To turn our attention, however, to the art of preparing talismans proper:
I may remark at the outset that it was necessary for the talisman
to be prepared by one's own self--a task by no means easy as a rule.
Indeed, the right mental attitude of the occultist was insisted upon
as essential to the operation.

As to the various signs to be engraver on the talismans, various
authorities differ, though there are certain points connected with the
art of talismanic magic on which they all agree. It so happened that
the ancients were acquainted with seven metals and seven planets
(including the sun and moon as planets), and the days of the week are
also seven. It was concluded, therefore, that there was some occult
connection between the planets, metals, and days of the week. Each of
the seven days of the week was supposed to be under the auspices of the
spirits of one of the planets; so also was the generation in the womb of
Nature of each of the seven chief metals.

In the following table are shown these particulars in detail:--


Planet. Symbol. Day of Metal. Colour.

Sun . {} Sunday Gold Gold or yellow.
Moon . {} Monday Silver Silver or white.
Mars . {} Tuesday Iron Red.
Mercury {} Wednesday [1]Mercury Mixed colours or purple.
Jupiter {} Thursday Tin Violet or blue.
Venus {} Friday Copper Turquoise or green.
Saturn. {} Saturday Lead Black.