) is used to denote the same fourfold arrangement. The following sigils are from late mediaeval sources, and arc sometimes used in astrological and magical contexts to connote the force and nature of astrological caput (above) us for example in TRITHEMIUS 1503.

AGRIPPA 1531

the same source gives also the form

which is surely wrong.

HEYDON 1664 records a sigil

which is also incorrect.

CAPUT ALGOL

Ast. Mediaeval sigil for fixed star reputed to be the most evil in the skies, the modern beta Persei , given by HERMETIS 13C in an original form :

EVANS 1922 (mediaeval) :

A related variant is recorded by AGRIPPA 1510, which has become the standard modern form for the sigil :

CAPUT ARIETIE See CORNUA ARIETIS

CAPUT CANCRI See OCULUS

CAPUT CANIS

Ast. The 5th of the lunar mansions, called Al Hak’ah in the Arabic astrological systen, a sigil for which is yiven by

MANSIONES 14C

A sigil, or group of sigils, linked with this mansion (under the nane of finis Tauri et Ceminorum), is recorded for amulotic use by ABANO 1303 :

CAPUT DRACONIS See CAPUT

CAPUT MORTUUM

Alc. Usually this alchemical residue is signified by a vestigial drawing of a human skull, the ‘death’s head’, but one or two other variants exist :

WORLIDGE 1651

VALENTINE 1671

SIGNA 17C

ALCHEMICAL 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

CARRICHTERUS 18C

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

ALBERTUS 1974

SCHNEIDER 1962

SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives the sigil

for terra damnata.

CAPUT TAURI See COR TAURI

CARBON DIOXIDE

Alc. SCHEFFERS 1775 gives the sigil

for his Acidum aereum, for which BERGMANN 1795 gave the variant :

CARCER

Geo. Sigil for one of the- sixteen geomantie figures :

A multitude of variants (dots, stars, floral devices, etc.) are used to denote the same four-feld arrangement. Carcer, ‘prison’ is linked by AGRIPPA 1531 with the element of Earth, the planet Saturn, and the zodiacal sign Pisces. The following ylyils are derived from the niediaeval tradition, aad ore sometimes used to denote the planet Saturn, as for example in TRITHEMIUS 1503.

AGRIPPA 1531

CARDINAL See CARDINALITY

CARDINAL CROSS

Ast. Sigil introduced, with a complicated supportive rationale, by BAILEY 1934 to represent the four cardinal zodiacal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn) :

CARDINALITY

Ast . Modern sigil for the cardinal quality, recorded by

DE VORS 1947 :

CASK see CUPELLA

CASSEROLE

Alc. Two mediaeval sigils recorced by DIDEROT 1763

CASSIEL

Demon – CASSIEL « lord of all conspirators »

Mag. Three mediaeval siyils for this angel of Saturn recorded by BARRETT 1801 :

thouyh the last sigil is given by TRITHEMIUS 1503 as for ORTPHIEL.

SCHEIBLE 1848 records raany nedianval variants :

CASSRIEL

Demon – CASSRIEL of hell’s electorate: « poet »

Mag. SCHEIBLE 1848 gives several sigils for this demon :

CASTOR OIL

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 records an ancient Greek sigil for this liquid :

CAUDA

Ast. Usually the single word caudd refers to aauda draconis (the dragon’s tail) , which was originally an astrological term, cut which is now used in both alchemical and geomantic contexts as well. In the astrological tradition it was intended to denote the Noon’s south NODE, the point at which the descending orbit of the noon intersects the ecliptic. The sigil most commonly used is mediaeval (though derived from the ancient Greek), as given in LILLY 1647 :

The entries below are divided into two parts, the first r being ASTROLOGICAL, the second GEOMANTIC.

ASTROLOGICAL

JANUA 14C

ASTROLOGICAL 15C

BONATTI 15C

CANONES 15C

SIGNIFICATIONES 15C

TABULAE 15C

SCHYNAGEL 1500

ASTROLOGY 17C

STRAGGLING 1824

GEOMANTIC

A basic sigil is given for one of the sixteen geomantic figures, called cauda draconis

A multitude of variant sigils exists (with stars, dots, floral devices, etc.) used to express the same four-fold arrangements. Cauda is linked by AGRIPPA 1531 with the element Fire, and the zodiacal sign Sagittarius. The following sigils are derived from the mediaeval tradition, and are sometimes used in astrological and magical contexts to express the idea of cauda draconis in its astrological sense, as for example in TRITHEMIUS 1503.

AGRIPPA 1531

CAUDA CAPRICORNI

Ast. Mediaeval sigil for the fixed star delta Capricorni , sometimes called Deneb Algedi, given in HERMETIS 13C

AGRIPPA 1531 gives a variant which has entered the European occult tradition :

CAUDA LEONIS

Ast . The 12th of the lunar mansions, called Al sarfah in Arabic astrological system, for which MANSIONES 14C gives a mediaeval sigil :

A series of siqils linked with this lunar mansion (called finis Leonis et principis Virginia, and perhaps linked with SPICA) is given for amuletie use by ABANO 1303 :

CAUDA SCORPIONIS

Ast. The 19th of the mediaeval lunar mansions, called Al shaula in the arabic astrological system, a sigil for which is given by MANSIONES 14C :

A sigil linked with this lunar mansion (called finis Scorpionis et caput Sagittarii) is given for amuletie use by ABANO 1303 :

CAUDA URSAE

Ast. Mediaeval sigil for the double star alpha Ursae Minoris, sometimes called Polaris, Stella Polaris, Cynosura or the Pole Star, given by HERMETIS 13C

AGRIPPA 1531 gives a variant which has entered the European occult tradition :

AGRIPPA 1510 gives :

EVANS 1922 (mediaeval) :

CAUSTIC METAL See CALX.

CELANDINE

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 records an ancient Greek sigil :

CELESTTAL SCRIPT

Occ. A number of secret alphabets, variously called ‘celestial ‘, ‘angelic’ or ‘supercelestial’ , has been recorded in various occult texts, among the most well-known of which is that given

by AGRIPPA 1531 :

The more or leas genuine ‘celestial’ scripts have been derived from the Hebraic alphabet (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT), but some writers, such as RIVIERE 1938 have adapted these for the Roman alphabet. Below is his ‘angeic’ alphabet, compared with his ‘celestial’ :

Wikipedia

celestial-writing-font

alphcelestial

celestial-writing

But see also SECRET SCRIPTS.

CELESTIAL VAPOUR

Alc. The sigil given in the collection of Greek texts by BERTHELOT 1885 relates to aithali ouranou :

which BERTHELOT 1885 translates somewhat materialistically as ‘celestial vapour’ though the form of the -sigil would suqgest something of a spiritual nature – perhaps relating zo the smoke of the pythonic oracles r or even (though more doubtfully) to the atheric forces described in the theosophical tradition.

CEMENT

Alc. In most contexts it is clear that a verbal use is intended by the sigil.

SHELTON 17C

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906 records several mediaeval sigils :

SCHNEIDER 1962

CENTRAL POINT See ARCHETYPES.

CERA See WAX.

CERES

Ast. Sigil given by WILSON 1819 for ‘planet’ (in fact an asteroid) in orbit between Mars and Jupiter :

KOCH 1930

SIDGWICK 1973

CERUSSA See WHITE LEAD.

CHALAMINT STONE

Alc. FRANCKLYN 1627

CHALCITE

Alc. The sigil is derived from an .ibbreviatior : of the Greek word recorded by BERTHELOT 1885, and probably relates to copper pyrites :

CHALDEAN SCRIPT

Occ. One of the numerous secret alphabets in the tradition of HEBRAIC SCRIPT. The alphabet recorded here is that given by VIGNERE 1586 :

The alphabet has nothing to do with the historic Chaldean cuneiform, but in mediaeval terminology Chaldean was synonymous with astrologer.

CHALK

Alc. Two mediaeval sigils fire recorded by GESSMANN 1906

FRANCKLYN 1627 qives two sigils for ‘chalk containing gold’ :

CHAOS

Occ. DEE 1564 gives the sigil but see also ELEMNTS and ABYSS.

CHARACTER

Occ. A short-form or abbreviation for character in the sense of ‘sigil’ , and with reference to the planetary ox alcheruical symbols, is found only in manuscripts, as for example in CONJURATION 14C :

There exists a wide range of different sigils referred to in occult literature as « characters’, many of which are listed in this dictionary under the heading of PLANETARY SYMBOLS : but see also CHARACTERS OF ELEMENTS and HERMETIC SIGIL.

CHARACTERS See PLANETARY SYMBOLS.

CHARACTERS OF ELEMENTS

Alc. The following sigils are given by BRAHE 1582 as characters, but these are not intended to act as sigils In the ordinary sense far the relevant elements! they are Intended for simple amuletic use.

AIR :

EARTH :

FIRE :

WATER :

For the traditional forms, see AIR, EARTH, ELEMENTS, FIRE, QUINTESSENCE, THREE AIRS, THREE EARTHS, THREE PIKES, THREE WATERS and WATER.

CHARCOAL

Alc. Two mediaeval sigils given by GESSMANN 1906

CHARIOT

Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this 7th arcanum of the Tarot pack to the Hebraic ZAIN, and associates with it the sigil

which is the so-called CROSS of Lorraine , which WIRES 1927 sees as the primitive form of the Zain (though a more precise etymology for the graphic vestigial form is that of a ‘decorative staff’ within the Egyptian hieroglyphics). WIRTH 1927 also associates the two sigils

with the arcanum, presumably because these are to be found within the compositional structure of the design.

CHAVAKIAH

Génie 35

vocale :chavakayah
évocation du 20° au 24°59′ de la vierge,
domine les 4° taureau / 16° cancer / 28° vierge / 10° sagittaire / 22° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 11h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 14 au 18 septembre.

CHENOR

Demon – CHENOR « the wish granter »

Mag. sigil used for a spirit (perhaps the original Chaniel) by HEYDON 1664 to represent the letter C in the secret writing called the ‘Alphabet of Angels and Genii’ :

CHERUBIM

Occ. SUCKER 1975 appears to linfc the sigil for Aquarius

with the sphere of the Seraphim, which is traditionally associated with either the ‘sphere’ of the Seraphin or which is traditionally associated with either the ‘sphere’ of the stellatum or with the zodiacal sphere itself. In effect, each of the sigils for the four fixed signs of the zodiac (TAURUS, LEO, SCORPIO and AQUARIUS) could theoretically be used to represent one of the individual cherubs, but must synbolists have recourse to pictorial images, rather than sigils.

CHRIST

Rel . A large number of sigils, roost often involved with the symbolism of the CROSS, have been used to symbolise Christ, and the following consists rnnreiy of a selection taken from occult sources :

SCHEIBLE 1848

BOCK 1931

SHEPHERD 1971

VERARDI 1972

GETTINGS 1978

TESTA 1962 gives a whole series of ‘gnostic Samaritan-Christian’ sigils which might be said to symbolise Christ :

The same source lists also a number of related sigils under CHRISTMON and JESUS, along with

CHASSANT 1884 records a mediaeval range

CHRISTMON

Rel. Very rr.uny mediaeval and modern variants are recorded, most of them relating in effect to CHRIST or CROSS.

KOCH 1930 gives

whilst TESTA 1962 records some early sigils derived from the Judao-Christian tradition :

CHRIST TRIUMPHANT

Rel – A series of sigils recorded by TESTA 1962 relates to a graphic tradition which abbreviates the sign of Victory (N-IC-A) with the V (VAU) of Jesus :

Tne magical alphabet of Anael in SCHEIBLE 1848 gives a sigil for Christ Triumphant :

CHRYSOCOLLA

Alc. Early mediaeval sigil, probably derived from the ancient Greek, recorded by SHEPHERD 1971 for solder of gold :

CHRYSTALLUS

Alc. Two sigils given by SIGNA 17C :

CIMEIES

The 66^th spirit is called Cimeies he is a mighty great Marquiz strong & powerfull appearing like a valiant souldier, riding on a goodly Black horse; he ruleth over all spirits in y^e part of Africa, his office is to Teach perfectly grammar Rhetoric [&] logick and to discover Treasures & Things lost or hidden, he can make a man seeme like a souldier of his own likeness, he governeth 20 Legions of cheefe [chief] spirits, but more Inferior [than] himself his seal is Thus made, & worne as a Lamin &c.

CINDERS

Alc. WORLIDGE 1651

CROLLIUS 1612

VALENTINE 1671

SIGNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

For cinis clavellatis SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives

For cineris saiicis SIGNA 17c gives

CINNABAR

Alc. The common alchemical terra for the red form of mercuric sulphide – thounh the sigil is also used foe the pigment vermilion.

WORLIDGE 1651

CROLLIUS 1612

CROLLIUS 1670

VALENTINE 1671

SHELTON 17C

SIGNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

CARBONELLI 1925

LUEDY 1928

SCHNEIDER 1962

BERTHELOT 1885 records two Greek sigils :

CINNABAR OF ANTIMONY

Alc, Two sigils given by DIDEROT 1763 :

CIRCULATING FIRE

Alc. Mediaeval sigils given by GESSMANN 1906, mainly derived from the cocimon sigil for FIRE :

CIRCULUS DUPLEX

Occ . Sigil given by HERMES 1613 in a series of graphic occult structures :

The duplex symbolises the idea of spiritual growth – an inner quality is protected within the nutrient of a shielding outer quality. The sigil may also be interpreted as being symbolic of the alchemical process itself.

CLAVIS

Occ. Sigil derived from Dee’s MONAD by Boehme, and called by him ‘the Sevan Forms of Spirit’ relating to his Wirende Eigenschaften (see MUSES 1951) :

The sigil combines the ‘Seven Forms’ of the seven planets :

Saturn-Moon which qives ‘Harsh desiring will’ :

Mercury-Jupiter which gives ‘Bitter or stinging’ :

Mars-Venus which gives ‘Anguish till the « flash of Fire » ‘ :

Sun which itself represents the ‘flash of Fire’ and the ‘Fire World’ :

Venus-Mars which gives ‘Light or Love, where the water of Eternal Life flows’ :

Jupiter-Mercury which oives ‘Noise, sound or Mercury’ :

Moon-Saturn which gives ‘Substance of Nature’ :

MUSES 1951 presents variants of these, according to Freher, in the order given above, but with a nore thorough interpretation and with the sigillic forms :

COAGULATE

Alc. The sigils below, all of which are mediaeval in origin, refer to the verbal use of the word. But see also COAGULATION

WORLIDGE 1651

ALCHEMY 1650

VALENTINE 1671

DIDEROT 1763

LUEDY 1928

COAGULATION

Alc. Sigil given by GEHEIME 1785 for the alchemical process of ‘thickening substances’ :

SIGNA 17C

GESSMANN 1906

See DISSOLVE.

COBALT

Alc. ALCHEMICAL 17C

SCHEFFERS 1775

BERGMANN 1785

GESSMANN 1906

LUEDY 1928

SCHNEIDER 1962

COHABITIO

Alc. The word refers to an alchemical process.

WORLIDGE 1651

ALCHEMY 1650

COLCOTHARUM

Alc. Mediaeval sigils given by GESSMANN 1906

COMET

Ast. Modern sigil recorded by SHEPHERD 1071 :

COMMISTIO See MIX

COMMON SALT See SALT

COMPOSE

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives the form

COMPOSITION

Alc. An ancient Greek sigil is given by BERTHELOT 1885 :

CONCENTRATED SPIRIT OF WINE

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

CONCH

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

CONDENSED VAPOUR

Alc. An ancient Greek sigil is recorded by BERTHELOT 1885 :

CONGEAL

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

CONGELATION

Alc. MICHAELSPACHER 1616 gives the sigil

next to the sign or constellation Taurus, either to symbolise the alchemical process of Congelation, or (less likely) the alchemical Bitumen.

CONJUNCTIO

Geo. Sigil for one of the sixteen geomantic figures :

A multitude of variants (stars, dots, floral devices, etc.) is used to denote the same four-fold arrangement. Conjunctio is linked by AGRIPPA 1531 with the element of Air, the planet Mercury and the zodiacal sign Virgo. The following sigils are derived from late-mediaeval sources, and are sometimes used to denote the planet Mercury, as for example in TRITHEMIUS 1503

AGRIPPA 1531

CONJUNCTION

Ast. An aspect in which two or more planets are in the game degree of the zodiac. The common form o£ the sigil is precisely that found in mediaeval manuscripts, as for example in SIGILLIS 17C

ASTROLOGICAL 15C

KALENDAR 15C

HOROSCOPE 1614

A series of individual sigils, intended to denote particular planetary conjunctions has been given by AGRIPPA 1510 :

SATURN AND JUPITER :

SATURN AND MARS :

JUPITER AND MARS

SATURN, JUPITER AND MARS :

CONSTRUCTION

Occ. A modern sigil given by CIRL.OT 1962 to represent ‘the constructive principle within totality’ , symbolised by the TERNARY acting upon the QUATERNARY within INFINITY, thus :

CONVERT

Alc. Sigils used only in descriptions of alchemical processes in the mediaeval form given by GESSMANN 1906 :

COOPERTA

Ast. Fifteenth of the mediaeval lunar mansions, called Al Ghafr in the Arabic astrological system, given by MANSIONES 14C :

COPPER

Alc. Since the occult theory of signatures links copper with the planet VENUS, virtually any of the sigils for this planet may also bo used to denote the metal in an alchemical context. The following sigils appear to have been used specifically to denote the metal :

SHELTON

SIGNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives the series of sigils

and notes also that this is the corpus inmundum et imperfectum, an idea related to the esoteric astrological tradition regarding the planet Venus. Additionally, SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives

DALTON 1808

GESSMANN 1906

SHEPHERD 1971

The following sigils have been recorded by GESSMANN 1906, relating to the alchemical copper :

COPPER CRYSTAL

COPPER IRON

COPPER ORE

COPPER PLATE

COPPER SPLINT

BERTHELOT 1885 gives an ancient Greek form for cyprus copper

and one for copper ore

in addition to two sigils from chalkos

and two for copper pure :

WORLIDGE 1651 gives the following list, among which may be one or two dubious forms

COPPERAS

Alc. Term generally applied in alchemical texts to the sulchates of copper, iron and zinc (blue, green and white copperas, respectively), but now generally applied to the iron sulphates, also called green VITRIOL. Another term is WHITE VITRIOL.

Coppervater is another general term, for which ONOMASTICUM 1574 gives :

BERTHELOT 1865 records the Greek form

which is derived from the abbreviation of chalcanthos.

COPPER CALCINATE

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 records an ancient Greek sigil which is identical to that used for ordinary COPPER :

COPPER FILINGS

Alc. Two sigil s common used in the mediaeval period for COPPER are listed by BERTHELOT 1885 from ancient Greek texts as demoting copper-filings :

COPPER LEAF

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 records two ancient Greek sigils which were used fcr copper leaf :

COPPER ORE

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 gives an ancient Greek sigil which was still in use during the mediaeval period, though sometimes used for COPPER :

COPPER WATER See COPPERAS

CORAL

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

BERTHELOT 1885 records the Greek alchemical sigil

COR LEONIS

Ast. Mediaeval sigil for the triple star alpha Leonis, sometimes called ‘the little king’, given in HERMETIS 13C

AGRIPPA 1510

EVANS 1922

CORNUA ARIETIS

Ast . First of the mediaeval lunar mansions, called Al Sharatain in the Arabic astrological system, far which a sigil has been recorded by MANSIONES 14C :

A sigil linked with this mansion, but used for amuletic purposes, is recorded by ABANO 1303 :

CORNUA SCORPIONIS

Ast. The 16th of the mediaeval Lunar mansions, called Al Jubana in the Arabic astrological system, a sigil for which is given by MANSIONES 14C :

CORONA

Ast. The 17th of the mediaeval lunar mansions, called Iklil al Jabhah in the Arabic astrological system, for which a sigil is given by MANSIONES 14C :

A sigil designed far amuletic use, and linked with this mansion (called finis Libri) is given by ABANO 1303 :

CORPUS See BODY

COR SCORPIONIS

Ast. Mediaeval sigil for the binary alpha Scorpii, sometimes called Antares, given by HERMETIS 13C :

AGRIPPA 1510 gives a variant which has become the commonly accepted sigil :

EVANS 1922

The same name is used also for the 18th of the mediaeval lunar mansions, (called Al Kalb in the Arabic astrological system), and a sigil for this is recorcea by MANSIONES 14C :

COR TAURI

Ast. The fourth of the mediaeval lunar mansions, called Al Dabaran, in the Arabic astroloqical system, a sigil for which is given by MANSIONES 14C :

But see also ALDEBARAN.

A sigil clearly linked with this fourth mansion, but called Caput tauri et venter, is given an amuletic use by ABANO 1303 :

The mansion called Caput Tauri is the third of the lunar nansions, and is given the sigil

by MANSIONES 14C, and the amuletic sigil

by ABANO 1303 , who terms it finis Arietis.

COSMIC EGG

Occ. In his account of Tarat symbolism, WIRTH 1927 gives the sigil frequently used for CANCER

as the ‘fecundated cosmic egg’ of the Chinese. See also PHILOSOPHIC EGG.

COSMOS

Occ. Sigil derived by WELLING 1735 to symbolise the complete universal character of light and darkness working together :

HOMER 1723 gives the two sigils

as the last in the chain of God’s coming into being, the so-called Golden Chain, representative of the Cosmos, as opposed to the CHAOS at the beginning of the chain.

COVERED POT

Alc. CROLLIUS 1670

But see CRUCIBLE.

CREATION

Occ. A sigil given by WELLING 1735 is taken to symbolise the six days of Creation, or the elements as an outflow of the Divine Fire of the Godhead :

BLAVATSKY 1888 gives the simple sigil

along with a profoundly esoteric account of the relationship between the sign TAURUS and the PLEIADES in the constellation of that name, which she terms (in full accordance with the Cabbalistic tradition) the sideral septenate, which manifests from the concealed

The relationship between the ‘invisible’ creative force of the sign Aries and the manifestation of the ‘matter’ of Taurus is also given a sigil lie form by SUCHER 1975 in his highly personal graphic symbolism.

He claims that the creative force of Aries of may

in a symbolic Sense’ be read as the TAU form :

But see also SACRIFICE.

A further attempt to symbolise in graphic form the idea of creation has been made by KOCH 1930, with a sigil which is (among other things) unfortunately an ancient sigil for the earth :

CREATIVE INTELLECT

Occ. A somewhat personal sigil, based on the common sigil for the element FIRE, is given by KOCH 1930 :

CREATIVE POTENCY

Occ : BLAVATSKY 1877 gives the sigil

to cover the idea of latent creativity, but see also CREATION, ONE and ORIGIN.

CROCUS

Alc. The siqil is restricted to the substance used in the alchemical processes, and has no botanic implication.

BERTHELOT 1885 records a Greek sigil :

DIDEROT 1763

LUEDY 1928

SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives the following sigils for ‘flowers of crocus, crocus aramaticus (See SAFFRON FLOWER)

See CROCUS MARTIS and CROCUS VENERIS.

CROCUS ANTIMONY

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

CROCUS AKOMATICUS See CROCUS and SAFFRON FLOWER

CROCUS MAHTIS

Alc. WORLIDGE 1651

ALCHYMIA 1563

CROLLIUS 1670

ALCHEMICAL 17C

SHELTON 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

SIGNA 17C

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

SCHNEIDER 1962

CROCUS METALLORUM

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

CROCUS VENERIS

Alc. This alchemical substance is generally regarded as being the same as AES USTUM, but the sigillic tradition would suggest that this was not always the case.

VALENTINE 1671

FRESNE 1688

SIGNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

CARBONELLI 1925

LUEDY 1928

CROSS

Rel. Along wiLh the related SWASTIKA, this is one of the oldest of slgils, almost universal in use and application, in her study of the ancient symbolic language, BLAVATSKY 1888 gives much space to the cross, which she sees as being derived from the union of male and Female, Spirit and Matter, this meeting being ‘the emblem of life stomal in spirit on its ascending arc, and in matter as the ever resurrecting element – by procreation and reproduction’. The spiritual male is the vertical line whilst the differentiated matter-line is the horizontal The former is said to be invisible, the latter on the plane of objective perception. BLAVATSKY 1888 gives also the sigil

as the ‘astronomical cross of Egypt’, but the Tau-Cross which is reversed and encircled is discussed in its esoteric connexion with the crucifixion of CHRIST, for a simple version of this sigil is the Rose Cross :

A large number of variant sigils is recorded in occult sources, in addition to the standard forms listed by traditional names below. For example, a tree-cross given by VERARDI 1972 is said tc unite the three worlds of the Celestial, Terrestrial and Infernal :

TESTA 1972 reproduces many early Christian cross sigils, among which are the axe-cross, tau-cross and the curious hampt-cross, all of which are listed below. TESTA 1962 also reproduces the various cross-forms given in the famous Poem XIX by Paulinus of Nola, of which the following are out of the ordinary :

The following alphabetical list of cross-names does not give sources simply because thtsy are so commons they have all at one time or another appeared : in occult sources.

AXE-CROSS

BOTOMMEE

CELTIC

CHEVRON

CLEVES

COMMISSA

COPTIC

CROSSLET

DECUSSATA

EGYPTIAN

FLEURY

GAMMADA

GNOSTIC

GREEK

HAMPT

LATIN

LORRAINE

MALTESE

MOLINE

PAPAL

PATEE

PATEE FITCHEE

POMEE

POTENT

RUSSIAN

ST ANDREW

ST ANTHONY

ST PETER

TAU

THIEVES

TREFLEE

VOIDED

See also CHRIST, CIIRTSTMON and CHRIST TRIUMPHANT.

CROSSING THE RIVER See TRANSITUS FLUVII

CROSSWHEEL

Occ. The third of Hoehme’s Divine Outpourings in the ‘becoming of God’, described as the ‘first matter of all sublunary bodies’ in HOMER 1723 :

But see HOMER’S GOLDEN CHAIN.

CRUCIBLE

Alc. The most common mediaeval sigils are vestigial drawings of containers, but WORLIDGE 1651 gives :

VALENTINE 1671

SOMMERHOFF 1701

DIDEROT 1763

SCHNEIDER 1962

ALBERTUS 1974

BERTHELOT 1885 records an ancient Greek sigil :

CRUDE METAL

Alc. ALCHEMICAL 17C

CRUDE WINE ACID

Alc. A sigil given by GESSYANN 1906 is probably late mediaeval :

CRYSTAL

Mag. ALCHEMY 1650

DIDEROT 1763

SHEFFERS 1775

GESSMANN 1906

SCHNEIDER 1962

ALBERTUS 1974

SCHEFFERS 1775 gives the sigil

for crystalii Lunae.

CRYSTALLISED VERDIGRIS

Alc. A number of mediaeval sigils are recorded by GESSMANN 1906

CRYSTAL OF SATURN

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

CUCURBITA

Alc. WORLIDGE 1651

LUEDY 1928

SCHNEIDER 1962 gives the sigil

and for cucurbita coeca :

CUPELLA

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives the sigils

capella, ‘the container in which separation of the impure from the pure metals takes place’.

The sigil given by SIGNA 17C is probably intended to symbolise the wooden cask or cupula :

(But see CUPELLATION)

SIGNA 17C gives sigils for cupellare, which probably refer to the idea of « cask lug in a wooden tub’ :

CUPELLATION

Alc. BEHTHELOT 1885 records two Greek variants, both short-forms for the Greek word used to designate the process of testing or assaying or refining (precious) metals in a cupel :

CYPRUS COPPER See COPPER.

Draculum

Raymond MARTIN-FABER

D – SIGILS

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

DIONYSOS See BACCHUS.

DISORDERED INTELLECT

Occ. Sigil given by (perhaps originated by) KOCH 1930

DISSOLUTION

Alc. A mediaeval sigil is given by DIDEROT 1763

MICHAEL SPACHER 1616 gives the sigil

next tc the sign or constellation Cancer, perhaps intending to symbolise the alchemical process of dissolution associated with this zodiacal sign.

GEHEIME 1785 givus a sigil for the alchemical process, which he contrasts with the sigil for COAGULATION, thus

DISSOLVE

Alc. VALENTINE 1671

GESSMANN 1906

DISTILLATION

Alc. Many late-mediaeval sigils are recorded for the various forms of distillation, among which the following are the most commonly used

DISTILLATE

WORLIDGE 1651

VALENTINE 1671

SIGMA 17C

GESSMANN 1906

ALBERTUS 1974

DISTILLATION PROCESS

ALCHYMIA 1563

ALCHEMY 1650

ALCHEMICAL 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

SHELTON 17C

DIDEROT 1763

POISSON 1891

GESSMANN 1906

SCHNEIDER 1962

DISTIL IN ASHES GESSMANN 1906

DISTIL IN SAND GESSMANN 1906

DISTILLATED WINE SIGNA 17C

DISTILLATED VINEGAR

TABLE 1676

SIGNA 17C

DIDEROT 1763

but see VINEGAR.

MICHAEL SPACHER 1616 gives the sigil

next to the sign constellation Virgo, perhaps to symbolise the alchemical process of distillation, or (less likely) the alchemical RED ORPIMENT.

DIVINE LETTERS See PLANETARY SYMBOLS

DIVINE POWER

Occ. Sigil given by SHEPHERD 1971 as triceps rune

DOMINIONS See SPHERE OF JUPITER

DOMUS See HOUSE

DRACHMA

Alc Mediaeval sigils for a measurement of weight, giver, in an ancient Greek form by BERTHELOT 1885

SIGNA 17C

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

CAPPELLI 1949 records a mediaeval abbreviation

DRAGON’S BLOOD

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

DRAGON’S HEAD See CAPUT

DRAGON’S TAIL See CAUDA

DREGS

Alc. SCHNEIDER 1962

DRINK

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

DROP

Alc. GESSMANN 1906 gives several contractions for the mediaeval contraction gutta

DRY

Alc, GESSMANN 1906

DRY SUBLIMATION

Alc. SCHNEIDER 1962

DULL FIRE

Alc. The term is used in relation to GRADES OF FIRE, and has nothing to do with the occult Dark fire.

GESSMANN 1906

DUNG

Alc. Several sigils (probably mediaeval) have been recorded by GESSMANN 1906 specifically for horsedung

DUO FRATES See TWO BKOTEERS

DUST

Alc. VALENTINE 1671

ALCHEMICAL 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

GESSMANN 1906

DYNAMIS

Ast. SUCHER 1975 appears to link the sigil for Taurus

with the SPHERE of the Dynamis, which is traditionally (in terms of the Pseudo-Dionysian hierarchies) associated with the SPHERE OP MARS.

DRACULUM

Raymond MARTIN-FABER

E – SIGILS

Dictionary of Occult – Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils

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EAGLE

Ast. A highly personal (and modern) sigil for the zodiacal sign or constellation SCORPIO is given by SUCKER 1975 :

The author claims that the sign for the Eagle used in ancient times to stand in place of Scorpio, an esoteric idea for which the symbolic form is the Eagle of St John (sec FOUR EVANGELISTS) , the esoteric siqil that for

Scorpio. But see also SIGIL 1978

EARTH

Occ. BERTHELOT 1885 records an ancient Greek sigil

Since this form is contrasted with that for HEAVEN (Ouranos) , it is clear that it refers to the globe of the earth, rather than to the alchemical element. The majority of the following sigils were intended to denote the mystical ‘third element’, which is neither the globe of the Earth, nor the ‘earth dust’ . In an astrological context it might refer to the EARTH TRIPLICTTY which is manifest in the macrocosme as the zodiacal Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn, in the microcosm as the melancholic temperament. In its alchemical sense, a sigil would refer only to the ‘third element’ .

ALCHEMY 1650

KIRCHNER 1655

CROLLIUS 1670

FRESNE 1688

ALCHEMICAL 17C

SHELTON 17C

SIGMA 17C

DIDEROT 1763

SOMMERHOFF 1701

GEHEIME 1785

SCHEIBLE 1848

CARBONELLI 1925

DE VORE 1947

SHEPERD 1971

WALTER 1970

A sigil given by WELLING 1735 represents the Spiritual and Invisible Earth, the occult Earth which existed before the descent of Lucifer

OLIVER 1826 gives as ‘an ancient Egyptian symbol’ for the element Earth the sigil :

BLAVATSKY 1888 gives a series of three sigils for which she maintains both an exoteric and esoteric meaning in each case the exoteric meaning is the globe of Earth.

The sigil represents the ‘first ideal World, self generating and self-impregnating’ , and hence a fitting symbol for the Third Race, better known as the temurian.

The sigil represents the ‘unity of the spiritual world’ contrasting with the duality of the ‘material’, a sigil which symbolises the Earth state when the male-female polarity developed, and hence a fitting sigil for the Fourth Race, commonly termed the Atlantean.

The sigil esoterically represents the condition of the earth fallen into generation, or into the production of its species through sexual union this last sigil was noted by BLAVATSKY 1877 as intended for the physical Earth (the globe) , and is commonly usee in this sense nowadays, as for example in SUCHER 1970, where ir is used as the centre of the geocentric charts, to distinguish them from heliocentric diagrams however EPHEMERIDES 1766 uses HALL 1959 gives the sigil

for both the physical Earth and for ANTIMONY. See also THREE EARTHS and EARTH TRIPLICITY .

EARTH HAND

Pal. Sigil used in modern chlrognomy to denote the male Earth hand, sometLmes called the Practical hand form, recorded in GETTINGS 1965 :

This source gives also the sigil for the female Earth hand, which, is confused with that for the male :

EARTH OF LEMNO

Alc. Mediaeval sigil given by GESSMANN 1906

EARTH SILVER See SILVER ORE

EARTH TRIPLICITY

Ast . Sigil recorded (perhaps originated) by AGRIPPA 1510, but rarely found later, since the elemental natures of the zodiacal sions Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn (here encapsulated into one sigil) are more usually symbolised under one or other of the sigillic forms for EARTH

EBULLITION

Alc. Mediaeval sigils are given by both DIDEROT 1763

and GESSMANN 1906

ECLIPSE

Ast. Whilst this phenomenon might be presented in a horoscope through a sigil for either CONJUNCTION or OPPOSITION (nomally between Sun and Moon), sigils are given by RAPHAEL 1902 for Eclipse of the Sun

and for Eclipso of the Moon

EKSUSHA

Demon – EKSUSHA « the god eye »

EGG

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

GESSMANN 1906

BERTHELOT 1885 records the s inqle sigil

for egg from ancient Greek sources, and a double form to indicate the plural

EGGSHELL

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 records three sigils from ancient Greek manuscripts

EGG WHITE See ALBUMEN

EGG YOLK

Alc. The most common mediaeval sigils are clearly short – forms derived from the Latin vitellus, as recorded by GESSMANN 1906

EGYPTIAN SCRIPT

ELECTRUM

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 records several sigils for electrum from different Greek manuscripts

ALCHEMY 1650 gives a common mediaeval form

LUEDY 1928 cives a sigil for elektron

ELEMENTAL BODY See MATERIA PRIMA

ELEMENTAL WORLD

Occ. KIRCHER 1653

ELEMENTS

elements

Les éléments, et les êtres du petit peuple qui sont liés à eux, les élémentals (ou élémentaux), sont importants en sorcellerie. Voici des pages sur chaque élément, sa symbolique, ses propriétés, et les élémentals qui y sont liés :

EAU

s-air

L’élément Eau est le plus dense après la Terre, il est froid et humide. C’est la source de toute vie (elle est apparue dans l’eau, et tout être vivant a besoin d’eau pour vivre). L’Eau est le lieu d’élaboration de la manifestation, et elle symbolise l’infinité des possibles, elle porte en elle toutes les potentialités. L’Eau est fertilisante, fécondante et purificatrice, elle peut guérir, elle donne la sagesse et elle symbolise la vie spirituelle. L’élément Eau, lié à la Lune (qui influe sur les marées), est connecté à l’inconscient, aux rêves, et à l’imagination. L’Eau permet de dévoiler la réalité cachée derrière les apparences grâce aux rêves (qui sont généralement bien plus révélateurs que ce que l’on croit). La qualité liée à l’Eau est la charité, et cet élément correspond à l’âge de la maturité. Mais si l’Eau est porteuse de vie, elle peut aussi apporter la mort et la dissolution de celui qui s’y plongerait sans méfiance. Enfin l’Eau est liée au chaos originel.

Sur le plan magique, il est approprié de faire appel spécifiquement à cet élément pour des rituels concernant les sentiments, l’affectif, l’amour et la réconciliation.

Correspondances :

– Direction : Ouest

– Tarot : Coupes

– Couleur : Bleu

– Saison : Automne

– Signes Astrologiques : Cancer, Scorpion et Poissons

Les élémentaux (ou élémentals) correspondant à l’élément Eau sont les Ondins (masculins) et les Ondines (féminines). Les Ondines sont majoritaires, et on parle peu des Ondins. Ce sont des êtres de taille humaine, d’une beauté extraordinaire qui se présentent sous la forme de jeunes femmes, portant parfois (mais pas toujours) une queue de poisson, de belles robes, et des cheveux souvent longs et bleus. Attention elles sont fascinantes et attirent les hommes très facilement grâce à leur beauté et à leur charme, pour les attirer parfois dans des pièges (voir les mythes des sirènes). Elles ne s’occupent que d’amour et de plaisir, et elles sont très coquettes (contrairement aux Gnomes et Gnomides). Elles habitent dans les lacs, les rivières, les océans et les sources, et elles veillent sur la Porte de l’Ouest et sur les eaux. Vous pouvez aussi les appeler si vous souhaitez trouver l’amour. Si vous souhaitez les « rencontrer » il faudra les appeler près de leurs lieux de vie (rivières, lacs, océans, etc…). Vous avez de fortes chances d’arriver à les « voir », car elles ne sont pas farouches du tout (bien au contraire), et elles viennent souvent de leur propre initiative au contact des humains.

AIR

s-earth

L’élément Air est le moins dense après le Feu, il est chaud et humide. Il équilibre et neutralise les forces opposées de l’Eau et du Feu. L’Air est actif et mâle, il est le souffle, le vent, et l’élément qui relie la Terre au ciel. C’est aussi le souffle vital, ou prana, qui nourrit spirituellement les corps. L’élément Air porte la lumière spirituelle, et est donc un symbole de spiritualisation. L’Air est le symbole de la vie invisible, c’est un purificateur, et à travers le souffle il est aussi le symbole du Verbe. La qualité liée à l’Air est la foi, et son âge est celui de l’enfance.

Sur le plan magique, il est approprié de faire appel spécifiquement à cet élément pour des rituels concernant la favorisation de créations (surtout artistiques), l’influence sur la clientèle, les foules et l’inconscient collectif.

Correspondances :

– Direction : Est

– Tarot : Epées

– Couleur : Jaune

– Saison : Printemps

– Signes Astrologiques : Gémeaux, Balance et Verseau

Les élémentaux (ou élémentals) correspondant à l’élément Air sont les Sylphes (masculins) et les Sylphides (féminines). Ce sont des êtres de toute petite taille, gracieux, diaphanes, fins et élancés, très rapides dans leurs mouvements, et portant des ailes transparentes comme celles des insectes. Leur apparence dégage une impression de joie et de lumière. Ils peuvent aussi apparaître sous la forme de nuages condensés. Ils sont curieux de nature, et s’amusent à modeler les nuages selon les pensées humaines qu’ils perçoivent. Ils habitent dans le ciel, les vents, les tempêtes, et les nuages. Ils veillent sur la Porte de l’Est, et font se lever les vents et les tempêtes. Si vous souhaitez les « rencontrer » il faudra les appeler si possible au crépuscule, par temps venteux. Mais sachez qu’à cause de la rapidité de leurs déplacements et de leur qualité diaphane, ils sont assez difficiles à « voir ».

FEU

s-fire

L’élément Feu est le plus subtil de tous (en dehors de l’Ether), il est chaud et sec. Il provoque les passions, symbolise la sexualité, matérialise l’esprit et favorise l’intuition. Le Feu purifie et régénère (voir le mythe du Phénix), mais il faut l’entretenir et le surveiller, car c’est l’élément le plus dangereux de par son coté incontrôlable. C’est par le Feu que les alchimistes obtiennent l’immortalité, mais il peut aussi tout détruire sur son passage. Le Feu est réputé pour détruire efficacement tout ce qui est corrompu et impur (les âmes damnées brûlent en enfer), ainsi que les énergies négatives. Le Feu symbolise l’amour que le mystique porte à son dieu, ainsi que le feu (ou énergie) intérieur appelé Kundalini. En brûlant l’enveloppe matérielle qui emprisonne l’esprit, le Feu le libère et réintègre ce dernier, il est donc un vecteur d’illumination. Le Feu symbolise aussi parfois Dieu (voir le Buisson Ardent) et c’est, avec l’Eau, une de ses armes pour punir l’humanité corrompue. D’ailleurs la purification par le Feu est complémentaire de celle opérée par l’Eau (ils s’associent ensemble dans nombre de rites initiatiques de mort et de renaissance). La qualité liée au Feu est l’espérance, et son âge correspondant est la jeunesse.

Sur le plan magique, il est approprié de faire appel spécifiquement à cet élément pour des rituels visant à fournir un apport d’énergie pour concrétiser un projet, fournir un travail important, ou pour changer brutalement de situation. Mais faites attention, les rituels du Feu sont très dangereux.

Correspondances :

– Direction : Sud

– Tarot : Bâtons

– Couleur : Rouge

– Saison : Eté

– Signes Astrologiques : Bélier, Lion, et Sagittaire

Les élémentaux (ou élémentals) correspondant à l’élément Feu sont les Salamandres (asexuées). Ce sont des êtres dont l’apparence n’a rien d’humain (ce sont les élémentaux les plus éloignés des humains). Elles apparaissent le plus souvent sous forme de serpents noirs se tenant verticalement en se contorsionnant dans les feux de cheminées ou les éclairs lors des orages. Elles apparaissent parfois sous la forme de petits tritons se mouvant dans le Feu. Les Salamandres habitent dans les feux, et les éclairs. En plus de garder la Porte du Sud, elles redonnent de l’énergie (souvent sexuelle), elles prédisent l’avenir, et assurent les vengeances. Si vous souhaitez les « rencontrer » il faudra les appeler devant un feu, face au Sud.

TERRE

s-water

L’élément Terre est le plus dense de tous, il est froid et sec, et c’est celui qui donne une forme matérielle aux autres éléments. C’est à lui que se rattachent l’espace, les distances, le poids et le temps. L’élément Terre est passif et féminin, obscur et dense, et c’est lui qui permet à la vie de croître dans le monde matériel. Tout vient de la Terre et tout y retourne. L’élément Terre est fixe et dense, en opposition à l’élément Air, c’est la materia prima, la matrice d’où sont issus les métaux et autres minerais, et les sources. La vertu qui lui correspond est l’humilité, et elle représente l’âge de la vieillesse. L’élément Terre symbolise la mère, elle donne et reprend la vie, et est à l’origine de toute chose, ce qui lui vaut dans plusieurs traditions le nom de Grande Mère. Symbole de fécondité et de régénération, elle est souvent représentée par des Déesses (Gaia par exemple)

Sur le plan magique, il est approprié de faire appel spécifiquement à cet élément pour des rituels concernant la prospérité, l’immobilier, les acquisitions matérielles, les travaux manuels, les terrains, et les moissons

Correspondances :

Direction : Nord

Tarot : Deniers

Couleur : Vert

Saison : Hiver

Signes Astrologiques : Taureau, Vierge, et Capricorne

Les élémentaux (ou élémentals) correspondant à l’élément Terre sont les Gnomes (masculins) et les Gnomides (féminines). Ce sont des êtres de petite taille, massifs, et doués d’une grande force. Ils sont vêtus comme des paysans, ils sont barbus et ridés (pour les Gnomes). Ce sont des travailleurs, peu portés sur la coquetterie. Ils habitent les entrailles de la Terre, dont ils sont les gardiens, et ils veillent sur la porte du Nord et sur les trésors souterrains (métaux, pierres précieuses). Ce sont d’excellents forgerons et orfèvres et les armes et bijoux qu’ils fabriquent sont réputés comme étant hautement magiques. Si vous souhaitez les « rencontrer » il faudra les appeler dans une grotte ou une caverne, en faisant une offrande de nourriture. Mais ne soyez pas déçu si vous n’en « voyez » pas, ils sont craintifs, peu sociables et ils détestent la lumière.

ETHER

ether

C’est de l’Ether (ou Akâsha, ou quintessence) que sont issus les quatre autres éléments, et c’est lui qu’ils réintègreront une fois purifiés. L’Ether symbolise l’Esprit, l’Etre primordial, l’Inengendré, qui n’a ni commencement, ni fin. Certains considèrent que c’est dans l’Ether que se trouvent les plans astraux. Il contient l’énergie à l’état pur, c’est-à-dire vierge de toute modification. Dans la tradition orientale, l’Akâsha est le fluide qui entoure le cosmos et où se trouvent les archétypes qui attendent d’être réalisés et les traces de tous les êtres vivant ayant existé. Certains disent pouvoir accéder à cette énorme masse de savoir qui est alors appelée Annales Akâshiques.

Il n’y a pas d’élémentaux correspondant à l’Ether.

air eau feu terre

ELEMENTS

Occ. The Elements of occultism have virtually nothing to do with tho elements of modern science, and must not b« confused with these. The ancient occult elements are exotcrieally four :

AIR, EARTH, FIRE and WATER, with an esoteric ‘fifth’ element, usually termed the QUINTESSENCE, all of which are well provided for, so far as sigils go.

As a group of four or five, they are symbolised in a variety of ways, the most common early sigil being that given by SHELTON 17C

and (the so-called SEAL OF SOLOMON) given by SOMMERHOFF 1701

which is in fact the graphic origin of the four most common sigil h for the FOUR ELEMENTS, in the order listed above :

A sigil given by GABELLA 1615 is explained as representing the four elements in union

providing a basic unit which (along with the sigils for Sun, Moon and Aries – see the MONAD of Dee) was supposed in the Rosicruciun stream to form the ancient underlying structural base of the planetary sigils. DUE 1564 also gives the cross

which he terms, among other things, CHAOS, and links it with the sigils for MORTAL ADAM and IMMORTAL ADAM in his esoteric Christian symbolism. This element sigil he calls ‘middle’, presumably because it is caught between the solar and lunar forces, and in connexion with the Christos he terms it ‘Sacrifice on the cross’.

Whilst SOMHERHOFF 1701 gives the standard list of sigils for the four elements (listing a printer’s error for Air which has been perpetuated by later copyists as the genuine sigil) , he lists four sigils which are intended to represent the idea of the four elements as a unity :

GESSMANN 1906 expands on Lhese with at least one bad copy :

SOMMERHOFF 1701, under his section on the Element or Principia, also gives sigils for the five elements which he lists :

Spirit

Salt

Sulphur

Water

Earth

of which the last two (in accordance with an Aristotelian classification) are said to be passive, the others active. He says, quite rightly, that other authorities list only three elements, though these are the elemental principles of :

Salt

Sulphur

Mercury

See also CHARACTERS OF ELEMENTS and MINERALIA

ELEMIAH

Génie 04

vocale: Elémÿah
évocation du 15° à 19°59′ du bélier,
domine les 3° bélier / 15° gémeaux / 27° lion, 9° scorpion / 21° capricorne
chaque jour durant 20′, 1h aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 5 au 9 avril.

ELIM

Demon – ELIM « lord of atrittion »

Mag. Sigil for demon given by HEYDON 1664 to represent the letter E in the secret writing called ‘Alphabet of Angels and Genii’

ELPHSIA

Ast. Sigil given by AGRIPPA 1510 for the fixed star alpha Corcnao Borealis, as variant of the mediaeval sigil given for ALPHECCA :

EMETIC TARTAR

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

EMETIC WINE

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

EMPERO

Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this 4th arcanum of the Tarot pack to the Hebraic DALETH (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT), and accords in the sigillic form

delta, also the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, which he says should represent for the Emperor the triangle with the eye in the centre, the so-called eye of Providence

WIRTH 1927 also associates this card with the sigil for SULPHUR

the form for which may be traced in the composition of the traditional design.

EOLIGOS

Demon – EOLIGOS « visible and invisible »

EXPRESS

Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this 3rd arcanum of the Tarot pack to the Hebraic GIMEL (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT) , and accords it the sigil uf the so-called ‘receptive triangle’

as well as the ‘Set square’

form derived from the gamma, the third letter of the Greek alphabet.

WIRTH 1927 associates the card with the zodiacal VIRGIN, and accords it the standard sigil :

END See IMMORTAL ADAH and OMEGA

ENOUGH

Alc. Abbreviation which may be taken as a sigil, derived from the Latin quantum satis, given in ALCHEMICAL 17C :

ECH

Occ. Sigil given by KOCH 1930 as rune for horse

EOLIGOS

Demon – EOLIGOS « visible and invisible »

EQUAL

Alc. All the variant sigils recorded by GESSMANN 1906 are presumably abbreviations of the late Latin ana, equal in quantity :

EQUINOX

Occ. A basic sigil from the Rosicrucian stream of symbolism recorded by GABELLA 1615 :

This sigll is derived from the Rosicrucian form for ARIES

by John Dee for his MONAD, and is linked with the meeting at a single point of the Sun and Moon, as well as with the concept of equal hours of day arid night. It is in a similar

spirit of symbolising that DEE 1564 gives

as the symbol for FIRE, as derives from the first point of Aries, the equinoctial point.

BLAVATSKY 1888 gives the sigil

the two equinoxes and the two solstices placed within the figure of the earth’s path.

ESSENCE

Occ. SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives for essentia :

KOCH 1930 gives a dot as sigil, presumably derived fron his personal interpretation of the graphic etymology of the sigil he calls EYE OF GOD :

In the sequence of sigils described by BLAVATSKY 1888, the first sigil represents the undifferentiated spirit, the one infinite and unknown Essence’ which ‘exists frojn all eternity

This sigil is the first in a series of stages relating to the idea of material MANIFESTATION.

ESSENCE OF TARTAR

Alc. Several mediaeval sigils for the salt are given by GESSMANN 1906 :

ESSENTIAL OIL See ESSENCE.

ESSENTIA QUINTA See QUINTESSENCE.

ETERNAL DARX

Occ. Sigil given by BOEHMEN 1635 to represent the ‘kingdom of darkness dwelling in itself and the ‘external nature in the anger’ :

As a sigil it is a component of the ETERNAL LIGHT.

ETERNAL LIGHT

Occ. Sigil given by BOEHMEN 1635 to represent the ‘Spirit in the essence’, the flash (also symbolised by the sigil for the SUN). The sigil is ‘eternity and time, God in love and anger, moreover heaven and hell’ :

As a sigil it is a composite of the ETERNAL DARK and the SALNITER.

ETERNITY

Occ. In her basic sigil components used in astrology HONE 1951 gives the sigil

to represent the ‘never ending’ and ‘spirit or primal power’ (though this term has nothing to do with the Archai of the Dionysian system of hierarchies).

KOCH 1930 gives (somewhat imaginatively) a sigil for eternity :

ETHERIC

Occ. SCHEFFERS 1775 gives a sigil

for Ather, which may in fact be related to the Newtonian concept, rather than to the occultist.

A sigil give by GEHEIME 1785 is perhaps intended for the equivalent of the Paracelsian ens veneni :

However, see also VEGETABILIA.

A sigil form given by AYMES 1975, representative of the meeting of the ‘solar’ and ‘lunar’ forces (the efchezic and astral respectively), may be the rosicrucian symbol which is the basis for the modern rival of the form as for example in MERCURY 1977 : these may be traced to a sigil-diagram in STEINER 1923

BERGMANN 1785 gives

for Aether.

See AKASHYA, CELESTIAL VAPOUR and QUINTESSENCE.

ETRUSCAN SCRIPT

Occ. One of the secret alphabets recorded within the occult tradition (see SECRET SCRIPTS), under a variety of different names and letter-orders. One of these alphabets, preserved by VIGMERE 1586, illustrates in an interesting way the derivation of the so-called secret scripts from historic alphabets, for the distinguishing letter for the £ sound of the Etruscan historic alphabet has the forms (recorded by JENSEN 1970)

which are continued In the secret Estruscan alphabet. It is accordingly interesting to compart* the alphabet given by VIGNERE 1536 (first below) with a regular historic form (and variations) recorded by JENSEN 1970 for non-occult purposes (second group below).

In other respects this so-called ‘Etruscan’ of the occult tradition clocely resembles the historic Faliscan t and is close in many of its letter-forms to the so-called NOACHITE SCRIPT.

EUCHARIST

Occ. Several variant forms arc given by BOCK 1931, as used by the early Christians :

EVANGELISTS See FOUR EVANGELISTS

EVENING

Alc. KOCH 1930 gives a modern siqil which is (presumably) a graphic rationalisation for ‘the setting sun’ :

EVOLUTION

Occ. In her complex numerological study, BLAVATSKY 1888 gives the Sigil

as symbol of the ‘evolution and fall into generation or matter’. But see also EARTH

EXALTATION

Alc. The sigil given by ALCHEMY 1650 is for the alchemical process, and has nothing to do with the astrological doctrines concerning the exaltation of planets :

EXHALATION

Occ. KIRCHER 1655

EXPECTANT SOUL

Occ. KOCH 1930 gives a modern sigil

EXTRACT

Alc. CARRICHTERUS 18C

GESSMANN 1906

ALBERTUS 1974

SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives for extractio sicca.

EXTRACT OF CORAL

Alc. CARRICHTERUS 18C

EXTRACT OF GOLD

Alc. CARRICHTERUS 18C

EXUSIAI

Ast. SUCHER 1975 appears to link the sigil for Gemini

with the Sphere of the Exusiai, which is traditionally associated with the SPHERE OP THE SUN.

EYAEL

Génie 67

EYAEL vocale: éÿael
évocation du 0° au 4°59′ des poissons,
domine les 6° gémeaux / 18° lion / 0° scorpion / 12° capricorne / 24° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 22h aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 20 au 24 février.

EYE

Occ. BERTHELOT 1885 records an ancient Greek form, and a variant from the alchemical tradition :

EYE OF ETERNITY

Occ. Name and sigil given in Boehme’s graphic system as recorded by LAW 1772, representing that ‘which cannot be pourtraued’ in a figure which ‘comprehends all whatever God and Eternity is’ :

This sigil is derived from the union of LIGHT, WRATH and the ELEMENTS.

EVE OF GOD

Occ. Sigil given by KOCH 1930, which is of course the post-mediaeval sigil for the SUN

DRACULUM

Raymond MARTIN-FABER

F – SIGILS

Dictionary of Occult – Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils

PDF

FAEX VINI

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

See DREGS

FALL OF MAN

Occ. Sigil given by BLAVATSKY 1888 in the sequence of sigils outlined in MANIFESTATION, to symbolise the disappearance of the spiritual circle from the sigil for ORIGIN

which denotes the complete descent of Mankind into matter :

FEMALE

Occ. The most common sigil is that adopted from the mediaeval traditional forms for VENUS :

and this has been taken into the modern canon; however , GEHEIME 1785 gives :

FERMENTATION

Alc. LUEDY 1928

The sigil given by BERTHELOT 1385 is for a verbal use, ‘to ferment’.

MICHAELSPACHER 1616 gives the sigil

next to the sign or constellation Capricorn, perhaps to symbolise the alchemical process of fermentation.

FERMENTUM ALBUM See SILVER

FERUGO See RUST

FERUC

Demon – FERUG « the rusting one »

FILTER

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701 records for filter the sigil

and for the process of filtration the forms

WORLIDGE 1651

LUEDY 1928

SCHNEIDER 1962

ALBERTUS 1974

FINIS AQUARII See HAURIENS PRIMUS

FINIS ARIETIS See COR TAURI

FINIS CANCRI See FRONS

FINIS GEMINORUM See BRACHIUM

FINIS LEONIS See CAUDA LEONIS

FINIS LIBRI See CORONA

FINIS SC0RPIONIS See CAUDA SCORPIONIS

FINIS TAURI See CAPUT CANIS

FIRE

Occ. The majority of the following sigils wore originally intended to denote the ‘principal and spiritual’ of the four elements, sometimes called the ‘heavenly’, rather than to refer to the incandescent gases which wo nowadays call ‘fire’ ,

For example, SOMMERROFF 1701 notes that fire is ‘the efficient cause, adcoque influens in effectum’ and provides the following sigils :

FRANCKLYN 1627

ALCHEMY 1650

KIRCHER 1655

ALCHEMICAL 17C

SHELTON 17C

SIGNA 17C

DIDEROT 1763

GEHEIME 1785

GESSMANN 1906

CARBONELLI 1925

LUEDY 1928

KOCH 1930

SCHNEIDER 1962

BERTHELOT 1885 records the sigil

for fire from the ancient Greek alchemical tradition, but this sigil applies equally to the ‘fire’planet MARS.

DEE 1564 gives the sigil

for alchemical fire though it is evident from the text that he has in mind that the sigil also represents the

elemental fire (see MONAD) which sigil he calls the ‘the mystical sigil of Aries’ his disciple GABELLA 1615 appears to have linked it in a variant form with the elemental fire :

WELLING 1735 gives a sigil linked with the ancient form derived from the SEAL OF SOLOMON

which he says is the ‘Spiritual and Invisible Fire’ , that occult Fire which existed before die descent of Lucifer. OLIVER 1826 gives

as an ‘ancient Egyptian’ sigil for elemental Fire. On a more material plane, SIGNA 17C records the sigil

for carbon fire, which relates to GRADES OF FIRE.

See also DULL FIRE, FIRE TRIPLICITY and OCCULT FIRE

FIRE BAPTISM See THREE BAPTISMS

FIRE HAND

Pal. in modern chirognomy , a sigil used to denote the male Fire hand type, sometimes called the Intuitive hand form, given by SETTINGS 1965

The female hand type is given the related sigil

FIRE PROOF

Alc. Sigil recorded by GESSMANN 1906 :

FIRE TRIPLICITIES

Ast. A aigil recorded by AGRIPPA 1510, but rarely used afterwards, is an uncomfortable union of common sigils for the fire signs Aries, Leo and Sagittarius :

FIRST

Occ. CHASSANT 1884 records two mediaeval abbrevianions for the Latin prima :

FIRST HOUSE See ASCENDANT

FIVE See ARCHETYPES

FIX

Alc. The sigils are used in the alchemical sense of fixating.

FRANCKLYN 1627

ALCHEMY 1650

SHELTON 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

DIDEROT 1763

POISSON 1891

SCHNEIDER 1962

FIXATION

Alc. MICHAELSPACHER 1616 gives the sigil

next, to the sign or constellation Gemini, perhaps to symbolise the alchemical process of fixation, though the sigil is a variant for ORPIMENT.

SCHNEIDER 1962 gives the sigils for fixatio :

FIXED

Alc. For the alchemical application, GEOFFROY 1718 :

For the astrological application, see FIXITY

FIXED CROSS

Ast. A sigil introduced by BAILEY 1934 as diagram to express the combination of the four fixed signs of the zodiac (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius) :

FIXED SAL ALKALI

Alc. GEOFFROY 1718

DIDEROT 1763

FIXED STAR

Ast. From early mediaeval times the fixed star has been symbolised by means of a cross or by a circle (for example, see the manuscript MANSIONES 14C) , though KIRCHER 1655 gives the sigil

and SYSTEMES 18C gives :

When such a sigil is confined to the horoscope figure, the star is generally intended to indicate the influence of a particular fixed star, which is usually named within the horoscope (for example, see IBN EZRA 1485) .

A common variant is

often used to distinguish the sigil from that used for the SEXTTLE aspect, which also is found in horoscope charts. In an example from PEARCE 1893, in the horoscope for King George V, the Sigil precedes the name Aldebaran – however. In a manuscript copy of this figure, the star sigil is changed to a small square

which symbolises the star. This form is however very rare, and appears to be restricted to the USA. The following fixed stars have been accorded individual aigils In the astrological tradition : ALDEBARAN, Algol (CAPUT ALGOL), Algorab (ALA CORVI , ALPHECCA, Antares (COR SCORPIONIS), Arcturus (ALTAMECU) , CAPELLA, Deneb Algebi (CAUDA CAPRICORNI), PLEIADES, Polaris (CAUDA URSAE),

Procyon (CANIS MIN0R) , REGULUS (see also COR LEONTS) , Sirius (CANTS MAJO), SPICA, Vega (VULTUR CADENS). In his study of Rosicrucian symbols, GABELLA 1615 gives the sigil

whilst dealing with stars, but the form itself is ambiguous within the text.

FIXED SULPHUR

Alc. SIGNA 17C

FIXITY

Ast. Modern sigil for the fixed quality, given by DE VORE 1947 :

But see also FIXED CROSS

FLAVOUR

Alc. DIDEROT 1763 :

FLORES

Alc. The sigils given under flores virides aeris by SCHNEIDER 1962 refer to VERDIGRIS :

See FLOWERS, FLOWERS OF ANTIMONY, FLOWERS OF BRASS , FLOWERS OF LEAD, FOWERS OF STEEL, FLOWERS OF SULPHUR and FLOWERS OF VITRIOL.

FLOUR

Alc. The two sigils given below nay be applied to any ‘fine POWDER’

SIGNA 17C

SCHNEIDER 1962

FLOW

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

GESSMANN 1906

FLOWERS

Alc. The chemical, rather than the botanical, is intended in the short-form sigil recorded by GESSMANN 1906 :

FLOWERS OF ANTIMONY

Alc. SOMHERHOFF 1701

DIDEROT 1763

FLOWERS OF BRASS

Alc. ONOMASTICUM 1574

DIDEROT 1763

The following siglls are given by GESSMANN 1906 for flores virides aeris :

FLOWERS OF LEAD

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

FLOWERS OF STEEL

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

FLOWERS OF SULPHUR

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

POISSON 1891

GESSMANN 1906

FLOWERS OF VITRIOL

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

FLUX

Alc. SIGNA 17C

FOG

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 gives the sigil

derived from the Greek Nephele meaning ‘condensed vapour’.

FOCALOR

Demon – FOCALOR « the demon that drowns men »

FOOL ARCANUM

Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this last card (technically given the zero, or unnumbered, but generally held to be the 22nd and final card in the series) of the Tarot pack to the Hebrew TAU, and accords it the sigil

which alchenically is related to ALUM, and of course recalls the zero of our own numeration : the implication within this choice of sigil is that the ‘fool’ should be seeking to make the zero into a SUN sigil :

FORCAS

Demon – FORCAS « theach logics and the secrets of plants and gems »

FORM

Ast. LEO 1914 gives the sigil

whiph represents ‘all definiteness of form or limitation, such as birth, life periods of varying-lengths, death or change of form and the moulding of forms that are coming into manifestation’. It is very likely that LEO 1914 was regarding the sigil as a representation of the basic horoscope figure LEO 1914 also qives the ordinary sigil for this MOON

to symbolise ‘the most subtle form of matter’.

FORMIC ACID

Alc. SCHEFFERS 1775

FORTNIGHT See WEEK

FORTUNA MAJOR

Geo. Sigil for one of the sixteen geomantic figures

Fortuna (as it is often called) is linked by AGRIPPA 1531 with the element Earth, the ‘planet’ Sun, and the zodiacal sign Aquarius A multitude of variants (star, dots, floral devices, etc.) are used to denote the same four-fold structure. The following sigils are derived from the late mediaeval tradition, and are sometimes used to denote the Sun, as for example in TRITHEHIUS 1503.

AGRIPPA 1531 :

FORTUNA MINOR

Geo. Sigil for one of the sixteen geomantic figures

A multitude of variants (stars, dots, floral devices, etc.) is used to denote the same four-fold arrangement. Fortuna Minor is linked by AGRIPPA 1531 with the element of Fire, the ‘planet’ Sun, and the zodiacal sign Taurus. The following sigils are derived from the late mediaeval tradition, and are sometimes used to denote the Sun, as for example in TRITHEMIUS 1503.

AGRIPPA 1531

HEYDON 1664

FORTUNE

Ast. NEUGEBAUER 1959 records a Graeco-Byzantine sigil for the equivalent of the Arabian PARS (fortuna), the nodal point occupied by the Moon when the Sun is regarded as being placed on the horcscopos (Ascendant degree) in a chart :

FOUNTAIN WATER

Alc. SIGNA 17C

FOUR ELEMENTS

Occ. In the graphic system of WELLING 1735 the sigil relating to the so-called SEAL OF SOLOMON is used to denote the four elements, and explained as a form containing the golden ball of the Schamayin :

DEE 1564 gives the simple cross

and the exploded cross

to symbolise the four elements.

OLIVER 1826 gives

as an ‘ancient Egyptian’ symbol.

FOUR EVANGELISTS

Rel . The Evangelists are most frequently symbolised individually in terms of astrological associations.

SAINT MATTHEW is linked with the winged human of AQUARIUS :

SAINT MARK is linked with the lion of LEO :

SAINT LUKE is linked with the bull of TAURUS :

SAINT JOHN is linked with the eagle (redeemed sign) of SCORPIO :

In theory any of the sigils listed for these four fixed zodiacal signs may be used to symbolise the Evangelists – see GETTINGS 1978. As AGRIPPA 1531 listed wrongly (though without sigils) the relationships between the elements and the signs, the correspondencies have been wrongly copied ever since – for example, WIRTE 1931 associates Luke with TAURUS and EARTH, Mark with LEO and FIRE, but John with SCORPIO and AIR, though zodiacal Scorpio is actually a Water sign. In turn, WIRTH 1931 also associates Matthew witH AQUARIUS and with WATER, though the latter sign is actually an Air sign, in spite of its name.

KOCH 1930 adapts two Christian sigils specifically for the four Evangelists :

FOURFOLD MAN

Occ. Sigil given by STEINER 1906 as representative of the fourfold nature of man, symbolising the physical, etheric, astral and Ego ‘bodies’ :

FOURTH RACE See EARTH

FRACTURE

Alc . GESSMANN 1906

FREEMASON Alphabeth

Alphabet maçonnique français

FRONS

Ast. Tenth of the mediaeval lunar mansions (in full, frons Leonis), called Al Jabhah in the Arabic astrological tradition a sigil for which is given by MANSIONES 14C

A series of sigils, intended for amuletic use, and called finis Cancri, is associated with this mansion, and recorded by ABANO 1303 :

FROTH OF NITRE

Alc . DIDEROT 1763

FRUIT BRANDY

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

FULL HOOK

Ast. Three ancient forms are recorded by OMONT 1894

and NEUGEBAUER 1959

It is clear thai in the horoscopes the last two sigils (at least) are intended to denote the most recent full moon to the hirthtime recorded in the figure.

SMITH 16C gives a related sigil, which appears to apply tc the most recent conjunction as veil as the opposition noted above :

FUMUS See SMOKE

FUNDERE

Alc. SIGNA 17C

FURNACE

Alc. Almost all the sigils which are not merely vestigial diawings of furnaces have come from alchemical mediaeval sources :

SIGNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

SIGNA 17C gives a sigil for furnus cupellatori :

and one for furnus pubarion :

FURTUR

Demon – FURTUR « demon of storms »

FUSION

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

DRACULUM

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GABRIEL

Mag. As this Archangel is ruler of the MOON, almost any of the sigils given for this ‘planet’ might be used to symbolise him.

TRITHEMIUS 1503

BRAHE 1582

SCHEIBLE 1848

See also GRAPHIEL, SPHERE OF THE MOON and SPIRIT OF AQUARIUS

GAMIGIN

Demon – GAMIGIN « the horse lord »

GARN

Demon – GARN « the king tempter »

GARNET

Alc. FRANCKLYN 1627

SHELTON 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

GESSMANN 1906

SCHNEIDER 1962

GEMINI

Ast. The most common modern sigil for the zodiacal sign of the ‘Twins’, also used indiscriminately for the constellation of the same name, is given by HYGINUS 1482, derived ultimately from the ancient manuscript tradition (see NEUGEBAUER 1959 below) :

The sigil is said by AGRIPPA 1510 to be based on the idea of ’embracing’, though most modern explanations are based on the idea of communication.

Ancient Egyptian (demotic) BERLIN 42AD

STOBART 2C

SPIEGELBERG 1911

Graeco-Byzantine, c500AD NEUGEBAUER 1959

WALTER 1970 gives a Greek variant which was also used for ‘lead’ :

ASTRONOMICAL 1400

JANUA 14C

LEUPOLDI 14C

MANSIONIBUS 1482

SCHYKAGEL 1500

ASTROLOGICAL 15C

BONATTI 15c

QUADRANTIS 15C

LAMBECIUS 1500

BLUNDEVILLE 1602

ASTROLOGY 17C

MAGICI 17C

TABLE 17C

TRACTS 17C

VALLEMONT 1707

SOMMERHOFF 1701

BOUCHE-LECLERCQ 1899

WIRTH 1927

NEROMAN 1537

WILCZKOWSKI 1947

LUEDY 1928 records a related siqil from the Syrian astrological tradition :

LEOPOLDI 14C gives a siyil for the constellation Gemini :

See also MYSTERIOUS PLANETS and SPIRIT OF GEMINI

GENIUS OF EARTH

Occ . AGRIPPA 1531

GENIUS OF FIRE

Occ AGRIPPA 1531

GENIUS OF WATER

Occ. AGRIPPA 1531

GENUINE SULPHUR

Occ. GESSMANN 1906 gives the mediaeval sigils :

GEOMANTIC SEAL – Sceau Geomantique

geomantique

GEOMANTIC SIGILS

Geo. The sixteen figures of the geomantic tradition have been accorded very many variant terms – for example, the figure AMISSTO hay been expressed in the forms giver, by AGRIPPA 1531

TABULAE 15C

and SCHMUCTEN 1642 :

See each of the entries under the names given below for the associate ‘geomantic characters’ :

ALBUS

FORTUNE MINOR

AMISSIO

LOLITIA

AQUISITIO

POPULUS

CAPUT

PUELLA

CANCER

PUER

CAUDA

RUBEUS

CONJUNCTIO

TRISTITIA

FORTUNA MAJOR

VIA

GIMEL

Occ. The third Letter of the Hebrew alphabet for which very many variants and derivative forms are given within the tradition of secret-alphabets (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT), notably those collected by BARTOLOZZI 1675 :

WIRTH 1927 equals iiSniel with the Tarot arcanum of the EMPRESS, and thus with the zodiacal Virgo. WIRTH 1927 traces the graphic etymology of the Hebrew form from vestigial drawings relating to early alphabets

and links the form with the idea of ‘camel’ , though the historical connexion with the Egyptian hieroglyphic pictorial form would suggesL the idea of ‘officialdom’ (see JENSEN 1970) .

GINGER

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

GLASS

Alc. ONOMASTICUM 1574

VALENTINE 1671

ALCHEMICAL 17C

SHELTON 17C

SICNA 17C

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

SHEPHERD 1971

LUEDY 1928 records a sigil from the Syrian alchemical tradition

BERTHELOT 1885 records an ancient Greek form :

GESSMANN 1906 records three sigils for glass drop :

See also the notes regarding the application of this sigil under VITRUM

GLUE

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

GOD

Occ. A sigil derived from the Boehmiar. philosophy, recorded by LAW 1772, ‘comprehends all whatever God and Eternity is’ :

but see EVE OF ETERNITY. CHASSANT 1884 gives several mediaeval abbreviations for the Latin Deus :

KOCH 1930 gives three sigils which are derived from the theosophical image for ONE

and the ancient image for the TRINITY

KIRCHER 1655

GOLD

Alc. Since In the alchemical and astrological tradition gold is synonymous with SUN, all the sigils used Tor this ‘planet’ may be used to denote the Metal, and indeed may denote both at the same time. The following sigils are specifically given for gold, but as the sigils given under the entry for SUN indicate, they and related variants are used tor the solar body.

BERTHELOT 1885 records for the metal the ancient Greek astrological sigil for the Sun :

ALCHYMIA 1563

WORLIDGE 1651

CROLLIUS 1612

SHELTON 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANM 1906

GOLD ALLOY

Alc. BERTHELOT 1385 records an ancient Greek sigil :

GOLD DUST

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

GOLD FILINGS

Alc BERTHEL0T 1885 records an ancient Greek sigil :

GOLD FOIL

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

GOLD LEAF

Alc. SCHNEIDER 1962

BERTHELOT 1885 records a few sigils from the Greek alchemical tradition :

GOLD LITHARGE

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

GOLD PAINT

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

SCHNEIDER 1962

But see also AURUM MUSICUM

GOLD SAFFRON

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

GOLD SOLDER

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 records two sigils from ancient Greek alchemical texts :

GOLD SPIRIT See SPIRIT OF GOLD

GOVERNORS SEAL – Sceau Gouverneurs

sceaux-planetaires

VÉNUS

SATURNE

JUPITER

LUNE

MARS

MERCURE

SOLEIL

sceaux-gouverneurs-planetes

sgp-jupiter

JUPITER

sgp-lune

LUNE

MARS

MERCURE

SATURNE

SOLEIL

sgp-venus

sceaux

GRACHIEL

Demon – GRACHIEL « archdemon of the dying times »

GRADE

Alc. GESSMANN 1906 records mediaeval abbreviations and sigils restricted to the verbal use :

GRADES OF FIRE

Alc. There are four different grades, each linked to the four elements, for which ALCHEMY 1650 gives the following sigils :

AIR

EARTH

FIRE

WATER

These are usually termed (respectively) , the aerial, cineris, igne aperto and balneum mariae.

SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives the following sigila for the four grades :

SHELTON 17C gives a simple series :

while GESSMANN 1906 records a (mediaeval) sigil which stands for the general idea of- ‘grades of fire’ :

This last sigil may be adapted in various combinations with the standard sigils of the elements, so that for example :

may be used to indicate igno aperto.

LUEDY 1928 records the sigils for the four grades In a simple progression :

SOMMERHOFF 1701 lists other systems, one of 8 and one of 9 grades, but provides no related sigils.

GRAIN

Alc. A measure of weight, one twentieth of the SCRUPULUM,

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

GRAPHIEL

Mag. Sigil for spirit (in cabbalistic lore an alternative name for GABRIEL) given by HEYDON 1664, to represent letter G in secret writing called ‘the Alphabet of Angels and Genii’ :

GRATE

Alc. Mediaeval sigil recorded by GESSMANN 1906 and apparently restricted to veroal use :

GRAVEL BATH

Alc. GESSMANN 1906 gives several mediaeval variants based apparently on the idea of arena, or sand :

GREATER WORLD

Occ. WELLING 1735 reinterprets the modern sigil for the SUN as an image of the lesser world (the point, which represents the human being), standing within the ambient of the Greater World (the circle which represents the Macrocosm) , deriving

from

To some extent he is following the symbolic forms of DEE 1564, as set out in his study of the MONAD, but WELLING 1735 reasons that the inner nature of iaan is potential gold (the sigil for uhe Sun is also of course the sigil for GOLD) , and is eternal and indestructibl.,

DEE 1564 gives the sigil, later called the circulus simplex in the Rosicrucian literature, to represent the Macrocosm and as one of the three basic forms which link the invisible and celestial spiritual world (that is, the Greater World) with the visible world, the open

product of Nature :

GREEK

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 records a short -form from a collection of Greek alchenical texts :

GREEN VITRIOL

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

GUM

Alc. Generally the sigils would appear to relate to the gum arabic but ether resin gums may also be signified.

ALCHYMIA 1563

FRANCKLYN 1627

ALCHEMICAI. 17C

SHELTON 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906 records the following as general sigils for ‘gum’

with tho e following specifically listed as for ‘gum arabic’ :

SCHNEIDER 1962 gives the sigil

for ‘gum arabic’.

GYPSUM

Alc. SIGNA 17C

DRACULUM

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HAAIAH

Génie 26

vocale : hahaïyah
évocation du 5° au 9°59′ du lion,
domine les 25° bélier / 7° cancer / 19° vierge / 1° sagittaire / 13° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 8h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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HAAMIAH

Génie 38

Génie 38 HAAMIAH vocale: haamÿah
évocation du 5° au 9°59′ de la balance,
domine les 7° taureau / 19° cancer / 1° balance / 13° sagittaire / 25° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 12h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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HABUHIAH

Génie 68

HABUHIAH vocale: habouÿah
évocation du 5° au 9°59′ des poissons,
domine les 7° gémeaux / 19° lion / 1° scorpion / 13° capricorne / 25° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 22h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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HAEMATITE

Alc. SIGNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

GESSMANN 1906

SCHNEIDER 1962

HAGITH

Demon – HAGITH « demon of jealousy »

HAGITH

Mag. Sigil given by TRITHEMIES 1503 as sigil for a spirit of Venus :

HAGONEL

Demon – HAGONERL « lord under Grachiel »

Mag. Sigil for demon linked with the Moon, given by AGRIPPA 16C :

HAHAHEL

Génie 41

HAHAHEL vocale: hahahel
évocation du 20° au 24°59′ de la balance,
domine les 10° taureau / 22° cancer / 4° balance / 16° sagittaire / 28° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 13h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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HAHAIAH

Génie 12

vocale : Hahaÿah
évocation du 25° au 29°59′ du Taureau,
domine les 11° Bélier / 23° gémeaux / 5° vierge / 17° scorpion / 29° capricorne
chaque jour durant 20′, 3h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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HAHASIAL

Génie 51

HAHASIAH vocale hahasèyah
évocation du 10° au 14°59′ du sagittaire,
domine les 20° taureau / 2° lion / 14° balance / 26° sagittaire / 8° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 16h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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HAHEUIAH

Génie 24

vocale : hahiouÿah
évocation du 25° au 29°59′ du cancer,
domine les 23° bélier / 5° cancer / 17° vierge / 29° scorpion / 11° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 7h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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HAIAIEL

Génie 71

HAIAIEL vocale: haï’ÿel
évocation du 20° au 24°59′ des poissons,
domine les 10° gémeaux / 22° lion / 4° scorpion / 16° capricorne / 28° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 23h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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HALF

Alc. Two sigils given by GESSMANN 1906, probably derived from the Latin semis :

BERTHELOT 1885 records an ancient Greek form from the alchemical tradition :

HALF-DRAGMA

Alc . DIDEROT 1763

HALF-LITRE

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

HALF-OUNCE

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

HALF-PUGILLUM

Alc. Mediaeval sigils recorded by GESSMANN 1906 related to the abbreviation for the Latin pugillus semis :

See PUGILLUM

HAMALIEL

Demon – HAMALIEL « lord of obsessions »

Mag. BRAHE 1592 gives several sigils, all mediaeval in origin, for the angel associated with the zodiacal Virgo :

Within the geomantic tradition, HEYDON 1664 gives the sigil :

for Hamaliel as the genius of CONJUNCTIO, but AGRIPPA 1531 gives this as the sigil for the ruling spirit of zodiacal Virgo.

See SPIRIT OF VIRGO,

HANAEL

Demon – HANAEL « the adversarial »

Mag. BRAHE 1562 gives several sigils, ail mediaeval in origin, for the angel associated with zodiacal Capricorn :

Within the geomantic tradition HEYDON 1664 gives the sigil :

for Hanael as the genius of CARCER, but this is almost certainly a confusion with the Hebrew letter recorded by AGRIPPA 1531 in this context.

See SPIRIT OF CAPRICORN.

HAND

Pal. The classification of lines and areas of the hand in the chiromantic tradition is related mainly to the use of astrological symbolism – for example, AGRIPPA 1531 gives the following sigils :

(Jupiter) for index

(Saturn) for middle finger

(Sun) for ring finger

(Mercury) for little finger

(Venus) for the ball of the thumb

(Moon) for hypothenar eminence

(Mars) for central palm

The chirognomic tradition incorporates similar astrological sigils, but see also AIR HAND, EARTH HAND, PIRE HAND, WATER HAND and TEMPERAMENTS.

HANDFUL

Alc. Sigil given by GESSMANN 1906 is probably an abbreviation of the Latin manipulus :

a measure sometimes wrongly confused with the PUGILLUM.

HANGING MAN

Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this 12th card of the Tarot arcana to the Hebrew LAMED, and accords it the sigil :

which is the symbol of the ‘completion of the Great Work (of alchemical transmutation)’, presumably because this sigillic form nay be traced within cho structure of the card (this beinga reversal of the structure within thec WORLD ARCANUM).

HARAEL

Génie 59

HARAHEL vocale: harahel
évocation du 20° au 24°59′ du capricorne,
domine les 28° taureau / 10° lion / 22° balance / 4° capricorne / 16° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 19h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 11 au 15 janvier.

HARDNESS See ADAMAS

HARIEL

Génie 15

vocale : Haryael
évocation du 10° au 14°59′ des gémeaux,
domine les 14° bélier / 26° gémeaux / 8° vierge / 20° scorpion / 2° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 4h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
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HARTSHORN

Alc. The sigil given by GESSMANN 1906 is no doubt an abbreviation of the Latin cornus cervi :

ALBERTUS 1974

SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives for ‘burned hartshorn’ the forms :

while GESSMANN 1906 gives :

HASMODAI

Mag. Sigil supposed by HEYDON 1664 to be a geomantic spirit, ruler of VIA and POPULUS, but the sigil appears to be a poor copy of that given by AGRIPPA 1531 as ruling spirit of the Moon. HEYDON 1664 gives

whilst AGRIPPA 1531 gives

HASMODEL

Demon – HASMODEL & HASMODAI « the twin bulls »

Mag. Sigil given for geornantic spirit by HEYDON 1664, genius of AMISSlO, but an identical sigil is given by AGRIPPA 1531 as ruling spirit of zodiacal Taurus :

HAURIENS PRIMUS

Ast. The twenty-sixth mediaeval lunar mansion, called Al Fargh al Mukdim in the Arabic astrological tradition, a sigil for which is recorded in MANSIONES 14C :

A sigil designed for amuletic use, and associated with this mansion (called finis Aquarii) , is given by ABANO 1303 :

HAURIENS SECUNDUS

Ast. The twenty-seventh of the mediaeval lunar mansions, called Al Fargh al Thani in the Arabic astrological tradition, a sigil for which is recorded in MANSIONES 14c :

HAZIEL

Génie 09

vocale: Hazyael
évocation du 10° au 14°59′ du taureau,
domine les 8° bélier / 20° gémeaux / 2° vierge / 14° scorpion / 26° capricorne
chaque jour durant 20′, 2h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 1er au 5 mai.

HE

Occ. The fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT), for which very many derivative forms have been given in the tradition of secret alphabets, notably those collected by BARTOLOZZI 1675

WIRTH 1927 equates lie with the arcanum the POPE in the Tarot pack, and thus with zodiacal Aries. His list of earlier alphabetic forms for the letter, all related to the proto-Hebraic,

he derives from the idea of ‘window’, though it is more likely that the vestigial drawings were originally derived from the Egyptian hieroglyphic with the pictorial value of ‘a shout of jubilation’ – see JENSEN 1970.

HEAT

Alc. The following sigils are obviously derived from the main sigillic forms for FIRE, though heat is specified within the texts.

FRANCKLYN 1627

SHELTON 17C

HEAVEN

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 giveg a Greek sigil derived from the ancient alchemical tradition, which could be confused with the basic sigillic form for LIBRA, but which is specifically recorded for the heavens

KIRCHER 1655

LUEDY 1928

HEAVENLY SCRIPT See CELESTIAL SCRIPT

HEBRAIC SCRIPT

Occ. The Hebraic characters used in various sections of this Dictionary are those listed as standard by WIRTH 1927 :

ALEPH

BETH

GIMEL

DALETH

VAU

ZAIN

HETH

TETH

JOD

KAPH

LAMED

MEM

NUN

SAMEK

AYN

TSADE

KOPH

RESCH

SCKIN

TAU

This alphabet does not diverge in any significant way from the orthodox ‘square’ Hebraic forms : the Roman orthography has been determined with reference to the general occultist literature, and a short entry for each of the 22 letters has been included in the entries. The 22 characters are, of course, derived ultimately from a deeply significant magical structure, relating both to sound values and to the ancient pictographic symbolism, and it is probahly this which has contributed so much to the development of the secret and nugical scripts associated in occultism with the language. The simplest intention underlying such scripts is that a sigil be derived from the Hebraic form to represent that letter, and to connote the charge of magical meaning implicit in the sound, pictographic form and its corresponding numerical value, A good example may be seen in one of the most famous of such secret alphabets, the celestiaJ In the form preserved by AGRIPPA 1531 :

However, the interpretation of such scripts is rendered especially difficult by the wide-spread Notarikon techniques used by both the canbalists and the occultists, and by the prevalent use of Gematria and Temurah – all of which render interpretation a hazardous business.

The synoptical ‘magical’ alphabet given by WIRTH 1927 in his study of Tarot symbolism is actually related to the historic Moabite :

This pxamole should serve to remind us that very many of the so-called ‘secret’ scripts are merely alphabets taken over from historic sources for magical purposes. Thus, the historic Samaritan book script recorded by JENSEN 1970 (for non-occult purposes) clearly formed the basis for a number of secret scripts :

In this connexion, see the entry under SAMARITAN SCRIPT – but a sample from POSTEL 1538, who records two variants, is a good example :

In some cases such scripts were adapted from the Hebraic to the Roman or Greek alphabet (again for magical purposes) , as for example in the alphabet recorded by VIGNERE 1586, which is called ‘Phoenician’ or ‘Ionic’ though only distantly related to originals of those names :

A glance at one or two of the characters in the so-called CELESTIAL SCRIPT recorded from mediaeval sources by AGRIPPA 1531 indicates something of the extent to which such scripts are derived from this Samaritan form. A whole series of alphabets has been more obviously derived – albeit imaginatively – from the variety of orthodox ‘square’ forms, as for example in two of those recorded by BARTOLOZZI 1675 :

A large number of related Hebraic scripts are recorded in such texts as SELENUS 1624 and TRITHEMIUS 1508, as in the sources already mentioned above. In this Dictionary the following Hebraic or Hebraic-derived secret scripts are recorded : ADAMIC, BABYLONIAN, CHANANEAN, CELESTIAL, MALACHIM, SAMARITAN, SOLOMONIAN, SUPERCELESTIAL and TRANSITUS FLUVII.

HECADOTH

Mag. Sigil given for the spirit named by HEYDON 1664 (but probably the cabbalistic Hechaloth was intended) to represent the letter H in the secret writing called ‘Alphabet of Angels and Genii’ :

HEKAMIAH

Génie 16

vocale : hakamyah
évocation du 15° au 19°59′ des gémeaux,
domine les 15° bélier / 27° gémeaux / 9° vierge / 21° scorpion / 3° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 5h aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 6 au 10 juin.

HELIOTROPE

SIGNA 17C

HEMATITE See HAEMATITE

HEPATIC ANTIMONY

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

HEPHAESTOS See VULCAN

HERB

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 records a sigil from the ancient Greek alchemical texts :

GESSMANN 1906

ALBERTUS 1974

HERCULES

Ast. Sigil given for a hypothetical planet, claimed by WEMYSS 1927 to be the ‘ruler’ of zodiacal Leo :

HERMES See MERCURY.

HERMETICALLY SEALED

Alc. GESSMANN 1906 records a sigil which is probably intended to coer the modern sense of the term (but see LUTUM SAPIENTIAE) :

HERMETIC CROSS See CROSS and ORIGIN.

HERMETIC SIGIL

Occ. DEE 1564 gives a sigil which is described as ‘a small vessel containing the mysteries’ and which must be regarded as the equivalent of the sigil hermeticum :

The more complex sigil of the MONAD may also be taken as the hermetic sigil :

SHELTON 17C gives the more frequent sigil :

LUEDY 1928 :

HERMETIC TETRAD

Occ. In his imaginative treatment of Tarot symbolism, WIRTH 1927 gives the four sigils

as che Hermetic Tetrad, and treats each individually in terms of the symbolism involved in their forms. A fifth sigil is derived from the first – the crescent form of the Moon

and this participates with the

to give the sigil (for example)

which is the basic SAL ALKALI, representing the primordial substance ‘subject to the transmutation of the Moon’ and is of course related to the most frequent sigil for TAURUS, which zodiacal sign has a rapport with fertile earth. WIRTH 1927 further derives the sigil

from

by way of

Such derivations are entirely speculative, however/ and bear nc relation to the historic etymologies of such graphic forms. The first of the tetrad, the solar sigil :

is related to zero at one extreme, to the Sun at the other (see for example FOOL ARCAKUM), with the alchemical matter of ALUM in between : the sigil is said to be ‘Male, Active, Fixed’ and is associated with Osiris and Reason, and with all other astrological solar connotations. The derived Lunar sigil :

is said to be ‘Female, Passive, Mobile’, and associated with Isis and Imagination, and with related lunar connotations. The second of the tetrad, the cross

is related to the TAU and to the sphragis, and is thus essentially a symbol of life engaged in four-fold matter. Placed above a sign it is a symbol of achievement , as for example in the alchemical. ANTIMONY

which is in esoteric alchemy a redemptive sign, the spirit of

disengaging itself from the working of the material plane. The cross below a sign, as for example in the most frequent siqil for Venus

is, according to the esoteric tradition, a symbol of ‘redardation’, representing the fall of spirit into matter. The sigil for VERDIGRIS

shows the integration of this life principle within matter (see CROSS) r a sign of equilibrium and health. The third of the tetrad, the triangle

is presented as the basis for the structure of the four elements :

for Fire ;

for Earth ;

for Water, and for Air.

The fourth in this tetrad, the square,

is seen as a symbol of equilibrium, and represents a fall into the senses : from this he derives such sigils

as the PHILOSOPHER’S STONE :

By similar graphic logic, WIRTH 1923 traces an ‘etymology’ and meaning for each of the sigils for the seven planets, and indeed for some of the alchemical and astrological sigils. This rationale also underlies certain of his speculations as to the inner meaning of the TAROT pack.

HERMIT

Occ. WIRTH 1923 relates this 9th arcanum of the Tarot pack to the Hebraic TETH, and accords it the sigil

which is a square divided into nine smaller squares, from which is derived the sigils

and

the latter said to be the figure 9, along with the ‘primitive Teth’

HERSCHEL

Ast. One of the early sigils for this planet is given in SIBLY 1817

and was later said to be derived from the initial of the discoverer Hersehel. LEO 1914 saw a related variant

as a symbol of the unity of the three basic sigillic forms of ‘Will, Wisdom and Activity’ (see URANUS), expressing a higher grade of Mercury, of which he regards Kerschel as a higher octave.

STRAGGLING 1824

SHEPHERD 1971

Eventually re-named URANUS, the two names co-existed in astrological circles, and a large number of sigils, many of them personal to individual astrologers, has been developed.

HESTIA See VESTA

HETH

Occ. The 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT), for which many derivative forms are given within the tradition of secret alphabets, notably those collected by BARTOLOZZI 1675 :

WIRTH 1927 equates Hath with the Tarot arcanum the JUDGEMENT, and thus with zodiacal Libra. In his study of thi graphic etymology of the letter he gives the forms which he associates with a pictographic ‘hurdle’, though as JENSEN 1970 suggests, the forms are probably derived from the Egyptian hieroglyphic with a pictorial value ocf ‘lotus flower’ :

HEXAGON

Ast. Sigil derived from Greek manuscript by OMONT 1894

relating ro the aspect of SEXTILE.

For the non-astrological form, see ELEMENTS, LOVERS ARCANUM, TERNARY and VAYU.

In its esoteric aspect, the hexagon is treated in depth by BLAVATSKY 1888, who terms it the hieroglyphic senary. She records that it is ‘the symbol of the commingling of the philosophical three fires and the three waters, whence results the procreation of the elements of all things. The same idea is found in the Indian equilateral double triangle. For though it is called in that country the sign of Vishnu, yet in truth it is the symbol of the Triad (or the Trimurti). For, even in the exoteric rendering, the lower triangle

with the apex downward, is the symbol of Vishnu, the god of the moist principle of water … whilst the triangle, with its apex upward,

is Siva, the Principle of Fire, symbolized by the triple flame in his hand’. BLAVATSKY 1888 makes the point that this sigil is wrongly called ‘Solomon’s Seal’, and that it produces the Septenary and the Triad at one and the same time, as well as the Decad. ‘For with a point in the middle or centre, thus

it is a sevenfold sign, its triangles denote number 3, the two triangles show the presence of the binary; the six points are the senary? and the central point, the unit; the quinary being traced by combination, as a compound of two triangles, the even number, and of three sides In each triangle, the first odd number’. She further argues that this is why Pythagoras and the ancients made the number six, the seziary, a sacred number of Venus, since the union of the two sexes is required to develop the generative force – the ‘spagyrisation of matter by triads’ (quoting RAGON 1853).

HIEROGLYPHIC SENARY See HEXAGON

HIGHER MAN

Occ. Sigil given by STEINER 1904 as representative of the higher trinity within man, as yet to be developed : the Spirit Self, Life Spirit and Spirit Man :

HIPPOCRATIC WINE

Alc. GESSMANN 1906 gives two sigils, both derived from abbreviation :

HIRCUS

Ast. Mediaeval sigil for the fixed star, now alpha Aurigae, given by AGRIPPA 1510, but wrongly copied from the mediaeval manuscript tradition (see ALAYOCH) :

This error has been continued by later copyists, so that the wrongly copied form has been adopted within the astrological tradition, even though it is in fact indistinguishable from the sigil used for ALDEBARAN.

HISMAEL

Demon – HISMAEL « the aquirer »

Mag. Sigil given for ‘geamantic spirit’ by HEYDON 1664, said to be ruler of AQUISITIO and LOETITIA, but sigil is given by AGRIPPA 1531 as ruling spirit of the planet Jupiter :

HEYDON 1664 gives a variant :

HOLY DEITY

Occ. A highly personal sigil given in Roehme’s graphic system, and constructed from a visual play with the German auge, ‘eye’ (AUge) :

The U is presented as a V, and stands for desirei ‘It is all things, and yet a nothing, it beholdeth itself, and yet finds nothing but an A r which is the Eye’. This play between the V and its reversal A gives several vigils, all of which represent the Eternal Beyinning and the Eternal End – ‘Thus the Abyss sees in itself and findeth itself :

See LAW 1772

HOMER’S GOLDEN CHAIN

Occ. A series of sigils relating to the occult Aurea Catena Homeri or Annulus Platonicus is listed by HOMER 1723, with variants in brackets from HOMER 1757 :

Chaos confusum

Spiritus Mundi voiatilis incorporeus

Spiritus Mundi acsidus carpomus

Spiritus Mundi fixus alcalicus corporeus

Materia prima osnnium aorporuw sublunarium

Animalia

Vegetabilia, seu Azoth

Minéralia

Spiritus Mundi concentralus fixus seu Extracatum Chaoticum purum

Perfectio consummata, seu Quintessential Universalis

HOMER 1723 also gives within the text two variants for the extremes of CHAOS

and Perfectio

HOLY GHOST See THREE BAPTISMS.

HONEY

Alc. Several mediaeval sigils have been recorded, a few of which are abbreviations for the Latin mel.

ALCHEMICAL 17C

SHELTON 17C

SIGNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

GESSMANN 1906

SCHNEIDER 1962

HORN

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

DIDEROT 1763 gives two sigils for stag’s horn :

HOROSCOPE

Ast. OMONT 1894 records two Greek forms (the first being singular, the second plural) under the name horoscopos :

FRESNE 1688 records two singular forms :

It must be noted, however, that originally horoscopos was a term applied to the Ascendant degree of what we now term the ‘horoscope’ – see therefore ASCENDANT.

HORSE-DROPPINGS

Alc. DIDEROT 1763 gives tha mediaeval sigils :

HORSERADISH OIL

Alc. The Greek sigils from alchemical texts art formed from abbreviations of the Greek, recordet in BERTHELOT 1885 :

HOT WATER See WATER

HOUR

Alc. Several mediaeval sigils have been recorded, a few of which are vestigial drawings of the hour-glass.

WORLIDGE 1651

VALENTINE 1671

SIGNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

LUEDY 1928

SCHNEIDER 1962

BERTHELOT 1885 records two plural forms (hours) from Greek alchemical manuscripts :

OMONT 1894 gives also a Greek abbreviation :

HOUSE

Ast. GETTINGS 1977 records two 14C abbreviations of the Latin domus :

The sigil given in QUADRANTIS 15C may also refer to ‘house’ :

CHASSANT 1884 gives a mediaeval abbreviation :

But see also ASCENDANT

HOUSE OF GOD

Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this 16th arcanum of the Tarot pack to the Hebraic AYN, and accords It a personalised sigil which is obviously related to the associated zodiacal sign Scorpio.

HUGUENOT CROSS

ENG FRA

Rel. The Huguenot cross is a Christian religious symbol originating in France and is one of the more recognisable and popular symbols of the evangelical reformed faith.

HUMAN WORLD

Occ. KIRCHER 1655

See alsa ASTRAL WORLD, ELEMENTAL WORLD and WORLD OF INTELLIGENCE

HUMIDITY

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

HYDROGEN

Alc. DALTON 1808

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I – SIGILS

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IAH-EL

Génie 62

IAH-EL vocale:yah’el
évocation du 5° au 9°59′ du verseau,
domine les 1° gémeaux / 13° lion / 25° balance / 7° capricorne / 19° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 20h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 26 au 30 janvier.

I CHING See TRIGRAMS

IEZALEL

Génie 13

IEZAIEI – YEZALEL vocale: Yezalael
évocation du 0° au 4°59′ des gémeaux,
domine les 12° bélier / 24° gémeaux / 6° vierge / 18° scorpion / 0° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 4h aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 21 au 26 mai.

IGNIS FORTIS

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

IGNIS LENTUS See SLOW HEAT

IGNIS ROTAE

Alc. VALENTINE 1671 gives the sigils

but this term is almost, certainly synonymous with the REVERBERATING FIRE, the ignis reverberius or ignis circulatorius for which SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives the sigil (for both)

and the sigils for the latter.

SCHNEIDER 1962 gives the sigils

for the circulatorius.

IMAMIAH

Génie 52

IMAMIAH vocale: imamÿah
évocation du 15° au 19°59′ du sagittaire,
domine les 21° taureau / 3° lion / 15° balance / 27° sagittaire / 9° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 17h aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 8 au 12 décembre.

IMBIBITIO

Alc. Sigil given in ALCHEMY 1650 for a process of distillation :

IMMORTAL ADAM

Occ. A sigil probably originated by DEE 1564 , but as a concept derived from the Christian esoteric tradition of symbolism relating to the significance of alpha and omega :

DEE 1564 links the sigil with the idea of ‘the Immortal Adam’, ‘End’ , ‘After the Formation of the elements’, ‘Manifestation’ , etc., and in connexion with the Christos, with ‘King of all ubiquitous’.

INCERATION

Alc. MICHAELS PACKER 1616 gives the sigil

next to the sign or constellation Sagittarius, perhaps to symbolise the alchemical process of Inceration.

INFINITY

Occ. A modern sigil given by CIRLOT 1962 to represent the ‘universe, the All’ ‘infinity’ :

In this modern system of occult graphics, the modern sigil for the SUN is representative of ‘the centre of infinity; the emanation or first cause’ :

Some occultists see the exoteric sigil for infinity, the lemniscate still used in mathematics

as a union of the Sun and Moon, linked at the point of time find space : see GETTINGS 1973.

INFUSION

Alc. Many of the mediaeval siqils given by GESSMANN 1906 are abbreviations for the Latin tinctura :

INQUISITORIAL SCRIPT

Occ. A script preserved by VIGNERE 1586 and said – on no sure showing – to have been used especially by the Inquisition, though it appears to belong to the series of scripts which are within the occult tradition termed Cazolingian. See SECRET SCRIPTS.

INTEGRITY

Occ. Sigil probably originated by KOCH 1930 :

INTELLECT

Occ. KOCH 1930 gives a highly personal sigil for ‘intellect in action’ :

See also CREATIVE INTELLECT, DISORDERED INTELLECT and PASSIVE INTELLECT

INTELLIGENCIES

Occ. Several variant sigils for each of the so-called ‘planetary intelligencies’ exist, and these may be examined in the entries under the names of spiritual beings nowadays called Archangels but in certain esoteric documents/ as for example in TRTTHEMIUS 1522, referred to as Intelligencies of the Spheres (see ANAEL, GABRIEL, MICHAEL, ORTPHTEL, RAPHAEL, SAMAEL and ZACHARTEL). Since the spheres were eventually associated with the planetary bodies, a large number o£ sigils attached to the Intelligencies were associated with the planets themselves. The following represent the most frequently used in the occult tradition :

INTELLIGENCE OF JUPTTER :

AGRIPPA 1531

RAPHAEL 1879

INTELLIGENCE OF MARS :

AGRIPPA 1531

RAPHAEL 1879

INTELLIGENCE OF MERCURY :

AGRIPPA 1531

RAPHAEL 1879

INTELLIGENCE OF MOON :

AGRIPPA 1531

RAPHAEL 1879

INTELLIGENCE OF SATURN :

AGRIPPA 1531

RAPHAEL 1879

INTELLIGENCE OF SUN :

AGRIPPA 1531

INTELLIGENCE OF VENUS :

AGRIPPA 1531

RAPHAEL 1879

Needless to say, the term intelligencies has nothing to do with the word inttelligencies in its modern sense.

Certain of the PLANETARY SYMBOLS are probably related to the different series of intelligencies.

IPOS

Demon – IPOS « knows things to come and past »

INVESTED PENTACLE See DEVIL

IRON

Alc. In tooth alchemical and astrological contexts the word iron is interchangeable with MARS, so that any of the numerous sigils for this planet may also represent the metal. A few of such sigils are also recorded as relating to both ‘iron and steel’. The following form have been given specifically for the metal :

WORLIDGE 1651

CROLLIUS 1612

FRESNE 1688

SIGNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

WELLING 1735

DIDEROT 1763

DALTON 1808

GESSMANN 1906

LUEDY 1928

SCHNEIDER 1962

SHEPHERD 1971

BERTHELOT 1885 records some Greek form from alchemical texts :

IRON FILINGS

Alc. ALCHEMICAL 17C

SIGNA 17C

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

IRON LEAF

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 gives two sigils derived from Greek alchemical texts :

IRON ORE

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 gives a sigil from Greek alchemical texts :

IRON RUST

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 gives two sigils from Greek alchemical texts :

Alchemistisches Draculum der Ärzte und Apotheker

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J – SIGILS

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JAB

Mag. Name, perhaps derived from Jabniel, one of the ruling angels of the Third Heaven, and sigil given by HEYDON 1664 to represent the letters J and I in the secret writing called ‘Alphabet of Angels and Genii’ :

JABAMIAH

Génie 70

YABAMIAH vocale: yabamaÿah
évocation du 15° au 19°59′ des poissons,
domine les 9° gémeaux / 21° lion / 3° scorpion / 15° capricorne / 27° poissons
chaque jour durant 20′, 23h aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 6 au 10 mars.

JASON

Ast. Hypothetical planet claimed by WEMYSS 1927 to be ruler of zodiacal Sagittarius, and to be in orbit between Saturn and Uranus :

JASPER

Alc. SIGNA 17C

Jeliel

JESUS

Rel. TESTA 1962 records many of the ancient sigils for the name Jesus :

The same source shows also that the following sigils are derived from the early Christian gematric tradition (888 being the numerical value of the name Jesus) :

TESTA 1962 also gives a number of sigils for Jesus Christ :

SCHEIBLE 1848 gives the sigil

for Jesus triumphant.

JOCHMUS

Demon – JOCHMUS « the first saviour of hell »

JOD

Occ. The 10th letter of the Hebraic alphabet (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT) for which many derivative forms have been given in the tradition of secret alphabets, notably those collected by BARTOLOZZI 1675 :

WIRTH 1927 equates Jod with the Tarot arcanum the WHEEL OF FORTUNE. He gives the sigillic forms

as the prototypes of the letter, which he says is derived from a vestigial drawing of a hand, though the etymology is actually connected with a vestigial hieroglyphic of the god Sath, representative of Lower Egypt.

JUDGEMENT

Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this 8th arcanum of the Tarot pack to the Hebrew letter HETH, and accords it the sigil

a so-called primitive Heth which in point of fact only approximates to a letter from the Old Phoenician script

as given by JENSEN 1970. WIRTH 1927 also says that this figure approximates to our own number 8, for it was originally drawn :

This form does not appear in the development of the Hebraic scripts, though it is found in (for example) the ETRUSCAN SCRIPT. The confusion may have arisen from the variant for the phonetic h in the Sinai script :

JUGGLER

Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this first arcanum of the Tarot pack to the Hebraic ALEPH, and thus to the constellation Orion and zodiacal Taurus. He accords the card the sigil | and the point . drawn as the centre of the pupil in the Eye of God.

thus completing a cycle in the 22 arcana with the

of the last in the series, the FOOL ARCANUM.

JUNO

Ast. Sigil given by WILSON 1819 for ‘planet’ (actually an asteroid) in orbit between Mars and Jupiter :

WILSON 1819

KOCH 1930

SHEPHERD 1971

JUPITER

Ast. Modern sigil derived from the late mediaeval tradition, a printed example being HYGINUS 1462 :

AGRIPPA 1531 traces its form to the sceptre, but this is imaginative, and as rare examples below indicate, there were many variants tor which no such graphic etymology could be given. LEO 1914 says of Jupiter that it represents ‘the semi-circle rising over the cross’ and is ‘the symbol of soul literating itself from matter’ .

Ancient Egyptian : BERLIN 42AD

Graeco-Byzantine : NEUGEBAUER 1959

BERTHELOT 1885

OMONT 1994

ALCHEMICAL 14C

CONJURATION 14C

RAGOR 1474

FIRMICUS 1499

BERNARD 15C

BONATTI 15C

CAMPAUS 15C

CANONES 15C

DOMORUM 15C

HOROSCOPE 15C

LIBELLUS 15C

SCALIGER 15C

SCOT 15C

SHEMA 15C

SIGNIFICATIONS 15C

TRACTATULUS 15C

SCHYNAGEL 1500

AGRIPPA 1510

ALCHYMIA 1563

DARIOT 1557

ALCHYMIA 1563

KIRCHER 1655

BELOT 1667

TABLE 1676

ALCHEMICAL 17C

MAGICI 17C

SHELTON 17 C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

WELLING 1735

MAGIE 18C

PYTHAGORAS 18C

CHRISTIAN 1870

LUEDY 1928

NEROMAN 1937

CARBONELLI 1925 records an early mediaeval manuscript form

and a later mediaeval

whilst CAPPELLI 1949 records a mediaeval :

The sigils qiven under TIN may be used synonymously with Jupiter.

See also AQUISITIO, SPHERE, SPIRIT OF JUPITER and ZACHARIEL

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KALI YUGA

Occ. The sigil most usually linked wirth the DEVIL, supposedly as a vestigial drawing of the horns and goat-beard,

Is said by BLAVATSKY 1888 to be the esoteric sigil for the Kali Yuga, the ‘Dark Age’ , which according to certain esoteric circles began about 4,500 years ago. The sigil is ‘the sign of human sorcery, with its two points (horns) turned heavenwards, a position every Occultist will recognize as one of tfte « left-hand », and used in Ceremonial Magic’ .

KAPH

Occ. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT) for which many derivative sigillic forms are recorded within the tradition of secret alphabets, notably those collected by BARTOLOZZI 1675 :

WIRTH 1927 equates kaph with the Tarot STRENGTH ARCANUM, and thus with zodiacal Leo. In his record of the graphic etymology of tne letter from the vestigial drawing, he traces a connexion with the idea of a palm, and there does indeed appear to be a link between the ancient forms and the heraldic plant of Upper Eqypt, as indicated (in a non-occult context) by JENSEN 1970. WIRTH 1927 gives the forms :

KEDEMEL

Geo. Sigil given by HEYDON 1664 for one of the geomantic spirits :

This sigil is probably copied wrongly from AGRIPPA 1531, who gives a similar form for a spirit of Venus.

KEY See CLAVIS.

KINDLE

Alc. Two mediaeval sigils recorded by SIGNA 17C :

KNE

Mag. Sigil of a spirit (perhaps Kyniel) given by HEYDON 1664 to represent the letter K in the secret writing called ‘The Alphabet of Angels and Genii’ :

KOPH

Occ. The 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT) for which many derivative sigillic forms are recorded within the tradition of secret alphabets, notably those collected by BARTOLOZZI 1675 :

WIRTH 1927 equates koph with the Tarot SUN ARCANUM and (not surprisingly in view of the iconography of the card) with the zodiacal Gemini, and gives the following forms as indicative of the line of development which the letter took among the early alphabets :

It would appear that the letter did in fact develop, as he suggests, from an Egyptian hieroglyphic with the pictorial value of ‘head’.

KYRIOTETES

Ast. SUCHER 1975 appears to link the sigil for Arias

with the Sphere of the Kyriotetes, otherwise known as the Dominions, the rulers of the Sphere of Jupiter,

See INTELLIGENCES.

Raymond MARTIN-FABER

L – SIGILS

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LADY POPE

Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this 2nd arcanum of the Tarot pack with the Hebraic letter BETH, and with the constellation Cassiopeia : he accords the card the sigils of the horizontal single line

and the black disc

along with the binary

which relates to the columns behind the figure in the card.

LAHAD

Demon – LAHAD « the devil voice »

Mag. Sigil for spirit (perhaps derived from Lad, one of the names for the angel Metatron) given by HEYDON 1664 to represent the letter L in the secret writing called ‘Alphabet of Angels and Genii’ :

LAMED

Occ. The 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (see HEBRAIC SCRIPT) for which many derivative forms are given within the tradition of secret alphabets, as for example in those collected by BARTOLOZZI 1675 :

WIRTH 1927 equates Lamed with the Tarot arcanum of the HANGING MAN. He gives the following forms as being derivative of the letter

and links the pictoqraphic origin with the idea of ‘a goad’ : however, it is likely that Lamed was derived from an Egyptian hieroglyphic with the pictorial value of ‘horizon’ (see JENSEN 1970).

LAMP

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

LAPIS

Alc. For the generic sigils, see STONE.

SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives the sigils for a number of different stones, as follows :

Silex Calaminaris :

Lapis Prunellae :

Lapis Pumex :

Lapis Silex :

Lapis Silex Ustus :

Lapis Tutiae :

Lapis Lazuli :

For the last one, SIGNA 17C gives :

GESSMANN 1906 gives :

LUEDY 1928 :

and KOCH 1930 :

LAPIS ARMENTUS See MOUNTAIN BLUE

LAPIS LAZULI See LAPIS

LAUVIAH

Génie 11

vocale : Lauvoyah
évocation du 20° au 24°59′ du Taureau,
domine les 10° bélier / 22° gémeaux / 4° vierge /16° scorpion / 28° capricorne
chaque jour durant 20′, 3h20′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 11 au 15 mai.

Lauviah

Genie 17

LAYER UPON LAYER

Alc. Several of these mediaeval sigils are clearly derived from the abbreviation of the latin stratum super stratum.

WORLIDGE 1651

ALCHYMIA 1563

ALCHEMICAL 17C

GESSMANN 1906

LEAD

Alc. Since all the sigils used for this metal are synonymous with those used for the planet SATURN, see also the entries under this name. The following sigils have been recorded specifically as relating to the metal :

WORLIDGE 1651

CROLLIUS 1612

SHELTON 17C

SIGNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

DIDEROT 1763

GESSMANN 1906

KOCH 1930

SHEPHERD 1971

LUEDY 1928 records two sigils from the Syrian alchemical tradition :

BERTHELOT 1865 records two sigils from Greek sources :

LEAD FILINGS

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 gives two sigils from the Greek alchemical tradition :

LEAD OF ANTIMONY

Alc. ALCHEMICAL 17C

LEAD OF THE PHILOSOPHERS

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

LEAD ORE

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 records a sigil from ancient Greek alchemical sources :

LEAD SALT

Alc. SHELTON 17C

LEAD SUGAR

Alc. GESSMANN 1885 records a mediaeval sigil :

LEAF

Alc. BERTHELOT 1885 records a number of sigils all relating to the idea of leaf metal :

See also COPPER LEAF, GOLD LEAK, IRON LEAF, SILVER LEAF and TIN LEAF.

LECABEL

Génie 31

évocation du 0° au 4°59′ de la vierge,
domine les 0° taureau / 12° cancer / 24° vierge / 6° sagittaire / 18° verseau
chaque jour durant 20′, 10h aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 24 au 28 aout.

LELAHEL

Génie 06

vocale: Lehabel
évocation du25° au 29°59′ du bélier
domine les 5° bélier / 17° gémeaux / 29° lion / 11° scorpion / 23° capricorne
chaque jour durant 20′, 1h40′ aprés le lever du soleil.
Il règne sur le physique et les actes de ceux qui sont né du 15 au 20 avril.

LEMURIAN See EARTH.

LEO

Ast. Zodiacal sign of the ‘Lion’, the printed sigil being derived from the mediaeval manuscript tradition (see JANUA 14C below, for example) , though ultimately from the Graeco-Byzantine tradition (see NEUGEBAUER 1959 below, for example), recorded in print by HYGINUS 1482 :

The Sigil is said by AGRIPPA 15l0 to be based on the shape of a lion’s tail, though this is entirely fanciful, as many of the mediaeval variants would suggest (even AGRIPPA 15l0 uses variant sigil forms). Two common misuses of the sigil lead to confusion, and are worth recording. Sometimes the form

is given for Leo, though this sigil is in fact the NODE of a planet, especially the one called caput draconis. An example of this mistake may be seen in the glyph used in the medal for the American Numismatic Association designed by Vincze in WHITTICK 1971. Another common error is the reversai of the sigil – an example of which may be see in SIBLY 1790, where it may to some extent be excusable in view of the reversal of the copper plate after engraving :

Ancient Egyptian :

BERLIN 42AD

SPIEGELBERG 1911

STOBART 2C

Graeco-Byzantine :

NEUGEBAUER 1959

DIGBY 12C

GRAMMATICA 13C

ASTRONOMICAL 1400

CONJURATION 14C

JANUA 14C

LEUPOLDI 14C

MANSIONIBUS 1482

ASTROLOGICAL 15C

BONATTI 15C

QUADRANTIS 15C

RAWLINSON 15C

LAMBECIUS 1500

TABLES 15C

SCOT 15C

SCHYNAGEL 1500

THURNEYSSER 1574

MARY 16C

HIBNER 1651

BELOT 1667

SIGILLIS 17C

PROWSSE 17C

TABLE 17C

SIBLY 1790

ZADKIEL 1835

SEPHARIAL 1920

COLLIN 1954

NEUGEBAUER 1969

RUDHYAR 1970

LUEDY 1928 records a related sigil from the Syrian astrological tradition :

LEUPOLDI 14C gives a sigil for the constellation Leo :

and this is recorded by AGRIPPA 1510 for the sign.

LESIFUGES

Demon – LESIFUGES « brings riches and shortens life »

LEUVIAH

Genie 19

LIBRA

Ast. Zodiacal sign of the ‘Balance’. The printed version of the sigil is derived ultimately from the Egyptian (see STOBART 2C below) via the Graeco-Byzantino, as for example in HYGINUS 1482. The sigil is said by AGRIPPA 1510 to be based on the form of a balance, but derivation from an Egyptian hieroglyph is more likely.

Ancient Egyptian :

BERLIN 42AD

SPIEGELBERG 1911

STOBART 2C

NEUGEBAUER 1943

Graeco-Hijzantine :

NEUGEBAUER 1959

WALTER 1970 records a Greek sigil :

ASTRONOMICAL 14C

CONJURATION 14C

SCHYNAGEL 1500

QUADRANTIS 15C

TABLES 15C

COLEY 17C

FOOTE 17C

PYTHAGORAS 18C

SIBLY 1780

ZADKIEL 1835

FLAMMARION 1897

MODERN ASTROLOGY 1906

SEMENTOVSKY 1950

HADES 1969

LEUPOLDI 14C gives a sigil for the constellation Libra

LIBRUM

Alc. VALENTINE 1671

CAPPELLI 1949 gives two mediaeval forms :

LIFE See ANKH

LIGHT

Occ. In her complex nunerological study BLAVATSKY 1888 gives two sigils

as the ‘sacred Ten (numbers or Sephiroth)’ which are the ‘Light’ – though this is the occult light – ‘through which all things were made’. A sigil given by GABELLA 1615 in the graphic theory of occult symbolism derived ultimately from DEE 1564 is

which carries the implication that the Sun and the Moon face to face, in an image of the first day when light was created. This latter sigil also represents the ‘philosopher’s light’. A sigil given in LAW 1772 – as part of the study of Boehme’s graphic occult system – is representative of half the nature of the created world :

the other half is the sigil for WRATH. This light sigil is derived from his ‘One Globe’ :

But see in this connexion EYE OF ETERNTTY. A sigil given for the expansive principle of Boehme’s theosophy, which may be associated with the light polarity of the dualism which pervades his thought, is the simple

But see TERNARY- A Sigil for light is derived by WELLING 1735 from the alchemical sigil for DAY, intended to symbolise the outpouring of spiritual forces on to the material plane :

LEO 1914 gives the sigil

for Light and Dark. It will be clear from the above notes that the Light of the occultists is not the Light of modern physicists.

See the opposing sigils for DARK and WRATH, and also COSMOS.

LIGHTS See SUN and MOON.

LILITH

Ast. In modern astrology, the name given to a hypothetical Earth-Moon, the so-called ‘dark Moon’.

SEPHARIAL 1918

GOLDSTEIN 1961

LILY

Alc. A sigil derived from the Greek alchemical tradition is given by BERTHELOT 1895, probably from the word krine

LIMATURA See IRON FILINGS

LIME

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

KOCH 1930

BERTHELOT 1885 records a few sigils derived from the Greek alchemical tradition :

LIME OF EGGSHELL

Alc. SHELTON 17C

DIDEROT 1763

LIME OF GOLD

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

LIME OF LEAD

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

LIME OF LYE

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

LIME OF VITRIOL

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

LIMESTONE

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

LIQUEFY

Alc. GESSMANN 1906

LIQUOR

Alc. ALBERTUS 1974

LIQUOR OF CALCINATED LEAD

Alc. DIDEROT 1763

LITHARGE

Alc. ALCHYMIA 1563

DIDEROT 1763

BERTHELOT 1885 records three sigils derived from the ancient. Greek alchemical tradition :

LITHARGE OF GOLD

Alc. SHELTON 17C

DIDEROT 1763

LITHARGE OF SILVER

Alc. ALCHEMICAL 17C

SHELTON 17C

DIDEROT 1763

LIVING See ANIMALIA and ANKH.

LIXIVIUM

Alc. SIGNA 17 C

SOMMERHOFF 1701 gives for sal alkali fixum the sigils

SCHNEIDER 1962

LIXIVIUM TARTARI

Alc. SOMMERHOFF 1701

LODESTONE

Ast. The following sigils were given under the napes of lodestoner, magnes or lapis magnes :

ALCHYMIA 1563

W0RLIDGE 1651

SHELTON 17C

SIGNA 17C

SOMMERHOFF 1701

SCHEFFERS 1775

GESSMANN 1906

LUEDY 1928

But see also MAGNET

LOETITIA

Geo. Sigil for one of the sixteen geomantic figures :

A multitude of variants (dots, stars, floral devices, etc.) is used to denote the same fourfold arrangement. Loetibia is linked by AGRIPPA 1531 with the element of Air, the planet Jupiter, and the zodiacal sign Taurus. The following sigils, derived from late mediaeval sources, are sometimes used to denote the planet Jupiter, as for example in TRITHEMIUS 1503.

AGRIPPA 1531

LOVE

Occ. Sigil given by KOCH 1930 as a rune moaning ‘love’ :

See RUNES

LOVERS ARCANUM

Occ. WIRTH 1927 relates this 6th arcanum of the Tarot pack to the Hebraic VAU, and accords it (presumably because of the element of ‘choice’ which one may read into the iconography of the card) the sigil

the important Pythagorean sigil which according to WIRTH 1927 is related to the ‘primitive Vau’ , and the hexagram which within the occult tradition is one of the symbols of union, as for example in the ‘union of opposites’ of the FOUR ELEMENTS.

LUCIFER

Demon – LUCIFER « the mornig star »

Mag. SCHEIBLE 1848 gives the sigil

for the spirit, and the sigil

for Lucifer and Beelzebub. The name Lucifer is also associated with the morning rising of the planet Venus in traditional astrology, and in certain mediaeval manuscripts one finds the Sphere of Venus marked the Sphere of Lucifer, though the sigils employed refer only to the planet VENUS, and not to the Spirit Lucifer.

See SPHERE

LUMEN MINUS See SILVER

LUNA See MOON

LUNA FIXA

Alc. ALCHEMICAL 17C

GESSMANN 1906

LUNAR

Alc. OMONT 1394 gives the sigil

from Greek texts.

LUTATION

Alc. The sigils are used exoterically for the operation of sealing or stopping up containers, and sometimes for the hermetic art itself, which is sealed from the outer world. But see LUTUM SAPIENTIAE.

WORLIDGE 1651

FRANCKLYN 1627

ALCHEMY 1650

SOMMERHOFF 1701

GESSMANN 1906

LUTE See BOTTLE, LUTATTON and LUTUM SAPTENTIAE

LUTUM SAPIENTIAE

Alc. The mediaeval sigils for lutum sapientiae or lutum philosophorum were often intended to denote the esoteric hermetic (or ‘sealed’) art itself – see LUTATION.

ALCHYMIA 1563