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| Malachim | |
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 The Malachim Script, from Agrippa's Of Occult Philosophy English 1651 edition | |
| Script type | Alphabet |
| Creator | Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa |
| Created | 1510 |
Malachim was an alphabet published by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa in the 16th century.[1] Other alphabets with a similar origin are the Celestial Alphabet[2] and Transitus Fluvii.[3]
"Malachim" is a plural form from Hebrew (מלאך, mal'ach) and means "angels" or "messengers", see Angels in Judaism.
History
[edit]The Malachim alphabet is derived from the Hebrew and Greek alphabets. It was created by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa in the 16th century.[4][5] It is still used by high degree Freemasons to a limited extent.[4]
Alphabet
[edit]This version of the alphabet is from Agrippa's Of Occult Philosophy, 1651 edition.
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aleph | Beth | Gimel | Daleth | He | Vau | Zain | Cheth |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Teth or Theth | Iod or Yod | Caph or Kaph | Lamed | Mem | Nun | Tau | Shin, Shim or Shom |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
| Samech | Ain or Ayn | Pe | Tzaddi or Zade | Kuff, Qoph or Quph | Res or Resh | ||
References
[edit]- ^ van der Poel, Marc. Cornelius Agrippa, the Humanist Theologian and His Declamations. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 1997: ISBN 90-04-10756-8
- ^ "Omniglot: Angelic Alphabet". Omniglot. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ Gettings, Fred. "Dictionary of Occult, Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils." London; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981. | ISBN 0-7100-0095-2
- ^ a b "Malachim alphabet". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ De occulta philosophia (version première en 1510, 1re éd. 1531 en 2 livres, 2e éd. 1533 en 3 livres). Trad. fr. A. Levasseur 1727, revue par F. Gaboriau 1910. Trad. fr. Jean Servier : Les trois livres de la philosophie occulte ou magie, Paris, Berg International, 1981–1982.
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