# Magickal languages. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2000, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magickal-languages/46885 "2000-12-22T18:21:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magickal-languages/46885/1 "2000-12-22T18:21:38Z")
[sub]_Mods, I’m posting this here also because I’m not sure if I’ll get a better response here or in GQ. [I do not intend to violate the rules of the board, but if I am, can you just close the thread in GQ? thanks.]_[/sub] Ok, I’m on a search for a good website that will give me information on magickal languages and also some of them. I’m looking more for an alternative glyph system, not a language that has different words and grammatical structure. [So languages that work like, say, French, isn’t what I’m looking for.] My friend Emily gave me a url about this, and for some reason I’m a dumb :wally and lost/forgot it. If you can help me out, this would be great. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magickal-languages/46885/2 "2000-12-22T18:29:43Z")
I don’t know if there are any websites out there for it, but do a web search for “Enochian.” It was one of the most popular magickal languages back when I was Aurum Solis. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magickal-languages/46885/3 "2000-12-22T18:37:21Z")
You could always try Celtic… I prefer that or Latin, m’self ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magickal-languages/46885/4 "2000-12-28T06:08:33Z")
I saw an article in _Dragon_ magazine, many years about, about glyphs and runes. I was reminded of these by a friend, recently. He was taking notes in a language like this… Well, it’s hard to reproduce in ASCII. But I wrote out the key here. A|B|C D|E|F G|H|I \ J / KXL / M\ N.|.O.|.P Q:|:R:|:S T[sup].[/sup]|[sup].[/sup]U[sup].[/sup]|[sup].[/sup]V \ W. / X[sup].[/sup]X[sup].[/sup]Y / [sup].[/sup]Z\ Basically, each letter occupies a section of a cross hatch (#) or an X. To signify the leter, instead write the border of the space it occupies. For instance, “_| |_| |_" signifies “ABC”. “/ \> \< /” signifies “JKLM”, etc. The latter half of the alphabet is dotted, so ".| |._.| |.\_” is “NOP” and “./ .\> \<. /[sup].[/sup]” is “WXYZ”. Does that make sense? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magickal-languages/46885/5 "2000-12-28T10:51:02Z")
Just go dig up a book on Ye Olde English. Or buy an Ultima game. ---
**Author:** ![Boomfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Boomfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boomfly)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magickal-languages/46885/6 "2000-12-28T13:24:08Z")
Great question! Just did a search on the languages used in the books of J.J.R. Tolkien… How about the site listed below? [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/](http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/) ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magickal-languages/46885/7 "2000-12-28T14:32:04Z")
They typically don’t publish this on the web but the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ([http://www.goldendawn.org/](http://www.goldendawn.org/)) (Crowley was a member I believe) uses a magical language based on weird looking glyphs and things. Supposedly it is based on Hebrew but I am skeptical about it. They have a website out there somewhere. The Rosicrucians ([http://www.rosicrucian.org/](http://www.rosicrucian.org/))(the Poet Yeats was a Rosicrucian, I believe) also use a magickal language supposedly based on ancient Egyptian languages but that is another one I am skeptical about. Though the languages/script may not be available on the website themselves, the Golden Dawn publishes enough books that have them with instructions on how to decode it that you shouldn’t have a problem finding it. The Rosicrucians on the other hand are more secretive and if you want to see what their language/script looks like you will have to sign up for one of their courses. So you know, the Golden Dawn is more of a religious order (I believe “Golden Dawn” actually refers to their magickal practices) whereas the Rosicrucians are more of a philosophical order (they have no particular religious affiliation and report that you can have any religion prior and during your stay with them. HUGS! Sqrl ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magickal-languages/46885/8 "2000-12-29T08:47:26Z")
So after 6 days I revive a thread, and instantly you get three informative responses. **ssskuggiii** , how much do you love me? =) ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magickal-languages/46885/9 "2000-12-29T10:22:04Z")
Oh, come off it, Stephen, my response wasn’t informative.