Magickal Alphabet

[Haedis]

I'm working on a type of logographic magickal/Pagan alphabet to use in my BOS for things that I dont want just anyone to be able to read. Each letter of the alphabet has a symbol for it. An example would be A= Athame (and a simple pictogram of an athame). B=Bolline C=Crecent etc. But I'm stuck on a few of the letters and I was wondering if anyone had ideas. I cant think of something Pagan related that I could make into a pictogram for the letters O, J, and X. I want to stay away from animals and plants, but anything else is welcome (providing its sketchable...for instance for "O" I couldnt very well use "Old Ways").

[Myst]

Ogham or Oracle

Try searching for Pagan dictionaries online and under the letters you need.

[Haedis]

I did look through a good number of Pagan Dictionaries, but I couldnt really find anything that would be easily recognized with a simple sketch for those letters. I'm still looking though.

[Eeluna]

I'm sure these need to be personally meaningful to you. For me the O is the magic circle and also reminds me of the One as in "the One and All" or "we are are One", so you could use the numeral 1 for O. The X looks a lot like the position I associate with Drawing Down the Moon. Just add a little circle between the upper part for a head. Do you keep bottles and jars of various herbs, etc? A drawing of a jar should be fairly easy for J. Or maybe a drawing of a jewel. That's about all I can think of.

[Haedis]

Great ideas Eeluna. Thanks!

[Mithrea]

Oil

[Emy]

perhaps you could get a few ideas from these pagan alphabets :)

http://www.fabrisia.com/paganabc.htm
http://www.lytlwytch.com/articles/alphabet.shtml
http://www.homestead.com/barbooch/PaganABC.html
http://www.goddessmoon.org/articles/alphabet.html

and a glossary
http://www.neopagan.net/Pagan_Glossary.html
http://www.roaringbravado.com/spirit/gloss.html

[Tammy Sullivan]

You could also stay close to the shape, such as a diamond shape for o, a solar cross for x, and maybe like a flower for j?

[Haedis]

I think I've got it now. Thanks again, everyone.

[Jeleia]

A good site I found that might be helpful :

www.symbols.com