Key of Solomon · Figure 27
The Third Pentacle of Mars
Mars ♂︎ · Tuesday · Iron · Red
What it is for
Stirs up war and discord, resists enemies, and terrifies rebellious spirits.
Its virtue
It is of great value for exciting war, wrath, discord, and hostility; also for resisting enemies, and striking terror into rebellious Spirits; the Names of God the All Powerful are therein expressly marked.
The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers (1889), Figure 27. Public domain.
What is written on it
The letters of the Names Eloah and Shaddai in a triangle, with the great letter Vau at the centre.
The versicle
“Who is so great a God as our Elohim?”
Psalm 77:13
How it is made
- Engrave it in iron on a Tuesday, in an hour of Mars. Made in the planet's metal, it needs no particular colour.
- Or draw it on virgin paper or parchment, exorcised first, in red, the colour of Mars.
- 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".