GRIMOIRES - TALISMANS - MAGICAL ALPHABETS The obverse and reverse of the talisman for Cancer, from Paracelsus, The Archidoxes of Magic, 1656. The talisman (the lamen of which must be of pure silver) which has the occult power to ensure happy journeys, and to militate against dropsy. Alongside the talismans and text is a manuscript insertion of seven characters from the Enochian alphabet of Dr. John Dee, as appearing on the holy table laid out for angelic invocations - see the frontispiece to Meric Casaubon, A True and Faithful Relation of what passed for many years between Dr. John DeeO and some Spirits, 1659.