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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. [1]
Mathers 1889
To make spirits submit and show reverence.
To restrain the pride and arrogance of solar spirits.
For dominion, renown and glory, and to cause loss.
To render otherwise invisible spirits visible.
For rapid travel over a great distance.
For invisibility, according to the text.
For release from imprisonment, chains and restraints.
| Pentacle | Purpose attributed by this witness |
|---|---|
| The 1st Pentacle of the Sun | To make spirits submit and show reverence. |
| The 2nd Pentacle of the Sun | To restrain the pride and arrogance of solar spirits. |
| The 3rd Pentacle of the Sun | For dominion, renown and glory, and to cause loss. |
| The 4th Pentacle of the Sun | To render otherwise invisible spirits visible. |
| The 5th Pentacle of the Sun | For rapid travel over a great distance. |
| The 6th Pentacle of the Sun | For invisibility, according to the text. |
| The 7th Pentacle of the Sun | For release from imprisonment, chains and restraints. |
The first three solar pentacles concern the submission of spirits and the restraint of their pride, with dominion and renown added in the third. The remaining designs give visibility two opposing offices: the fourth reveals spirits and the sixth conceals the bearer. Between them, the fifth promises rapid passage over a great distance; the seventh loosens imprisonment. [1]
The first design centres the face Mathers identifies as Metatron, Prince of Countenances. The second uses a wheel of characters and four angelic names; the third repeats IHVH twelve times within interlocking squares. Passing of the River characters appear in the fourth and fifth. The sixth combines a Celestial Yod with Shaddai at the triangle’s corners, while its inscription leaves Mathers uncertain. His proposed Genesis 1:1 reading belongs to the editorial note, alongside the diagram’s more clearly identified names. [1]
Psalm 13 asks for enlightened eyes around the fourth pentacle; passages about darkened or unseeing eyes accompany the sixth. Psalm 91 describes angels bearing a person in their hands around the transportation figure. In the last pentacle, Psalm 116 joins loosened bonds to thanksgiving, while the notice specifies gold and a solar day and hour. Its release from confinement thus carries both a bodily image and a devotional response. [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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