Occult Literature
Adda-Nari
A four-armed figure stands on an oval base between a horned animal and a striped feline. Bow, arrow, blade and a small vessel occupy its hands. The body combines different garments and ornaments, with a dotted circle behind the head and a caption on the base. The base is inscribed Adda-Nari, preserving the supplied edition’s spelling. The preceding page compares an Indian symbol with Ezekiel’s four-headed sphinx in the author’s discussion of talismans; this comparison is Lévi’s interpretation, not a universal explanation of Indian religious imagery. The complete base, bow, feet and outer ornaments remain visible. No independent sculptor, engraver, date or museum object is inferred from this book reproduction.
Read the source pageLoading your collection…
Citation
Unidentified engraver; reproduced in Éliphas Lévi’s work. "Adda-Nari" [editorial title]. In Transcendental Magic, Éliphas Lévi. 1896, George Redway. Source scan leaf 183. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/transcendental-magic-plate-183
Source details
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Complete source scan actually viewed, surrounding prose read, and exact active PageRef duplicate-screened. Complete design and captions retained; original monochrome reproduction without reconstruction. Final crops actually inspected; complete image boundaries, lettering and captions retained.
Sources
From the book
Transcendental MagicÉliphas Lévi1896More from this book
All 9 illustrations
Related illustrations
Cite this illustration
Unidentified engraver; reproduced in Éliphas Lévi’s work. Adda-Nari. Transcendental Magic. Scan leaf 183. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/transcendental-magic-plate-183