Athanasij Kircheri e Societate Iesu Arithmologia, siue, De abditis numerorum mysterijs : qua origo, antiquitas & fabrica numerorum exponitur : abditae eorundem proprietates demonstrantur : fontes superstitionum in amuletorum fabrica aperiuntur : denique post cabalistarum, Arabum, gnosticorum, aliorumque magicas impietates detectas, vera & licita numerorum mystica significatio ostenditur
Athanasius Kircher, a Jesuit scholar, published this 1665 treatise in Rome from the Varesij press, written for learned readers interested in the symbolism of numbers and amulets. Its pictures are small woodcut-style diagrams of magic squares, a pentalpha star, talismanic seals with inscriptions, and circular charts with planetary glyphs, offering a designer simple geometric emblems and seal forms to adapt.
