Wizards - Magicians - Sorcerers - Alchemists

[sakrogoat]

Michael Maier - Hermes Trismegistus, from Symbola Aureae Mensae

[einarbaldvin]

Hermits, monks and mystics. Ink drawings on paper.

[chaosophia218]

Athanasius Kircher - Amulet of Venus and Mars, “Oedipus Aegyptiacus”, 1652.

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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa’s Demon Seals, originally drafted in the early 16th century (modern English translation and interpretation by Lupus Nensén).

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Arthur Edward Waite - The Double Seal and the Pentagram of Solomon, “The Mysteries Of The Goetic Theurgy According To The Lesser Key Of Solomon The King”, 1891.

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Ancient Glyphs.

[meanwhilebackinthedungeon]

– John Buscema

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Michael Maier - De Circulo Physico Quadrato, 1616.

[wizardarchives]

Firethorn by Robert John Wolfenden (1993)

Only info I can find at the moment is from this etsy link

[wizardarchives]

The Wizard by Les Edward (1982)

Used on the cover of Wizardry and Wild Romance by Michael Moorcock, on a White Dwarf cover, a German magazine cover and a French paperback.

[wizardarchives]

Way Shower by Gilbert Williams

[chaosophia218]

Diagram showing a Key to Alchemical Magnum Opus.

[oldschoolfrp]

Inscribing runes in a mysterious tome (By Paulo, from "More Thrills from New Skills" by Mark Hendley, expanding upon AD&D's rules for non-weapon proficiencies, Australian Realms 4, October 1988)

[chaosophia218]

John H. Tice - Sun (detail), “Elements of Meteorology”, 1875. 

[chaosophia218]

Sigillum, “Praxis Caballe Albe et Nigre Doctor Johanni Faustii”, 1825.

[unusual-suspects]

Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur; France, 15th century; Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, f. 49v

[oldschoolfrp]

Wizard at work (Patrick Jenkins, Different Worlds 14, Chaosium, September 1981)