MAGIC SYMBOLS -EVANGELISTS - SACERDOTAL HAND Eliphas Levi (the pseudonym of Louis Constant) was a journalistic occultist who misunderstood many esoteric teachings and traditions, and published his highly personal versions of these in a number of occult-seeming texts, where he succeeded mainly in issuing misleading information. In spite of his general inaccuracy about occult things, his writings have had a powerful influence on popular occult thought, since the late 19th century - especially so on Tarot design. His collections of 'esoteric symbols' [which are highly personal, and eclectic] are of value mainly because of their influence, rather than because of their intrinsic qualities. The symbols used here are from the 1896 English version of Levi's Transcendental Magic. Its Doctrine and Ritual. [Left] The Seal of Solomon, or intersecting triangles of light and darkness, the light triangle containing the 'four-headed Cherubin of Ezekiel's prophecy'. Levi interpretes these ancient Christian symbols in his own distinctive manner: he four heads are the tetrad of Mercavah