Sigilheart

Spiral Calendar [full size]

General map of Western Philosophy from Pre-Socratic through Modern era

“Distribution for 18 fingerprint pattern types + relative effect size (arrows) in the Big Five personality dimensions Neuroticism & Extraversion, plus derived tendencies for the four classic temperaments: Choleric, Melancholic, Phlegmatic & Sanguine; displayed percentages represent the lowest- and highest value observed among the 4 personality groups (N+, N-, E+ & E-).“

Rosicrucian fundamentals by Plummer, George Winslow, 1876-1944

Austin Osman Spare

The basic tenets of alchemy:

1. The universe has a divine origin. The cosmos is an emanation of One God. Therefore All is One.

2. Everything in the physical world exists by virtue of the Law of Polarity or Duality. Any idea can be defined in relation to its opposite, such as: male-female, light-dark, sun-moon, spirit-body, and so on.

3. Everything in the physical world is composed of Spirit, Soul, and Body: the Three Alchemic Principles. (In alchemy, these are called Mercury, Sulfur, and Salt.)

4. All alchemical work, whether practical laboratory work or spiritual alchemy, consists of three basic evolutionary processes: separation, purification, and recombination.

5. All matter is composed of four archetypal energies—the four elements of Fire (thermal energy), Water (liquid), Air (gas), and Earth (solid). The knowledge and skillful use of these four energy types is an essential part of alchemical work.

6. The Quintessence, or “Fifth essence,” is contained within the four elements but is not one of them. It is one of the three essential Principles, also called the Philosophic Mercury.

7. Everything moves toward its preordained state of perfection.

Israel Regardie, The Philosopher’s Stone: Spiritual Alchemy, Psychology, and Ritual Magic

Magical and Amuletic scroll of Franz Anton Buechler 

[Germany, 17th century]

Lavishly illustrated with 56 various amulets and sigils drawn from Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa’s De Occulta Philosophia and Johann Baptista Großchedel’s ‘Magical Calendar’, as well as medieval grimoires and the Clavicula Salomonis, this scroll was designed to invoke powerful spiritual and angelic protections for its owner, 17th-century magician Franz-Anton Buechler.

Place: the Harmonic Palace, a Bardic College research facility