SourceLamp of TrismegistusThe initiate’s lamp in Lévi’s account, whose triple flame represents reason illuminated by knowledge amid darkness.Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic
SourceMantle of ApolloniusThe folded mantle used as an emblem of complete self-possession.Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic
SourceStaff of the PatriarchsThe support drawn from the hidden and enduring forces of nature.Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic
SourceThe Humble Reed at the ShoreA flexible shoreline plant becomes Dante's girdle before the mountain journey.Dante, Purgatorio
SourceVajra and DorjeThe thunderbolt-scepter described as a Tibetan protective emblem.Historical talisman traditions