ANCIEN1.'
AL'P··1f.:AB ~.
CHARACTERS
··HJEROGLYPHIC
EXPLAINED; I'
THEIR
AN
CLA..~SF..s,.NrrIATIQ,N;.
~.""
SACP.lFICE3
..
~~li' .
AlIiiL.oo. ~d
...... ETAR
&"R !k ~.:
WAUSHlH;
:, GL
~·Al\{.rvIEl{., ~H~ CO:N :8 'l'A
,'"' 1:.'
MPERiA,L 1 ' 1 ' : l'
LE _'
ACE.
at Cair Cairo~ o~': ':!w !whe here re
th
rese resear arch ch
Sa'vans,
ra
nc-qm~ition~
as well as interest.
After.
mb Jess'
of of Egyptian satisfaction discovery was
iv appreciated.
is
ir AM·u j,fa j,falik lik th calif AM·u
Bin
]l.farU.1l~n.
bnthean, or perhaps
Culdean, NaSyrian hy birtbv he translated
w o r k treating
hieroglyphics
secrets
mothe ...ongue ...ongue
baUwan) li Abdur-msldd A _ l b a - ' k r Y f f i .Geographyof F;gypt given by decade) that. in
th
Na... in
nd
und
EgytJ ian. ian. nt quit quitie ies, s,
ritt ritt
in unkn unkn
t~y Calmoo»:
char char cter cters, s,
..
ni
in
e. acquainted
cali
above-mentioned. li th of great predecessors uIidr/m .A.rr~fd and M6mil1l in ragcment g i v e n to progress th sciences and to
Syriac into Arnbjc. C ha la b a ad e
H ad :
Kha{fa,
giv~s 1I~ account
Arabic literature by
our
author,
an
hu
ac uainte
reader
merits
bCCOIUCS
sidere .essentia
it-
by
thors,
mention
,ex'"
it without
utmost
it.
it is
TIHiugh according' to th
supposed to it
ke 1J
th hieroglyphics curious 'account of'tke different Egyptian their
te
the sacrifices;
cla.i;JeS('t;if,
.these three, heads. Ahhough it ma
vc
hO'\.V
many
by au
the
and
e. i,3S8CL't,
the bottom of
DIOSt
of them, and amongst
different
hie circumstance,
these alphabets
aEllong.
day
are
without
being
phabet caned by th
tree alphabets
Cl[/ic ~I~ghrabin, and Numeral, or In-
found
C·lffic
Ar bs
i n A..~abia, Persia, SY'ria, Egypt, Sicily,
and
.-
1111gltrabin
Or
character
in
_._l)Iorocco!l
used at this 1l10lDCIl th northernmost
The numeral
Europeans; it is
known
or Pernau.;
Greek, alphabetical The numerical hers. Arable, and by the dian numbers) used rice
many
in m. In'Versa fur
an alphabet,
dofiardam, or t J ' e a s a r : y ' office, for accounts.
in meri atteution from every Orientalist, The Hebree; Synan and Greek are already the Nabathean and ]l:fasnad or Himyaric we have heard of the Laeam and Cerrebian alphabets are name, the ebre yria and lp these lunguages 111:1y luis .. ta kes conjecture, they deserve th 'fo author, by or pOOT
TRANSLATOR
VB
well acquainted lp
these
bets
...he Rimy/uric or lv asnada
\T
er
this is the Bur,.ubi
'Vhcther
i~
al phabe
he al-
rs
whether
th
Lacami
or" al
tljfficu]t id ..
th rd j'uu th
to
it/ill,
sixth., and seoenih.
np Oriental
they were col....
h, this, to mentioned by
which
of ..lim{U;1l(1d
d~..kncss, th travelle Niebuhr havi p rt : v en tc d o m v is it in g eome ancient said to have cr
we
am total
ee
unfort nately Y em e n monuments
them." piSC!OUfSE'.
to them-
lranslastrang ly altere
an
disfigured;
that
tra
late them with the 'I'he .n-fim:~him~
I1S~
n~HHC.
vi th
1Jigl}]
terest
transition
hierogly pliics fro III simple
letters;
and th
ex
sucl«: sufliciently proved
by th
made it shows,' at th
vati
Egyptian
diffcren ]ph to make
It
com-
an known driental "\Vc
to
the
TR
"KSLATOlt
ill Arahic Tlcr esia
IX
CE ..
alphabet
from Hermes; '~l':iSthe
th is Ile'J"mes Trismegistu»
with
s. th
triple RWlla
Indians", Egypt ar comprehended
Pharaolu, dynasties, 'viz. 1.
raoh«;
2~th Pha-
Coptic
ro
Egyptian [Iermes
catacorn bs temp hgious, and astonish traveller
incapable
bcfuneral, re..... Upper Egypt. Bu them, of 01
'P nEFACE.
pl1rpo~o
fortunes
sp
tracting
atTcc.tion~. they
.jl)di_cR_tll1g
poses, treasure chambers conjnrh] buildings, bles, alche·[nicat III onumcn ts; pells, alismans magic alarmlTHlgica P08tS+
the. contents of these 'by
invented by Hermes, dcscendan tS 'f,.-ere
..
secret
phabet." wr ters being
This it is {Hfficult
the]' Lo confirm
secrecy is obvi-ous in [be ex:"
thing cl oscd o~
being
hermeticully
LA
F.
CE
Xl
or
our
which ca
reasonable
of
anation
the hieroglyphics is counterbalance
that
evident truth,
known
to
by the
many
have for the toea
does no
them
prove satisfactory,
to the
others,
which no important
objection
relative
nu III
l~
to the>
trauslution
or h e p r n c ip a
OLlC;;
Treasure chambers Conjurin buildings, Astrological tables ·ALchemical monuments. Magical spells. Talismans. }\.f H g i C ' alarm-post .: scri
n i '3try.
Magic black-art,
I\1:agician. Soo thsa yer, Priest,
tions,
P y ra m i ds ,
th stnrs,
Conjuring spirits, 1" ur igations,
Secretsj mysterioua
c9
thing;.
PREFAC E.
tioued
to h u v
for
represented osteri he haracter
p.
the
death, show
the different uing decollat on bite of
evidently
it: light~
iard, or by be concordance
strangll]ation.
object
meant,
11be disc ve ed by
me
of
mundi, has ye
or~g~na m an u nt restin
disco-
the
name
hier gl ph cs explanation gil/en by tho Kircher calls anima t~cien xp Balutmid, by
calf.
It
me-
to
he veneration
mysterious
nt
ha
held;
up worship
renewed by
of Apis
that has Egypt;
tes
this mornen the Druses,
remember
only
circumstance
Let
in us
which shows of
Ba.kumid
Bahumed
or Bahumet have
their
secret
calf in assemblies. logical
explanations
surely
that with
Templars ·had some acquaintance
th
attention,
Egyptian priests, their
sacrifices,
less interesting. catacom
nu by
animals being.
initiation
become
Judaic lawof the
that th offered to
tern ple' threshold, is.of
would th
seen by
Egyp-
ascertain
thirty ..
near
some
of
inscriptions ally
poel"Y th any rescmbluuec
to the Chuldean, Nabothean, SabeuTt, or C u r d i c
Certain alphabets? an fancy, truth
con-
it Blust
book,
ll10st curious,
th
must
th
among the trea-
it
East; an
an acceptable
is
gift ·to
and .H
Jlaqji Colfo;
another ·.Eneyclo ... this
transcri pt of them,
th
place.
~,:..i!'
d~'~
entitled, ~t c.~ i. e. Elucidation the l\Ta~~f.;~ un
HaJiji ~\
Carra,
J.
tors
It
E.
fnH(HVilJg
4~ J~~l
c,,~
pl Arabic.
J;ij
ns
~1
IBN
tea«
\YAHSHTTT
ng
at
II ~l~ ( ' J . ; we ..a rrangal Pearls
J~'
~1.Jd~ ~ L . s ' , Tile scientific Instruction, with the titles other curious works translated bv our th
ge
if" ~j
crl' j ". . W
£~
-d,,ID,
hooks
science is the Paradise} translated' by In
\1
pon
luis
Tree \VAHSHIU
from.
(which tbey distiuguish
from
under
~l[agic,)".... arc told that di irled nto branches, of the treat~Jlg of
Supernat-ural
~Xat
mals, &c,;
th
compositio
which
~I~'
cr
sa s-
d\
Jllj ~.)Jl
haoks nwUlen
J)j\ ttl' the first branch is that entitled
Tal!Jirult~ that is Putrijacliolls, tt>QlliJlatell ii-om th Nabatheasi .by IBN 'V AHSHIlI. k..-lU ience Agriculture, ture
f!l th«
Th Agrieultranslation if Iux
J,,:;.l
b-1\.iH
tl
if
WAIISHIU~
am
Bodleian also
er
ot
de
Polsha»,
was
to Kir-
inhis work.
Hieroglyphics, paragraph, O c c a s o h q j o pe ·r is . lustra
eguntuf'-;-
~~,·.qUQ-Roruamut in obeliscis Ilomanis sp ..
'~
xviii
xh cujus
lit-
ex pervetusto
~ . A r ob i farn
instaurationem
di
.molirr
fercbatur,"
farther
below in
th
same episiola
his
p(l1·mnetica.
nami 11g enurnera,
sane
tion by sa ,-..locu obtine page
tho~"
in ·t
text nanling
G· al dden
Ab n.
his
Regel,
Aben
JEg_vptiorum,:~t
cultura
Iibro
iquitatee vitee, moribus, litteris vetcme habeo, 1EgyptioTUm,. ad HieroglyphiIi
cum iustitutlonem
Arid
·B
A~en )J7a!l;schia--priniu .~,.iEgy ptios bros in ·linguau Arabicam transMeline inter spolia Turorum ostu ;i" singulari Dei. providentia ., arab euni reperimus,"
~..Now·though·
that the
PREFACE.·
supposed unknown,
the
the worth Kircher. The by'
by
·~am work
at llari5~'Where great talk of th rna-
believe
it
tercst ..
found
amongst
to
n· deposite .treasury of..~ b d o in the named reigned year 214.. Now th In first cen tury of the ej ra by that :Calif,. herein Ibn T V a l J , s k i h may have deposited
death
2i4,
he
herein
it
he
lYalnhih
it is irn-
Iived,
ve
who Inay not th
..
,_tili/
.. dittodit~-f)
.....:.J
itlO
:B
f. s om e p to U O U l C e J like lit.- il
S,
w o r think.
E ng l 'fr- jb,~h as . t h
r.
H,li
pow-er
duj
J~EnglWI-
ditto
J-I, vcr~ much aspirated,
diuo
K1-1~ g u t u a l
o un d
{ t( h G C l 1 n m c h . .
.. like tl
s o m e p~
r;;(il
Eojlis11. w o n t tlwfC..
.J ,.,1
~"
:V"' ri~
-diUCt
ditto di.uo dltto
--."p ~~
dlno
~-~JJ
--dluQ
H, Et h~ throat !>irong
s o m e pnmlJllllLed gutLU.fil
"ditro
d.iuo - :d i o -
th
i .k e
throat, 11 11
o un d
with
It
gultur.ll sound,
with
:4
StIeng c ll G r t f r o m th
Z,
throat.
TRA.N'SLA- TOR'S
ramet' the NurtllumhTian.
g'UlyR
.3 /,:&/.
&.:.... af lJ.m
mim
iuo
L.
ditto ditto ~inj)
V\.T a n d .
diuo
soft.
I,htto
.
Yand : L • .
..
AN
EXPLAI\~j\'TION OF
All ETS
YP
CS
"C Cufic, flu; SEC'lION
l\Iaghrabin,
Indian.
Cufic wrote
alphabet. the CufiCt
'nine
of whtch all
by
of Sri;"'. {Sec
Sscr rox lusian
the Arabic Maghrabin orig, p. 5.)
text beginning
Anda-
Indian ,alphabet
S~(lT]ON
of three
.o
CI-IAPTER rr.ljJhahelJ.
mo SE.cTION
I. The ~ian
SECTION
:T
alphabet,
orig.
g.) v.
J(abal~ean
or ..p. 10) HlbTGW alphabet,
SECtION
orig.
t.) Berrabuu:
SECTION
p. Ii.) Sr..C'l'IOM
SECT ION
Tl
V . T h e L u l m m i a n alphabet, (v.. orig.. Mu 14.)
VII. T b
G! the
or (lkmyariti&)
al
o m m on l orig,
p. 1.5.) purlicular Alp'ufbtfs rnther C]'phtrs) oj th r e m o s celebrated P h o 5 p hr hr r SECTION
16.)
H e r m e s , (v.orig;.
It. The
Sr.CTION
crig. P: S~CTI ON
alphabet
orig .. Plato, (v orig
)JI~
.)
Pythagoras, (v.
S£CTIO~.
ol"i ol"ig. g. p. 19.)
go.)
alphabet
Sl.CT
SE
TION
orig.
8talin.1H,
SECT10N
p, 21.)
of Cletmu1Us~
The
VII.
Sucr SucraJ aJtJ tJL( L( ..orjg.
AriSIOlu, (v.
orig..p~22
The jour-and-twenty that w e r e w e b ra r a t P h i o ssoo p SlO
OK
.Aiplta.l!tls (or r a h e s eevv e j)recediug,
rs an
I. The
Cy th
j~ most
learned .!Ien.
Btlinoi,
·11. Another Btrrahian vented by th phil philos oso. o.ph phc· c·r. r. Soorid~ t V ' . 24.) Ill. TIle :alphabet of thephilosopher, Phereiuius, who wrote SE.G
ON
bonks, {VlOtlg.
p. £5.j
loallak, by P l o l o m y the
StOTlON
orig,
p. 2ti,) J.-/arbotJi
SE_O
Let, invented by wrote .)
by pbil~8oplu:r
the
Ua O- os
on
p•
Giorgia.n alphabet invented l1farjaniJs ( , T . orig. P: 2S.) Jl(aoaJ.lltan
SECTION
orig.
r-
SJ:CT ION
29.)
VIII.
.Ll{agnis~ (v. orig;. p.So.)
by th philosophe
Tali.ntUlu
SECTION
by the Greek philosopher
r-
.)
ll it
He ao the his books,
three hundred an
S.f.CTION
alphabet, invented
the alphabet,
CO.sllHldji$
philosopher.
astrolog fixe stars, an orig. p. 33.)
ori!;.
orig. p.
SECTION
mans,
al habet, in ente
Ghamlghash1.r.
X. he myst ri us
.S
ail1habet1-
sixty
talis-
lllag.ic,
and conjuration of spirits,
(v..
alphabet of Hermes .Abo{)lat
OD
philosophical
secrets.j
in upper.
Egypt .Iocked, and this alphabet,
.extractcd
ri ColpJwlorios
ll
was deeply
the spirlt~ :t.strologic0l1
talismans,
in
the lUagic
this alphabet ~CCOUlJt
extraordinary eo
qualities,
XI
it differen
(v. {)ri~. 'p 35.) of Syouriatlo.s O 1 ·i g p - S6.) lie
effects of
ne !';I~lrits.
alphabet
SE(l.'flO~
philosopher,
.)
He
Pkilaos the talis-
treasure- chambers
in th
them with the charm
pyramids,
an
guarded
uf wonderful alarm-posts.
Dioscoride.J
SEOTlON
th
phabet,
He trees, their sepret, useful, and this since in by different hi op he D a p i d i a n alphabet, v. XVII. 38.)
S£(lT:{OH
1:18.)
learned
is one
alphabets.
.alphabet
SECTION
of Demacrates
odg. philosophers
bet,
delighted it
.. an
mysteries
They believed it
Cophtic
S.I!CTlON
Egyptian they
K o p h t r i m , one of Noah's d C - 4 this al phahet It is even now S.CTlON
Farganian
aJphab~t1
(v.
Wa'3invented
on chymistry, Diojiuus,
by
~omill. celebrated iri
bu is
ror~otten.
Zosim.·us, by
it books deposited
holy
Jerusalem.
M a r - s O O l the
SK-GT IO
odg. p. 44.)
sciences. Sr.UJ: JON the G-reek philosopher,
I,Ie was
and
Arc(H(jinu
p. 45.)
n.
compounds,
tual remedies, SECTION
reek philos pher that
alphabet of Plato (he.
said imtreated
uf,
The AlPhabets
th
St~en Pla1uts.
SECTIO~
alphabet
SECTION
alphabet
47.)
of Saturn, [v.. orig,
l1!ar'~:1 or
SECl'lDN
sopher Be/;;r~m, SEGTIO
orig.
.-i~.) alphabet
[If
lord
alphabet
SECT
the celestial
the
of Ll.}
philo. the
SUll
r.mus~ .dnaitis Af8rcu,-_y
1: IO:S"
Hermes,
[v
S.f.G
5.9.)
Tke Alphabei!J SE
oligo
lupiUr,
T1ON
Mars,
alphabet
or
52.)"
of th
flu Twei-pt aIph~bet of Aries, p • .54.)
moon,
TauruJ
S£
under
F(!nu.'j~
under
uence uf JlIucltry')
in
th
(v.
66.) Cancer, under
S£-G
Jloon~ (v
-the SECT.{ON
Gemini;
of tile
ex
57.)
V.
Leo, under the
Sun, of the Yirg/Jl, ne n ~u r :r , _ ( \ orig._p. 59.) Libra phabct
Ii: G T
SECTJ
ON
P: fio·l
VIII.
SE.C
rig. P: I,) th llaLdtaus
rp in
used on IJ iJuen
im pression
hci
In earning
COIl-
the. secret
Thi1!i alphabet
through
Arbiasios~ th
as
an
ars,
tt
,Jlu.r-shimin.e
tu
the
soolh..,~~ver
Nl1bai}uan. alphabet
SECTION
.inftuenced by
ilIa ne
th
of Sagittarius~
upileT~ (v. orig.
Sre-r ION under he nf
alphabet
of
Capricorn orig.
(I
phabct
as
cr
It
hi o s
ri
awa
hy the
p~.~
it
astronomical
works, AijUlUius,
$aturn~(v.
It
64.)
by the their 8[fJT
alphabet
ION.
of Pisces,
(v.
.p
.C Al th
Hermesian
Ki Kings
E g ; Y P ! l th
Curds, Ca~danians:l
~ana
ria,
tlu
Pharaohs,
th
Persians
Cophts.
Syrian,
hi
natural
Sr,c
Berdois the
alphabet
SECTION
TION
alphabet
.. JUstu/, the
II b,
constructed
alarm-pests.
ll
III.
SECTION
The
,king K i m a s lhe
~lph~bet
Htrmtfian,
wrote
physic,
on
miner-a h.
IV
SF.Crr()N
of king .!-tIehra.rijh,.
.) (v deeply experienced
ruou
soothsa yef
1-
m o r e than scieuces, ~:c O)
·,
The alphabet
'1 'aberinos
th
soothsayer (V'. bets used th Ph raoh
VI.
On
he alphabet
the F.gyptiau
{If
of th
alpha-
king Diosmo ..
He
the nne fur magic, talismans,
renowned
and astL"olog)cdl tables.
If king B e r h e m i o s
SF.l:T 10
ot'.lg. p. oldest al phahcts
Egypt;
used and
is th
Ph ..
an
the se en
China.
alphabet
SECTION L,
th
kjng &aa,
orig. p. the
me
m e kings,
ho gO'''erned g.,r~J town
cultivated
~l1bsistjng
Egypt, and Lul1t the this day, BelbeiJ.',~
He
built
Iuur farsaug«
long, full
great
Egypt
sciences
Co
lp
SE·GT IO
{\o""
in thi~
nt, great
phabet,
.rhe
rh sciAlphabtf.i called .Hermesian lI fhe/irJt lfJ-nasly Hermes, the Kings in ftle$ pt, aj fhe Jh~d il th r¥riiings
1:
perhnps
th
·&lki~~ he T l l i J _ i - l l
n:
ncar
founder
V o m e o f the Oecacle Fgyptisnue,
i)
th
French
Se.
paJ't~oCnlar
,t are
t)f
tiiue,
They
rner.ts,
trees, :.inU of
them
di H e uadru
peds,
birds,
stars,
In t I d ! ! .
hi ~rogl
fable,
alphabets
uf
They
Ie tter
Chinese. in the order of UT and
a~ b, c~ d,
agreed
the inventors
of
liese
phabets,
in .their water by f../\.tV\ Il
ts
every
thi
aturc, and endeavoured
all
to ex press
ign,1 sa that they
by its appearance. (>th en foll owed th ~.l'iv
on
lp
th
Coojic
~v.-ri~n~ the Hebrew from the Chaldean the Lasin from th Greek, and .. Whoothers, in with all LMe .soever wishes to" become acquainted of al phahets, may iuqui re Solution Hay~n E S S ( ) O f i , whu ~·and. .Kty Treasures b y a b tl
16 .e OU
(or
Hermesians, nT · g l v l n g ; ·
capable
satiafactory
them ~U. best.
explanatio
reels
th
'S".(J'fJON
homes
-.tb
.a muls, the inscri ti
Obeli.~kst the P r r a ta le 3.IH1
th
buildings,
Phara(}hs.
lemplt.r,
time
1t
ill
th
the'
philosopher
gre~.t~.. he
made by Hermes xpre ions con-sist in Innumera W : b L C h are to l e a d rr ng
nt
expressed he
done.
hi s"i.gn~anrl
percelv~ by }d
If
original you witt
.
celestial
the.
'-~g~~.;'
which, thl!Y
the H,irmeJian ~ g u a g ; e '
,~
AIQligbty.
th
AU..P owerful.
Destroying.
Devil.
Th
Til A11~Ckinent.
A1 Me
tar.
P111IlCt.
Parkoom.
Saturn.
Jupiter.
Noumher.
The Omni~clent.
T h e L i vi [
Sky.
Th
Aft!ngcr,
Angel.
CJOlJd.,
).Ioon.
SI.IIl.
Sun.
~'ti'M.
Mercury.
Vceua,
~.
r: I .. e. D . .
CalLC1"c.
ViI"gQ.
~. .s:a:
''TttUtns.
G~'tniiti'.
a€
Scorpio,
Libra.
@{l, Sagt W"r1US.
CaiJ'r:icom.
Pisces,
Aq uari us
}ire.
J\IV\AA Water,
Earth..
figures
hieroglyphics, and
3~
' 1 1 l e Foul- l.'1emenl ..
,suell
'tlIe 'celestial, ahle
to
to repr'eseut lite
lL re other the difft!re:il.t 6gUf'es '[It :the 'Hermesia:n Or hierogJ yph1CS.
with
al
alphab
~Ff)g9"phjcs
Ac
-.,. Sip.
Spitit.
W o r d s nlaliy~ to A1limal
to i x p r e S S _
ns an
N::A J1JY·
.& B.!Xly.,
Aj
Sorrow.
mu-
\Veapillg.
1.nt~~~
Sleep,
o : t4 m
'Ill!
..___...
~.
Q,e T1I Awake
• . .:;l.lUl~jllity.
~aacity.
./.I,-Cii
0[1.
~lrokc•.
20
I~
Ob dien
••
cJ1 CUIJnLug.
')'lU.
lIumility.
n d er s t<4Dd~ng.
Ohlivlon.
Impri~,mlDell t.
e n u -e at h
..
\2:SJ
Secret.
l1li
Hidden,
Mad.
weu,
Sid.•
.~
-u..@ Offimding..
Strong.
CuhiDg.
H{!.nging.
Thue.
HOIl!'.
.~.
Fortune.
Sdence.
[bb@
.~
FaliID.
Bni:hling·.
Truth.
..
rm
Number.
Stone.
Erro ..
Ign-ornn.ce.
Trte.
t.
De straeticn,
Jewf:l.
Bone.
H-Ol'!I.
Blood.
Chole ..
Phleglll.
"SHe..
........ ......... \'\1Jlite.
~kn!iion.
a . r 1 " 1 Jw n e s s
t:;1 Justice.
P1
S tn n o in g
mllc
fullness,
Burning,
La
L:lC~~
njustiee,
Or
Green.
Hostility,
Theft.
Di
~. r·
M e w c u e R em e dy . \\Talking.
i-cked.
Yellowness,
Learned,
Ridiug.
Jnst.
Goin
ut
Counsel,
PhiloSopll Y.
.Jr\. U.". nee,
t:;'asuaJLics.
it
A_:;t~~omy.
..
OPR~~*,,~
r:~t1.
Spi rit.u{ll Secrets,
~te~
uf N~tl"l~.
Wcigbt..
Art.
Lli if)· '1 .l ~ & t l : I
conjuring
Sphi~.
~g
c ~U e
- c a . l f ) , 'Viz.
·"-he ·Su'wl . ' "nIhy To he limi
KlwruJ th world, Slff,:rels, or The Beg;hmin~ Return o'rigina11y BaJflihU!d
l'ength
than
of
curious)
whic
Jtaoat/lean language Sun Suns Moon ()j' of the Hermesiaa co m.
into Arabic, M-oons 9.lpha:beb, Or pleleI 'Satisfied. Hermtsians·
of the arts
by
and ~·dCnCC5 arI1'o11g,st
.this alphabet, read
by n o b o d
therefore
thei
br ·e!\.cept the
SOll5
Th~e
wisdom an fOUT
Th'.f: r S . C "M s co prehe ed ec th Clwnli.yak.w ho were al descendant ll .of H i T m e s classes,
and never were allowed to
have an
intcrcousc with
st ng s. No
wag
They were th
hooks (I Edris will-
China, and continue Hath bl'ot r a m i s a h AtpiruiwaM:iJ"ah, Harne was Aschbianos, They mar-
[r~
them th
perfumes
t h e m , and
liberty sun
of
SO'D.
Alhawmfrah;
ev
on he
DJ'~kmaJ!1I
of the, Hermesia
.Eg_,'ptt
iUl{l
U,1I
the followera
philli'buph:r.
Chin~,
thlil Asiati<; Rcs.e~l"Ches.
W m i n m Jones',9 A n n
India.,
Di co
in
continually occupied
the holy bocks, fa~ting..
only on
days
in the year,
at tlre entrance
m o n th ) beginning sign Aries.
the sun
At thi» L i m e th
ed
enjoyed
Th
other
lad. They all things, Ie never communi-cated thejr
arne!
bodYl
Hermetic
from generation \'Vh took it
Cod
pre-
[0
w;.1-S
iest of the temple,
the mother where trial uf
made.
the tam ple wit hou then came with full other
ds
water over
it moved. an
sp by six
prin kled
yers,
threshold, the hand, and conducted it
tu
rued
its:
by
in teriorof the
ternple~wh ere
There po~e. ceremonies.
hour.
Then the
with
riest covered
pu
it.up,
it stick with
three
we
struck
with
c io u mother, this moment, the c o
praye~5
thrice,
wi
cried
HI by
~s
the.
events
and
AUlen~
,H
nd ~t
his greetiogs
and said
consists ~th
Wh·at
In
saeribce, .and hast
4~
gr dom~ fe ture ma ~A
b o d y , an these (i.. e, *hen wert thou horn!) th
br thre
in {If
n~ beginning, nd
God,
the all..vh·ifying,
eternal
;0
th
ll~';'
end or visible
the L o r d . of heaven
the
most High
conjure
lIeing;
prmIl1be, that as
shalt exist
world,
any stranger." child promised in th
The
.beginning
thou never reveal
name
ll th ta le
things,
truth. preserved
in
he was the'
T~ey· con-
ters
every diflerent ie "s on
hi
n sw e
questions,
tandin nd
by noted
table of
un
they Af Lh co Hin, purified iL with Iumigations, or bird. fi ls of They- burnt th blood shed, purified the body, and hunline for an sixty female, .They pu it
earth,
per.-
.sited it in of sacrifices formed accm"dillg bu
he selves Th of me
ne
wa
made
th
og.th
child"
made
W G t u . L and adorned
precious
stones.
menmy8tcrioU~· with
our
mysteries, for it > L Y et ay forward some Fault on
f'
They which tht:y
cd to
roll ed th J' exclusio Ir h ;} d a l r ea d g['o\\rn P: an
i. shed
811fC
witb in .t rc
r~ in l.e took seven
vnlvcd great
fC£lf>t..
They them
a\l ··and
Hashishat uz Zohrah and language Shik~c!t,
aj~lmalik days, Th
seventh
they decked
da
golden chains.
.psal
TnS
The priest!: sLl·ng prayers, great different classes, 'worsni th
sa ri icer slalT
thereby
ad ance s.ign
le arranged
Ga
The
then,
rams,
chains, advanced, .and
voluntarily
their necks, The
the victims
th
6f
prayer began.
books.
They prostrated
.them..
thus
hole
set yes to th
heads"
first
the
ll
ed
events-to
followed tH
the priests they
As
they
the
compared,
acti ed di.Herent
the
ve80;
great care hidden 'They said,
secrets
These
[Enoch}; the triple." tieulars
worthy-to
exceed th The third
ri
LH
ass of th
and Hermes; or Edris other parHoned; but we rpos .. expressed .Ash~J.hirl!.11 {E;t~terD)"
~ihter
is
known
Greek
m eg iJ f o s Thoosdios,
by
Tris-
name
intcrrol xed with
profaac, be expression
of their hearts,
sciences
Their
us, a .d u l .v u n , (Jfa/lt.crJ, or 'perifta. ut it phil[}soph~n), was fO:-rrled by strangers, ,w 110 fo.und m i n g l e .~jth family of' Hermes. They were worship of the stars and constellations 'and who forsook God of Gods. ted-there i~ hlm hence came .their every thing' that proceeds. originally from 'these 'two s-ectst··~he AshTI&.!yUH~ easternvand MaJhbwull, ·p '~~dei! th secrets, mysteries, Hierogljpkics, to.und, any where else. and DOt or Inetly not be acquired k n ow l d g e ns hut by by great to
lot>
th.y joysaeat, t~ke possession ofthem, keep and·guard them 'with th -these
opell
students
only have. 'attaine
th!s
above. SECOND
Hier()g{rph
SERIES.. W o r d s rela; in Produce.
nt
Vine.
Palm 1~
"~Tilu Tree.
Fruit.
VVV
[~~~]
1\VVY'vV\
'c;;:,:;;7
ress, Herbs.
Plallts.
Poi90ROUS
Planta,
Medica Plants.
Oliv Tree
Th
"1ft.
...a lI-ia.Hows.
Root.
Trees
-Balley.
Rose.
Corn.
Lint.
Leaf~
l..f
Taroari~k.
Lo
Tf
.'
Flower,
.r..ianJra,gora..
LA) Cypreas.
Fruit.
llo m c g r
na
QuhJc"f!~
O{luriferuus Herbs.
O=Q.Q 3 . I I il i
Corn, Spikenard,
Jl.
MeUlo!;.
Ci(J.vC(;.
Ind
Pla..l ~t.s. CinnamorJ,.
OJ ""="
..
(I ...:\0e
Bezoar.
called Ud-ul-Berk,
Medicine
Remedy
Compound,
n < t .l ~ . f l. m
Tcri.OC
A~'B'~ Hot.
Wet.
.~
Dry.
Tender Thin
Thick.
Sweet.
llitter.
Sou ..
DissolYbd.·
-·
Cut.·
Acrid.
tempere.t~.
Pmified.
,·Sifting:.
Oi
DQilillg.
Pur:ify·ing~
..
f_-..
ym
- -- -- S;ilclt.
Olive
.1~pr-C.35~dJuice.
Tarfd.· A.
"9
~f. g p . . Ji.aifarat.
-, pple,
A.
r.
urn,
..
Sesame,
C i tr e
L lo ue y • .
MU:uiis6. A.
Mynh..
u lb e r r
Amher~
Civet.
.stOmL
P it c
~. ~.
rb
u . m i ya ,
vi;!.
dru~ fQr ~balming.
Itue.
Gk6rUfln.4.
Swee I\Imjoraro.
Ouion,
Linseed,
Callon.,
If
Silk.
Zawm.irWt. A. An Herb,
Swallow Wo
.:=} ,Kh~j6n.
t,
~u.gal"._,
If
A.
Camomile,
an ta,.ijJim. A.
/'V\I\ 'I\/\/\. MCa"~~'-
hierogl '-Seriu
Derry. A.
th.e ''j-hi.,.d
Hieroglyphics. philosopher D u s h a m signs th qualitie oj plmzels an minerals He used this alphahet to -r et .ign thei .secret qua.. keep it well,
.I
I-iitrvglrfJ/dcs exjneJsi'Pe of lVOTd~ Mhtei'al~\
1k-• Mi ne
GoM.
S~rpentina Stone,
Silv-el:"
u ic k sl l v c r
Crysta ..
Brass,
.6.-
.... Uy ..
I d ea s b d on g n g
:==:= Cjnnabar.
i"'~I;'~l
tl.h:r.
Antimlmy ..
""--======:1 Lead:
0:?3 Berna,
Jl.~ag et
rn ClAy.
Powder,
Burnt Clay.
Iron.
Chal ..
Pu
Ir n.
A t : ih C 5
91 ~/
.~
ita . 6a d . .
Sal
J..•.
Bartil~n(ffl.
.1"\.
CllkiJ)ed, .f o n
.~
Alkali.
B A J i l k . A.
Anum.
II' ill
. &n .
reen Vimol.
TutkOls.
nrcfined Borax,
rrrn
Tldi,..
Talc.
BaMhaslL
crdigrea5e.
Na.t.r-on.
Onyx.
Ruby.
·COTal.
-OlFimentJ Arsenic.
Borax.
Lapis Lasnll
Emerald,
NU:ra.&.
Ammeniac,
ed O r p i m e n t ,
Ued Clay.
.~
,~
11q jo r u W s n .
JaR.:
_.
r-
Sa!t.lw.r.
...t1' KhQmaMn.
AJal1l.aniil~
..
i\
Kind of .E~rn.ld
Spa!;•..
~awan"·1\.
A~..
~to~.
Agate..
Gree St ne
8MzanQ.i~
n.
..
Transparent
Cutrfng
EllgtfL"lng (J
Stones.·
.sOOneti,
Stones,
on\l
Hrgar-us-..A $abaj",.
Kind
'l ritura ub of Stones
Sbail Sbclt.
H(om'"
H in d i
•.
.~
..
"~ ajer
G]8.i6.:
.,
1i _. o f Green
on
.... .~
Sakldr. A. AYelLow
....
..
K h . a m a M n . A.
StOlle.
K i n .. : o f
eee.
mOI
ra "parer) St \l
Eugt.fL
\Iing
Stones •.
So~Ut.iOll Stnnes,
Stones,
HVar-us-. ~ab(Jj.·
.A
Trituratiun of
Soail Sbcll.
Stones.
H(Uar' Hindi.. A.·\
39
H(d~r-ur-
nk~n:ll+ A.
Uvar-u~6,
A.
,~,
Crucible.
Ar~liicial
w-n,
Kh8rsf.ni..A.
~'Tritum.tlOll of StoQi!!!I. Coraposition
Bezoar,
Fixe
Quicksil'('el'
of
Silver .Maguet.
B l o o d 5ton~+
HajiN""ll.l-Khattij. A. Rain
ais4r.
dml~d.
lJ(ljar - I l a m 4 u i . A. S e
S~Olle.
nt ne
Br CULting.
ng
on
Collyrium,
nd
Pe
Clea,·itlS·
3.
Mortar,
~Il'
KilalJat-uJ-HtJjar. A"
W~~l" springing' frum
StOI:U~.
the'
t,l~e H g
~hi~h w~
Hercom-etl'j particularly
the hierog{yfih1ts. make
of~,·butthese signifl:c:alioG,
to be
according hi
g a v e , their ,~eallmgs.
:G
th
ri ha,,"'e,h~
er more;
dlffcrefit th ci r. secrets s~gns different
to th
APPENDIX.
Au#dUuvian
Aip/labeis
pre.urrtd
he Naba hc ru,
fur Shi.sAim alph(Jbti~' nt nc of wisdom on clay, '\vhich bein m e pottery g : 1 > 114.} alphabet by th
llE
writing,
Pharaohs vi
who
it
]p seen
inscription
wi th this ::t.l habet, firmly believed antiquity, and engraved
arao
115+)
The are
original
lU Sy1"iau alp/wbet,
The
by Adam. he C~lest;al alplulbet,, or
in
by the
alp/w.bel
angel. GabrieL This opinion
iv
and agreed
different
Chtmukha bas .{1galkodaimon
his. books, "'same opinion
Ie
(tj ..-inc {in"!!pired)
le~islaton
thes'e
their secrets
ne alph*ta. gllid"e
Th indication we ha.y.e
of
th~fi~reat COl,JllOO
.t
thes-e belief.
in ·!,i~ book
'Pay
attention,
h!£ o]1ttUOll$ :tad m3 iu order that
the right path. he Syrian ·alphabet
had,
the
..117). figu.rcs ge
as
whic
Were changed
letters by time,
~rig. :p
YHU
the alphabe_t
whioo A-dam (peace
Who
books.
trary says fahehoud th.f.
It was
God
an
Sh
..
5h
di
conbest.
A lp /w .h e
ne
..· cla io
the peopJe who used it, an
Hermeslans, C/;.a.ldeans.
v~z. th
the ]I(abat/teans,"! the liabi!a1}s, -th-c ve
Hermesians, with th ticular names. and powers ell 8.f'3 (' tcr,
Name,
of their
letters. Power.
-Ayhum raurUk
K~a
J{
Ghzwii
Gb.
Bidam,
Mra.
pal"-
l'
.~
Power ..
.Kii.ghac!&
Run Jl1hiim Shfl
.svJt•
•. Englis .. 8h ullt ..
Dana"!..
,AJaj'"ilr
M.
Tanras
t·
lliu
O/
N.
Think,
Thanad l-Vii
'V
n,
Character,
Name.
Power.
Saj){lYam
K!myun
Kh.
Zid Luglr.(1f
Aay
.c1.
ImmI
Zqriim
(~)Z...
Siftllt1l
(v·)
Zalap
..
Taka,-'
( 1 : - ) T.
I&al Fisal
hard,
F..
'-
Name,
Zaml%
Engil~h.
(}j h t r d } {
Ka.nt j'(ay"fn,
tj"J.
p.ap. fJj
Zayimafr
d.
",
Z.
so~-t"w Hft "Japla!
,ill
(/,s
Jdyigh.
.{Jj
sh
o f" lI lp a u n d QjC9uJut Z,
~hny
used Persian, ti
;C
by those
except
bngu~g;e.
the. ;.L,rea tr~ng~d
ty
U:~
11-.
the right w a
thou
The r\ abatheans
gave the
.fi~u res
dis posed
according
of these figures viz.
secret sjgnific~tiol}
wimcd' Ie cun uing~ and
:x
powej+rul~' brave,'
'8
t.he
figure
on Ii i. uger!:i
with
i;I,
fox, before
him.
If
the sagdd1Y1
standing,
an with one 'O
and
the head
represented
of
his _fin;crs to
,n elephant,
sitting
IIim Iiberality, they
with as
meant
represen
rant they 'ga.ve hi w~th
of he weak,
:lpc.
pointing
with
Lhey wi!)lu;~d
head, and they,
IaithieM) and ignoa. dog's, 'ass ''S, boar's head, and
an
decrepid man was n . = : : p resented
by
by
·am\ before Saturn.sometimeswith
the figure of
M.
tb·e
hy
represented
behind hi rn
scorpion with th characte
h i m , with.
th
1 . 1 1 If
tb'5~ characters
bowl,
before l L . i m , eath
ccasione
co ..
hy
the sented bya
with an chair, and before
O\1'rOW
figures.
Honours,
authority, hand before him
by
an ten; ill
uog_~ them
An~:~.¥ ~e~R
wisdol
accomplished m e w a painted w i angel" hold ng hind hi
an
.uDderstanding le ways,. and witnout ;be ul c e w i w in g
looked, sword nd wo vases, one of them
fe
!;i~a.pe
secrets
See. AS
the repre~en .. tation
Adonai,
was
rr represented adorned with curious figll res and adrn irable ornaspread rnents, vine growing, with over it. staff end of coffin ." forth an overshadowed it. whom
Sl1
·coffin
pit serpents,
and
ep Clown of
and
th
on in
sccrpions.. sun)
it
the an olive tree sprouted forth, under animals
were cullccted.
high sty.
port~ng:i'--the
t hi !! l s ky , \V
hose held
feet the
pots"
with S E V E n golden towers suphand stretched Iorth from with his
vase
fi
the sky, and whose hands an leet were
th hreroglyphic representing ni~htt uniyersaL
on
every
hi
half with .the hieroglyphic eing re resented therein], hurn.ing la p; ates , a
sand. suspended
ever-
in a-
S€Vl!n
dead body,
and
lion.
10
modern vise m a here
knowledge.
ground
We
stated the
the their
that easil of
and by
th
s.ufficient for him eart, and all understanding
Here follows
orig,. p. 15!9). their
and astrelogical Agathocl4irrum
al ay
an ,. ti it
ca
al
ts
either
and 1.90.) Chald.eans Th well Their Curds. B U t , however, between thise two nations, .fi~.;ld SlaT.
They pretended shed, Adam on
wisest
great 3~
difference glow· worm th Curds
Bi1le~
to
have got. icul
CQQtltami.
their
th books of Sa/t'it/I,
They
pi red by heaven,
possess the
They Bc: in
mpos ib
between iurab glC)!l.[.....WtlNll
9.1'141.
m a g i c and
render in- E..ngli:; the tl~'llraJ it
has been
alldfiud sto», instead of dtu:~and Pteiede«.
tJ.'a.H!late
This pretension
reason
to
of'
Curds, T /~ ( o ld e ehaldean alp/moel 13.2). alfJhabel Au Ch de .1.93). u n k n o w n alpha/HI {see .,rig. P: H4). be This falsel preten he i~ hich Binushiul ~nd M a s . i t &~r/lJi co pose ni
to
letters.
three Inscriptions
_. During
my stay th 1!ine and th
PrJl
r ee , th other ing it Jd both from treatise.
'H'rlJB1",
Thr~
tlU!
mea
nJ
Arabic.· fo
as one and twenty
object proposed
[deposited
in th treasury-of
