Are Agrippa's Angel Seals Just Bad Arabic?

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Are Agrippa's Angel Seals Just Bad Arabic?

Post#1 » Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:41 pm

We've all seen this, Agrippa's angel sigil chart:

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In my opinion, as a person completely unfamiliar with Arabic, these sigils look like a poor attempt to copy otherwise ordinary Arabic writing. Not magical seals, just a copyist who knew about as much Arabic as I do.

Compare these written names to the seals of Gabriel and Raphael, for example:

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And here is the seal of Michael:
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The same name, Michael, in Arabic:
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Then flip it:
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