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The Seals of Stones of Solomon
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An ancient Book being found in the Wilderness by the Children of Israel, which comprehends many Works of Solomon... The Title of this Book is, Of the Seals of Stones, according to thy Name, O Lord, and according to the Course of the Stars.

Seals of Stones of Solomon


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Seals of Stones of Solomon




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The Seals of Stones of Solomon, are often included in collections of Renaissance and medieval talismanic and astrological images that include the Seals of Thetel, Seals & Sigils of Chael and the Images & Figures of Hermes. We can see an example of this typical collection in the 17th century Sloane 3822 manuscript, but examples of individual sections date back to the 12th century. The current translation of the Images and Figures of Hermes appeared in the Dutch physician Herman Boerhaave's An essay on the virtue and efficient cause of magnetical cures, published in London in 1743. The original pagination of the 1743 edition has been retained.



The Seals of Stones of Solomon



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An ancient Book being found in the Wilderness by the Children of Israel, which comprehends many Works of Solomon, hath therefore been ascribed to Solomon. The Title of this Book is, Of the Seals of Stones, according to thy Name, O Lord, and according to the Course of the Stars.
The Figure of a Man sitting on a Plough, having a short Neck and a long Beard, four Men lying upon his Neck, holding in one Hand a Fox, and in the other a Vulture; such a Seal being tied to the Neck, is profitable to Husbandry and discovering of Trea-

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sures. The Trial thereof is to be made following, viz. Take pure black Wool without being dyed, wrap your Stone therein, and after having laid it between Wheat Straw, lay your Head upon it, and you will see in your Sleep all the Treasures of the Country you are in. It hath likewise the Virtue to cure all Languishings of Beasts, if they drink of the Water wherein this Stone hath been wash'd.
A Man graved in a green Jasper, having a Shield bending on his Neck, and a Helmet upon his Head, with a Sword erected, treading upon a Serpent; such a Stone if you wear on your Neck, you will fear no Enemy; you will be victorious in every thing, but chiefly in martial Things. Is must be set in Brass.
A Horse carrying on its Back a Crocodile, graved in a white Jacinct, to render one beloved by Men and Beasts.
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The Figure of a Man sitting, and a Woman standing before him with her Hairs hanging down to the Thighs, lifting her Eyes upwards, being graved in a Cornelian, hath the Virtue to cause every Body to be obedient. It must be set in double the Weight of Gold, and under it laid Betony and Ambergrise.
A Horse foaming, and a Man upon its Back having a Scepter in his Hand, graved in a Amethyst, is to procure the Favour of Princes and great People to him who weareth it. It must be set in Gold or Silver of double the Weight in respect to the Stone.
The Head of a Man, with a long Beard and a little Blood about his Neck, being graved in a Diamond, procureth Victory and Audacity, preserveth the Body from being hurt, and causeth Favour from Princes.
The Image of a Cock, or of three Girls, being graved in a Agath, maketh him who weareth it beloved by Men.
The Figure of a Lyon graven in a Garnet, is to

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procure Riches, to rejoice the Heart and to expel Sadness.
The Figure of a Man, like a Merchant carrying Goods to sell, graved in an Emerald, is to procure Riches, to make victorious, and to ease from Troubles and Grief of Mind.
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The Figure of a Bull or a Calf, graved in a Loadstone, to procure a prosperous Journey through every Place one travelleth, and to secure against Enchantments.
The Figure of a Horse or a Wolf, graved in a Jasper, to cure Fevers and to stop Blood.
The Figure of a Man armed with a Sword in his Hand, graved in Stone call'd Sardius [ Found in Sardinia, from whence it hath its Name; it is a kind of Onyx of a black Colour.] or in an Amethyst, to procure to him who weareth it a good Memory, and to make him witty.
The Figure of a Stag or a Buck Goat, graved in a Chalcedony, hath the Virtue to increase Riches if it is worn in a Purse where is Money in.
The Figure of a Lobster (Locusta Marina) graved in a Beryl, to make up Quarrels and to cause Love between married People.
The Figure of a Night-Crow or Raven (Nocticorax or Nycticorax, a Bird dedicated to Pallas) graved in a Stone, to cause a Man to be skilled and eloquent.
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The Image of a Peacock graved in a convenient Stone, to make him who weareth it rich.
The Figure of a Man, killing with a Sword a Lyon or any other Beast, to make him who weareth it victorious and beloved.
The Figure of a naked Man, puffed up and crowned, holding in one Hand a great Cup, and in the other a Bough of an Herb, being graved in an

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Agath Stone, and set in a Ring of any Metal, hath the Virtue to free him who weareth it immediately from a Fever.
The Figure of a Man sitting on Fishes, graved in a red Jasper, and laid near one, is to hinder him to be satiated, in case he eateth with his right Hand.
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The Figure of a Woman, having her Hairs spread abroad, her Breasts naked, in her Sight being a Man looking in her Face; if this Figure is graved in a Jacinct, Garnet or Crystal, and set in a Ring of Gold of the same Weight as the Stone is, and under the Stone Ambergrise, Aloe and Polypody, it will procure to him who weareth it the Love and Regard of every body, and if he layeth it under his Head he will see in his sleep every thing he desireth to see.
The Figure of a Man being on Horseback, holding in one Hand the Bridle, and in the other a Bow, and being girded with a Sword; is such a Figure is graved in a Stone call'd Pyrites, before mention'd, and set in a golden Ring, it hath the Virtue to make him who weareth it victorious in Battles, and no body can resist him; if he dippeth the Ring in Oil of Nutmegs, every Body will fear him, and if anointeth his Face with this Oil, no body will oppose him.
The Figure of a naked Man, and at his right Hand standing a Girl naked, and having her Hairs tied about her Head, the Man laying his right Hand round the Neck of the Girl, and the left upon her Breast, the Man looking in the Face of the Girl, and she towards the Ground; if such a Figure is graved in a Loadstone, and set in a Ring of Iron of as much Weight as the Stone is, and under the Stone laid the Tongue of an Houp (Upupa) Myrrh, Alum, and as much human Blood as the Weight of the Tongue, no body can resist him who weareth such a Ring either in War or elsewhere, no Robber nor savage

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Beast can come in the House where such a Stone is kept; and one afflicted with the falling Sickness, is cured by drinking the Water wherein this Ring is washed. If a Piece of red Wax is seal'd with this Image and tied to the Neck of a Dog, it will hinder him to bark.
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The Figure of a Woman, holding in one Hand a Bird, and in the other a Fish, graved in Crystal, is profitable in Catching of Birds. Is must be set in Silver.
The Figure of a Man with the Head of a Buck-Goat instead of his own, to be powerful in acquiring of Riches.
The Figure of an Eagle graved in a Crystal, to make him who weareth it rich, victorious and eloquent.
The Figure of a Turtle graved in a Stone call'd Pangonius (a precious Stone with many Angles) and set in a leaden Ring, is to cause him who weareth it to be never wounded nor hurted, and to be honour'd by every body, chiefly by old People.
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The Figure of a Bird holding a Leaf in his Bill, and in his Sight being the Head of a Man or of a Vulture, graved in Gold, is to procure to him who weareth it Profit in every thing he buyeth and selleth, and to draw Customers to him.
The Figure of a winged Horse, called Pegasus, being graved in a Stone, to be profitable to Warriours, and to give Audacity and Alacrity.
Mars armed, or a Virgin with a Garment bended or turned round about her, being graved in Jasper, is to be useful in Warfare, to secure him who weareth it against a violent Death and other unlucky Accidents.
The Figure of an armed Man on Horseback, with a Javelin in his Hand, graved in an Amethyst, is to cause him who weareth it to be victorious in War.

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The Figure of Hercules, holding in his right Hand a Club, and killing a Lyon or any other Monster, being graved in a Stone, hath the Virtue to him who weareth it, Victory in all Battles.
The Figure of a Virgin holding a Lamp, being graved in a Crystal, hath the Virtue to preserve the Eye Sight.
The Figure of Aries, Leo, Sagitarius, graved in a precious Stone, to prevail against cold Diseases, and to resist phlegmatick Fevers, and by reason of the Planets which are ruling in these Signs, to procure Dignities, to make beloved by God and Men, eloquent and ingenious; but it must be graved triangular-wise, in the upper Part Leo, and below at the right Hand Aries, and at the Sagittarius.
The Figure of Taurus, Virgo, and Capricornus, graved in a Stone, is to prevail against hot and moist Diseases. It causeth him who weareth it to incline to rural Business, as plowing, planting, sowing, cultivating of Vineyards and the like. Capricornus must be graved in the Cone, at the right Hand Taurus, and at the left Virgo.
The Image of Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius, graved in a Stone, is powerful against cold and dry Diseases arising from melancholic Humours; chiefly it prevails against Quartans. Libra must be graved at the Point of the Triangle, and at the right of the Basis Aquarius, and at the left Gemini.
The Figure of Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, graved in a Stone, hath the Virtue to prevail against hot and dry Diseases, and such as do proceed from Choler; but it causeth him who weareth it to be inconstant, unjust, and an Enemy to Truth. Cancer must be graved at the Point of the Triangle, below, at the right Hand Pisces, and at the left Scorpio.




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