Talismans & Amulets

This impressive talisman is called the Divining Disk of Pergamon. It was discovered in Asia Minor in 1899, and is preserved in a Museum in Berlin. It is 0.12 cm. It formed part of an apparatus used by the magicians of Pergamon for divination and obtaining Oracles in the first half of the third century A.D. of our Era. The inscriptions on the convex side are arranged in concentric-circles and contain a large number of magickal glyphs. Among them are several Greek letters, and a whole circle of Greek vowels. Also, it contains the Egyptian hieroglyph for B, the symbols of the sun and the moon, etc.
1. The first talisman in this series is of Christian origin. The sytle was copied from the Qabbalah and it is meant for general good luck.

2. The second talisman contains a pentagram and the Greek letters, viz, meaning "good health." The pentagram is found on early Sumerian pottery and this is a modification of those etchings.

3. The third symbol contains four Hebrew letters, MKBY, each with a dot over it; it is thought that these symbols represent the name Maccabaeus.

On the obverse side of the above talsiman we see the word "Araritha" with a dot over each letter to show that it is the intitial of a word in the inscription which encircles it. On the reverse are four names of God arranged i a square and encircled by the words "YHWH our God is YHWH One."

The next symbol is one of significant notariety. The drawing is by Leonardo Da Vinci and is thought to be based upon the ancient pentagram. It is in the nature of an explanation. The man has limbs outstretched to exemplify the five points of the pentagram: head, hands, and feet. However, he is surrounded by four cornered boxes which represent the four corners of the globe or, more to the point, the four corners of the magickal circle--the four quarters. His limbs are accompanied by symbols of the moon, woman, and god. Surrounding him are zodiacal symbols representing the universe. This version of the famous drawing seems reminiscent of Yggdrasil, the tree of life, whose branches reach up to the universe and whose roots reach down into the earth, thus symbolizing the coming together of heaven and earth.
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