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Theban Alphabet of Petter Apponus

The source of this alphabet is unclear; Agrippa ascribed it to Honorius. It was used, Agrippa wrote, to make seals naming “certain spirits” so that the writing could not be read.

I do not know why a sign for the Greek letter Omega was included; possibly for use as punctuation. Almost certainly the w-like part of that [more...] [$]

Robert Fludd’s Mirror of Nature, Widescreen Version

A computer wallpaper based on a fragment of Nature’s Mirror.

The figures of the Divine Letters

The letters, or characters, for the planets, sun, and moon, in astrology or occult magic, are shown here, taken from Agrippa’s three-volume treatise on Magic. [more...]

Robert Fludd - The Mirror of the Whole of Nature and the Image of Art

This engraving, captioned Integra Natura fpeculum Artisque imago, which is, The whole(ness) of nature reflected in the mirror of art, appeared in Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica, physica atque technica historia by Robert Fludd in 1617/18. The title of the book is roughly translated as The metaphysical, physical, and technical history of the two worlds, namely the greater and the lesser. The image shows a naked woman crowned with the stars and at her feet the sphere of earth and sea, the elements of earth and water; behind her the heavens with the constallations around them. Under her feet the worls, with a monkey holding a globe, and the various works of man. The animal, vegetable and mineral spheres are clearly visible. At the [...] [more...]