The Pentacles

Aubrey 24: the letter-square pentacle at f. 36v

At folio 36v of Aubrey 24, the Latin notice says a displayed pentacle terrifies spirits and brings them to submission and obedience. [1]

Latin manuscript passage, preserved editorial excerpt · Aubrey24 f36v; Peterson edition p47; editor’s Mathers-figure11 concordance

Pentacle profile

Tradition and Group: Latin [1]
Position within the Set: Aubrey24 f36v; Peterson edition p47; editor’s Mathers-figure11 concordance [1]
Attributed Purpose: The Latin passage attributes terror, submission and obedience of spirits to the pentacle. [1]
Design: Peterson describes a circular inscription enclosing a four-by-four square of Hebrew letters and compares it with Mathers figure 11. [1]

The Latin notice

The Latin notice at folio 36v describes showing the pentacle to spirits. Terror, submission and obedience are the effects attributed to this display: the resisting spirits are said to become obedient when the figure is presented to them. [1]

The letter square

Peterson describes a four-by-four square of Hebrew letters enclosed by a circular inscription. He compares it with Mathers figure 11, the first pentacle of Saturn. The comparison connects this letter-square design and its Latin notice with the figure printed in the later English edition, where display of the pentacle is also associated with fear and obedience of spirits. [1]

Witnesses and variants

Mathers 1889 · First Pentacle of Saturn

Peterson edition p47, f36v, local concordance note for Mathers figure11

Peterson’s concordance associates the square on Aubrey 24, f36v, with Mathers’s figure 11.

Comparison without an identity claim

Sources and editions

Aubrey 24 · Peterson editorial research edition
Latin manuscript passage, preserved editorial excerpt. Aubrey24 f36v; Peterson edition p47; editor’s Mathers-figure11 concordance
Peterson describes the letter-square pentacle at folio 36v and compares it with Mathers figure 11.
Passage excerpt · accessed 2026-10-10

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