R/3/559 – Drawing of 3 magic squares, a hexagram, a wand, symbols; and notes

Collection Number:

R/3/559

Object name:

Drawing of 3 magic squares, a hexagram, a wand, symbols; and notes

Object type:

Drawing

Three magic squares a, b and c.
‘ “Numbers arranged in a square according to certain rules are thought to make powerful talismans”, &c. (Melancolia): zie Aant. [see notes] 1955m folio 981. Idem: “Magic squares” (Barrett’s “Magus”) = “occult Philosophy”, F216. S.’
A wand with a rounded end and a point at the other end ‘f’. A hexagram ‘d’ with 3 dots and 63 in the middle, Hebrew characters around. Three stones (?) with symbols on them ‘g’. And four outlined drawings of animals ‘e’.
‘ “Witch’s broomstick: stories of witches flying may be based on phallic dances in which the witches straddled sticks”, &c. Aant. [noets] 1955, fol. 817. Idem fol. 819t, “Phallic Symbolism”, F 2: “a human face and erect phallus”, &c. H.’