Malachim

This article is about an alphabet. For another use, see Malachim (Hasidic group). It is not to be confused with Malakh (plural Malakhim).
Malachim
A page of a book showing a catalog of characters formed by dots and lines connecting them.
The Malachim Script, from Agrippa's Of Occult Philosophy English 1651 edition
Script type
Alphabet
CreatorHeinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Created1510

Malachim was an alphabet published by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa in the 16th century.[1] Other alphabets with a similar origin are the Celestial Alphabet[2] and Transitus Fluvii.[3]

"Malachim" is a plural form from Hebrew (מלאך, mal'ach) and means "angels" or "messengers", see Angels in Judaism.

  1. ^ van der Poel, Marc. Cornelius Agrippa, the Humanist Theologian and His Declamations. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 1997: ISBN 90-04-10756-8
  2. ^ "Omniglot: Angelic Alphabet". Omniglot. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. ^ Gettings, Fred. "Dictionary of Occult, Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils." London; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981. | ISBN 0-7100-0095-2