Malachim was an alphabet published by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa in the 16th century.van der Poel, Marc. Cornelius Agrippa, the Humanist Theologian and His Declamations. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 1997: Other alphabets with a similar origin are the Celestial Alphabet and Transitus Fluvii.Gettings, Fred. Dictionary of Occult, Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils. London; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981.
"Malachim" is a plural form from Hebrew (מלאך, mal'ach) and means "angels" or "messengers."
History The Malachim alphabet is derived from the Hebrew and Greek alphabets. It was created by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa in the 16th century.De occulta philosophia (version première en 1510, 1re éd. 1531 en 2 livres, 2e éd. 1533 en 3 livres). Trad. fr. A. Levasseur 1727, revue par F. Gaboriau 1910. Trad. fr. Jean Servier : Les trois livres de la philosophie occulte ou magie, Paris, Berg International, 1981–1982. It is still used by high degree Freemasons to a limited extent.
Alphabet This version of the alphabet is from Agrippa's Of Occult Philosophy, 1651 edition. AlephBethGimelDalethHeVauZainChethTeth orThethIod orYodCaph orKaphLamedMemNunTauShin, Shimor ShomSamechAin orAynPeTzaddi orZadeKuff, Qophor QuphRes orResh
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