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Apollonius states that % has the image of a man wearing a
rope wrapped around him. He is sitting on an eagle, putting his
legs on its shoulders and holding the rest of the rope in his right
hand. In The Interpretation of Spiritual Talismans, Z is portrayed
as a man with the face of a lion, the legs of a bird and a dragon
with faces under his feet. He is holding an arrow in his right
hand stabbing the head of the dragon. In The Benefits of Rocks, it
is delineated as a man wearing a garment, riding on a dragon
and holding either a rod or a spear in his hand. Others
symbolize Z, in its orbit, as a man riding on an eagle. He holds a
scroll in his right hand and a nut in his left hand. His apparel is
pure yellow.
MARS
Apollonius states that it has an image of a man wearing a
helmet and a shield, and fastening a sword to his belt. In The
Interpretation of Spiritual Talismans, it is symbolized as a
crowned man holding a sword with carved figures on it. The
Benefits of the Rocks of Mercury states that it has the image of a
standing naked man and a statue of a virgin woman
representing 9 standing at his right-hand side with her hair
braided behind her. cf is putting his right hand around her neck
and his left hand on her chest and at the same time looking at
her face. He claims in his book that this image has many effects.
Others state that o' has the image of a man riding on a lion with
a sword in his right hand and a human head in his left hand.
His attire is made of iron and ifrind .
These are the images that have been presented by the ancient
philosophers. For every one of these images, there are special
actions and effects. I will cite in the following treatises some of
the texts of what they wrote in this field.
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