Occult Literature
Adonai and the Two Symbolic Wheels
A six-pointed arrangement of triangles surrounds a human face, an eagle, a bull and a lion. Beneath it are two circular diagrams with radial divisions, inscriptions and symbols. Adonai is printed beside the upper portion, with further lettering below. All three parts of the plate are kept together rather than counted as separate artworks. The two lower diagrams carry the labels Pitagore and Ezechiel. The adjoining chapter, Summary and General Key of the Four Secret Sciences, argues for analogy and the equilibrium of contraries. Those philosophical claims belong to the author’s occult synthesis. The crop preserves the complete diagrams and inscriptions, without converting this engraved comparison into evidence that the traditions share a single origin.
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Unidentified engraver; reproduced in Éliphas Lévi’s work. "Adonai and the Two Symbolic Wheels" [editorial title]. In Transcendental Magic, Éliphas Lévi. 1896, George Redway. Source scan leaf 198. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/transcendental-magic-plate-198
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Unidentified engraver; reproduced in Éliphas Lévi’s work. Adonai and the Two Symbolic Wheels. Transcendental Magic. Scan leaf 198. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/transcendental-magic-plate-198