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Names fill a curved cross enclosed by Psalm 116’s loosened bonds and thanksgiving. Gold and solar timing accompany the pentacle’s promise of release from imprisonment. [1]
Mathers 1889 · Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 66; figure 38, Plate IX; plate PDF page 89
The final solar notice assigns release from imprisonment, chains and restraints. It prescribes gold and a day and hour of the Sun for this figure. [1]
Curved cross arms create four internal divisions filled with names inside an outer circular band. Mathers gives Chasan, Arel, Phorlakh and Taliahad, with Ariel, Seraph, Tharshis and Cherub between the arms, and Psalm 116:16–17. [1]
Chasan, Arel, Phorlakh and Taliahad occupy the divisions of the cross; Ariel, Seraph, Tharshis and Cherub stand between its arms. Psalm 116:16–17 describes bonds being loosened and thanksgiving offered. The verse gives release both a physical image and a devotional aftermath, extending the notice’s freedom from chains into gratitude. [1]
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, 1889; printed edition, including editorial restoration of Hebrew characters. Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 66; figure 38, Plate IX; plate PDF page 89
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