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Two alphabets and a difficult triangular inscription lie within verses about darkened or unseeing eyes. The sixth solar pentacle is assigned the concealment of its bearer. [1]
Mathers 1889 · Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 66; figure 37, Plate VIII; plate PDF page 86
Invisibility is the sixth solar pentacle’s purpose. Read beside the fourth, it reverses the direction of the visual effect: the fourth reveals spirits, while the sixth conceals the bearer. [1]
An upright triangle encloses circles and smaller triangular characters within a scriptural band. Mathers reads Yod in the Celestial alphabet and Shaddai in Passing of the River characters. His proposed Genesis 1:1 reading of the triangle is uncertain; he cites Psalms 69:23 and 135:16 around it. [1]
Mathers identifies a central Yod in the Celestial alphabet and Shaddai in the Passing of the River alphabet at the triangle’s corners. He finds the triangular inscription difficult to decipher and proposes Genesis 1:1. The outer texts, Psalms 69:23 and 135:16, concern darkened eyes and eyes that do not see. They provide a more explicit connection to invisibility than his uncertain reading of the triangle. [1]
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, 1889; printed edition, including editorial restoration of Hebrew characters. Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 66; figure 37, Plate VIII; plate PDF page 86
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