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NIGEL PENNICK
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Bos to n, MA /Yo rk Beac h, ME
First American ed ition published in 1992 by
Red Wh ee l/Weise r,
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York Beach , ME
With offices at
368 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
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Copyright © 1992 Nigel Pennick
All ri ght s reserv ed. No part o f thi s publication may be reproduced or tran s-
mitted in any form or by any means, elec troni c or mec hani ca l. including pho -
tocopy ing, reco rdin g, or by any informati on storage and retrieva l sys tem,
without permission in writing from Red Wh ee l/Weise r. Rev iewe rs may quote
brief pa ssages. This work was first publi shed in England by Rider Books, a
division of Random House U.K. Limited, London, und er th e title
Th e Seerel
Lor!' of Runes lind mha Ancielll Alp/wbels.
Library of
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Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Penni ck, Nigel.
Magical <J lphabets / Nigel Pennick,
p.
cm,
Includes bibliographical references,
J.
M agic, 2, Alphabets-Misce ll anea,
BF I 623.A45P46
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Title,
1992
I 33.4'3-dc20
92-7859
CIP
ISBN 0-87728-747-3
BJ
All illustration s in thi s boo k were mad e by th e author, except for Ilumbcrs ("
7, 10, 15 ,24,25,36, 43 , 55,56,57,61-63, whi ch arc hi stori c illustratioll s
from th e author's picture co llec ti on,
Printed in th e United States of Ameri ca
The paper used in th e publi ca ti on mee ts th e minimum requirement s o f th e
A merica n National Stand ard for Permanence
of Paper for Printer Library Materi als Z39.4K- 19K4.
Contents
1
Introduction
1
The Hebrew Alphabet
7
Qabalistic speculations
8
The meaning of Hebrew letters
13
21
Qabalistic letter manipulations
31
Hebrew magic squares and grids
38
Hebrew letter squares and other amulets
39
Medieval Hebrew-derived alphabets
2
The Greek Alphabet
43
57
Greek alphabet traditions
Greek gematria
60
Christian Greek gematria
64
73
The Etruscan script
3
The Runes
74
111
The Gothic alphabet
116
Runes and trees
4
The Celtic Oghams and Bardic Alphabet
123
148
Cryptic Oghams and other variant forms
154
The Bardic alphabets
166
The Gaelic alphabet
168
Variations in Northern European alphabets
171
5
Magical and Alchemical Alphabets
The Vehmgericht, the Inquisition and the alphabet
of Westphalia
177
182
House, holdings and stonemason's marks
186
Magic grid ciphers
188
Magical uses of the Roman alphabet
6
Magic Squares, Literary Labyrinths and Modern Uses 203
The magic square and the word labyrinth 203
Ramon L1ull, magic squares and the Talismanic art 212
Esoteric alphabets in the modern and post-modern
era
216
Postscript
223
I
The Meaning of Hebrew Letters
Appendices
229
II
Greek Letter Meanings
230
III
The Runic Correspondences
231
IV
233
Runes and Tarot Major Arcana
Ogham Correspondences
234
V
VI
Gaelic Alphabet Correspondences
235
VII
Magic Square Correspondences
236
VIII
The 72 Names of God
237
Glossary
239
Bibliography
241
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