List of Occult symbols
The following is a list of symbols associated with the occult. This list shares a number of entries with the list of alchemical symbols.
List
Name | Image | Origins | Notes |
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Ankh | Ancient Egypt | Ancient Egyptian symbol for eternal life; now also associated with Kemetism and neo-paganism. | |
Arrow (Belomancy) | Ancient divination. | ---- | |
Black Sun | Renaissance Germany; later, neo-Nazi occultism. | ---- | |
Circled dot | Ancient symbol representing the Sun and various sun gods. | See also: evil eye and alchemical symbol., Dave Talbott says the symbol is Mars,Venus,and Saturn. Saturn was called the sun in ancient times. Mars was thought to be between the sun and Earth. | |
Chaos (Symbol of Chaos) | Michael Moorcock, Aleister Crowley and chaos magic. | ---- | |
Evil eye | Hellenic talisman. | ---- | |
Eye of Providence (or the all-seeing eye of God) | Cao Dai. | See tetragrammaton and yhwh. | |
Hexagram | Mandala and Judaism. | ---- | |
Magic circle | European witchcraft. | ---- | |
Nazar | Middle Eastern talisman to ward off the evil eye. | ---- | |
Pentacle | European witchcraft. | Example of inverted pentacle. See also: Pentagram. | |
Rosy Cross | Rosicrucianism / Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. | ---- | |
Sriramachakra | Tamil mysticism. | ---- | |
Sigil | Renaissance magic. | Image provided depicts a modern personal sigil. | |
Sigillum Dei (Seal of God) | Europe, late Middle Ages. | ---- | |
Sulphur | Alchemy; Satanism. | The alchemical symbol for sulphur, associated with the fire and brimstone of Hell. Can also be known as a 'Leviathan Cross'. | |
Sun cross | Iron age religions and later gnosticism and neo-paganism. | ---- | |
Unicursal hexagram (Thelema) | Aleister Crowley's Thelema. | ---- | |
Valknut | Norse mythology. | ---- | |
Kolovrat | Slavic neo-paganism | Popularized in 1990s. | |
Ouroboros | Ancient Egypt | ---- |
See also
References
- Art and Symbols of the Occult: Images of Power and Wisdom by James Wasserman (Destiny Books, 1993)
- Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated by Cathy Burns (Sharing, 1998)
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