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The Alphabet of the Magi was an alphabet invented by Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim for the use of engraving angelic names apon talismans. It was likely influenced by the various undefined alphabets from older Grimoires of the time. Paracelsus Paracelsus (November 11 or December 17, 1493 - September 24, 1541) was a famous alchemist, physician, astrologer, and general occultist. ... Talisman can refer to: An amulet sometimes believed to have mystical powers The Talisman board game from Games Workshop This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is on medieval books of magic; for information on the term grimoire as used in the Source Mage GNU/Linux operating system, see the Source Mage article. ...

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Forgotten Scripts By Dino Manzella (757 words)
	I, in turn, showed it to all of my friends at school and we used the alphabet to pass notes in class without fear of their contents being revealed.
	I knew that the runic alphabet actually existed because I saw forms of it in pictures and on lead figures all over the fantasy role-playing world.
	For instance, while questing for magical celestial alphabets -- I found myself in old seminary colleges thumbing through their oldest books that holy men of ages past used in the casting of white magic spells.

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