alphabet – סלומה

Cherokee alphabet or Syllabary.

The Witches’ Alphabet, also known as the Theban Alphabet,
has long been used by practitioners of sorcery to encode their
writings. The oldest surviving book containing the Theban Alphabet is
Johannes Trithemius’ Polygraphia, c.1518. This exerpt
explains how Trithemius learned of the alphabet from a pre-existing book
on magick, now lost to time, which he attributes to Peter d’Abano:

“Sequitur aliud alphabetum Honorii cognomento Thebani, cuius
ministerio suas in magicis fatuitates abscondit, sicut Petrus de Apono
testatur in suo maiore libro quarto.“

Here follows another alphabet of Honorius surnamed the Theban, and
the use thereof is for hiding the foolishness of his magic, as Petrus de
Abano testifies in his greater fourth book.

Witches’ Alphabet, Theban Script
The Theban alphabet is a writing system with unknown origins. It was first published in Johannes Trithemius’ polygraphia (1518), in which it was attributed to honorius of Thebes. Trithemius’ student Agrippa (1486–1535) attributed it to Pietro d’Abano (1250–1316). it is also known as the Honourian alphabet or the runes of Honorius after the legendary Magus (Theban is not, however, a runic alphabet), or the Witches’ alphabet, due to its use in modern wicca and other forms of witchcraft as one of many substitution ciphers in order to hide magical writings – such as the contents of a book of shadows – from prying eyes.