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Adele Nozedar. The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols
The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols. The Ultimate A-Z Guide from Alchemy to the Zodiac. Adele Nozedar
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INTRODUCTION
NO BEGINNING, NO END: ANATOMY OF A SIMPLE SYMBOL
THANKS
FIRST SIGNS: THE BASIC SHAPES OF SYMBOLS
SPACE
DOT
CIRCLE
ARC
VERTICAL LINE
HORIZONTAL LINE
CROSS
SQUARE
LOZENGE
TRIANGLE
DIAGONAL
ZIG-ZAG
Part One SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF MAGIC AND MYSTERY. AASKOUANDY
ABRAXAS
ADRINKA SYMBOLS
AESCLEPIUS WAND
AGNUS DEI
AKHET
AKWABA
ALCHEMY
ALCHEMICAL SYMBOLS
The four basic elements
The four seasons
The seven planetary metals
The alchemical spirits
ALL SEEING EYE
ALMADEL
ALTAR
AMULET
ANKH
ANTIMONY
APHRODISIACS
NUTS, SEEDS, AND BULBS. Aniseed
Star anise
FRUITS
Apple
Cherry
Raspberries and strawberries
Tomato
MALE GENITALIA
Avocado
Banana
Cloves
FEMALE GENITALIA. Almond
Fig
Oyster
SPICES AND HERBS
Asafetida
Cinnamon
Coriander
Fennel
Ginger and ginseng
Mint
HONEY
CHOCOLATE
APOTROPE
ARC
ARK
ARROW
ASHTAMANGALA
THE PARASOL
THE TWO GOLDEN FISH
THE TREASURE VASE
THE LOTUS FLOWER
THE CONCH SHELL
THE ENDLESS KNOT
THE VICTORY BANNER
THE DHARMA WHEEL
ASSON
ASTRUM ARGENTUM SEAL
ATHAME
ATHANOR
ATHEIST SYMBOL
ATLANTIS CROSS
AWEN
AXIS MUNDI
BA
BAPHOMET
BECKONING CAT
BELL
BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE
BESOM
BINDHU
BLACK SUN
BLACK SUN IN ALCHEMY
BLAZING STAR
BOLINE
BOOK
BRIGHIDS CROSS
BROOMSTICK
BULL ROARER
BULLA
CADUCEUS
CAGLIOSTRO SEAL
CALUMET
CANCELLARIUS SEAL
CANDLE
CAULDRON
CELTIC CROSS AND SUN CROSS SYMBOL
CELTIC KNOTWORK
CHA CHA
CHALICE
CHAOS WHEEL
CHESS
CHI ROH
CHNOUBIS
CHOKU REI
CICATRIX
CIMARUTA
CIRCLE
CLADDAGH
CLOTHING
CAPE
CLOAK
FOOTWEAR
BELT/GIRDLE
GLOVE
HEADGEAR
THE CROWN
THE HAT
SKULLCAP
HOOD
HELMET
KHALSAS
ROBES
SHIRT
VEIL
COLOR
BLACK
BLUE
BROWN
GRAY
GREEN
MOTLEY
ORANGE
PINK
PURPLE
RED
SAFFRON
VIOLET
WHITE
YELLOW
CLAVICLE
COMPASSES
CORN DOLLY
CORNICELLO
CORNUCOPIA
COSMIC EGG
COSMOGRAM
COWRIE SHELL
CRESCENT MOON AND STAR
CROSS
CROSS AND CROWN
CROSS LORRAINE
CROSSROADS
CROW’S FOOT
CRUCIFIX
CRUX DISSIMULATA
CRYSTAL BALL
CUBE
DARUMA
DEARINTH
DEGREES OF WITCHCRAFT
FIRST DEGREE [INVERTED TRIANGLE]
SECOND DEGREE [1]
SECOND DEGREE [2]
THIRD DEGREE
DHARMA WHEEL
DJED
DOORWAY
DORJE
DOT
DOUBLE HAPPINESS
DREAMCATCHER
DREIDEL
DRILBU
DRUZE STAR
EGG
ELVEN STAR
EMERALD TABLET
ENDLESS KNOT
ENNEAGRAM
ENSO
EVANGELISTS’ SYMBOLS
EVIL EYE
FALUN GONG SYMBOL
FAROHAR
FASCES
FEATHER
FETISH
FIRE WHEEL
FIVE PILLARS OF WISDOM
FLEUR DE LYS
FLOWER OF LIFE
FORKED CROSS
FRUIT OF LIFE
FU
FURKA
GAMMADION
GAR
FOOD MAGIC
AMBROSIA
CHOCOLATE
HONEY
MANNA
MEAD
MILK
NECTAR
SOMA
WINE
GLOBUS CRUCIGER
GOAT OF MENDES
GOPURA
GRAY WOLF
GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GREEN MAN
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF FREEMASONRY
1. ACACIA
2. BLAZING STAR
3. COLUMN
4. COMPASSES
4a. THE SQUARE
4b. THE ANGLE OF THE COMPASS
4c. THE TRIANGLE
4d. THE SIX-POINTED STAR
4e. THE LETTER G
5. HIRAM ABIFF
6. HAMMER AND CHISEL
7. LEVEL AND PLUMBLINE
8. RULE
9. TRIANGLE
10. TRACING BOARD OR TRESTLE BOARD
11. MASONIC APRON
12. 47th PROBLEM OF EUCLID, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BRIDE’S CHAIR
13. ASHLAR
14. POINT WITHIN THE CIRCLE
15. THE TEMPLE FLOOR
16. GAOTU
GUNGNIR
HALO
HAND OF FATIMA
HAND OF GLORY
HEX SYMBOLS
HERALDRY
THE GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1. Shape—the shield versus the lozenge
2. Color
3. Divisions
4. Charges
5. Crest
6. Mottoes
7. Supporters
OTHER HERALDIC SYMBOLS
HEXAGRAM
HOLY GRAIL
HORIZONTAL LINE
HORNED SHAMAN
HORNS OF ODIN
HORSESHOE
HOURGLASS
I CHING
ICELANDIC STAVE SYMBOLS
AEGISHJALMUR
HULINHJALMUR: TO MAKE YOURSELF INVISIBLE
DISCLAIMER
ICHTHYS WHEEL
I H S
INCENSE
INDALO
INFINITY
INVERTED CROSS
IRMINSUL
JAIN SYMBOL
JAPA MALA
JERUSALEM CROSS
JEWELRY
RING
NECKLACE
JIZO
KABBALAH
A VERY SHORT HISTORY
THE FOUR WORLDS
THE TREE OF LIFE
The Ten Numbers
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
The Triple Veils of the Negative: the threefold nature of zero
The 22 letters
KAPALA
KERUB
KEY
KHANDA
KNOT
KNOT OF ISIS
KOKOPELI
KUNDALINI SERPENT
LABARUM
LABRYS
LABYRINTH
LADDER
LATIN CROSS
LEMNISCATE
LEVIATHAN CROSS
LINGAM
LION OF JUDAH
MAGEN DAVID
MAGIC CIRCLE
MAGIC KNOT
MAGIC SEAL
MAGICIAN, SIGNS OF
MALTESE CROSS
MAN IN THE MAZE
MANAIA
MANDALA
MANDORLA
MANEKI NEKO
MANIKIN
MANJI
MANKOLAM
MARK OF THE BEAST
MARK OF THE BUSTARD
MASK
MAYPOLE
MAZE
MEDICINE WHEEL
MEHENDI
MENORAH
MERKABAH
MESOPOTAMIAN TREE OF LIFE
MESSIANIC SEAL
METATRON’S CUBE
MEZUZAH
MIRACULOUS MEDAL
MIRROR
MJOLNIR
MONAD
NAVAJO SAND PAINTING
NAZAR
NER TAMID
OMAMORI
OMPHALOS
ONNIONT
ORPHIC EGG
ORTHODOX CROSS
OUROBOROS
PA KUA
PAISLEY
PALAD KHIK
PALM CROSS
PAPAL SYMBOLS
TRIREGNUM
THE FISHERMAN’S RING
THE CROSSED KEYS
THE UMBRACULUM
PAPAL CROSS
PARASPAROPGRAHO JIVANAM
PAX CULTURA
PEACE SIGN
PENTACLE
PENTAGRAM
PERSIAN RUGS
PHILOSOPHER’S STONE
PHURBA
PRAYER FLAG
PRAYER STICK
PRAYER STRING
LESTOVKA
KOMBOLOI
PRAYER WHEEL
Q
QUESTION MARK
QUINTESSENCE
RAELIAN STAR
RANGOLI
REBIS
RED STRING
RINGSTONE SYMBOL
ROMA [ROMANY] CHAKRA
ROSY CROSS
RU
RUDRAKSHA BEAD
SACRED HEART
ST. ANDREW’S CROSS
ST. JOHN’S CROSS
ST. PETER’S CROSS
SALTIRE
SCALES
SCALLOP SHELL
SCEPTER
SCIENTOLOGY CROSS
SCIENTOLOGY SYMBOL
SCYTHE
SEAL OF SHAMASH
SEAL OF SOLOMON
SEAL OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
SECRET OF HERMES
SEED OF LIFE
SEFER YETZIRAH SYMBOL
SERPENT CROSS
SHATKONA
SHEELA NA GIG
SHIELD KNOT
SHOFAR
SHOU
SIGIL OF AMETH
SIGIL OF LUCIFER
SKULL AND CROSSBONES
SMARAGDINA TABLET
SOLOMON’S KNOT
SPEAR OF DESTINY
SPIRAL
SQUARE
STAFF
STAR AND CRESCENT
STAR OF DAVID
STAR OF LAKSHMI
STAR
SUFI WINGED HEART
SUN CROSS
SUN SIGN
SWASTIKA
TALISMAN
MAKING YOUR OWN MAGICAL TALISMAN
THE TAROT: PICTORIAL KEY TO THE UNIVERSE?
THE MINOR ARCANA
THE MAJOR ARCANA
THE FOOL: ZERO
THE MAGICIAN: NUMBER 1
THE HIGH PRIESTESS: NUMBER 2
THE EMPRESS: NUMBER 3
THE EMPEROR: NUMBER 4
THE HIEROPHANT: NUMBER 5
THE LOVER: NUMBER 6
THE CHARIOT: NUMBER 7
JUSTICE: NUMBER 8
THE HERMIT: NUMBER 9
THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE: NUMBER 10
STRENGTH: NUMBER 11
THE HANGED MAN: NUMBER 12
DEATH: NUMBER 13
TEMPERANCE: NUMBER 14
THE DEVIL: NUMBER 15
THE TOWER: NUMBER 16
THE STAR: NUMBER 17
THE MOON: NUMBER 18
THE SUN: NUMBER 19
JUDGEMENT: NUMBER 20
THE WORLD: NUMBER 21
TATTVAS
TAU CROSS
TEMPLAR CROSS
TETRAKTYS
TETRAMORPHS
THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
THREE-PRONGED CANDELABRUM
THYRSUS
TILAKA
TIRATANA
TOMOE
Torah
TORII
TOTEM
TRIANGLE
TRIDENT
TRIPLE GODDESS
TRIPOD OF LIFE
TRIQUETRA
TRIREGNUM
TRISKELE
TRISULA
TROLL CROSS
TSA TSA
TYET
UNICURSAL HEXAGRAM
UNIFICATION CHURCH SYMBOL
UNITED STATES DOLLAR BILL
URAEUS
URIM AND THUMMIM
VAJRA
VALKNUT
VERTICAL LINE
VESICA PISCIS
V.I.T.R.I.O.L
VOUDON VEVES
WAND
WHEEL
WINGED DISC
WINGS
WISDOM EYES OF BUDDHA
WITCH BALL
WORLD AXIS
WREATH
Y OF PYTHAGORAS
YAB YUM
YANTRA
YIN-YANG
ZIA PUEBLO SUN SYMBOL
ZIG-ZAG
THE ZODIAC
THE ZODIAC AND RELIGION
THE CELESTIAL MIRROR, THE HEAVENLY WHEEL
THE CYCLE OF LIFE
ARIES
The ram
The glyph
Qualities
TAURUS
The bull
The glyph
Qualities
GEMINI
The twins
The glyph
Qualities
CANCER
The crab
The glyph
Qualities
LEO
The lion
The glyph
Qualities
VIRGO
The virgin
The glyph
Qualities
LIBRA
The scales
The glyph
Qualities
SCORPIO
The scorpion
The glyph
Qualities
SAGITTARIUS
The centaur/bowman
The glyph
Qualities
CAPRICORN
The goat
The glyph
Qualities
AQUARIUS
The water carrier
The glyph
Qualities
The Age of Aquarius
PISCES
The fish
The glyph
Qualities
ZOSO AND THE FOUR SYMBOLS
Part Two FAUNA THE SECRET SYMBOLS OF THE ANIMAL REALM
APE
BAT
BEAR
BEAVER
BEE
BEETLE
BISON
BUFFALO
BULL
BUTTERFLY
CAMEL
CAT
CICADA
COUGAR
COW
COYOTE
CRAB
CRICKET
DOG
DOLPHIN
DONKEY
FISH
FOX
FROG
GOAT
HARE
HORSE
HYENA
JAGUAR/PANTHER
LAMB
LION
MONKEY
MOOSE
MOTH
MOUSE
PIG
PORPOISE
RABBIT
RAT
SALMON
SCARAB
SCORPION
SERPENT
SNAIL
SPIDER
STAG
TIGER
TORTOISE
TURTLE
WHALE
WOLF
FANTASTICAL ANIMALS
ANGEL
CENTAUR
DEMON
DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE
DRAGON
FAIRY
FATHER CHRISTMAS
GHOST
GOBLIN
GRIFFIN
HARPY
INCUBUS
MERMAID
NYMPH
PHOENIX
SATYR
SIREN
SPHINX
SUCCUBUS
UNICORN
VAMPIRE
WEREWOLF
ZOMBIE
BIRDS: DIVINE COMMUNICATORS
ALBATROSS
CRANE
DOVE
DUCK
EAGLE
HOOPOE
HUMMINGBIRD
KINGFISHER
LAPWING
MAGPIE
OSTRICH
OWL
RAVEN
ROOSTER
SPARROW
STORK
SWALLOW
SWAN
A LUNAR BIRD CALENDAR
TURKEY
VULTURE
WOODPECKER
WREN
Part Three FLORA THE CONCEALED WISDOM OF THE PLANT KINGDOM
ANEMONE
ANGEL’S TRUMPET
AQUILEGIA
AYAHUASCA
BASIL
BELLADONNA
BROOM
CAMELLIA
CHRYSANTHEMUM
CLOVER
COCA
DAISY
DANDELION
DATURA
GARLIC
GINSENG
GRASS
HEMLOCK
HEMP
IVY
JUNIPER
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS
LILY
LOTUS
MANDRAKE
MISTLETOE
NETTLE
ORCHID
PANSY
PARSLEY
PASSION FLOWER
PEYOTE
POPPY
ROSE
SAFFRON
SAGE
STRAWBERRY
SUNFLOWER/HELIOTROPE
TEA
TOBACCO
TOMATO
VINE
WORM WOOD
WORLD TREE
ACACIA
APPLE TREE
ASH
BANYAN
BAOBAB
BEECH
BIRCH
BODHI TREE
CEDAR
CHRISTMAS TREE
ELDER
ELM
FIG TREE
FIVE PACIFIC GIANTS
DOUGLAS FIR
LAWSON’S CYPRESS
SITKA SPRUCE
WESTERN HEMLOCK
WESTERN RED CEDAR
HAZEL
HOLLY
OAK
OLIVE TREE
ROWAN
SEQUOIA
SHITTIM TREE
VATA TREE
WILLOW
YEW
Part Four FLOWERS OF THE UNDERWORLD THE MYSTICAL CHARISMA OF MINERALS, METALS, AND GEMS
AGATE
AMBER
AMETHYST
AQUAMARINE
BERYL
BEZOAR
BLACK STONE
BREASTPLATE OF THE HIGH PRIEST
CARNELIAN
CAT’S EYE
CHALCEDONY
CHRYSOLITE
CITRINE
COPPER
DIAMOND
EMERALD
GARNET
GEMSTONE CORRESPONDENCES
Gemstones and the planets
Gemstones and the Zodiac
Gemstones and the months of the year
Gemstones and the chakras
Gemstones and the elements
GOLD
HAG STONES
IRON
JET
LAPIS LAZULI
LEAD
LODESTONE
MAGNETITE
MERCURY
MOONSTONE
OLIVINE
ONYX
OPAL
PEARL
PERIDOT
QUICKSILVER
RUBY
SALT
SAPPHIRE
SARDONYX
SEVEN MAGICAL METALS
SILVER
SULFUR
TIN
TOPAZ
TOURMALINE
TURQUOISE
WITCH STONE
Part Five SACRED GEOMETRY AND PLACES OF PILGRIMAGE. WHAT IS SACRED GEOMETRY?
GOLDEN SECTION
PLATONIC SOLIDS
PLACES OF PILGRIMAGE
BOROBUDUR
CHARTRES CATHEDRAL
GLASTONBURY TOR
GLASTONBURY ZODIAC
GREEN MAN MAZE
HOGAN
MECCA
MEDICINE WHEELS
MENHIR
NAZCA LINES
NEWGRANGE
PANTHEON
PYRAMID
ROSSLYN CHAPEL
SERPENT MOUND
STONEHENGE
SYNAGOGUE
YURTS AND TIPIS
Part Six NUMBERS THE BAIT THAT ATTRACTS THE MYSTERIOUS
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LETTERS AND NUMBERS
ZERO
THE FIRST NINE NUMBERS. ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN AND BEYOND. TEN
ELEVEN
TWELVE
THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN
TWENTY
TWENTY-ONE
TWENTY-TWO
TWENTY-THREE
THIRTY-THREE
THIRTY-SIX
FORTY
FORTY-NINE
FIFTY
ONE HUNDRED
666…THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST?
MAGIC SQJJARES
Part Seven SACRED SOUNDS, SECRET SIGNS THE INTRIGUE OF RESONANCE, LETTERS, AND LANGUAGE
SOUND
WORDS
LETTERS AND WRITING
ABRACADABRA
ALPHA AND OMEGA
AUM
BISMILLAH
BLAZES, TRAILS, AND TRAVELERS’ SIGNS
SMOKE SIGNALS
HOBO SIGNS
CHAI
DA’ WAH
GEMATRIA
GREATEST NAME
INVOCATION
‘K’INMAGICK
KALACHAKRA SEAL
KAMEA
MAGICAL NAME
MANI STONE
MANTRA
MUSIC
NAME
NOTARIKON
OM MANI PADME HUM
PONTOS RISCADOS
SATOR WORD SQUARE
SEALS
SIGIL
STONEMASONS’ MARKS
SIGIL MAGIC
TEMURAH
TETRAGRAMMATON
WATERMARK
SECRET SCRIPTS AND CIPHERS
ADAMICAL ALPHABET
AIQ BKR ALPHABET
ALCHEMICAL ALPHABET
ALPHABET OF ARROWS
ALPHABET OF DAGGERS
ALPHABET OF HONORIUS
ANGELICAL SCRIPT
ATBASH CIPHER—ZGYZHS XRKSVI
BINDING RUNE
CELESTIAL SCRIPT
COFFIN TEXTS
DAVIDIAN ALPHABET
ENOCHIAN SCRIPT
GREEK ALPHABET
HEBREW ALPHABET
HIEROGLYPHS
ILLUMINATI CIPHER
KAMA SUTRA CIPHER
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR ALPHABET
MALACHIM ALPHABET
MASONIC ALPHABET
OGHAM TREE ALPHABET
PASSING THE RIVER
PICTISH SWIRL SCRIPT
PIGPEN CIPHER
PYRAMID TEXTS
ROSE CROSS CIPHER
ROSICRUCIAN ALPHABET
ROYAL ARCH CIPHER
RUNIC ALPHABET
BIND RUNE
SIG RUNE
SKULDS NET
THEBAN SCRIPT
TREE ALPHABET
WEB OF WYRD
WITCHES’ ALPHABET
WRITING OF THE MAGI
Part Eight THE BODY AS A SACRED MAP
ADAM’S APPLE
ARM
BLOOD
BONE
BREAST
CHAKRAS
CLITORIS
EAR
EYE
FOOT
FORESKIN
HAIR
HAND
HAND GESTURES
MUDRAS
HEAD
HEART
HYMEN
LEG
NAVEL
NIPPLE
NOSE
PHALLUS
SEMEN
SKIN
SOUL
SPINAL COLUMN
SWEAT
TEETH
TESTICLES
THUMB
VAGINA
WOMB
YONI
Part Nine RITES AND RITUALS, CUSTOMS AND OBSERVANCES
BIRTHDAY
CHRISTMAS
DEATH
EASTER
FASTING
HALLOWEEN
KISS
MARRIAGE
NAMING
VALENTINE’S DAY
WHEEL OF THE YEAR
Part Ten THE NATURE OF THE DIVINE THE ULTIMATE SYMBOLIC EXPRESSION OF HUMAN POTENTIAL
THE TRIPLE GODDESS
THE AMERICAS. AZTEC DEITIES
INCA/PERUVIAN DEITIES
NATIVE AMERICAN DEITIES
CELTIC DIVINITIES
DAGDA
HORNED GOD
LUGH
RHIANNON
EGYPTIAN DEITIES
ANUBIS
ISIS
OSIRIS
GRECO-ROMAN DEITIES
DEMETER/CERES
HECATE
HERMES/ MERCURY
JANUS
PERSEPHONE/ PROSERPINA
THE HINDU PANTHEON
GANESH
KALI
SARASVATI
NORSE/TEUTONIC PANTHEON
FREYA
WOTAN/ODIN
VOUDON
ERZULIE FREDA DAHOMEY
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