The Goetia

the other symbols there is either a hand or a foot, for it is almost impossible to distinguish which, at the head of the stele, followed by an egg-and- tongue moulding. The figure of the person with the arms raised is treated as a pure hieroglyphic and is placed between two rude caducei. The Lunar or Solar symbol follows. Figure 167, also from Constantine, shows the last-mentioned symbol above. The figure with the arms raised is simply a hieroglyph, and is placed between an arm and hand on the one side, and a rude caduceus on the other. Figure 168 shows the person holding a rude caduceus in the right hand, and standing above a dolphin. This latter, as in the case of the horse in 165 and 166, is by far the best delineated. Figure 169, this also being from Constantine, shows the usual human hieroglyph between a caduceus and a crescent. Figure 170 is from the site of ancient Carthage. It is very rough in workmanship, and the designs are mere scratchings on the stone. The ensemble has the effect of an evil Sigil. Figure 171 is also from Carthage and the various symbols appear to have become compressed into and synthesised in the form of a peculiarly evil-looking caduceus. Figure 172 is from the decoration of a sepulchral urn found at Olden- burgh in Germany. It is remarkable as showing the same hieroglyphic human form with the crescent above; the latter in the Secret Seal of Solomon has a flattened top, and is therefore more like a bowl, and is placed across the hieroglyph. Figure 173 is an Egyptian design which would show an analogy be- tween the symbol and the idea of the force of the creation. Figure 174 is a stele from Phoenicia somewhat similar to the others, except that the rudimentary caducei in Figures 166 and 170 are here re- placed by two roughly drawn Ionic columns. These last three designs are taken from the work of the Chevalier Emile Soldi-Colbert de Beaulieu, on the “ Langue Sacrée.” In Figure 175 is given the Seal of the Spirit Hataner. This Spirit is said to be under the rule of BagL, and to be of a mixed nature, partly good and partly evil, like the spirits of Theurgia-Goetia which follow in the second book of the Lemegeton. NotEe.—I am not responsible for the accuracy of the above note.—EDb. 38