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==Creating sigils== | ==Creating sigils== | ||
[[File:Aquarius Sigils.png|350px|thumb|Signs and seals of [[Aquarius]], showing its magical triangle]] | [[File:Aquarius Sigils.png|350px|thumb|Signs and seals of [[Aquarius]], showing its magical triangle]] | ||
A common method of creating the sigils of certain spirits was to use a magic | A common method of creating the sigils of certain spirits was to use a [[magic square]]s in which the names of the spirits were converted to numbers, which were then located on the magic square. The locations were then connected by lines, forming an abstract figure. | ||
Artist and occultist Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956) developed his own unique method of creating and using sigils, which has had a huge effect on modern occultism. Spare did not agree with medieval practice of using these, arguing that such supernatural beings were simply complexes in the unconscious, and could be actively created through the process of sigilization. | Artist and occultist Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956) developed his own unique method of creating and using sigils, which has had a huge effect on modern occultism. Spare did not agree with medieval practice of using these, arguing that such supernatural beings were simply complexes in the unconscious, and could be actively created through the process of sigilization. | ||