| Name | Image | Origins | Notes |
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| Ankh |  | Ancient Egyptian religion | Ancient Egyptian symbol for eternal life; now also associated withKemetism andneo-paganism, as well as theGoth subculture. Yogi practitioners often claim they stretch an ankh symbol into their wrist. |
| Arrow (Belomancy) |  | Ancientdivination | Arrows used to gain knowledge through divination. |
| Bagua |   | I ching,Taoism | Literally, "The 8 Directions," this early Chinese divination technique is described in thei ching, and is typically visualized as 8 trigrams around aYin and Yang symbol. The bagua and trigrams are referenced throughout Chineseastronomy,astrology,geography,geomancy,anatomy,martial arts,Chinese medicine and various other cultural aspects. |
| Baphomet |  | | Adopted by modern occultists and Satanists.Theistic Satanists may worship it as a deity or demon, whileatheistic Satanists see it as a metaphorical symbol. The goat-headed Baphomet image seen here is a 19th-century drawing made byEliphas Levi as a metaphorical symbol fromDogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie. It was not originally created as a Satanic symbol or a deity. See also:Sigil of Baphomet andStatue of Baphomet. |
| Black Sun |  | Nazi occultism and later theneo-Nazi movement | A symbol of the sun composed of twelvesig runes first appearing on the floor of the north tower ofWewelsburg, afterHeinrich Himmler ordered it to be remodeled. It gained modern popularity due toits use by Nazi occultists. It was later adopted by Satanists. The name "Black Sun" was coined by Wilhelm Landig of theLandig Group. |
| Solar symbol |  | Alchemy | The alchemical symbol for the sun and various sun gods. Also the alchemical symbol for gold which is the metal represented by the Sun which is the astral counterpart. |
| Eye of Horus |  | Ancient Egyptian religion | The eye of the godHorus, a symbol of protection, now associated with the occult andKemetism, as well as theGoth subculture. |
| Eye of Providence (All-Seeing Eye, Eye of God) |  | Catholic iconography, Masonic symbolism | The eye of God within a triangle, representing the Holy Trinity, and surrounded by holy light, representing His omniscience. |
| Heptagram |   | Judaism, Thelema, Paganism, Alchemy | Represents the seven days of creation. It is the symbol ofBabalon in Thelema. In Wicca, it is known as the Elven Star, Fairy Star or Septagram. |
| Hexagram |  | Mandala andJudaism | An ancient symbol of the Jewish faith, also found on theSeal of Solomon. |
| Icelandic magical staves |  | Icelandic magic | Sigils created with magical powers by the Icelandic people. Pictured is the stave known asÆgishjálmur. |
| I'itoi |  | Uto-AztecanO'odham peoples ofArizona | TheI'itoi is an indigenous spiritual symbol that signifies the challenging and balancing decisions in one's life that lead us to our ultimate dream state from the product of all of our choices. The ideal is to reach the center of thismaze of decisions we make, which is a manifestation of our purpose and dream, and is accepted by the Sun God upon our death. |
| Inverted cross |  | Peter requested to be crucified upside down, as he felt unworthy to die in the same manner as Christ. | Used as a symbol ofSaint Peter. A very common display in churches dedicated to Saint Peter. It has also been modernly used as ananti-Christian symbol. |
| Lilith Black Moon (Sigil of Lilith) |   | Judaism,Mesopotamian andJewish mythology,Lilith Astrology | Depicts a crescent moon atop a cross with arms of equal length, representing mind and matter. InJewish mythology, Lilith is considered to be the firstfeminist[citation needed] and first wife ofAdam. The Sigil of Lilith symbolizes the she-demon Lilith, who was demonized for rebelling against God's word. |
| Monas Hieroglyphica |  | the works ofJohn Dee | A symbol invented byJohn Dee,alchemist andastrologer at the court ofElizabeth I ofEngland. It represents (from top to bottom): the moon; the sun; the elements; and fire. |
| Ouroboros |  | Ancient Egypt and Persia, Norse mythology | A serpent or dragon consuming its own tail, it is a symbol of infinity, unity, and the cycle of death and rebirth. |
| Pentacle |  | Mesopotamia | An ancient symbol of a unicursal five-pointed star circumscribed by a circle with many meanings, including but not limited to, the five wounds of Christ and the five elements (earth, fire, water, air, and soul). InSatanism, it is flipped upside-down. See also:Sigil of Baphomet. |
| Rose Cross |   | Rosicrucianism /Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn | A symbol associated withChristian Rosenkreuz, with many different attributions of symbolism. |
| Runes |  | Norse mythology | Ancient alphabet used throughout North Europe and prominent in Scandinavia, used in modern times by various religious faiths, such asAsatru. |
| Seal of Solomon |   | Alchemy, Christian and Jewish esotericism | A ring attributed toking Solomon in Jewish and esoteric tradition. Also modernly used in Western occultism to symbolize the union of male and female through magic rituals. |
| Seal of theTheosophical Society |  | Theosophy (Blavatskian) | A seal consisting of aManji,Star of David,Ankh,Om, andOuroboros, used by the Theosophical Society, an organization formed in 1875 to advance Theosophy. |
| Septenary Sigil |  | Order of Nine Angles | The main symbol of the Order of Nine Angles, a neo-Nazi Satanic and Left-hand occult group based in the United Kingdom. |
| Sigil |  | Renaissance magic | Images created for magical purposes, sometimes attributed as signatures of demons, angels, and other beings. |
| Sigil ofLucifer |  | Grimorium Verum | Asigil used in rituals invoking Lucifer, first recorded in the 18th-centuryTrue Grimoire. Known amongTheistic Satanists as the Seal of Satan, the symbol is also associated with music groups includingZeal & Ardor. |
| Sigil of Baphomet |    | 19th century French Occultism,Joy of Satan Ministries | Official emblem of theChurch of Satan, consisting of the head of a goat transfixed upon a reversed pentagram flanked by theHebrew letters of the word "Leviathan" (לִוְיָתָן). The right image is the same sigil incuneiform from the Joy of Satan Ministries, a recreation of the sigil of Baphomet incorporated with cuneiform lettering instead of Hebrew to spell out "Satan", and made after Maxine Dietrich's reinterpretation of the ideology of spiritual Satanism. |
| Sigillum Dei (Seal of God) |  | Europe, late Middle Ages | A magical diagram, composed of two circles, a pentagram, and three heptagons, and is labeled with the name of God and his angels. |
| Squared circle |   | Alchemy | A symbol of thePhilosopher's stone. Depicted on the left image isMichael Maier's Emblem XXI fromAtalanta Fugiens. |
| Sriramachakra |  | Tamil mysticism | A mystic diagram used for astrology. |
| Sri Yantra |  | Shri Vidya school ofHinduism | Ayantra consisting of nine interlocking triangles. Four upward ones which representShiva, and five downward ones representingShakti that surround the centralbindu point. In three dimensions, it representsMahāmeru, and in particular, all yantras emerge from Sri Yantra. It symbolizes the evolution of the multiverse as a result of naturaldivine will of the mothergoddess Aadi Paraa Shakti. |
| Sulfur crosses | Sulfur/the combustible elements [2]Phosphorus symbol upside down | Alchemy;Satanism | Alchemical symbols for sulfur, associated with thefire and brimstone of Hell. The third pictured, alchemical for black sulfur, is also known as a 'Leviathan Cross' or 'Satan's Cross'. |
| Sun |  | Alchemy andHermeticism | A symbol used with many different meanings, including but not limited to, gold,citrinitas, sulfur, the divine spark of man, nobility and incorruptibility. |
| Sun cross |  | Iron Age religions and latergnosticism and neo-paganism. | An ancient pagan symbol of the sun, adopted by gnostics, neopagans and occultists. |
| Supreme Polarity (Taijitu) |  | Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073 AD),Taoism | "Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate", which became the cornerstone ofNeo-Confucianist cosmology |
| Symbol of Chaos |   | Michael Moorcock,Aleister Crowley andchaos magic | A symbol originating fromThe Eternal Champion, later adopted by occultists and role-playing games. |
| Tetractys (Tetrad) |  | Greek school ofPythagoreanism | The tetractys is an equidistant and equiangular arrangement of ten points inside atriangle, akin to the fourthtriangle number. It was developed byPythagoras, and collectively signifies cosmic unity in the form of The Decad, as well as themusica universalis, or collective abstraction of the music generated by heavenly cosmic bodies. It also represents thefour elements of nature, as well as the dimensional organization of space-time. Learning and adhering to its metaphysical knowledge was a requirement inside the occult Pythagorean religions. |
| Tetragrammaton |    | Judaism,Kodesh,Kabbalah | Considered to be the unspeakable name of God, written asYHWH. The four letter name has many pronunciations and can be seen over 7,000 times throughout the Hebrew Bible. As symbol, it was incorporated into the GreekTetractys by JewishKabbalistic occult tradition as an evolving arrangement of ten letters. Ingematria,YHWH has a numerical value of72 (center image). The right image contains the Tetragrammaton in tetractys formation, accompanied by the late-RenaissancePentagrammaton, below. |
| Tree of Life (Kabbalah) |   | Kabbalah | The tree of life is a diagram used in various mystical traditions. It usually consists of 10 nodes symbolizing different archetypes and 22 lines connecting the nodes. The nodes are often arranged into three columns to represent that they belong to a common category |
| Unicursal hexagram |   | Aleister Crowley'sThelema | Symbol of theThelema religion, a hexagram that can be drawn with one line. |
| Vishvarupa (Cosmic Man) |  | Vaishnavism,Hinduism | Thisiconographical form of theHinduTrimurti godVisnu, whose body represents the structure and form of the entirecosmos. The different domains of Hell are represented by the legs and feet, with the Earthly and harmonious Heavenly realms represented by the upper stomach and chest, arms, and head; thenavel represents the Unmanifest realm that is connected with pure sound and vibration, and absolute silence, which connects everything together. |
| Zodiac Man (Homo Signorum, or 'Man of Signs') |  | Astrology | A graph correlating zodiacal names with body parts. |
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