Celestial Alphabet
{{Short description|Occult alphabet}}
{{Infobox writing system
| type = Abjad
| mode =
| name = Celestial Alphabet
| altname = Angelic script
| native_name =
| sample = Three Books of Occult Philosophy-Book III-Page 439.jpg
| alt =
| caption = The Celestial Alphabet described in Agrippa's Of Occult Philosophy.
| languages =
| creator = Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
| date = Sixteenth century
| time =
| status =
| family = Hebrew alphabet
| children =
| sisters =
| unicode =
| direction = Left to right
| ipa-note = none
}}
The Celestial Alphabet, also known as Angelic Script, is a set of characters described by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa in the sixteenth century. It is not to be confused with John Dee 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 sixteenth century.{{cite web|title=Pagans Path: The Celestial Alphabet|url=http://www.paganspath.com/meta/celalpha.htm|publisher=Pagan's Path|accessdate=3 May 2019}} 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.
Style
There are 22 known characters, most of which are based around Hebrew names, such as Gimel, Sameth, and Aleph.{{cite web |title=Omniglot: Angelic Alphabet |url=https://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/angelic.htm |publisher=Omniglot |access-date=3 May 2019}} It is an abjad, meaning there are no vowels. It is read and written from left to right in horizontal lines.
References
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External links
- [https://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/angelic.htm Description of the Celestial Alphabet]
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Category:Artificial scripts used in mysticism
Category:Language and mysticism
Category:Writing systems introduced in the 16th century
Category:Abjad writing systems
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