Sigils In Western magic, sigils are symbols connected to a set of ideas by which spirits or deities may be summoned to awareness and controlled. They are used in divinatory practices. The term is derived from the Latin "sigilum" meaning "seal.
Sigils are as much about learning as anything else. Not only learning thee method that works for you, butter also learning who it is you really are, what it is you really want.
Sigils for some of Carmasiel's Dukes, from Harl. 6483.
The Seal of Solomon, from Harl. 6483.
Seal of Solomon from the Magical Calendar.
Chaos Magicians use sigils (magickal intentions that have been transformed into symbolic structures), rituals from any source, the artefacts of esoteric or popular culture to form a magickal space that might bring about gnosis.
"[2] Part of the hermetic urge was encyclopedic, and magicians hoarded a stunning amount of information: ritual names and astrological correspondences; numerological techniques; ciphers, signs and sigils; lists of herbs, metals, ...
Sigils from the Rose
Sigil Garden
Golden Dawn - Ordo Stella Matutina
The Temple of the Mysteries - Main Library Index (PDFs)
Zehm Aloim - Prophet of the Whispering Grove
x Zehmaloim: Limited Glossary
The Magick of Alexandria ...
It is also della Mirandola who first articulated the concept of Silent Invocations composed from Hebrew names, letters, signs and sigils, and through this concept, the numbered suit cards received another layer of meaning.
Sigils are one of the most effective tools for magick because they embody the basic procedure for magick. Magick is an act of will/intent that utilizes the subconscious drive. For magick to be effective the user must circumvent the conscious mind.
Most talismans are made in the form of metal discs, with fitting sigils and symbols engraved on each side.
A seal or sign used to represent a name or word, compressed into a single glyph which can be held in the mind as a focus to meditation. Bind Runes are an example of Sigils from the Norse tradition.
All the small pictures and sigils are exactly identical with the engraved ones, even in such minute details as the tents behind Moses in the top right hand corner and the "horns" on his head.
 See also: Sigil, Magic, Ritual, Occult, Spirit
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