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A healing hexagram stands among Mars’s seven red pentacles, alongside war, a scorpion and the reversal of weapons. The series closes with hail and tempest. [1]
Mathers 1889
To invoke Mars’s spirits.
For alleviating illness when applied to the affected part, according to the text.
For war, anger, discord, resistance to enemies and frightening rebellious spirits.
For victory in war.
To secure the obedience of spirits.
For defense in combat, with hostile weapons said to turn back against the attacker.
To cause hail and tempests in the account.
| Pentacle | Purpose attributed by this witness |
|---|---|
| The 1st Pentacle of Mars | To invoke Mars’s spirits. |
| The 2nd Pentacle of Mars | For alleviating illness when applied to the affected part, according to the text. |
| The 3rd Pentacle of Mars | For war, anger, discord, resistance to enemies and frightening rebellious spirits. |
| The 4th Pentacle of Mars | For victory in war. |
| The 5th Pentacle of Mars | To secure the obedience of spirits. |
| The 6th Pentacle of Mars | For defense in combat, with hostile weapons said to turn back against the attacker. |
| The 7th Pentacle of Mars | To cause hail and tempests in the account. |
Invocation opens the Mars group. War, hostility and victory dominate the third and fourth notices, and the sixth promises that weapons will turn against their attacker. The second attributes healing through contact with the afflicted body; the fifth compels spirits through display of the figure. Destructive weather closes the sequence in the seventh. [1]
The opening wheel names Madimiel, Bartzachiah, Eschiel and Ithuriel. A hexagram in the second contains names including IHShVH, explained by Mathers as IHVH with Shin inserted and associated with Joshua or Jesus. Vau centres the third; AGLA centres the cross of the fourth. The fifth replaces those abstract centres with a scorpion. The sixth returns to a wheel and the phrase Elohim qeber in Malachim characters, which Mathers reads as divine covering or protection. [1]
The second notice joins application to an afflicted body with John 1:4 and its language of life and light. Around the scorpion, Psalm 91:13 depicts dangerous creatures being trodden underfoot. Psalm 37:15 gives the sixth design its striking image of a sword entering its owner’s heart. The final pentacle draws on Psalm 105:32–33, where hail and fire damage vines and fig trees. These passages specify the forms of danger and reversal that distinguish the seven figures. [1]
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, 1889; printed edition, including editorial restoration of Hebrew characters. Book I, chapter XVIII, printed pp. 58–70
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