Occult Literature
Apocalyptic Key: The Seven Seals of St John
Seven circular emblems are arranged around a cross-shaped field of lettering. The central circle contains a radiating disk and an encircling serpent; the surrounding wheels contain figures, instruments, animal forms and inscriptions. A two-line caption closes the composition. The original caption calls the complete plate an Apocalyptic Key and names the Seven Seals of St John. The adjacent pages interpret the Apocalypse through the Kabbalah and quote Augustin Chaho on vision, poetry and historical cycles. Those connections remain attributed to the text rather than presented as established biblical history. The seven circles are retained as one integrated design, with all outer borders, lettering and caption lines preserved; they are not split into seven artificial Gallery entries.
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Unidentified engraver; reproduced in Éliphas Lévi’s work. "Apocalyptic Key: The Seven Seals of St John" [editorial title]. In Transcendental Magic, Éliphas Lévi. 1896, George Redway. Source scan leaf 408. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/transcendental-magic-plate-408
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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.
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Unidentified engraver; reproduced in Éliphas Lévi’s work. Apocalyptic Key: The Seven Seals of St John. Transcendental Magic. Scan leaf 408. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/transcendental-magic-plate-408