Occult Sigils: Some Questions For O9A Novices
Posted: September 5th, 2018 | Author: baeldraca | Filed under: Inner ONA, Labyrinthos Mythologicus, O9A, Order of Nine Angles, Order of the Nine Angles, The Sinister Tradition, The Sinisterly Numinous Tradition | Tags: Ghayat al-Ḥakim, Inner O9A, Labyrinthos Mythologicus, Naos, Occult Sigils, Occultism, Order of Nine Angles, Paganism, Picatrix, Ruhaniyyat, Seven Fold Way, Sinister Sorcery, The Dark Arts, The Hermetic Tradition, The Sinister Tradition, The Sinisterly-Numinous Tradition, Western Occultism | Comments Off on Occult Sigils: Some Questions For O9A Novices°°°°°°°°°
Sigils In Medieval And Renaissance Occult Texts
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Part I: The Picatrix
Part II: Sigillum Dei Aemeth And The Septenary System
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Extract from Part I:
In two previous notes we touched upon the difference in some of the Occult sigils in the 11th century (CE) Arabic manuscript Ghayat al-hakim and those in the manuscripts of the Latin Picatrix dating from the 14th and 15th centuries (CE).
While some of the differences in the manuscripts are undoubtedly due to scribal errors and unintentional emendations, other differences may well (i) reflect how the scribes – or the editor(s) or authors of later printed texts – naturally and perhaps in a well-intentioned way evolved the symbolism in accord with both their apprehension of the manuscripts and/or their apprehension and understanding of contemporary Occult texts and praxises, and/or (ii) reflect the judgment of the illustrators or typesetters of later printed texts in respect of representing them on the printed page.
It is therefore interesting to compare some of the differences between the sigils of the Arabic Ghayat al-hakim and those in the Latin Picatrix, especially as such sigils were regarded as important in the crafting and use of talismata.
For one question which a practitioner or an aspiring practitioner of The Dark Arts might well ask is whether or not such later, emended, sigils were as effective as the earlier ones. Questions which practitioners or aspiring practitioners of The Dark Arts should answer themselves as a result of practical Occult experimentation.
[Two] such differences are illustrated below:
Ghayat al-hakim
Picatrix
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