Occult symbols
The following is a list of symbols associated with the occult. This list shares a number of entries with the list of alchemical symbols.
List
| Name | Image | Origins | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ankh |  | Ancient Egypt | Ancient Egyptian symbol for eternal life; now also associated with neo-paganism. |
| Arrow (Belomancy) |  | Ancient divination. | ---- |
| Black Sun |  | Renaissance Germany; later, neo-Nazi occultism. | ---- |
| Circled dot |  | Ancient symbol representing the Sun and various sun gods. | See also: evil eye and alchemical symbol. |
| Chaos (Symbol of Chaos) |  | Michael Moorcock, Aleister Crowley and chaos magic. | ---- |
| Evil eye |  | Hellenic talisman. | ---- |
| Eye of Providence (or the all-seeing eye of God) |  | Cao Dai. | ---- |
| Hexagram |  | Mandala and Judaism. | ---- |
| Magic circle |  | European witchcraft. | ---- |
| Nazar |  | Middle Eastern talisman to ward off the evil eye. | ---- |
| Pentacle |  | European witchcraft. | Example of inverted pentacle. See also: Pentagram. |
| Rosy Cross |  | Rosicrucianism / Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. | ---- |
| Sriramachakra |  | Tamil mysticism. | ---- |
| Sigil |  | Renaissance magic. | Image provided depicts a modern personal sigil. |
| Sigillum Dei (Seal of God) |  | Europe, late Middle Ages. | ---- |
| Sulphur |  | Alchemy; later Satanism. | The alchemical symbol for sulphur, associated with the fire and brimstone of Hell. |
| Sun cross |  | Iron age religions and later neo-paganism. | ---- |
| Unicursal hexagram (Thelema) |  | Aleister Crowley's Thelema. | ---- |
| Valknut |  | Norse mythology. | ---- |
See also
References
- Art and Symbols of the Occult: Images of Power and Wisdom by James Wasserman (Destiny Books, 1993)
- Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated by Cathy Burns (Sharing, 1998)
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