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The Moon’s six silver pentacles concern passage through doors and danger, nocturnal knowledge and water. A drawn gateway, four pointing hands and a rain-bearing wheel distinguish their figures. [1]
Mathers 1889
To invoke lunar spirits and open doors.
To protect from dangers of water and quiet storms.
For protection while travelling, particularly at night and over water.
For protection from sorcery and injury, and knowledge of herbs and stones.
For answers in sleep, opposition to enemies, nighttime phantoms and summoning the dead in the account.
To cause heavy rain in the source’s account.
| Pentacle | Purpose attributed by this witness |
|---|---|
| The 1st Pentacle of the Moon | To invoke lunar spirits and open doors. |
| The 2nd Pentacle of the Moon | To protect from dangers of water and quiet storms. |
| The 3rd Pentacle of the Moon | For protection while travelling, particularly at night and over water. |
| The 4th Pentacle of the Moon | For protection from sorcery and injury, and knowledge of herbs and stones. |
| The 5th Pentacle of the Moon | For answers in sleep, opposition to enemies, nighttime phantoms and summoning the dead in the account. |
| The 6th Pentacle of the Moon | To cause heavy rain in the source’s account. |
The lunar notices concern doors, water, travel by night, sorcery, answers in sleep and rain. The fifth extends into phantoms and the departed. Water receives opposing treatments: the second quiets storms, while the sixth produces heavy rain through a prescribed immersion. Travel and nocturnal encounters recur alongside these two different offices of weather. [1]
The first pentacle gives opening an architectural form. IHVH stands centrally in its gateway, with divine names on one upright and Schioel, Vaol, Yashiel and Vehiel on the other. A pointing hand then appears in four successive designs, accompanied by different names and inscriptions. Abariel belongs to the second, Aub and Vevaphel to the third, Yahel and Sophiel to the fourth, and Iachadiel and Azarel to the fifth. The sixth changes the motif again, returning to a wheel of lunar characters. [1]
Psalm 107:16 explains the gateway through brass gates broken and iron bars cut. The third notice describes a protected journey, especially at night and over water; the fourth adds Sophiel’s knowledge of herbs and stones. The last pentacle is prescribed on silver and placed under water during a lunar hour. Genesis 7:11–12 surrounds it with the opening of the deep and heaven’s windows in the Flood. Its notice closes the lunar sequence on page 70, while figure 54 appears later on Plate XIII. [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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