{"collection":"Symbols","page":1,"pages":[{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_index_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_index_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"| | The Book of Talismans, Amulets and Zodiacal Gems by William Thomas and Kate Pavitt [1922] | \nThis is a study of the symbolism of precious stones, and how they have been used as magical objects through the ages, both intrinsically, and as a vehicle for symbolic engravings. The Pavitts cover Hindu, Jewish, Chinese, Egyptian, Roman, Gnostic, and Christian lore of gems. The final section discusses the astrological connections of key gems, sign by sign.","title":"The Book of Talismans Index","word_count":134},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot29_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot29_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Aston, Wm. Geo., Shinto. The Ways of the Gods.","title":"The Book of Talismans: Bibliography","word_count":286},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot02_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot02_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"","title":"The Book of Talismans: Contents","word_count":1189},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot30_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot30_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"A\nAbracadabra, 111\nAdamas, 141\n\u00c6neas, 170\n\u2014 Eye, 169\n\u2014 Moss, or Tree, 168\n\u2014 Onyx, 169\n\u2014 Rainbow or Iris, 169\n\u2014 Ribbon, 148\n\u2014 White, 168\nAgla, 117\nAgnus Dei, 107\nAlabanda, 263\nAlexander the Great, 172\nAli, 99\nAlmandine, 263\nAmalth\u00e6a's Horn of Plenty, 83\nAmen\u2013Ra, 57\nAmuletum, 196\nAnanizapta, 108\nAnanta, 20\nAnchor, 52\nAndromeda, 85\nAngles, 63\nAnne of Geierstein, 219\nAnubis, 84\nAper, 64\nApis. Bull, 83\nApollo, 264\nArgonauts, 162\nAristotle, 273\nArrow\u2013head, 14\nArtemisia (or Sweet Flag), 45 Asp, 94\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Index","word_count":1633},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot03_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot03_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"","title":"The Book of Talismans: List of Plates","word_count":224},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_pageidx_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_pageidx_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Index\n The Book of Talismans: Page Index\n \n page vii\n page viii\n page ix\n \n page x\n page xi\n page xii\n page xiii\n page xiv\n page xv\n page xvi\n page xvii\n page xviii\n \n page xix\n \n page 1\n page 2\n page 3\n page 4\n page 5\n page 6\n page 7\n page 8\n page 9\n page 10\n page 11\n page 12\n \n page 13\n page 14\n page 15\n page 16\n page 17\n page 18\n page 19\n page 20\n page 21\n page 22\n \n page 23\n page 24\n page 25\n page 26\n page 27\n page 28\n page 29\n page 30\n page 31\n page 32\n page 33\n \n page 34\n page 35\n page\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Page Index","word_count":617},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot12_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot12_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"The Bulla\u2014The Tusk\u2014Pine Cone\u2014The Frog\u2014Skull of an Ass\u2014Key Talismans\u2014Grylli, or Chimer\u00e6\u2014Goat\u2014The Ox\u2014Lion\u2014Eagle\u2014The Caduceus\u2014Mercury\u2014Health Rings\u2014Boar's Head\u2014Clenched Hand\u2014Open Hand\u2014Figured Hands\u2014The Lizard\u2014The Spider\u2014The Fish\u2014Snails. Bulla is the name given to a gold case, circular or heart-shaped, used in necklaces or worn separately as a pendant, sometimes attached as an ornament to a belt or badge which was placed over one shoulder and under the opposite arm. Macrobius says it was the special\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Cha...","word_count":2267},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot10_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot10_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"The Buckle of the Girdle of Isis\u2014The Scarab\u2014The Eye of Osiris\u2014The Two Fingers\u2014The Collar\u2014The Hawk\u2014The Sma\u2014The Ladder and Steps\u2014The Snake's Head\u2014The Serpent\u2014The Sun's Disc\u2014The Frog\u2014The Fish\u2014The Vulture\u2014The Sa, or Tie. The Buckle of the Girdle of Isis was worn to obtain the Good Will and Protection of this goddess, and symbolised \"the blood of Isis\" and her strength and power. Frequently made of Carnelian it was believed to protect its wearer from every kind of evil; also to secure the good will\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Cha...","word_count":2303},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot05_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot05_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Talismans of Primitive Races\u2014The Axe\u2014Arrow-head\u2014The Swastika\u2014The Serpent\u2014The Interlaced Triangles. Amongst primitive races the Axe was the symbol for Chief, God, or Divine Being, and had its origin in the Neolithic or later Stone Age, which ended in Europe about 2000 B.C. It was doubtless the earliest weapon of prehistoric man, and in addition to its uses as a weapon would have been in constant service in clearing the way when moving from place to place, and in cutting and shaping the wood used\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Cha...","word_count":2027},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot15_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot15_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Tetragrammaton\u2014Phylactery\u2014Talismans against all mischiefs, the Magus\u2014Venus Talisman\u2014Totaphoth\u2014Abraxas\u2014Eye of a Cock\u2014Bells\u2014Gargoyles\u2014Cramp Rings\u2014Blessing of Rings\u2014Musseltaub\u2014Posie Rings\u2014Gemmel Rings\u2014Zodiacal Rings\u2014The Signs of the Zodiac in Rhyme\u2014General Talismans\u2014The Lee Penny\u2014Crystal\u2014The Moon Talismans\u2014Peacock\u2014Juno\u2014Fire Talismans\u2014Gold Nugget\u2014Coins\u2014Card Talismans\u2014Badger's Tooth\u2014Four-leaved Clover. Tetragrammaton, or mystic name, had its derivation in a Hebrew word, \"Yod-he-vau-he,\" which\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Cha...","word_count":2430},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot04_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot04_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Introduction.\u2014The Psychic and Magnetic Influence of Talismans and Gems. From remotest times, back even to the birth of humanity, Precious Stones and Talismans have been held in high estimation by all nations; the former, primarily because of their beauty, and the latter on account of their virtues, as transmitters of good luck and to avert misfortune. The association of Gems with power, civil and religious, has ever been noticeable; and to the fascination of antiquity may be added the\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Chapter I","word_count":2129},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot06_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot06_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"The Tau Cross\u2014Aum Ma Ni Pad Me Hum\u2014Indian Talismans\u2014Ganesa the Elephant-headed\u2014Hangman the Monkey God\u2014The Eight Glorious Emblems of Buddha\u2014The Wheel of Life\u2014The Conch Shell\u2014The Two Fishes\u2014The Lucky Diagram\u2014The Lotus\u2014The Frog\u2014The Three Gems. OF the many and various Symbols and Talismans which have come down to us through the ages, the Tau Cross is one of the most ancient, and is undoubtedly the prototype of all modern crosses; it probably had its origin in the double-axe hieroglyphic used by\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Chapter III","word_count":2305},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot07_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot07_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Talisman for Wisdom\u2014Buddha's Footprints\u2014The Dorje\u2014Knots\u2014Chinese Talismans\u2014The Trigrams\u2014The Five Bats\u2014The Goose\u2014Stork\u2014Pine Tree\u2014Peach\u2014Lucky Sentence\u2014The Ph\u0153nix\u2014The Dragon\u2014Horse Hoof\u2014Siva's Charm\u2014The Money Sword\u2014Red in Talismans\u2014The Lock\u2014Bells\u2014The Tortoise\u2014The Tiger\u2014Pigs\u2014The Black Cat. Illustration No. 24, Plate II is a Talisman for Wisdom and Perseverance, and is of great power amongst the Hindus; the circle is indicative of infinity, the border of triangles signifies that all nature is subject\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Chapter IV","word_count":2073},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot08_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot08_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"The Pear Charm\u2014\"Show Fu\"\u2014Jade\u2014The Blue Gown for Longevity\u2014Japanese\u2014The Tiger\u2014Wolf\u2014Fox\u2014The Thunder, Fire, and Echo\u2014The Fan of Power\u2014Hotei, the God of Contentment\u2014The Eagle\u2014The Millet Dumpling\u2014Carp\u2014Sacred Dog\u2014Stork\u2014Tortoise\u2014Crane\u2014Child's Hand\u2014Mitsu-Domoe\u2014Hammer of Daikoku\u2014The Keys\u2014Anchor\u2014Crystal Ball\u2014Leaf Talisman\u2014Ota-fu-ku\u2014Bow\u2014Temple at Ise. A Personal charm, the efficacy of which depends entirely on the merits of its owner, consists of five thousand open dots arranged in the shape of a pear on\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Chapter V","word_count":1856},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot09_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot09_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Egyptian Beliefs\u2014Crux Ansata\u2014The Menat\u2014The Two Plumes\u2014The Single Plume\u2014The Nefer\u2014The Cartouche\u2014The Angles and Plummet\u2014The God Bes\u2014Aper\u2014The Tat\u2014The Heart. Of all civilisations known to us through history, that of ancient Egypt is the most marvellous, most fascinating, and most rich in occult significance; yet we have still much to discover, and although we have the assurance of Herodotus that the Egyptians were \"beyond measure scrupulous in all matters appertaining to religion,\" the ancient\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Chapter VI","word_count":2222},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot11_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot11_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Gnosticism\u2014Abraxas\u2014Sacred Names\u2014Khnoubis\u2014The Seven Vowels\u2014The Magic Symbols\u2014The Archangels\u2014Lion-headed Serpent\u2014Aum\u2014The Ineffable Name\u2014Horus\u2014Osiris\u2014Isis\u2014Etruscan, Greek, and Roman\u2014The Crescent Symbol\u2014The Horseshoe\u2014Tusk, or Horn\u2014Stable Keys\u2014Amalth\u00e6a's Horn, or Cornucopia\u2014Serapis\u2014Bull's Head\u2014Diana\u2014Harpokrates\u2014Anubis\u2014Bellerophon\u2014Salus Ring\u2014Hygiea. Gnosticism is the name given to a system of religion which carne into existence in the Roman Empire about the time Christianity was established; it was\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Chapter VIII","word_count":2086},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot13_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot13_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"The Orient\u2014The Koran\u2014Jochebed\u2014Bead Necklaces\u2014Mashallah\u2014Hassan and Hussein\u2014Hand of the Lady Fatima\u2014Five Principal Commandments\u2014Zufur Tukiah\u2014Nasiree\u2014Gadiri\u2014Mohammed\u2014Merzoum\u2014The Diamond\u2014Cube of Amber\u2014Scorpion-charming\u2014Early Christian and Medi\u00e6val Talismans\u2014Clement of Alexandria\u2014The Fish\u2014Dag\u2014Palm Branch\u2014The Ship\u2014Sacred Monogram\u2014Shen Constantine the Great\u2014Thoth\u2014The Cross\u2014Household Cross\u2014Yucatan\u2014Hand and Cross\u2014Wheel Cross. A belief in Talismans and Charms of every kind is universal in the Orient\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Chapter X","word_count":2178},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot14_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot14_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"The Agnus Dei\u2014The Coventry Ring\u2014Ananizapta\u2014Tau Cross\u2014Cross of St. Benedict\u2014Byzantine Ring\u2014Simsum Ring\u2014Abracadabra\u2014Pentalpha, Pentacle, Pentagram, or Five-pointed Star\u2014The Kabala\u2014The Table of Jupiter\u2014The Ten Divine Names\u2014The Planetary Angels\u2014The Agla\u2014Dr. Dee.","title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Chapter XI","word_count":1881},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot17_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot17_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"The Constellation\u2014Aldebaran\u2014The Chaldeans\u2014The Temples\u2014Apis Bull\u2014Aphrodite\u2014Characteristics of Taurus\u2014Training\u2014Gems of Taurus\u2014The Sapphire\u2014Bishop's Ring\u2014St. Jerome Qualities of the Sapphire\u2014Star Sapphire\u2014Solomon's Seal\u2014Charlemagne's Talisman\u2014The Turquoise\u2014B\u0153tius de Boot\u2014Horseman's Talisman\u2014Qualities of the Stone. The Sun enters the Celestial House of Taurus, the second sign of the Zodiac, on April 21st, and remains in occupation until May 22nd.","title":"The Book of Talismans: Pat II. The Gems of the Zodiac: Ch...","word_count":2388},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot16_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot16_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"The Zodiac\u2014Zodiacal and Calendar Months\u2014The New Year\u2014The Constellation\u2014Hamal\u2014The Passover\u2014Characteristics of Aries People\u2014Gems of Aries\u2014The Bloodstone and Heliotrope\u2014Mars the Ruling Planet\u2014Marbodeus Gallus\u2014The Diamond\u2014The Qualities of the Diamond\u2014Tavernier\u2014The Regent\u2014The Koh-i-Noor\u2014The Hope Diamond. The Sun enters the Zodiacal House of Aries on March 21st of each year, and remains in occupation until April 10th, his entrance to this House marking the commencement of the Zodiacal year, with days\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Pat II. The Gems of the Zodiac: Chapter I. Aries\u2014The Ram","word_count":3294},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot18_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot18_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Period\u2014The Twins, Castor and Pollux\u2014The Argonauts\u2014King Solomon's Pillars\u2014Maia\u2014Ovid and Wedding of Mary Queen of Scots\u2014Gemini Number\u2014Characteristics\u2014Agates and their Virtues\u2014Orpheus\u2014Chrysoprase\u2014Alexander the Great\u2014Virtues of the Stone. Gemini, the Zodiacal House of the Twins, is occupied by the Sun from the 22nd of May until the 21st of June approximately, and is ruled by the planet Mercury. In the earliest Zodiacs this House was symbolised by two kids, for which the Greeks substituted twin\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Pat II. The Gems of the Zodiac: Chapter III. Gemini\u2014The Twins","word_count":2459},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot19_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot19_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"The Dark Sign\u2014Its Duration\u2014Origins\u2014Summer Solstice\u2014Hercules and the Crab\u2014Characteristics\u2014Goddess Esmeralda and the Ancient Peruvians\u2014The Emerald Isle\u2014Moonstones\u2014Blue Moon\u2014Pearls\u2014Cat's Eyes\u2014Rock Crystals\u2014Crystal-gazing\u2014Virtues of the Crystal. Cancer, the fourth sign of the Zodiac, is situated in the northern celestial hemisphere; being composed of small stars, the brightest of which are only of the third magnitude, and very few visible to the naked eye, it was known in olden times as the dark\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Pat II. The Gems of the Zodiac: Chapter IV. Cancer\u2014The Crab","word_count":2629},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot24_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot24_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Period\u2014The Constellation\u2014The Bow in the Cloud\u2014Mythology\u2014Characteristics of the Type\u2014Appropriateness of the Symbol\u2014Fresh Air a Necessity\u2014Professions\u2014Ailments\u2014Marriage Relations\u2014Gem of the House\u2014The Topaz\u2014Nain-Ratan\u2014Pliny and the Topaz\u2014Discovery of the Stone\u2014The Emperor Hadrian and his Ring\u2014Appropriateness of the Stone to the Type\u2014The Stone of Strength\u2014As a Talisman against Asthma\u2014Marbodus and the Topaz\u2014Chrysolite also Favourable. The Sun enters the Zodiacal House of Sagittarius the Archer on\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Pat II. The Gems of the Zodiac: Chapter IX. Sagittarius\u2014The Archer","word_count":2070},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot20_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot20_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Period\u2014Constellation\u2014The Fiery Sign\u2014Hercules and the Lion\u2014Characteristics\u2014Personal Magnetism of the Type\u2014Disposition\u2014Money-makers\u2014Entertainers\u2014Health Defects\u2014Marriage and Love Affairs\u2014Artistic Tendencies\u2014Gems of the House\u2014The Sardonyx\u2014Qualities of the Stone\u2014The Chrysolite and the Romans\u2014The Tourmaline\u2014Peculiarities of the Stone\u2014Amber\u2014Virtues and Medicinal Uses\u2014The Topaz. The Sun enters the Zodiacal House of Leo on the 23rd of July and remains in occupation until the 23rd of August. Leo is the\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Pat II. The Gems of the Zodiac: Chapter V. Leo\u2014The Lion","word_count":2422},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot21_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot21_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Period\u2014Constellation\u2014Mythology\u2014Symbols\u2014Paris under Virgo\u2014Reflecting Qualities of the Sign\u2014Characteristics\u2014Marriage\u2014Professions\u2014Ailments\u2014Harmonious Types\u2014Gems of the House\u2014Cornelian\u2014Virtues of the Cornelian\u2014Napoleon's Seal Talisman\u2014Clairvoyant Properties of the Stone\u2014Jade\u2014New Zealanders\u2019 Faith\u2014The Tiki\u2014Jade as Racing Talisman. The Sun enters the Zodiacal House of Virgo, which is ruled by the planet Mercury, on the 24th August, remaining there until the 22nd of September approximately. The\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Pat II. The Gems of the Zodiac: Chapter VI. Virgo\u2014The Virgin","word_count":2602},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot22_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot22_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Period\u2014Constellation\u2014Origin of, the Sign\u2014The Yoke\u2014The Altar\u2014Characteristics of the Type\u2014Influence of Saturn\u2014Inclination for Companionship\u2014Marriage\u2014Moods\u2014Partnership\u2014Professions\u2014Health Defects of the Type\u2014Gems of the House\u2014The Opal\u2014Coral\u2014Lapis Lazuli\u2014The Modern Ill-luck of the Opal\u2014Its Ancient Virtues\u2014Sensitiveness of the Opal\u2014Its Virtues as a Libra Gem\u2014Coral\u2014Virtues\u2014As Infant's Talisman\u2014Lapis Lazuli\u2014Egyptian Talisman\u2014Qualities of the Stone. The Sun enters Libra, the Seventh House of the Zodiac\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Pat II. The Gems of the Zodiac: Chapter VII. Libra\u2014The Balance","word_count":2342},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot23_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot23_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Period\u2014Ruling Planet\u2014Mythology\u2014Symbology\u2014Characteristics of the Type\u2014Effect of the Malefic Aspects\u2014Health Defects\u2014Professions\u2014Religion\u2014Marriage\u2014The Gems of the House\u2014The Beryl and Aquamarine differing only in Colour\u2014Qualities of the Beryl\u2014Clairvoyant Properties\u2014The Carbuncle as Transmitter of Light\u2014Noah's Lamp\u2014Talisman against Infection\u2014The Lodestone\u2014Magnetic Qualities as an Amulet against Shipwreck and Gout. Scorpio forms the eighth sign of the Zodiac and is situated very low down on the\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Pat II. The Gems of the Zodiac: Chapter VIII. Scorpio\u2014The Scorpion","word_count":2134},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot25_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot25_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Constellation\u2014Period\u2014Ruling Planet Saturn\u2014Mythology\u2014The Symbol of the Goat\u2014Characteristics\u2014Constitution and Health Defects\u2014India under the Rule of Capricorn\u2014Professions\u2014Marriage\u2014Saturn favourable for the Elderly\u2014Gems of the House\u2014The Ruby\u2014Spinel\u2014Qualities of the Gem\u2014Sensitiveness for Good or Evil\u2014The Malachite\u2014Copper as a Talisman against Colic and Cholera\u2014Black Onyx\u2014Favourable and Unfavourable Influence of the Stone\u2014Jet\u2014The Afflictions of Saturn\u2014Effects on other Types. Capricorn, the tenth\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Pat II. The Gems of the Zodiac: Chapter X. Capricorn\u2014The Goat","word_count":2439},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot26_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot26_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Constellation\u2014Period\u2014Symbol\u2014Early Religious Teachings\u2014The Glyph\u2014Rulers of the House\u2014Saturn and Uranus\u2014Characteristics of the Type\u2014Temper\u2014Professions\u2014Health Defects\u2014Marriage and Friendships\u2014Gems of the House\u2014Garnets and Zircons\u2014The Garnet and Ruby\u2014Qualities of the Stone\u2014Virtue, as a Keepsake\u2014The Zircon\u2014The Hyacinth\u2014The Jargoon\u2014The Jacinth as a Talisman for Sleep\u2014Set in Gold for Restlessness\u2014The Lyncurion of the Ancients: its Virtues. Aquarius, the Water-bearer, is the eleventh sign of the\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Pat II. The Gems of the Zodiac: Chapter XI. Aquarius\u2014The Water-Bearer","word_count":1901},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot27_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot27_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Period\u2014Constellation\u2014Precession of the Equinoxes\u2014Icthyes, the Fishes\u2014Mythology\u2014Symbol\u2014The Rulers of the House\u2014Characteristics\u2014Ailments of the Type\u2014Professions\u2014Friendship and Marriage\u2014Harmonious and Inharmonious Types\u2014The Gem of the House\u2014The Amethyst\u2014Virtues of the Stone\u2014Talisman against Inebriety\u2014Its Calming Influence\u2014The Stone of St. Valentine\u2014As a Lovers\u2019 Talisman\u2014The Effect of Purple Rays\u2014The Amethyst Beneficent to all Types\u2014Real and Artificial Gems and how to select them. The Sun enters\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Pat II. The Gems of the Zodiac: Chapter XII. Pisces\u2014The Fishes","word_count":1713},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot01_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot01_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"The subject of Talismans and Gems of the Zodiac covers a wide area, and the difficulty of arriving at a definite conclusion is increase became of the varying opinions between writers on these subjects as to the stones referred to, or intended by the Ancients, complicated still further by the different languages from which these records have been translated, and where Month or Zodiacal gems are referred to many of the writers arc obviously unacquainted with Astrology or Astronomy. The present\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Preface","word_count":530},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot28_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot28_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"The following notes are written in the hope that they may put readers upon their guard against some common deceptions and prevent disappointment which with a little knowledge can be avoided. The qualities which make gems valuable are beauty of colour, brilliancy or fire, and hardness, in which they excel all other substances known. A large variety of coloured stones come from Ceylon, and many tourists and travellers buy stones there in the hope of securing bargains, a hope that in the majority\u2026","title":"The Book of Talismans: Real and Artificial Gems and How to Test and Select Them","word_count":1169},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot00_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot00_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Scanned, proofed and formatted, September 2008 by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923. Click to enlarge\nFrontispiece\n \n \nClick to enlarge\nFront Cover\n \n \nClick to enlarge\nTitle Page","title":"The Book of Talismans: Title Page","word_count":56},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_index_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_index_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"| | The Migration of Symbols by Goblet d'Alviella [1894] | \nThis is a study of the migration and mutation of symbols by a late 19th century Belgian lawyer and Masonic scholar, Count Goblet d'Alviella (b. 1846, d. 1925).","title":"The Migration of Symbols Index","word_count":239},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy19_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy19_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Chap. II. \u00a7 1.\u2014The slab found at Huy on the Meuse representing a priest whose vestments are adorned with gammadions has an equivalent in the Mus\u00e9e de Cluny, at Paris, where an Abbot of Cluny, who died in 1394, is figured on his tombstone as wearing sacerdotal robes ornamented with gammadions in the same manner.","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Addenda","word_count":586},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy05_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy05_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Identity of certain images in the symbolism of different races.\u2014On spontaneous coincidences in the applications of the symbolical faculty.\u2014The Cross apart from Christianity.\u2014St. Anthony's Cross potenc\u00e9e.\u2014The fight between the eagle and the serpent.\u2014Readiness with which symbols are transmitted from nation to nation.\u2014Principal causes of their diffusion.\u2014The complexity and singularity of identical symbols is a presumption in favour of their unity of origin.\u2014The trisc\u00e8le.\u2014The Double-headed\u2026","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Chapter I. On Symbols Common to Different Races","word_count":5767},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy08_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy08_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"We have seen that most nations represented the sun by a circle. Some, also, have depicted it by a cruciform sign, more particularly the Assyrians, the Hindus, the Greeks, the Celts, etc. (see fig.","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Chapter II. On the Gammadion or Swastika: III. Probable Meaning of the Gammadion","word_count":6135},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy09_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy09_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Can we determine the cradle of the gammadion, or, at least, the region whence it sprang, to be transported to the four corners of the Old World? To be sure, it may have been formed spontaneously here and there, in the manner of the equilateral crosses, the circles, the triangles, the\nflower-mark, and the other geometric ornaments so common in primitive decoration. But the specimens which we have been examining are too identical, in their meaning as in their use, for us not to admit the original\u2026","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Chapter II. On the Gammadion or Swastika: IV. The Birth-Place of the Gammadion","word_count":3523},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy06_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy06_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"I. Geographical distribution of the gammadion.\u2014Different patterns of the gammadion.\u2014Its common occurrence amongst all the nations of the Old World, with the exception of the Egyptians, the Ph\u0153nicians, the Mesopotamians, and the Persians.\u2014The fylfot.\u2014The swastika. II.","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Chapter II. On the Gammadion or...","word_count":3280},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy07_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy07_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"That a great number of gammadions have been mere ornaments, monetary signs, or trade-marks, is a fact which it would be idle to dispute. But the uses which have been made of this figure in all the countries which I have just instanced, the nature of the symbols with which it is found associated, its constant presence on altars, tombstones, sepulchral urns, idols, and priestly vestments, besides the testimony of written documents and popular superstitions, afford more than sufficient proof that\u2026","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Chapter II. On the Gammadion or...","word_count":2188},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy10_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy10_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Causes which may alter the primary interpretation of symbolical types.\u2014Loss of the primitive signification.\u2014New meanings attached to uncomprehended symbols.\u2014Harpocrates, the god of silence.\u2014Identical symbols applied to different traditions.\u2014Saint George and Horus.\u2014Daniel and the Chald\u00e6an Hercules.\u2014The two doves facing each other.\u2014Chald\u00e6an origin of the religious symbolism of the Persians.\u2014Sources of the Christian symbolism of the Catacombs.\u2014Causes which may alter the form of symbols.\u2014Tendency\u2026","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Chapter III. On the Causes of A...","word_count":8700},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy12_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy12_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"We have just seen that the adoption of a complex symbol, such as the Assyrian image of the Sacred Tree, does not necessarily imply the acceptance of the myths with which it is connected in its original home. But if distrust is wise when it is a question of interpreting the earliest meaning of these images by means of the beliefs which they represent amongst nations unconnected with the Assyrians, such as the Hindus, the Greeks, the Christians, and the ancient inhabitants of America, this is no\u2026","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Chapter IV. Symbolism and Mytho...","word_count":6370},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy11_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy11_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"I. The Sacred Tree and its acolytes.\u2014The Tree in the art and symbolism of Mesopotamia.\u2014The Tree between two animals, or two monsters; adoption of this theme by the Persians, Ph\u0153nicians, Greeks, Hindus, Arabs, and Christians.\u2014The Tree between two human personages; its migrations into Persia, India, and the extreme East.\u2014Characteristic features of the images derived from these two themes.\u2014The variety of certain details does not preclude relationship between symbolical combinations.\u2014Substitution\u2026","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Chapter IV. Symbolism and Mytho...","word_count":5638},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy13_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy13_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Not only do the different species of mythical trees which we have just met with amongst the Semites occur amongst the Indo-Europeans, and the Hindus in particular, but nowhere can the ties which link the Tree of the Universe to the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge be more clearly perceived than amongst the traditions of the latter nation. The Vedas make mention of the tree whose foot is the earth, and whose summit is heaven. 2\nSometimes it is the tree of the starry firmament whose fruits\u2026","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Chapter IV. Symbolism and Mythology of the Tree: III. The Paradisaic Trees of the Aryans","word_count":4892},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy14_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy14_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"Theory of the blending of symbolic forms.\u2014Fusion of equivalent symbols.\u2014Production of intermediate types.\u2014Axe and Drum.\u2014Wheel and Rosette.\u2014Chrism, Wheel, and crux ansata\u2014Transformations of the trisc\u00e8le\u2014Symbols which have had an influence upon the representation of the conical bethels among the Semites.\u2014Permutations between the triangle, Winged Globe, crux ansata, human profile, table of offerings, cuneiform Star, and Sacred Tree. Whilst inquiring into the cause of the changes occurring in the\u2026","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Chapter V. On the Transmutation...","word_count":6422},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy17_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy17_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"I have already referred to the importance of the Trident in the symbolism of Hinduism where, under the name trisula (tri three, and sula point, spear, or pale) it occurs amongst the most important attributes of Siva. This emblem exhibits no peculiarity of form here; it might as well figure in the hands of Hades, or of Poseidon. This is not the case, however, with respect to the Buddhist trisula or, at least, the symbol which bears this name amongst the Buddhists.","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Chapter VI. The Winged Globe, t...","word_count":6086},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy16_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy16_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"The Caduceus is one of the symbolic figures which have tried in the highest degree the patience of scholars. Its classic appearance of a winged rod, round which two serpents are symmetrically entwined, is very far removed from its primitive form. Greek monuments make known to us a period when it consisted of a circle, or a disk, placed on\nthe top of a stick, and surmounted by a crescent, making thus a kind of figure 8 open at the top, .","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Chapter VI. The Winged Globe, t...","word_count":2610},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy15_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy15_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"I. The Winged Globe outside Egypt.\u2014The Winged Globe of the Egyptians; a combination of the Disk, the sparrow-hawk, the goat, and the serpent.\u2014Meaning of this symbol.\u2014Its migration into Ph\u0153nicia, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Persia.\u2014Modification of its forms.\u2014Its later combinations with the human image, the Sacred Bird, the Sacred Tree, and the conical bethel.\u2014Its influence upon some symbolic figures of Greece and of India, the Aureole, the Thunderbolt, the chakra, etc.\u2014Winged Globes of the New\u2026","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Chapter VI. The Winged Globe, t...","word_count":5724},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy18_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy18_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"In most of the instances which I have here quoted it is easy to discover through what ways the specified symbol was transmitted from one nation to another. In this respect the migration of symbols proceeds directly in conformity with what may be called the history of commercial intercourse. Whatever the similarity of form, and even of meaning, may be between two symbolic figures of different origin, it is proper, ere we assert their relationship, to show the probability, or at least the\u2026","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Chapter VI. The Winged Globe, the Caduceus, and the Trisula: Conclusion","word_count":2685},{"api_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy03_htm","collection":"Symbols","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_mosy_mosy03_htm","source":"sacred_texts_v1","summary":"","title":"The Migration of Symbols: Contents","word_count":211}],"sort":"title","tag":null,"total":56}