Nigel Pennick, trained as a biologist, has traveled and lectured extensively in Europe and the United States on sacred geometry, the spirit of place, spiritual arts and crafts, and labyrinths. He is the author and illustrator of more than 50 books, including The Pagan Book of Days, as well as numerous pamphlets, scientific papers, and articles. A musician with the Traditional Music of Cambridgeshire Collective, he lives in Cambridge, England.
Preface: Primal Signs, Traditional Glyphs, and Symbols
Introduction: A Symbolic World
Part I
Traditional Glyphs, Signs, Sigils, and Symbols in Practice
The Runes
Runic Logos and Defunct Organizations
The Pitfalls of Symbology
New Names, New Meanings
The Public Use of Glyphs
Part II
A Box of Glyphs
1 The Sun, the Circle, and the Sun Wheel
2 The Akhet and the Twin Towers
3 The Eight-Spoked Wheel
4 Crosses
5 The Crescent Moon, Star, and Comet
6 Solar Light and Lightning
7 The Cosmic or Philosophical Egg
8 The Omphalos
9 The Pineapple
10 The Tree of Life
11 The Fleur-de-Lys
12 The Rose
13 The Heart
14 Human and Eldritch Heads
15 The Swastika
16 The Skirl, Yin and Yang
17 The Pothook
18 The Trefot
19 The Horseshoe
20 Tools and Craft Symbols
21 The X, Gyfu, Daeg, and Ing Glyphs
22 The Hexflower
23 Woven Patterns
24 Plaits and Knots
25 Straw Plaits
26 The Pentagram
27 The Hexagram
28 The Checker
29 House Marks, Craftsmen’s Marks, and Sigils
30 Miscellaneous Magical Glyphs
31 Alternative and New Spiritual Glyphs
32 Local Glyphs
33 Symbolic Beasts
34 The Serpent
35 The Phoenix
36 The Cockerel and Weathercocks
37 The Eye and the Peacock
38 The Sigils of Mammon
39 The Death’s Head
Bibliography
Index
