The Celestial Alphabet, also known as Angelic Script, is an set of characters described by
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa in the 16th century. It is not to be confused with
John Dee
John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, teacher, occultist, and alchemist. He was the court astronomer for, and advisor to, Elizabeth I, and spent much of his time on alchemy, divinatio ...
and
Edward Kelley's
Enochian alphabet, which is also sometimes called the Celestial alphabet. Other alphabets with a similar origin are
Transitus Fluvii and
Malachim.
Origin
The language was first made by scholars studying angelic kingdoms, specifically Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa in the 16th century.
The script was first published in his third book ''Of Occult Philosophy''. The script and language was invented in order to communicate with angels and it was later claimed that these symbols were sent "by God", given to angels, and then passed along to humans.
[ No known major books have come out written in this script.
Nowadays, it is still occasionally used in rituals.][
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Style
There are 22 known characters, most of which are based around Hebrew names, such as Gimel, Sameth, and Aleph.
References
External links
Description of the Celestial Alphabet
Artificial scripts used in mysticism
Language and mysticism
Writing systems introduced in the 16th century
Abjad writing systems
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