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    The "Elder Sign" and its Occult Associations in Arab Magic

    by Ryan Parker © 2010

    The Elder Sign is sometimes confused with the Pnakotic Pentagram and the
    swastika-like Sign of the Old Ones. However, the actual Elder Sign is a symbol
    which is often compared to a tree or tree-branch, and consists on a central line
    with three lines branching off to the left and two lines branching off to the right:

    This symbol seems to be all but completely unknown to western occultists.


    However, it is easily recognizable as a relatively common symbol in Arabic
    magical traditions. It appears to be one of the 28 graphemes attributed to the first
    century Turkish physician Disaqoridos (‫)ديسقوريدوس‬.1 The symbol became more
    popular in Arab occult traditions in the mid-9th century because of its inclusion in
    the text _Shuq al Mastaham Fi Ma'arifat Rumuz al Aqlaam_ (‫معرفة رموز األقالم‬
    ‫ )شوق المستھام في‬by Ibn Wahshiyya (‫)ابن وحشية‬. Wahshiyya is famous for his
    contributions to the Arabic grimoire known in the West as _Picatrix_2 which he
    made via his text _Kitab al Falaha al Nabatiyya_ (‫)كتاب الفالحة النبطية‬. He is
    likewise famous for his decipherment of many Egyptian hieroglyphs centuries
    before a similar breakthrough occurred in the west.3

    Below is a summary of the esoteric associations of the Elder Sign based on the
    writings of Wahshiyya,4 and supplemented with additional material, primarily
    from Ibn 'Arabi (‫)ابن عربي‬.5 Hopefully, this might provide some insight into the
    significance and use of this symbol within Arab magical traditions, and perhaps
    by extension, the magick of the Cthulhu mythos:

    The name of the sign is "Zai" (‫) زاي‬

    It is a Solar Grapheme [huruf ash-shams (‫])حروف الشمس‬

    Its numeric value is 7 (٧)

    It is associated with the 19th lunar mansion [manzil (‫ ])منزل‬which is called “The
    Sting” [ash-shaula (‫])الشوالء‬

    Its zodiacal sign is Scorpio [burj al ‘aqrab (‫])برج العقرب‬

    The divine name associated with this sign is “The Living One” [al Hayy (‫])الحي‬

    Terrestrially it is associated with the element Water and celestially it is


    associated with the element of Air.
    1 A transliteration of ∆ιοσκορίδης into Arabic.
    2 Originally titled _Ghayat al-Hakim_ (‫ )غاية الحكيم‬atributed to al-Majriti (‫)المجريطي‬
    3 See: http://muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?ArticleID=712 accessed 6-28-2010. See also

    http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?ArticleID=481 accessed 6-28-2010


    4 See: _Shuq al Mastaham Fi Ma'arifat Fumuz al Aqlaam_ (‫ )شوق المستھام يف معرفة رموز األقالم‬pg 38
    5 Especially, but not exclusively _al Futuhat al Makkiyya_ (‫ ) الفتوحات المكية‬by Ibn ‘Arabi (‫)ابن العربي‬.

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