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Relief from adversity and restraint of spiritual pride accompany this five-by-five letter square. Mathers connects it with SATOR and interprets its letters through numerical correspondences. [1]
Mathers 1889 · Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 59; figure 12, Plate II; plate PDF page 67
The notice promises relief from adversity and restraint of the pride attributed to spirits. These two purposes bring the bearer’s difficulties and the conduct of summoned spirits within the same pentacle’s office. [1]
A five-by-five Hebrew letter square is enclosed by a circular inscription. Mathers identifies it with the SATOR / AREPO / TENET / OPERA / ROTAS square and cites Psalm 72:8 around it. [1]
Mathers connects the Hebrew square with the Latin SATOR palindrome. He adds unity to its twenty-five letters to obtain twenty-six, the value he assigns to IHVH, and compares the surrounding verse’s value, with Elohim added, to the square. His proposed derivation of the Latin square rests on this numerical interpretation. [1]
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, 1889; printed edition, including editorial restoration of Hebrew characters. Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 59; figure 12, Plate II; plate PDF page 67
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