Here follow the holy pentacles, expressed in their proper figures and characters, together with their special virtues; for the use of the master of art.
From this Head Crafter: References from the Hebrew testament are given from the Hebrew arrangement , and placed into the context they have come from. This makes it easier for me to understand the story (spell, from Speil, story) that gives this verse power. Unless I specifically lay claim to a translation, all Hebrew Testament quotes are taken from Hebrew-English Tanakh: the traditional Hebrew text and the new JPS translation; 2nd ed. Jewish Publication Society; 1999.
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Editor’s Note on Figure 1. — The Mystical Figure of Solomon. — This is only given in the two MSS., Lansdowne 1202 and 1203. It was given by Lévi in his 'Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie,’ and by Tycho Brahé in his ‘Calendarium Naturale Magicum,’ but in each instance without the Hebrew words and letters, probably because these were so mangled by illiterate transcribers as to be unrecognisable. After much labour and study of the figure, I believe the words in the body of the symbol to be intended for the Ten Sephiroth arranged in the form of the Tree of Life, with the Name of Solomon to the right and to the left; while the surrounding characters are intended for the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew Alphabet. I have, therefore, thus restored them. This Figure forms in each instance the frontispiece of the MS. referred to.
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 Where the compass is required for orientation, I have used this glif. The arrow points to the East (Orient) where some imagin the rising sun bringing enlightenment to all the Earth. |
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