Results for "writing"
41 entries found.
- Writing and burning a fu talisman Rite
- Writing a Jewish amulet (kame'a) Rite
- Ouija and the planchette Concept
🇬🇧 United KingdomGeoffrey of MonmouthGruffudd ap Arthur
A medieval cleric whose writings shaped the King Arthur legend and British myth.Text · Power and authority Historical
🇮🇹 Italy and 1 morePietro d'Abano
A medieval physician and astrologer accused of heresy and magic.Text · Healing · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇵🇱 Poland and 1 moreMichael SendivogiusMichał Sędziwój
A Polish alchemist who discovered oxygen and wrote on the 'food of life'Text · Power and authority · Change and initiation Historical
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreHermetica
A collection of ancient texts attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, covering magic, alchemy and philosophy.Text · Seeing and foretelling · Change and initiation Historical
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreIbn Arabiمحيي الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن علي بن عربي الحاتمي الطائي
A medieval Andalusian mystic and philosopher whose teachings shaped Sufi metaphysics across the Islamic world.Text · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Change and initiation Living
🇮🇪 Ireland and 1 moreOgham᚛ᚑᚌᚐᚋ᚜
An early medieval script of notched lines used to carve Irish names on stone monuments.Text Historical
🇬🇧 United KingdomWilliam Lilly
A seventeenth-century English astrologer and author who shaped Western tradition.Text · Seeing and foretelling · Power and authority Historical
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 moreTanabataたなばた (七夕)
A Japanese celebration of star-crossed lovers and written wishesTradition · Luck and prosperity · Wonder and entertainment Living
🇮🇱 Israel and 4 moreIsaac Luriaיִצְחָק בן שלמה אשכנזי לוּרְיָא
A sixteenth-century rabbi who founded modern Kabbalah through oral teachings in Safed.Text · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Change and initiation Living
🇪🇬 EgyptBook of Thoth
A collection of ancient Egyptian texts attributed to the god of writing and knowledge.Text · Power and authority Historical
🇮🇱 Israel and 3 moreGematriaגימטריה
A numeric writing system that assigns numerical values to words and phrases for interpretation.Text · Seeing and foretelling · Power and authority Living
🇩🇪 Germany and 3 moreRunesᚱᚢᚾᛟ
An ancient Germanic script used for writing and magical signs.Text · Seeing and foretelling · Power and authority Historical
🇪🇬 Egypt and 1 moreCorpus Hermeticum
A collection of Greek writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus that shaped Western esoteric thoughtText · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Change and initiation Historical
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreJabir ibn Hayyanجابِر بِن حَيّان
A legendary Islamic alchemist and philosopher whose writings shaped medieval magic and chemistryText · Power and authority · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇩🇪 GermanyBasil ValentineBasilius Valentinus
A pseudonymous alchemist whose chemical writings shaped early modern chemistry and hermetic tradition.Text · Power and authority Historical
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreGe Hong葛洪
A Jin dynasty scholar and alchemist who wrote key texts on Taoist immortality and early medicine.Text · Healing · Power and authority Historical
🇫🇷 FrancePlanchette
A wooden device for automatic writing used in Victorian spiritualist séancesCharm · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Seeing and foretelling Historical
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreTasseography
A divination method that reads fortunes in the sediment of tea or coffee cupsOracle · Seeing and foretelling · Luck and prosperity Living
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreLuoshu Square洛書
An ancient Chinese three-by-three magic square linked to geomancy and numerologyTradition · Power and authority · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇨🇳 China and 2 moreNaming taboo避諱
A cultural rule against speaking or writing the names of rulers and ancestors in East AsiaBelief · Protection Historical
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreFuji扶乩
Chinese planchette writing: gods and ancestors reply through a stylus on sandRite · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Seeing and foretelling Living
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreGood Luck Flag寄せ書き日の丸 (yosegaki hinomaru)
A Japanese national flag signed by loved ones to wish a soldier safety and victory.Charm · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreLei Ting curse charm符咒钱
A numismatic charm invoking the thunder god to banish evil spirits.Charm · Protection · Cursing and harm Historical
🇪🇬 EgyptSet animalsha
A mysterious creature from ancient Egypt, linked to the god Set and chaos.Being · Power and authority Historical
🇷🇺 Russia and 3 moreYehowistsильинцы
A Russian Spiritual Christian group founded by Nikolai Ilyin in the 1840sTradition · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇩🇪 GermanyHercinia
A legendary German bird whose feathers were said to shine in the darkBeing Legendary
🇬🇧 United KingdomSaltfleetby spindle-whorl
A lead spinning weight inscribed with runes calling on Norse gods for helpCharm · Protection Historical
🇯🇵 Japan and 3 moreThoughtography念写
A claimed psychic ability to imprint mental images directly onto photographic film.Belief · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇯🇵 JapanAbura-akago油赤子
A Japanese yōkai drawn as an infant lapping oil from a paper lampBeing Legendary
🇮🇱 IsraelSeraphשָׂרָף
Six-winged heavenly beings who chant 'holy, holy, holy' at God's throneBeing · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Cleansing and purification Living
🇺🇸 United StatesChurch of Light
An esoteric organization teaching astrology, alchemy, and magic as a way of life.Tradition · Power and authority · Change and initiation Living
🇮🇸 IcelandSowilo
The s-rune representing the sun in Germanic writing systemsText · Power and authority Historical
🇮🇶 Iraq and 1 moreAramaic Uruk incantation
A Seleucid-era magical tablet written in Aramaic using cuneiform signsText · Cursing and harm · Protection Historical
🇨🇳 China and 2 moreHu笏
A flat ceremonial baton used by East Asian officials and priests for ritual purposes.Charm · Power and authority · Wonder and entertainment Living
🇮🇸 Iceland and 1 moreBerkanan
A runic letter representing the birch tree across Germanic writing systems.Text Historical
🇪🇬 Egypt and 3 moreCrown of Immortality
A wreath of leaves, then a ring of stars, said to mark a life that does not endBelief · Power and authority Living
🇮🇳 IndiaCalingae
A people of ancient Indian legend said to reach old age at eightBeing Legendary
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreOmॐ
A sacred syllable chanted in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Sikh practiceBelief · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇬🇧 United KingdomCross-correspondences
Scripts from separate mediums, read together as messages from the deadBelief · Speaking with spirits and the dead Historical
🇬🇷 GreeceOrichalcumὀρείχαλκος
A metal of ancient texts and Plato's Atlantis, later identified with brassSubstance Historical
🇯🇵 JapanNingyo人魚
A Japanese water creature with a human head or torso and a fish's bodyBeing · Luck and prosperity Legendary
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Crown of Immortality: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Xauxa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pietro d'Abano: Marco Chemello (Wikimedia Italia), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa: Jean-Louis Durant (1654-1718), Public domain, source
- Good Luck Flag: takato marui, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lei Ting curse charm: Donald_Trung, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Orichalcum: Unknown creator, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ningyo: Author:, Public domain, source
- Hercinia: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Michael Sendivogius: Łuszczkiewicz, Public domain, source
- Ibn Arabi: Omar.Hafez, CC0, source
- Fuji: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source
- Seraph: Pietro Perugino, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ogham: Runologe, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- William Lilly: Simon Harriyott, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tanabata: Laika ac, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Marsilio Ficino: Marsilio Ficino, Public domain, source
- Calingae: anonymous, Public domain, source
- Isaac Luria: Louski1, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Set animal: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Gematria: Bethsheba Ashe, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Runes: Bengt Olof ÅRADSSON, CC BY 1.0, source
- Jabir ibn Hayyan: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Hu: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Basil Valentine: TomKidd, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ge Hong: Hannah, Public domain, source
- Tasseography: User:MochaSwirl, Public domain, source
- Luoshu Square: An unknown Tibetan artist, Public domain, source
- Om: Anandajoti Bhikkhu, CC BY 2.0, source
- Saltfleetby spindle-whorl: Lincolnshire County Council, Adam Daubney, 2011-04-27 11:43:56, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Naming taboo: Haruno Akiha, Public domain, source
- Geoffrey of Monmouth: Colin Cheesman, CC BY-SA 2.0, source