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PurposeProtectionHealingSeeing and foretellingLuck and prosperityLove and attractionCursing and harmCleansing and purificationSpeaking with spirits and the deadChange and initiationBinding and oathsPower and authorityWonder and entertainment
WhoShamansFolk healersPriests and ritual specialistsWitches, sorcerers and cunning folkDiviners and readersMediums and the possessedCeremonial magicians and alchemistsHouseholds and ordinary peopleStage magiciansScholars and sceptics
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馃嚠馃嚪 Iran and 2 moreHaoma
A divine plant and spirit in Zoroastrianism, linked to healing and ancient rituals.Substance 路 Healing 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
馃嚠馃嚤 Israel and 4 moreAngel诪诇讗讱
A supernatural messenger or intermediary spirit found in many religious traditions.Being 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead 路 Protection Living
馃嚠馃嚩 Iraq and 1 moreTaw没s卯 Melek鬲丕賵爻蹖 賲蹠賱蹠讴
The central angel of Yazidism, known as the Peacock Angel and leader of the Seven Mysteries.Being 路 Power and authority 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
馃嚠馃嚪 Iran and 2 moreYazata饜饜瑎饜饜瑎饜瑱饜瑎
A Zoroastrian term for divine beings worthy of worship and venerationBeing 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead 路 Power and authority Historical
馃嚠馃嚪 IranFravashi
A personal spirit in Zoroastrian belief that guides the living and protects the dead.Being 路 Protection 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
馃嚠馃嚪 Iran and 5 moreKhidr丕賱禺囟乇
A Qur'anic guide and saint believed to hold hidden wisdom and aid those in need.Being 路 Seeing and foretelling 路 Power and authority Living
馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt and 1 moreAiwass
A voice that dictated a foundational occult text to Aleister Crowley in 1904Being 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead Historical
馃嚠馃嚤 Israel and 4 moreAngel诪诇讗讱
A supernatural messenger or intermediary spirit found in many religious traditions.Being 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead 路 Protection Living
馃嚠馃嚩 Iraq and 1 moreTaw没s卯 Melek鬲丕賵爻蹖 賲蹠賱蹠讴
The central angel of Yazidism, known as the Peacock Angel and leader of the Seven Mysteries.Being 路 Power and authority 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
馃嚠馃嚪 Iran and 2 moreYazata饜饜瑎饜饜瑎饜瑱饜瑎
A Zoroastrian term for divine beings worthy of worship and venerationBeing 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead 路 Power and authority Historical
馃嚠馃嚪 IranFravashi
A personal spirit in Zoroastrian belief that guides the living and protects the dead.Being 路 Protection 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
馃嚠馃嚪 Iran and 5 moreKhidr丕賱禺囟乇
A Qur'anic guide and saint believed to hold hidden wisdom and aid those in need.Being 路 Seeing and foretelling 路 Power and authority Living
馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt and 1 moreAiwass
A voice that dictated a foundational occult text to Aleister Crowley in 1904Being 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead Historical
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Taw没s卯 Melek: Bernd Schwabe in Hannover, CC BY 3.0, source
- Fravashi: Hooman Mallahzadeh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Angel: Unknown author, CC0, source
- Khidr: Unknown author, Public domain, source