“Under the head of Algol they made an image whose figure was the head of a man with a bloody neck; they report that it bestows good success to petitions, and maketh him who carrieth it bold and magnanimous, and preserveth the members of the body sound: also it helpeth against witchcraft, and reflecteth evil endeavors and wicked incantations upon our adversaries.” – Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book II, Chapter 47 (transl. Joseph H. Peterson)
Algol, a fixed star in the Perseus constellation, is one of the 15 Behenian Stars described in Agrippa’s Three Books of Occult Philosophy as well as earlier works on astrological magic. It is a star with an evil reputation and has been associated with death, decapitation, and malefic power by a wide variety of cultures.
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