Key of Solomon · Figure 52
The Fourth Pentacle of the Moon
Moon ☽︎ · Monday · Silver · Silver
What it is for
Shields you from sorcery and harm; its angel Sophiel teaches the virtues of herbs and stones.
Its virtue
This defendeth thee from all evil sorceries, and from all injury unto soul or body. Its Angel, Sophiel, giveth the knowledge of the virtue of all herbs and stones; and unto whomsoever shall name him, he will procure the knowledge of all.
The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers (1889), Figure 52. Public domain.
What is written on it
A hand pointing to the divine Name Eheieh Asher Eheieh and the angels Yahel and Sophiel.
The versicle
“Let them be confounded who persecute me, and let me not be confounded; let them fear, and not I.”
The versicle
How it is made
- Engrave it in silver on a Monday, in an hour of the Moon. Made in the planet's metal, it needs no particular colour.
- Or draw it on virgin paper or parchment, exorcised first, in silver, the colour of the Moon.
- The material must be new and never used for anything else. Metal is first purified by fire.
- The size is up to you, as long as it is made by the rules. Burn the incense while you work, and be pure in body and mind.
From Mathers, Book I, chapter 18, "Concerning the Holy Pentacles or Medals".