Solar Talismans and Inner Light in Ancient Magic
- Michelle Hayman
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I write in service to those who have eyes to see and hearts open to the hidden truths, and as one who has suffered under the weight of witchcraft’s snares. I speak not from theory but from the scars left by real spiritual warfare—where darkness masquerades as light, and the wicked lay traps for the unsuspecting. Let this be a warning, not a whisper: the war for souls is real, and it is raging.
In the world of ritual magic and traditional witchcraft, talismans occupy a sacred place as conduits between the seen and unseen, the material and the spiritual. Among the most revered of these objects are solar talismans—charged with the radiant energy of the Sun, symbolizing power, authority, illumination, and life itself. Their construction and use is no trivial matter; it reflects a worldview in which cosmic forces are not distant abstractions, but living intelligences that can be drawn down, inscribed, and carried within a crafted object. These talismans are more than ornamental. They are magical instruments, designed to hold and direct energy, acting as bridges between celestial spheres and the personal will of the practitioner.
One of the most enduring sources for the creation of such objects is the Picatrix, a medieval grimoire of Arabic origin that was translated into Latin during the Renaissance and profoundly shaped Western esotericism. In its pages, the image of the Sun is described with ritual precision: a king seated on a throne, crowned in glory, with a crow before him and the disk of the Sun beneath his feet. This is no arbitrary vision—it encodes a symbolic logic. The king represents sovereignty and the divine right to rule; the crow, a messenger between worlds; the Sun beneath him, a sign that solar power is not just revered but commanded.
This iconography, drawn from the Picatrix, is not merely a historical curiosity—it is a dangerous archetype used by occult practitioners who still seek to create solar talismans to embody control, charisma, vitality, and influence over others. Though cloaked in the language of protection and personal power, these symbols serve a deeper, darker purpose: they are crafted instruments of spiritual manipulation, rooted in rebellion against the Most High.
The reverse of these talismans often bears the Grand Planetary Seal of the Sun and the Characters of the Sun, borrowed from the Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. These are not innocent designs or decorative art—they are ancient glyphs, charged with intention, devised as “keys” to unlock communion with planetary spirits and celestial forces. Until they are consecrated, these talismans remain dormant. But make no mistake: they are created as vessels—waiting to be filled with spiritual power through ritual and invocation.
The act of consecration is nothing less than a counterfeit to holy sanctification. Through the use of herbs, chants, incense offerings, and invocations of “familiar spirits” and planetary entities, the practitioner invites a presence into the object—a spiritual indwelling that mimics the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, but is in fact an abomination. During this ritual, the magician imparts their own “inner light”—a corrupted echo of the light that comes only from God—merging it with foreign power. The result is a talisman that becomes a spiritual parasite, a tool of enchantment and soul-binding, masquerading as empowerment.
This is the true heart of talismanic magic—not innocent creativity, but a system of deliberate transformation in which personal will, celestial forces, and demonic entities are brought into alignment to alter reality, dominate others, and draw energy from the unsuspecting. It is theft of light—spiritual vampirism—designed to extract vitality, success, and even destiny from others, often for the wealth, fame, or control of the practitioner.
As we examine these traditions; from Germanic paganism to Roman religious practices and the heretical sorceries of Simon Magus, we uncover a common thread: the use of objects, rituals, and hidden knowledge to embody power outside of God’s will. These are not harmless traditions or cultural artifacts; they are open doors to spiritual destruction. As the prophet Ezekiel warned: “Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly…” (Ezekiel 13:20, KJV). This is soul-hunting magic, ancient in form and active to this very day.
To those with eyes to see and ears to hear, let this stand as a warning. The world is flooded with rituals masked as self-help, symbols disguised as harmless art, and charms falsely called protective. But behind them lurks the same spirit that seeks to draw humanity away from the living God. The only true protection from this deception is found in obedience to the commandments of God, the covering of the blood of Jesus Christ, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Without this, the soul is vulnerable to enchantments that seek to bind, fragment, and consume.
Solar symbols have long been used as talismans or amulets in many cultures, believed to concentrate the sun’s power and channel it into human affairs. For example, a prehistoric sun-wheel or sun-cross – a disk with spokes like the one shown below recurs from Bronze Age Europe through Norse paganism and beyond as a potent solar emblem.
In later Norse-Germanic paganism and heathenry such symbols were worn or inscribed on objects to evoke Sól (the sun-goddess-In Germanic mythology, the Sun was personified as a goddess named Sól (or Sunna), a divine female figure who drove the sun chariot across the sky, embodying warmth, vitality, and celestial power) and harness “solar energy.” Modern practitioners note that in magical work a sun wheel or runic Sowilo sigil can be used to “invoke and manifest solar energy” in ritual. This idea of drawing on a personal “inner light” or life‑force is central to many talismanic traditions. In what follows we survey ancient Germanic and Roman uses of solar talismans and the lore of magical energy, and consider the case of Simon Magus – an early figure often portrayed as wielding occult power – in the context of these beliefs.
This Roman coin, minted during the reign of Constantine, is a striking example of spiritual deception encoded in imperial imagery. On one side stands the emperor, crowned and deified. On the reverse, we see Sol Invictus—the Unconquered Sun—radiating power, flanked by an eight-pointed star, a symbol often associated with Lucifer, the so-called light-bearer. Most disturbing is the presence of a cross alongside this pagan god, not as a symbol of Christ's triumph, but as part of a sacrilegious fusion of Christianity and sun worship. While Constantine publicly claimed the Christian faith, his coinage continued to glorify the false sun and embed the cross into a pagan framework. This is not the cross of Christ—it is a Luciferian counterfeit, a warning to all who have eyes to see: not all light is holy, and not every cross is of God.
“For thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.”
Revelation 18:23 (KJV)
Germanic and Norse Solar Talismans
In the Germanic (Norse/Viking) milieu, the sun was personified as the goddess Sól (Old Norse) or Sunna (Old High German). Early medieval sources are sparse, but the famous 9th–10th c. Merseburg Incantations (Old High German) refer to Sunna by name as a healing deity. More generally, rune-carved amulets and symbols were used to channel power in Norse magic. For instance, runes might be carved on personal items or weapons as talismans invoking divine force. A vivid saga example comes from Egil’s Saga (Icelandic, c. 13th c., but describing earlier heathen tradition). In chapter 44, the warrior-poet Egill senses a cup of mead is poisoned. He stabs his own hand, carves runes on the drinking horn, and daubs them with blood, reciting a charm. The horn shatters and the poison spills out. This episode shows runes acting as talismanic power, using Egill’s own blood – an embodiment of his vitality – to “redden the spell” and avert disaster. As one scholar summarizes, “Egil uses the runes to fight poison… Egil’s Saga shows runes had the power to curse and heal”. In effect, Egill’s personal energy (blood) is invested in the object to activate the magic.
More broadly, Germanic pagans carved runes or symbols into jewelry, weapons, or wooden amulets. Poetical sources like the Sigrdrífumál (Poetic Edda) prescribe carving “victory-runes” on a sword hilt for success, or “healing runes” on herbs for medicine (see Gundarvísa and others). These examples imply a shared belief that inscribing symbols on an object makes it a living talisman – a conduit of metaphysical power. Archaeology supports this: thin gold or bronze bracteates found from the Migration Period onward often bear magical imagery (some with stylized runes or sun-wheels) and were likely worn as amulets. Even without a sun-god’s direct name, circular pendants like the swastika or sunwheel (†) appear on Germanic artifacts as fertility and life symbols. In modern heathen (neo-pagan) practice, one might carve Sowilo (the rune ᛋ for the sun) onto a talisman or gaze into a sun-symbol to draw in strength – a technique reflecting ancient logic. Contemporary pagan writers indeed note that the Sun Cross symbol can be used “to symbolize Sól, the sun-goddess (Queen of Heaven) who guides her chariot… and to invoke and manifest solar energy” in ritual. These interpretations echo the old idea that the amulet “attached to a person” (Greek periapta) becomes imbued with life-affirming power.
Roman and Etruscan Sun Amulets: False Lights and Pagan Deception
In the ancient Roman world, and even earlier among the Etruscans, the use of solar amulets was widespread — not as innocent ornaments, but as spiritual devices created to invoke foreign powers and secure carnal benefits apart from the living God. Children were given bullae, gold or amber pendants shaped like spheres, under the belief that these objects could “ward off evil.” These were not mere trinkets but pagan charms steeped in idolatry, explicitly linked to the sun and used to channel what they believed to be protective power. In truth, they were spiritually charged objects, substitutes for faith in the one true God, and thus open doors to deception.
Elite Roman boys and victorious warriors wore these bullae as signs of divine favour, blending superstition with status. Amber, fossilized resin from the Baltic, was especially prized for its radiant, golden hue — seen as “sunlight trapped in stone.” Writers like Pliny the Elder remarked on its supposed healing powers and noted that mothers would hang these amulets around their infants’ necks for protection. Yet these acts, far from harmless, placed trust in creation rather than the Creator. They were expressions of pagan faith — a counterfeit of divine protection, mimicking the light of God while leading people into spiritual bondage.
This deception continued across cultures. Ancient Egyptian prayers recorded centuries later tell of mothers invoking the “seal of the sun god” to protect their children from the spirits of the dead. Spells were recited over amber or bullae, appealing not to God, but to the rising sun itself. Such rituals reflect a consistent thread of occult thinking: that the sun’s power could be harnessed by human hands through spells and objects; a clear rejection of divine authority, condemned in Scripture as witchcraft and rebellion (1 Samuel 15:23).
Rather than relying on the protection of the Most High, these cultures embraced solar talismans as channels of false power, trusting in objects fashioned with human hands and imbued with spiritual darkness. These were not protective charms — they were tools of spiritual enslavement. Their continued use in modern magical systems underlines a troubling truth: the same ancient deception persists today, now dressed in the language of “personal energy” or “light work.”
Inner Light and the Theft of the Soul
At the heart of these practices lies the dangerous doctrine of inner light, a concept twisted by occultists and witches to justify self-empowerment apart from God. In these rituals, the practitioner “charges” the talisman by breathing upon it, invoking the sun, and focusing their own spiritual energy — projecting what they call will, but what Scripture recognizes as pride and rebellion. Through chanting, incense, and alignment with planetary forces, they seek to merge human energy with cosmic power; a direct spiritual counterfeit of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
This false light is not benign. It is soul theft. It is spiritual adultery, as warned against in the book of Ezekiel and Revelation. The occultist’s act of ensoulment is an unholy mimicry of what only God can truly give — life and light through Jesus Christ. The so-called "vital force" infused into the talisman is not divine; it is drawn from the practitioner’s/worshippers own souls, often offered up unknowingly to demonic spirits who traffic in stolen light.
A Warning from the Early Church
In this same context, we find the figure of Simon Magus, a sorcerer condemned in Acts 8 for attempting to purchase the power of the Holy Spirit. Early Christian writers depict him as a practitioner of demonic arts, one who used signs and wonders to gain influence in Rome, even deceiving people into calling him a god. His magic was not fake — it was empowered by spirits hostile to God, and his example serves as a warning: spiritual power does not always come from heaven.
Though we have no direct record of Simon using solar talismans, the pattern of his life mirrors that of the modern occultist: seeking power, claiming divine identity, using rituals to manipulate spiritual forces, and leading others astray. His so-called “inner spark” was not divine light but counterfeit fire, just as the false sun-symbols of pagan Rome masked spiritual darkness beneath golden veneer.
I must share what happened to me on a personal level after I repented and Christ saved me. As I lay in bed one night, something began to happen—something I still struggle to fully explain. It was as if an invisible web, like a cobweb stretched across my face, began to snap. I could feel the threads breaking apart, one by one, slowly and deliberately. It wasn’t physical, yet it was undeniably real. A veil was being lifted—not from my eyes alone, but from my spirit. And as it tore away, I began to see with clarity for the first time. The lies, the deception, the spiritual oppression that surrounds us—they were no longer hidden. What had once seemed normal or harmless was suddenly exposed for what it truly was. Christ had not only saved me; He had awakened me.
This brings me back to the sobering truth found in Scripture: “And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you” (2 Peter 2:3, KJV). In these last days, many are being bought and sold spiritually—used, deceived, and drained by those who serve not Christ, but themselves and the powers of darkness. We are more than flesh and blood. Even science tells us that within our very bodies runs trace gold—an element forged only in the death of stars. But the Word of God tells us something far greater: we are designed to be vessels of the divine presence.
“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16, KJV).
Again it is written: “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” (1 Corinthians 6:19, KJV).
We were created to be temples—dwelling places for the Holy Spirit—not for unclean spirits, not for idolatry, and certainly not for Lucifer.
But here lies the danger: without repentance, without calling on the name of Jesus Christ, and without walking in obedience to God’s commandments, our temple remains defiled; unfit for the Holy Spirit to enter. In that state, something else takes residence. “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first… so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God” (2 Thessalonians 2:3–4, KJV). This is not just about a physical temple in Jerusalem—this is a prophetic warning about the heart and soul of man. The enemy seeks to sit in the temple of God, which is your very body, and rule there as if he were God.
If we are not indwelt by the Holy Spirit, we are indwelt by another. There is no neutral ground. The only safeguard is salvation through Jesus Christ, who cleanses the temple, drives out the defilement, and makes us holy for His Spirit to dwell.
Turn away from the doctrines and traditions of men—the false sabbath, the counterfeit light, the smooth words that comfort the flesh but lead the soul to ruin. Return to the true commandments of God, the ones written by His own finger and sealed forever in His Word. Only through obedience and repentance can the Holy Spirit take residence within you. Without that indwelling, you remain exposed—vulnerable to deception and spiritual exploitation.
“Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen…” (Jeremiah 10:2, KJV). Reject the systems that make merchandise of your soul, that measure your worth in gold and offerings, while draining you dry for the gain of others. They enrich themselves not just with your labour, but with your light. Every time you walk in ignorance of God’s Word, they harvest what God gave you—your time, your gifts, your spiritual inheritance.
These are the merchants of Babylon, and their wealth is built on your spiritual blindness. They have created a world where even the gold within your body, a substance formed in the death of stars, is not seen as a testimony to the majesty of the Creator, but a currency to be traded by those who serve another master.
They serve the false sun—a light that dazzles outwardly, but behind it is nothing but darkness. As Paul warned, “Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14, KJV). This false radiance is seductive, but it blinds the eyes of those who refuse truth. Behind the brilliance is a void, a counterfeit that offers no salvation, only enslavement.
Take back what has been stolen. Let Christ cleanse your temple. Let the Holy Spirit dwell in you and guide you into all truth. Return to the Sabbath God ordained—not the one man changed, but the one He sanctified. Obey His commandments. Let no man deceive you. Walk no longer in the shadow of false light, but in the unchanging truth of the Most High, who alone gives true protection, freedom, and eternal life.
“The merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:”
Revelation 18:11, KJV
Let their sorrows begin—remove the veil from your eyes, for the truth they fear is being exposed: the truth that threatens their power, their sorceries, and the wealth they have stolen through deception
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