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Seven planetary houses, forty-four pentacles in Mathers’s edition, and a wider treasury of French, Latin, Hebrew and Greek manuscripts. Explore their names, verses and intricate designs.
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pentacle · sunA radiant face makes solar authority visible. The notice calls it Shaddai’s countenance; Mathers identifies the figure as Metatron, representative of Shaddai and Prince of Countenances.
pentacle · sunFour angelic names encircle the solar wheel. Its notice links the first three Sun pentacles through their common office of restraining the pride and arrogance of solar spirits.
pentacle · sunTwelve repetitions of IHVH fill interlocking squares. A surrounding statement of enduring kingdom accompanies promises of empire, renown, glory and the power to inflict loss.
pentacle · sunA prayer for enlightened eyes encloses the fourth solar wheel. The notice assigns it the revelation of spirits that would otherwise remain invisible.
pentacle · sunPsalm 91’s angels bear a person in their hands around a square and circles. The notice assigns this figure swift transportation over a great distance.
pentacle · sunTwo 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.
pentacle · sunNames 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.
pentacle · moonA drawn gateway gives the lunar opening of doors an architectural form. Psalm 107’s broken gates of brass and severed bars of iron supply its scriptural counterpart.
pentacle · moonA pointing hand, El and Abariel appear within a verse of trust and freedom from fear. The second lunar notice assigns protection from water and the quieting of storms.
pentacle · moonAub and Vevaphel accompany a pointing hand enclosed by a prayer for deliverance. The notice concerns travellers carried from place to place, especially at night and over water.
pentacle · moonA petition against persecutors encloses divine and angelic names beside a pointing hand. Protection from sorcery accompanies Sophiel’s knowledge of herbs and stones.
pentacle · moonDream answers, enemies, phantoms and the departed share the fifth lunar notice. A pointing hand and lunar symbol lie within Psalm 68’s image of scattered enemies.
pentacle · moonThe Flood’s opening deep and windows of heaven surround a lunar wheel. Its rain-bearing notice specifies silver and immersion, with the duration of the rain tied to submersion.
pentacle · venusFour Venusian names surround a wheel of differentiated characters. This invocation figure establishes authority over spirits before the sequence turns to favour, honour and attraction.
pentacle · venusCanticles 8:6 places a seal upon the heart and arm around a Venusian pentagram. The figure’s notice associates it with grace, honour and the affairs of Venus.
pentacle · venusTwo triangles meet at their points beneath a verse of fruitfulness. Monachiel links the names in the figure to its notice concerning the attraction of love.
pentacle · venusIHVH marks the angles of a divided diamond, enclosed by Genesis’s language of shared flesh. The notice joins obedience from Venusian spirits with a desired person’s approach.
pentacle · venusA 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.
pentacle · mercuryYekahel and Agiel are formed by letters in a pentagram. The opening Mercury notice assigns invocation of spirits described as being under the firmament.
pentacle · mercuryBoel is singled out among names crossing the circular field. The notice describes spirits whose answers come readily, although their appearance is difficult to perceive.
pentacle · mercuryKokaviel, Ghedoriah, Savaniah and Chokmahiel encircle a wheel of Mercurial characters. The notice assigns invocation of Mercury’s spirits and the inscribed angels.
pentacle · mercuryEl occupies a twelve-pointed figure bounded by Hebrew and Latin sentences. Knowledge of created and hidden things accompanies embassies performed by the spirits called Allatori.
pentacle · mercuryPsalm 24 commands gates and everlasting doors to rise around a quartered circle of divine names. The final Mercury notice assigns the opening of closed doors.
pentacle · marsMadimiel, Bartzachiah, Eschiel and Ithuriel surround an eight-spoked wheel of Martian characters. This opening pentacle invokes the named spirits of Mars.
pentacle · marsLife and light from John 1:4 surround a healing hexagram. Among its divine names, Mathers reads IHShVH as a form associated with Joshua or Jesus.
pentacle · marsA central Vau, Eloah and Shaddai stand within a verse proclaiming divine greatness. The notice assigns war, discord and authority over enemies and rebellious spirits.
pentacle · marsAGLA centres a broad cross, surrounded by Psalm 110’s image of kings wounded in divine wrath. Victory in war is the pentacle’s stated office.
pentacle · marsA scorpion stands within Psalm 91’s language of dangerous creatures trodden underfoot. The notice says that demons yield when this paper or parchment pentacle is shown.
pentacle · marsA protective name in Malachim characters radiates through the wheel. Psalm 37’s sword returning into its owner’s heart gives the promised reversal of weapons a precise image.
pentacle · marsHail and flaming fire in Psalm 105 surround divine names in Hebrew and Celestial characters. The tempest-bearing notice specifies bat blood and Martian timing.
pentacle · jupiterParasiel, named among four spirits around a Jupiterian wheel, receives the office of lord and master of treasures. The notice connects invocation with possession of treasure’s location.
pentacle · jupiterAHIH occupies the centre of a hexagram associated with honour, riches and tranquillity. Mathers tentatively reads its outer letters as a verse linking wealth with enduring righteousness.
pentacle · jupiterThe seals of Jupiter and its intelligence share a divided circle with divine names. Psalm 125’s unmoving Mount Zion frames the pentacle’s protective office.
pentacle · jupiterBariel’s letters occupy a small divided square beneath IH and beside Adoniel. This wealth-bearing pentacle is prescribed on silver under Jupiter in Cancer.
pentacle · jupiterJacob’s ladder appears in the promise of assured visions, but Ezekiel’s words appear in the hexagram. Mathers’s note confronts the chronological tension between story and inscription.
pentacle · jupiterFour elemental rulers occupy a cross enclosed by a verse of bodily vulnerability. The protective notice connects the figure with daily attention and repeated scripture.
pentacle · jupiterThe final Jupiterian wheel sets poverty relief within a biblical ascent: the needy rise to sit with princes. Treasure and its guarding spirits also figure in the notice.
pentacle · saturnFour divine names fill a compact square, framed by Psalm 72’s image of submission. The notice says that displaying this pentacle makes spirits kneel.
pentacle · saturnRelief 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.
pentacle · saturnSaturnian characters terminate the eight spokes of this invocation wheel. Its notice places the figure within the magical circle and reserves its use for the night.
pentacle · saturnA declaration of divine unity encloses a Yod, while an outer verse describes a curse entering the body. The notice assigns destruction and news from southern spirits.
pentacle · saturnA cross, circle and diamond gather divine and angelic names around a promise of protection. The notice also assigns this pentacle power over spirits guarding treasure.
pentacle · saturnAn eight-spoked Saturnian wheel is surrounded by a hostile petition. The notice directs its power against a named person, to whom it attributes demonic obsession.
pentacle · saturnNine angelic orders fill an inverted triangle in two alphabets. Psalm 18’s shaking earth surrounds a notice that attributes earthquakes to their combined power.
pentacleA cross with paired loops at the ends is drawn within two circular boundaries. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleEight spokes end in short parallel bars inside a circular boundary. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleA divided cross has bent terminals and a small angular-and-curved figure at its center. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleA rectangular grid and dot-like marks are enclosed within a circle. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleA cross combines squared horizontal terminals with curved vertical forms. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleA quartered cross bears letter-shaped forms in its divisions. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleA hexagram is flanked by curved brackets and letter-shaped marks. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleA rectangular loop connects four curved corner forms around a central set of loops and a dot. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleAn inverted triangular framework crosses a rectangular loop and character-shaped marks. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleAn eight-spoked construction has different character forms at the spoke ends. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleTwo angled stems with looped ends converge in a V-like form. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleEight spokes carry bent or curved terminal forms. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleA vertical stem joins an upper angular construction, loops and a lower circular form. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleA rectangular number grid is enclosed by a circular boundary. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleAn eight-spoked wheel has a small ring at its center. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleA cross and diagonals have curved or bracket-like terminals. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleA squared construction with curved corners is crossed by curved inner lines. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleA hexagram is surrounded by small character-shaped annotations. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleEight spokes carry differentiated hooked or curved terminals. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleA cross has bracket-like forms at its extremities. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleCrossed stems combine curved terminals and arrow-like marks. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleOverlapping upright and rotated squares form the central construction. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleA divided circular construction contains letter-shaped marks on one side and parallel curved forms on the other. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
pentacleEight spokes carry various hooked and character-shaped endings. It belongs to the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle.
At folio 36v of Aubrey 24, the Latin notice says a displayed pentacle terrifies spirits and brings them to submission and obedience.
pentacle · MarsA nine-cell grid of characters is assigned to Mars in the French caption, which attributes invulnerability to the person who wears the pentacle.
pentacleA haloed, bearded bust represents the portrait of the Eternal. Its French caption attributes power to constrain spirits and tame earthly creatures to the pentacle.
pentacleAn elongated character construction is surrounded by rows of small circular marks inside a double circle. It is one of the nine Kandariri, the talismans Gollancz’s contents describe as revealed to King Solomon.
pentacleA vertical sequence of characters is flanked by Hebrew word groups inside a double circle. It is one of the nine Kandariri, the talismans Gollancz’s contents describe as revealed to King Solomon.
pentacleAn angular character figure stands above a vertical group of Hebrew writing inside a double circle. It is one of the nine Kandariri, the talismans Gollancz’s contents describe as revealed to King Solomon.
pentacleA cross through a central ring has differentiated terminal forms and small circular marks in its quadrants. It is one of the nine Kandariri, the talismans Gollancz’s contents describe as revealed to King Solomon.
pentacleA cross with a crescent-like upper end and a curved lower bar is enclosed by a double circle. It is one of the nine Kandariri, the talismans Gollancz’s contents describe as revealed to King Solomon.
pentacleA cross through a central ring has distinct curved and character-shaped endings. It is one of the nine Kandariri, the talismans Gollancz’s contents describe as revealed to King Solomon.
pentacleA horizontal character sequence is enclosed by rows of circular and curved marks inside a double circle. It is one of the nine Kandariri, the talismans Gollancz’s contents describe as revealed to King Solomon.
pentacleA short Hebrew word group and three rows of strokes and circular marks occupy a double circle. It is one of the nine Kandariri, the talismans Gollancz’s contents describe as revealed to King Solomon.
pentacleEight spokes with differentiated character terminals radiate from a small central circle. It is one of the nine Kandariri, the talismans Gollancz’s contents describe as revealed to King Solomon.
The French notice says that displaying the Grand Pentacle compels refractory and obstinate spirits to appear. Its prescription calls for gold and a lunar condition named “Crossant Egal de la Lune”.
The Sun’s seven yellow pentacles make authority visible through a face and repeated divine names. Later notices concern seeing spirits, concealing the bearer, swift passage and release from bonds.
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.
Venus’s five green pentacles move from command of spirits to favour and attraction. Their enclosing verses give attachment the forms of a seal, fruitfulness, shared flesh and a melting heart.
Mixed colours distinguish Mercury’s five pentacles. Invocation, elusive spirits who answer questions, knowledge, embassies and opened doors give this small group several offices of communication and access.
A healing hexagram stands among Mars’s seven red pentacles, alongside war, a scorpion and the reversal of weapons. The series closes with hail and tempest.
Jupiter’s seven blue pentacles give wealth several forms: hidden treasure, worldly honour and release from poverty. Their notices also provide protection and promise visions of an opened heaven.
Saturn’s seven black pentacles range from spirits kneeling before divine names to an earth shaken by angelic orders. Protection, treasure and directed affliction share this planetary series.
Gollancz lists nine Kandariri, talismans described as revealed to King Solomon, at folios 48a–49a. The facsimile of leaf 49a arranges them in three rows of three, each within a double circle.
Twenty-four unnumbered seals appear in Delatte’s edition of Athens MS 115, twelve on each of printed pages 19 and 20. The Greek text places them below names on a phylactery carried at the chest during preparation for the art of the circle.
Delatte records twenty-four seals at folio 31 of Harley 5596. The preceding Greek passage places seals and names on prepared skin carried at the chest, within preparations involving garments, abstinence and entry into the circle.
Book III of Aubrey 24 introduces the material, form and consecration of pentacles before presenting forty-one drawings, according to McLean. Two inserted pentacles lie outside that main series.
McLean describes an eighty-two-pentacle main series in Lansdowne 1202, followed by six drawings for making spirits favourable, twelve associated with infernal spirits, another diagram and planetary figures. These groups form several divisions within the French catalogue.
McLean describes forty-nine pentacles in coloured inks in Lansdowne 1203, a witness associated with the Veritable Clavicles attributed to Abognazar. The count refers to the manuscript’s collection of drawings.
French captions in Français 25314 accompany the pentacle figures with their attributed purposes, materials and timing. On facing manuscript pages 92–93, a nine-cell grid under Mars and a portrait of the Eternal receive distinct prescriptions.
