Sigil Generator

Generates a graphical sigil on a 3x3 cipher grid from a spell or phrase.¹

In collaboration with Lucile Haute, Institute of Diagram Studies High Priestess for Cyber-Witchcraft.

Example:

bind billionaires who fly to the upper sky from coming back to earth

Installation

The Python scripts are written for Shoebot, follow instructions to install it.

(Shoebot is a rewrite of Nodebox 1 so the scripts might work in there and/or in Drawbot with some adjustments)

Additional dependencies:

• Atom code editor with the Shoebot extension (optional, Shoebot needs to be installed first for this to work)
• Basteleur font from Velvetyne

Usage

Sigil generator

full_sigil.py generates a diagram on a 3x3 Grid.

1. Initial statement phrase e.g. "bind billionaires who fly to the upper sky from coming back to earth"

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2. Strip the phrase of duplicate letters (see sigil_letters.py) e.g. "bindloareswhfytupkmcg"

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3. Connect the letters on this grid

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4. Result

Animation

To produce animations, use the plain_sigil.py script.

1. Save the output as .svg like plain_sigil.svg
2. Copy the <path> part like the one below and paste it to replace the similar one in index.html

<path style="fill:none;stroke-width:2;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke:rgb(0.784314%,8.235294%,70.196078%);stroke-opacity:1;stroke-miterlimit:10;" d="M 150 50 L 250 250 L 150 150 L 50 150 L 250 50 L 250 150 L 50 50 L 250 250 L 50 50 L 150 150 L 150 250 L 250 150 L 50 250 L 150 50 L 250 50 L 50 250 L 150 50 L 50 150 L 250 50 L 50 250 "/>

1. Adjust the path length as indicated in the index.html file comments so the animation draws the whole line.
2. Open index.html

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1. Jackson, M.B. Sigils, Ciphers and Scripts: History and Graphic Function of Magick Symbols. Somerset, England: Green Magic, 2013. ↩︎