31-08-2026, 11:50 AM
1) This symbol defines the cardinal direction of South.
2) Based on the description in the Book of Enoch: The second cardinal direction is named South, for there descend both the Most High and the Blessed One forever.
3) The symbol *Resh* from the magical angelic alphabet *Malachim* is used.
4) In Enoch’s visions, God reveals Himself specifically as the "Head of Days."
5) God as the "Head of Days" is the One who stands at the very pinnacle and beginning of time. Here, *Resh* represents the source from which all subsequent days of creation flow.
6) I further present the use of this symbol in magical amulets and talismans.
7) (2022) *Iconography of Magic: Images of Power and the Power of Images in Ancient and Late Antique Magic*, Raquel Martín-Hernández, 2022, Studies in the History and Anthropology of Religion 7.
8) *Picatrix*
9) *Figures between Antiquity and the Renaissance: Transmission and Rediscovery*, Richard Gordon.
10) *The Greater Key of Solomon*, L.W. Laurence.
2) Based on the description in the Book of Enoch: The second cardinal direction is named South, for there descend both the Most High and the Blessed One forever.
3) The symbol *Resh* from the magical angelic alphabet *Malachim* is used.
4) In Enoch’s visions, God reveals Himself specifically as the "Head of Days."
5) God as the "Head of Days" is the One who stands at the very pinnacle and beginning of time. Here, *Resh* represents the source from which all subsequent days of creation flow.
6) I further present the use of this symbol in magical amulets and talismans.
7) (2022) *Iconography of Magic: Images of Power and the Power of Images in Ancient and Late Antique Magic*, Raquel Martín-Hernández, 2022, Studies in the History and Anthropology of Religion 7.
8) *Picatrix*
9) *Figures between Antiquity and the Renaissance: Transmission and Rediscovery*, Richard Gordon.
10) *The Greater Key of Solomon*, L.W. Laurence.