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I removed the link because it also advertises workshops. Also, if someone writes out a tutorial like this, and put effort in it, it's a bit lame to post about other websites that do the thing for you with a push of the button
One could also make a spiral of letters from to a to z on a sheet of paper, then with a second paper connect the letters from step 3, skipping the numbers part.
But yours will work perfectly too, thanks for sharing!
Haven't seen this technique with the number wheel before, seems like a great technique to me. Very easy to do, and would be perfect for people just starting out or who aren't particularly artistic. I've seen many people fuss over sigil creation when they're new, never feeling comfortable enough to call the thing finished. This removes that bit of anxiety, which could really be useful for some people.
One extra step to create a companion sigil is to follow exactly the steps as mentioned above, but also then take the finished sigil, meditate on it a for a few minutes, and then let pen and ink or pencil guide your hand by feeling over paper. Then you have two sigils: the first being the denotation symbol IE it represents exactly as intended and the latter a connotation symbol IE a symbol representing feelings and ideas associated with the original - just like words have denotative and connative aspects.
I wonder who started that "tradition". Personally I don't remove the vowels although I do remove all duplicate letters, keeping the first instance of each. Then I use a Sigil Rose (which "traditionally" includes vowels on it) and trace out the goal in order to produce the sigil.
I wonder who started that "tradition". Personally I don't remove the vowels although I do remove all duplicate letters, keeping the first instance of each. Then I use a Sigil Rose (which "traditionally" includes vowels on it) and trace out the goal in order to produce the sigil.
I wonder who started that "tradition". Personally I don't remove the vowels although I do remove all duplicate letters, keeping the first instance of each. Then I use a Sigil Rose (which "traditionally" includes vowels on it) and trace out the goal in order to produce the sigil.
Definitely leave the vowels in. They're not really required when you draw a sigil but are crucial when you use the oral method and turn your Sentence of Desire into a mantra, else you'll end up with a jumble of consonants to pronounce!
One of the experiments I did when I did sigils (it´s been awhile) was simply to write out the intent on a small piece of paper fast and messy several times in layers on top of each other until it became a blob. Then after looking at it for a bit there´s a figure/structure in the blob you find you can trace out or draw on another piece of paper.
I wonder who started that "tradition". Personally I don't remove the vowels although I do remove all duplicate letters, keeping the first instance of each. Then I use a Sigil Rose (which "traditionally" includes vowels on it) and trace out the goal in order to produce the sigil.
A lot of it does have to do with the Hebrew alphabet, what with western occultism having it's origins in Judeo-Christianity and Kabbalah etc. The rose cross sigil creator for example, which is "traditionally" composed from Hebrew characters, none of which are vowels. Same story with the Arabic language which also influenced a lot of our traditions.
The best theoretical argument I've heard for it years ago had to do with vowels all being able to be broken down to being an open mouth sound like a breath, thereby making them all representative of the same thing and able to be excluded leaving consonants only. I argued against that though, because you can go further down that rabbit hole and eventually and up with less than a handful of sounds for any given language, making it pointless(well you end up with a whole new method, but pointless to the popular method.)
The true father of this practice, AO Spare, didn't eliminate vowels at all. But most authors who came later and popularized the method we use today, Carroll for example, did. Whoever started doing it first, no doubt one of the original English magicians from the early chaos magick scene in the 70s, probably did so because it made it easier to construct an unrecognizable symbol by getting rid of the vowels. That's the main practical reason people throw around, that it's easier to reconstruct a word or statement with the vowels intact, therefore harder for you to activate. People at the time probably stuck with it because it made for a more streamlined method. That or they genuinely found it more effective.
HoldAll has a good point about making vocal sigils, I agree it's usually way easier to keep the vowels in. Personally I've done it both ways and I don't have a preference. It's all up to how I feel in the moment. And I find them both to be equally effective.
One of the experiments I did when I did sigils (it´s been awhile) was simply to write out the intent on a small piece of paper fast and messy several times in layers on top of each other until it became a blob. Then after looking at it for a bit there´s a figure/structure in the blob you find you can trace out or draw on another piece of paper.
Something I had done back before I knew the elimination method was to write out a statement of intent over and over again very small in the form of a simple picture (usually something like a mountain, or a star), then I'd carry it around in my wallet as a talisman. Don't remember how well those early experiments worked out, but I'm sure these are also effective methods.
