The hexagram is also known as a magical 'Solomon's Seal', with which, according to legend, Solomon is supposed to have cast a spell on the evil spirits.
In alchemy and theosophy, it is familiar as a "signet star", a "star or heavenly force that gives understanding to the wise and shows the way, as to the Wise Men in the East", (G. Gichtel, 1682)
Six, the number of days of creation, symbolizes the Opus, and the rotating motion in the Work.
(Fig. 1) Abraham von Franckenberg, in Raphael oder Artzt - Engel,1639, reprinted 1925
