Sigils, Ciphers And Scripts

Sigils, Ciphers And Scripts: The History and Graphic Function of Magick Symbols by Mark Jackson 

Concisely written and richly illustrated this is the most accessible and informative book on the occult history and graphic origins of the signs, symbols, scripts and ciphers of Western Occultism.The occult art of magical writing begins in pre-history with the creation of the two elemental signs called the dot or egg and the line, serpent or sperm. Over the millennia the meaning and form of these two signs has been symbolically refined by magicians.