| Name | Prototype | Origins | Notes |
| Ankh |  | Ancient Egyptian organized religion | Ancient Egyptian symbol for eternal life; at present besides associated with Kemetism and neo-paganism. |
| Arrow (Belomancy) |  | Aboriginal divination | Arrows used to gain noesis through divination. |
| Bagua |   | I ching, Taoism | Literally, "The 8 Directions," this early Chinese divination technique is described in the i ching, and is typically visualized as 8 trigrams around a Yin and Yang symbol. The bagua and trigrams are referenced throughout Chinese astronomy, star divination, geography, geomancy, anatomy, martial arts, Chinese medicine and various other cultural aspects. |
| Baphomet |  | Knights Templar | Adopted by modernistic occultists and Satanists after the Knights Templar were accused of worshiping information technology. Theistic Satanists may worship it as a deity or demon, while atheistic Satanists meet it every bit a metaphorical symbol. The goat-headed Baphomet epitome seen here is a 19th-century cartoon made past Eliphas Levi equally a metaphorical symbol from Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie. It was not originally created as a Satanic symbol or a deity. See too: Sigil of Baphomet and Statue of Baphomet. |
| Black Sun |  | Nazi occultism and later on the neo-Nazi move | A symbol of the sunday composed of twelve sig runes showtime appearing on the floor of the north tower of Wewelsburg subsequently Heinrich Himmler ordered it to be remodeled, information technology gained modern popularity due to its use by Nazi occultists. It was subsequently adopted by Satanists. The proper noun "Black Lord's day" was coined by Wilhelm Landig of the Landig Group. |
| Circled dot |  | Alchemy | The alchemical symbol for the lord's day and various sun gods. Also the alchemical symbol for gold which is the metal represented by the Sun which is the astral analogue. |
| Cross of Saint Peter |  | Christianity, Satanism | Used paradoxically both as a symbol of Saint Peter and as Anti-Christian sentiment. The symbol comes from the crucifixion of Saint Peter, in which he requested to be crucified upside-downwards as he didn't see himself as worthy to die the same style as Jesus. |
| Eye of Horus |  | Ancient Egyptian faith | The eye of the god Horus, a symbol of protection, now associated with the occult and Kemetism. |
| Eye of Providence (or the all-seeing eye of God) |  | Catholic iconography | The heart of God within a triangle, representing the Holy Trinity, and surrounded by holy calorie-free, representing His omniscience. |
| Heptagram |   | Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Thelema, Paganism, Abracadabra | In Christianity, it represents the seven days of cosmos. In Islam, it represents the first vii verses of the Quran. It is the symbol of Babalon in Thelema. In Wicca, it is known as the Elven Star, Fairy Star, or Septagram. |
| Hexagram |  | Mandala and Judaism | An aboriginal symbol of the Jewish organized religion, too found on the Seal of Solomon. |
| Icelandic magical staves |  | Icelandic magic | Sigils created with magical powers by the Icelandic people. Pictured is the stave known as Ægishjálmur. |
| Monas Hieroglyphica |  | the works of John Dee | A symbol invented by John Dee, alchemist and astrologer at the court of Elizabeth I of England. It represents (from top to bottom): the moon; the sun; the elements; and burn. |
| Ouroboros |  | Aboriginal Egypt and Persia | A serpent or dragon consuming its ain tail, it is a symbol of infinity, unity, and the cycle of decease and rebirth. |
| Pentacle |  | Mesopotamia | An aboriginal symbol of a unicursal 5-pointed star circumscribed by a circumvolve with many meanings, including but not limited to, the five wounds of Christ and the five elements (globe, fire, water, air, and soul). In Satanism, it is flipped upside-down. Run across likewise: Sigil of Baphomet. |
| Rose Cantankerous |   | Rosicrucianism / Hermetic Guild of the Golden Dawn | A symbol associated with Christian Rosenkreuz with many different attributions of symbolism. |
| Runes |  | Norse mythology | Ancient alphabet used throughout North Europe and prominent in Scandinavia, used in mod times by diverse religious faiths, such as Asatru. |
| Seal of Solomon |   | Alchemy, Christian and Islamic esotericism | A ring attributed to King Solomon in Jewish and esoteric tradition. |
| Seal of the Theosophical Society |  | Theosophy (Blavatskian) | A seal consisting of a Manji, Star of David, Ankh, Om, and Ouroboros, used by the Theosophical Gild, an organization formed in 1875 to advance Theosophy. |
| Septenary Sigil |  | Gild of Ix Angles | The main symbol of the Order of Nine Angles, a neo-Nazi Satanic and Left-hand occult grouping based in the United kingdom. |
| Sigil |  | Renaissance magic | Images created for magical purposes, sometimes attributed as signatures of demons, angels, and other beings. |
| Sigil of Lucifer |  | The Grimorium Verum | Also known as the Seal of Satan, information technology is used to telephone call forth the devil. A sigil is a sign/symbol used in ritual magic. In Theistic Satanism, in which people believe in and worship Satan as a god, the sigil is used to call forth Satan. Its ancient origin is in the Grimoire of Truth published in Italy in the 16th century which served as a guide for those who wanted to invoke and communicate with Friction match. |
| Sigil of Baphomet |   | 19th Century French Occultism | Official emblem of the Church of Satan, consisting of the head of a goat transfixed upon a reversed pentagram flanked by the Hebrew letters of the give-and-take "Leviathan" (לִוְיָתָן). |
| Sigil of Baphomet (Cuneiform) |  | Joy of Satan Ministries | A recreation of the sigil of Baphomet incorporated with cuneiform lettering instead of Hebrew to spell out "Satan". Created afterwards Maxine Dietrich's reinterpretation of the credo of spiritual Satanism. The main symbol of the Joy of Satan Ministries. |
| Sigillum Dei (Seal of God) |  | Europe, belatedly Middle Ages | A magical diagram, composed of two circles, a pentagram, and three heptagons, and is labeled with the name of God and his angels. |
| Squared circle |  | Abracadabra | A symbol of the Philosopher's rock. |
| Sriramachakra |  | Tamil mysticism | A mystic diagram used for astrology. |
| Sulfur crosses |  Sulfur/the flammable elements[1]  Phosphorus symbol upside downwards  Brimstone[2] | Abracadabra; Satanism | Alchemical symbols for sulfur, associated with the burn and brimstone of Hell. The third pictured, alchemical for black sulfur, is also known as a 'Leviathan Cross' or 'Satan'south Cross'. |
| Suns in alchemy |  | Alchemy and Hermeticism | A symbol used with many unlike meanings, including but not limited to, aureate, citrinitas, sulfur, the divine spark of man, nobility, and incorruptibility. |
| Sunday cantankerous |  | Atomic number 26 Age religions and later gnosticism and neo-paganism. | An aboriginal pagan symbol of the sun, adopted by gnostics, neopagans, and occultists. |
| Supreme Polarity (Taiji) |  | Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073 CE), Taoism | "Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate", which became the cornerstone of Neo-Confucianist cosmology |
| Symbol of Anarchy |   | Michael Moorcock, Aleister Crowley and chaos magic | A symbol originating from The Eternal Champion, afterwards adopted by occultists and office-playing games. |
| Tetragrammaton |  | Judaism, Kodesh | Considered to be the unspeakable name of God. The iv letter name has many pronunciations and can be seen over 7,000 times throughout the Hebrew Bible. |
| Tree of Life (Kabbalah) |   | Kabbalah | The tree of life is a diagram used in various mystical traditions. Information technology usually consists of x nodes symbolizing unlike archetypes and 22 lines connecting the nodes. The nodes are oft arranged into three columns to represent that they belong to a common category |
| Unicursal hexagram |   | Aleister Crowley's Thelema | Symbol of the Thelema religion, a hexagram that can be drawn with 1 line. |
| Yin and Yang |   | Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073 CE), Taoism | Diagram intended to visualize the menstruum of qi, more generally a symbol of duality – upwardly/down, push/pull, male/female. (Ming dynasty symbol left, modernistic symbol correct) |
| Zodiac Man (Homo Signorum, or 'Man of Signs') |  | Astrology | A graph correlating zodiacal names with body parts. |
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