The Pentacles

The 1st Pentacle of Jupiter

Parasiel, “Lord and Master of Treasures,” belongs to the company named around Jupiter’s opening wheel. The notice says this spirit teaches how to gain possession of the places where treasures lie. [1]

Mathers 1889 · Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 61; figure 18, Plate IV; plate PDF page 73

Pentacle profile

Tradition and Group: Mathers 1889 · Jupiter [1]
Position within the Set: Pentacle 1 · figure 18 · plate IV [1]
Attributed Purpose: To invoke Jupiter’s spirits, especially the named company; Parasiel teaches how to become possessor of places containing treasures. [1]
Design: Eight spokes bear different Jupiter characters inside the Hebrew names of four angels. [1]

Eight spokes radiate to paired triangles, a downward triangle, bars, an angular zigzag, a crossed rectangle and a circle-tipped character. Four Hebrew name groups enclose them. — **Source reproduction** The 1st Pentacle of Jupiter: mystical characters inside Netoniel, Devachiah, Tzedeqiah and Parasiel. Mathers 1889, Plate IV, figure 18; notice on p. 61.

Parasiel and the places of treasure

The first Jupiter pentacle invokes spirits of Jupiter, especially those whose names surround it. The notice singles out Parasiel as lord and master of treasures and gives this spirit a teaching role: how to become possessor of the places in which treasures are found. Mathers identifies the other three names as Netoniel, Devachiah and Tzedeqiah. [1]

The eight-character wheel

Four diameters meet in a single point, forming eight spokes. The top ends in two point-touching triangles, the bottom in a downward triangle. Elsewhere are groups of bars, an angular zigzag, paired triangles, a crossed rectangle and a character with small circles at its ends. Mathers calls them mystical characters of Jupiter; the four Hebrew angelic names occupy the enclosing band. [1]

Sources and editions

The Key of Solomon the King · The 1st Pentacle of Jupiter
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, 1889; printed edition, including editorial restoration of Hebrew characters. Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 61; figure 18, Plate IV; plate PDF page 73; Complete Jupiter notices and notes, printed pp. 61–63 (PDF pp. 74–75, 80); general Book I VIII pp. 39–41 and XVIII pp. 56–57

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