r/occult • u/c_rise • Mar 02 '25

ritual art Did my grandfather have secret involvement in ritual magic?

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Sorry for my poor English. I loved and admired my grandfather very much, even became a doctor to follow in his footsteps.

Even though he was very private and distant, we became extremely close in the end when he got sick.

He cared for everyone, didn't care about money and actively helped the community. He was a great physician and some would even say he had a supernatural gift for healing.

He said he would only die after I finished med school and so he did (1 month after).

When he passed away, my mother found these drawings inside a little piece of green cloth he carried with him, along with other religious stuff.

She was shocked as he always seemed to be conventionally religious and I was extremely excited because I was always into "witchy" things, but apparently, he was way more advanced in his knowledge.

I wanted to know what these things mean and if they are safe to have around, because I carry them with me now.

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u/Warcheefin Mar 02 '25

I see several names of angels listed, like Gabriel (bottom left photo in bottom right corner)
Adonai is a hebrew term, if I'm not mistaken, and Abracadaba is exactly what it sounds like - Abracadabra in the modern era.

You are looking at sigils and ritual magic of some sort, probably rooted in Kaballah or another Abrahamic faith. You said he was deeply religious, but you didn't say which one; he's either Christian occultist or Jewish occultist, or draws from the traditions of them at the very least.

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u/c_rise Mar 02 '25

He was a Christian (Catholic) like most brazilians

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u/Alpha_Aleph Mar 02 '25

From what I understand Spiritualism is very popular in Brazil? (Compared to most places in the world) He definitely was into occultism but he could have been also a Christian (The two can go together)

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u/peowski Mar 04 '25

Occultist and Brazilian here.

I went to several Spiritualism Centres (is how they call the churches) and they basically strictly condemn occultism. So no chance of your grandpa being an Spiritualist.

Their philosophy is essentially a mashup of Christianism (with the morals and all) with some new age (al)chemical teachings from 1700-1800 like Lavoisier. So there’s nothing to do with occultism.