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; 2^nd ed. Jewish Publication Society; 1999.

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Figure 11: The First Pentacle of Saturn.

This Pentacle is of great value and utility for striking terror into the Spirits. Wherefore, upon its being shown to them they submit, and kneeling upon the earth before it, they obey.

Editor’s Note. The Hebrew letters within the square are the four great Names of God which are written with four letters: IHVH (Yod, He, Vau, He); ADNI, Adonai; IIAI, Yiai (this Name has the same Numerical value in Hebrew as the Name EL); and AHIH, Eheieh. The Hebrew versicle which surrounds it is from Psalm 72. 8 - 9:

Let him rule from sea to sea, from the river to the ends of the Earth. Let desert-dwellers kneel before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

Figure 12: The Second Pentacle of Saturn.

This Pentacle is of great value against adversities; and of especial use in repressing the pride of the Spirits.

Editor’s Note.-This is the celebrated the most perfect existing form of double acrostic, as far as the arrangement of the letters is concerned; it is repeatedly mentioned in the records of mediæval Magic; and, save to very few, its derivation from the present Pentacle has been unknown. It will be seen at a glance that it is a square of five, giving twenty-five letters, which, added to the unity, gives twenty six, the numerical value of IHVH. The Hebrew versicle surrounding it is taken from Psalm 72. 8 - 9:

Let him rule from sea to sea, from the river to the ends of the Earth. Let desert-dwellers kneel before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

This passage consists also of exactly twenty-five letters, and its total numerical value (considering the final letters with increased numbers), added to that of the Name Elohim, is exactly equal to the total numerical value of the twenty-five letters in the Square.

Figure 13: The Third Pentacle of Saturn.

This should be made within the Magical Circle, and it is good for use at night when thou invokest the Spirits of the nature of Saturn.

Editor’s Note. The characters at the ends of the rays of the Mystic Wheel are Magical Characters of Saturn. Surrounding it are the Names of the Angels:--Omeliel, Anachiel, Arauchiah, and Anazachia, written in Hebrew.

Figure 14. The Fourth Pentacle of Saturn.

This Pentacle serveth principally for executing all the experiments and operations of ruin, destruction, and death. And when it is made in full perfection, it serveth also for those Spirits which bring news, when thou invokest them from the side of the South.

Editor’s Note. The Hebrew words around the sides of the triangle are from Deut. 4. 4: -- “Hear, Israel: The Eternal One is our god, The Eternal One alone.” The surrounding versicle is from Psalm 109.17 - 19:

He loved to curse — may a curse come upon him!
He would not bless — may blessing be far from him!
May he be clothed in a curse like a garment, may it enter his body like water, his bones like oil.
Let it be like the cloak he wraps around him,
Like the belt he always wears.

In the centre of the Pentacle is the mystic letter Yod.

Figure 15: The Fifth Pentacle of Saturn.

This Pentacle defendeth those who invoke the Spirits of Saturn during the night; and chaseth away the Spirits which guard treasures.

Editor’s Note.--The Hebrew letters in the angles of the Cross are those of the Name IHVH. Those in the angles of the Square form ALVH, Eloah. Round the four sides of the Square are the Names of the Angels:--Arehanah, Rakhaniel, Roelhaiphar, and Noaphiel. The versicle is:

For the Eternal, your god,
is god supreme, the great,
the mighty, the awesome god,
who favors no face nor takes any bribe. Deut. 10.17

Figure 16: The Sixth Pentacle of Saturn.

Around this Pentacle is each Name symbolised as it should be. The person against whom thou shalt pronounce it shall be obsessed by Demons.

Editor’s Note.--It is formed from Mystical Characters of Saturn. Around it is written in Hebrew: 'Set thou a wicked one to be ruler over him, and let Satan stand at his right hand.'

Figure 17: The Seventh and Last Pentacle of Saturn.

This Pentacle is fit for exciting earthquakes, seeing that the power of each order of Angels herein invoked is sufficient to make the whole Universe tremble.

Editor’s Note. Within the Pentacle are the Names of the Nine Orders of Angels, those of six of them in ordinary Hebrew Characters, and the remainder in the letters which are known as The Passing of the River. These Nine Orders are: (See the Ancient Fragment of the Key of Solomon for some greater detail.)

The versicle is from Psalm 18.7:

Then the Earth rocked and quaked; the foundations of the mountains shook, rocked by His indignation.

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