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A heart melting like wax supplies the verse around Venus’s final figure. Mathers reads some names in Passing of the River characters but leaves two undeciphered. [1]
Mathers 1889 · Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 67; figure 43, Plate X; plate PDF page 92
The final Venus notice attributes the attraction of love to the sight of the pentacle. Its brief account concentrates on showing the figure to the person whose love is sought. [1]
A central square and character-shaped names occupy concentric circles. Mathers identifies Passing of the River characters and reads Elohim and El Gebil. He leaves two names undeciphered. The surrounding passage is Psalm 22:14. [1]
Mathers reads Elohim and El Gebil in Passing of the River characters but leaves two names undeciphered. Psalm 22:14 describes the heart becoming like wax and melting within the body. Beside the notice’s promise of attraction, the verse gives desire an image of inward yielding. [1]
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, 1889; printed edition, including editorial restoration of Hebrew characters. Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 67; figure 43, Plate X; plate PDF page 92
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