List of occult symbols

The following is a list of symbols associated with the occult. This list shares a number of entries with the list of alchemical symbols.

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Name	Origins	Notes
Ankh	Ancient Egypt	Ancient Egyptian symbol for eternal life; now also associated with Kemetism and neo-paganism.
Arrow (Belomancy)	Ancient divination.	----
Baphomet	Knights Templar	Adopted by modern occultists and Satanists after the Knights Templar were accused of worshiping it. See also: Sigil of Baphomet
Black Sun	Renaissance Germany; later, neo-Nazi occultism.	----
Circled dot	Ancient symbol representing the Sun and various sun gods.	See also: evil eye and alchemical symbol., Dave Talbott says the symbol is Mars,Venus,and Saturn. Saturn was called the sun in ancient times. Mars was thought to be between the sun and Earth.
Chaos (Symbol of Chaos)	Michael Moorcock, Aleister Crowley and chaos magic.	----
Cross of Saint Peter	Christianity	Used both as a symbol of Saint Peter and as Anti-Christian sentiment
Evil eye	Hellenic talisman.	----
Eye of Providence (or the all-seeing eye of God)	Ancient Egypt, Freemasonry & Cao Dai.	See tetragrammaton and yhwh.
Hexagram	Mandala and Judaism.	----
Magic circle	European witchcraft.	----
Monas Hieroglyphica	the works of John Dee	A symbol invented by John Dee, alchemist and astrologer at the court of Elizabeth I of England
Nazar	Middle Eastern talisman to ward off the evil eye.	----
Pentacle	European witchcraft.	Example of inverted pentacle. See also: Pentagram.
Rosy Cross	Rosicrucianism / Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.	----
Seal of Solomon	Alchemy, Christian and Islamic esotericism	----
Sriramachakra	Tamil mysticism.	----
Sigil	Renaissance magic.	Image provided depicts a modern personal sigil.
Sigillum Dei (Seal of God)	Europe, late Middle Ages.	----
Sulphur	Alchemy; Satanism.	The alchemical symbol for sulphur, the soul, and the sun, associated with the fire and brimstone of Hell. Can also be known as a 'Leviathan Cross'. Also known as the Diamond King's symbol. The Double cross symbolizes protection and balance between persons. The infinity sign underlines the constant and infinite nature and most likely symbolizes the eternal universe.
Sun cross	Iron age religions and later gnosticism and neo-paganism.	----
Tetragrammaton	Judaism	The unspeakable name of God.
Tree of Life (Kabbalah)	Kabbalah	----
Unicursal hexagram (Thelema)	Aleister Crowley's Thelema.	----
Valknut	Norse mythology.	----
Kolovrat	Slavic neo-paganism	Popularized in 1990s.
Ouroboros	Ancient Egypt and Persian	----