Occult Literature
The Wheel of Pythagoras
An ornamental cross occupies the centre of a wheel encircled by letters, numbers and smaller signs. Rosa Baughan’s frontispiece identifies the design as the Wheel of Pythagoras and describes it as a facsimile of a woodcut dated 1657. Its concentric bands belong to the book’s account of a historical divinatory method, combining alphabetic and numerical correspondences.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Wheel of Pythagoras" [editorial title]. In The Influence of the Stars: A Book of Old World Lore, Rosa Baughan. 1891 edition, 1891, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.. Source scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0150-0008
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Illustrator not identified. The Wheel of Pythagoras. The Influence of the Stars: A Book of Old World Lore. Scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0150-0008