Ars Theurgia/goetia - Hebrew Names, The divine names used in the outer circle Options

As far as I know there is no place online which has the Hebrew names used in the outer ring of the circle used in the modern Ars Theurgia and Ars Goetia written clearly. I‘ve come across a few posts on this forum where people have had to do the same thing I did, which was to dig up the Hebrew spellings elsewhere and use guesswork for the rest - this post will hopefully help others out who have had this same problem and to correct any mistakes I made (IMG:style_emoticons/default/secret.gif). The Crowley/Mathers edition of the Ars Goetia was my source for the English translation of the names.


This is the draft version, I'll include some better graphics for the maltese crosses and the planetary signs later on -

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The above has been scaled down for the forum, here’s a larger and clearer version.

I’m no expert on Hebrew but I noticed what to my eyes appeared to be mistakes in the Crowley/Mathers diagram of the circle and the spellings used in Regardie’s The Golden Dawn - these are outlined below along with other thoughts:

On the S.S.F./S.Z. line Raziel was spelt resh nun yod aleph lamed, this doesn’t sound right to me so Raziel is spelt resh tzaddi yod aleph lamed. On the same line Mazloth was spelt mem nun lamed vau tau, this didn’t sound right to me either so it is spelt mem samekh lamed vau tau in the above image.

On the S.M. line Madim was spelt mem daleth yod final-mem, but I have also seen it spelt mem aleph daleth yod final-mem, I choose the second spelling because it reflected the English translation better.

On the S.L. line I’m unsure if El Chai is supposed to be one word or two - as I’ve seen it written both ways, I have made them separate for the time being.

Lastly, the lone Elohim on the S.V. line looks out of place to me. Elohim is the name of Abba and Aima unified, shouldn’t it have a prefix or suffix or otherwise be coupled like Elohim Gibor is to give the name a Netzach flavor?

Please help correct any mistakes made!


I’m confident the rest is spelt fine, but the proper use of the final letters eludes me still in some cases - should Elohim Gibor for example have a final-mem, as even though Elohim is a standalone divine name it is coupled with Gibor, making me think that Elohim Gibor should be treated as one word in which case mem would be used instead. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused012.gif)

This post has been edited by Zugzwang: Jul 4 2007, 09:05 AM

That's interesting Imperial Arts, I hadn't heard of him before. Will have to look into his work with the Enochian system -

fatherjhon: Good catch! Did he give any explanation as to why he thinks the prayers go there?

In the Ars Nova there's a section with each of the words seen on the pentacle, and from elsewhere in the conjurations, coupled with the prayers. I believe he thought the prayers should be spoken for each of the words as they were painted/engraved.

Here's the final version (kether spelt right this time (IMG:style_emoticons/default/doh.gif) )

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This post has been edited by Heebeejeebees: Sep 5 2007, 07:15 AM