The hello world program in Perl 6 can be written say "Hello world" though there's more than one way to do it. say is new to Perl 6: it is like print, but appends a newline to its output, similar to REXX's say, Pascal's writeln or Ruby and C's puts. ...

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Perl 6, Perl 6 - Major changes from Perl 5, Perl 6 - A Specification, Perl 6 - A Type System, Perl 6 - Formal Subroutine Parameter Lists, Perl 6 - Sigil invariance, Perl 6 - Object orientation, Perl 6 - Rules: the new regexes, Perl 6 - Syntactic simplification, Perl 6 - Chained comparisons, Perl 6 - Lazy evaluation, Perl 6 - Junctions, Perl 6 - Hello world, Perl 6 - JAPH

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Perl 5 and Perl 6 differ fundamentally, though in general the intent has been to "keep Perl 6 Perl". Most of the changes are intended to normalize the language, to make it easier for learning and expert programmers alike to understand, and to make "easy things easier and hard things more possible". Perl 6 - A Specification. The most important single difference between Perl 5 and Perl 6 is that Perl 6 began life as a specification. This means that Perl 6 can be re-implemented if needed, and it also means th ...

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Perl 6, Perl 6 - Major changes from Perl 5, Perl 6 - A Specification, Perl 6 - A Type System, Perl 6 - Formal Subroutine Parameter Lists, Perl 6 - Sigil invariance, Perl 6 - Object orientation, Perl 6 - Rules: the new regexes, Perl 6 - Syntactic simplification, Perl 6 - Chained comparisons, Perl 6 - Lazy evaluation, Perl 6 - Junctions, Perl 6 - Hello world, Perl 6 - JAPH

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Austin Osman Spare was initially involved with the Golden Dawn tradition, and its offshoots such as the O.T.O and Aleister Crowley's Argenteum Astrum but later broke with them to work independently. He would develop theory and practices which would, after his death, profoundly influence the Illuminates of Thanateros. Specifically, Spare developed the use of sigils, and techniques involving states of ecstasy (see gnosis below) to empower these. Spare also pioneered the development of a personal sacred alphabet, and was a talented artist who u ...

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Chaos magic, Chaos magic - Pre-History, Chaos magic - History, Chaos magic - Magical paradigm shifting, Chaos magic - The Gnostic state, Chaos magic - Chaos magicians, Chaos magic - Symbols and deities, Chaos magic - In pop culture

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Planescape is an expansion of ideas presented in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide (First Edition) and the original Manual of the Planes. When Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition was published, a decision was made not to include angelic or demonic creatures, and so the cosmology was largely ignored, being replaced (to a certain degree) by the Spelljammer setting. However, fan demand for a 2nd Edition Manual of the Planes was strong enough to justify its expansion into a full-fledged campaign set ...

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Planescape, Planescape - Cosmology, Planescape - Sigil, Planescape - Factions, Planescape - The Faction War, Planescape - Sects, Planescape - Published material

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Glyph

1)    1)A symbolic character, usually as part of an inscription or writing.

2)    A sigil imbued with magick.

(See also: Glyph, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Glyph

1)    1)A symbolic character, usually as part of an inscription or writing.

2)    A sigil imbued with magick.

(See also: Glyph, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

VE-VE (Or Vever)

Voodoo sigil or depiction of a deity or magical force. It is the Voodoo equivalent of a yantra, but whereas a yantra is a geometric design, a veve is a sigil within a circle and serves an entirely difference purpose. The veve attempts to capture the movement or sound of an energy, Loa or god by means of a stylized linear drawing on the ground (or in cornmeal) with a stick. When successful, the veve will assist in the evocation of the desired spirit.

(See also: VE-VE, Vever, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

The overall structure of Perl derives broadly from the programming language C. Perl is a procedural programming language, with variables, expressions, assignment statements, brace-delimited code blocks, control structures, and subroutines. Perl also takes features from shell programming. All variables are marked with leading sigils. Sigils unambiguously identify variable names, allowing Perl to have a rich syntax. Importantly, sigils allow variables to be interpolated directly into strings. Like the Unix shells, Perl has many built-in functions for common tasks, like sorting, and f ...

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Perl, Perl - History, Perl - Future, Perl - The name Perl, Perl - The camel symbol, Perl - Philosophy, Perl - Usage, Perl - Syntax, Perl - Sample code, Perl - Data structures, Perl - Control structures, Perl - Subroutines, Perl - Regular expressions, Perl - Resources, Perl - Implementations, Perl - Database interfaces, Perl - CPAN, Perl - Availability, Perl - Supported platforms, Perl - License, Perl - Opinion, Perl - Pro, Perl - Con, Perl - Fun with Perl

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The festivals of Beltane (Giammonios full moon) and Lughnasadh (Elembivios full moon) are indicated by small sigils [1]. A correspondence to Imbolc (Anagantios full moon) is not indicated. ...

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Coligny calendar, Coligny calendar - System, Coligny calendar - Gaulish calendar in historical sources, Coligny calendar - Pliny the Elder, Coligny calendar - Julius Caesar, Coligny calendar - Months, Coligny calendar - Bibliography

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EMBLEM

The differences between sign, symbol, sigil, signal, seal and emblem are quite subtle. An emblem stands for something other than itself (e.g. Stars & Stripes, Swastika). A symbol is directly or metaphorically related in itself to that for which it stands -- a kiss is a symbol of love, an elephant is a symbol of power, etc.

(See also: EMBLEM, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

The syntax of Ruby is broadly similar to C, Perl, and Python. Class and method definitions are signaled by keywords. In contrast to Perl, variables are not obligatorially prefixed with a sigil. (When used, the sigil changes the semantics of scope of the variable). The most striking difference from C and Perl is that keywords are typically used to define logical code blocks, without brackets. Line breaks are significant and taken as the end of a statement; a semicolon may be equivalently used. Indentation is not significant (as it is in Python). See the Examples se ...

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Ruby programming language, Ruby programming language - History, Ruby programming language - Philosophy, Ruby programming language - Semantics, Ruby programming language - Features, Ruby programming language - Interaction, Ruby programming language - Syntax, Ruby programming language - Possible surprises, Ruby programming language - Examples, Ruby programming language - Collections, Ruby programming language - Blocks and iterators, Ruby programming language - Classes, Ruby programming language - Exceptions, Ruby programming language - More examples, Ruby programming language - Implementations, Ruby programming language - Operating systems, Ruby programming language - Licensing terms, Ruby programming language - Applications

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After the defeat of Tyranthraxus, the party heads out on a journey and is ambushed along the road. The members of the New Alliance have placed a curse on the party by imprinting five azure tattoos, known as sigils or bonds, on their arms, each symbolizing a master of evil. These bonds allow the masters to override the will of the party and to carry out the will of the New Alliance. The party disocvers these bonds when the awaken in t ...

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Curse of the Azure Bonds, Curse of the Azure Bonds - Story, Curse of the Azure Bonds - Gameplay, Curse of the Azure Bonds - Game differences, Curse of the Azure Bonds - The novel

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The third debuted in Ghost Rider (1990 series) #1 (May 1990). Daniel Ketch and his sister Barbara, attacked by ninja gangsters, fled and hid in a garbage dump where Daniel found a motorcycle bearing a mystical sigil. Upon touching the sigil, he was transformed into the Ghost Rider. This Ghost Rider was nearly identical to the previous, though his costume and bike had undergone a modernized tailoring. He thrashed the gangster ...

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Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider - Western Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider - Johnny Blaze, Ghost Rider - Daniel Ketch, Ghost Rider - Continuity Conundrums, Ghost Rider - 2005 series, Ghost Rider - Other Spirits of Vengeance, Ghost Rider - Vengeance, Ghost Rider - Ghost Rider 2099, Ghost Rider - The Spirit of Vengeance, Ghost Rider - Bibliography of Ghost Rider titles, Ghost Rider - Comic book series, Ghost Rider - One-shot titles, Ghost Rider - Publisher crossovers, Ghost Rider - Reprints in Comic Book Form not trade paperbacks, Ghost Rider - Trade paperbacks, Ghost Rider - Other Media

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The story begins in Sigil - "City of Doors" - a city in which the protagonist (The Nameless One) awakens on a mortuary slab, not knowing where or who he is. A chattering skull named Morte floats over to him and informs The Nameless One of writing on his back instructing him to read his journal, and then find someone named Pharod. The Nameless One then embarks on a quest to resolve two fundamental problems: why he is a ...

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Planescape: Torment, Planescape: Torment - Synopsis, Planescape: Torment - Characters, Planescape: Torment - The Nameless One, Planescape: Torment - Ravel Puzzlewell, Planescape: Torment - Trias, Planescape: Torment - Party, Planescape: Torment - Credits, Planescape: Torment - Cast voice, Planescape: Torment - Trivia

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The "Cross of Lorraine" symbol appears in Unicode as U+2628 (☨) or U+2021 (‡) and in HTML as ‡ (‡). The electronic music band Psychic TV, more specifically Genesis P-Orridge, produced a "sigil" which is very similar to the "Cross of Lorraine." Psychic TV logo Controversial noise musician and one-time LaVeyan Satanist Boyd Rice has also adopted the Cross of Lorraine as a symbol, ...

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Cross of Lorraine, Cross of Lorraine - Symbol in France, Cross of Lorraine - Other uses, Cross of Lorraine - Miscellaneous

Read more here: » Cross of Lorraine: Encyclopedia II - Cross of Lorraine - Miscellaneous

YAML was created with the belief that all data can be adequately represented by combinations of lists, hashes (mappings), and scalar (single value) data. The syntax is relatively straightforward and was designed with human readability in mind, but also to be easily mapped to data types common to most high-level languages. In addition, YAML uses a notation based on indentation and/or a set of sigil characters distinct from those used in XML, making the two languages easily composable. YAML streams are encoded using the set of pri ...

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YAML, YAML - Features, YAML - Examples, YAML - Lists, YAML - Hashes, YAML - Block Literals, YAML - Lists of Hashes, YAML - Hashes of Lists, YAML - Implementations

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The "Cross of Lorraine" symbol appears in Unicode as U+2628 (☨) or U+2021 (‡) and in HTML as ‡ (‡). The electronic music band Psychic TV, more specifically Genesis P-Orridge, produced a "sigil" which is very similar to the "Cross of Lorraine." Psychic TV logo Controversial noise musician and one-time LaVeyan Satanist Boyd Rice has also adopted the Cross of Lorraine as a symbol, explicity because of its hermetic associations. [1] Marilyn Manson is adopting a slightly different version of the Lorraine Cross for his brand new art movement: The Celebr ...

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Cross of Lorraine, Cross of Lorraine - Symbol in France, Cross of Lorraine - Other uses, Cross of Lorraine - Miscellaneous

Read more here: » Cross of Lorraine: Encyclopedia II - Cross of Lorraine - Miscellaneous

In alchemy, the ouroboros is a purifying sigil. The famous Ouroboros drawing from the early Alchemical text The Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra dating to 2nd century Alexandria encloses the words hen to pan "one, the all", i.e. "All is One". Its black-and-white halves represent the Gnostic duality of existence. As a symbol of the eternal unity of all things, the cycle of birth and death from which the alchemist sought release and liberation, it was familiar to the alchemist/physician Sir Thomas Browne. In his A letter ...

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Ouroboros, Ouroboros - Throughout history, Ouroboros - Antiquity, Ouroboros - Norse mythology, Ouroboros - Other mythologies, Ouroboros - Christianity, Ouroboros - Alchemy, Ouroboros - Ouroboros in modern culture, Ouroboros - Chemistry, Ouroboros - Film, Ouroboros - Games, Ouroboros - Literature, Ouroboros - Music, Ouroboros - Societies, Ouroboros - Software, Ouroboros - Television

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Meridian, the series' namesake, is one of many island city-states upon the world of Demetria. At some point in the world's history, a great natural cataclysm threw massive chunks of earth into the sky, creating the current system of floating islands. The islands, as well as the airships crucial to trade and transport, defy gravity due to the mysterious properties of a certain 'ore' which is not named. Each island is headed by a Minister, who has more or less monarchic power over their respective island, and while many communities still survive on the surface, ...

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Meridian comics, Meridian comics - Setting characters and plot, Meridian comics - Other media

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HOUSES OF MERCURY

(Domarum Mercurii.) A series of sigils presented by Crowley, distinguished from the "Prisons of the Qlipoth." Since for Crowley the Atus of Tahuti are the "Houses of Thoth," which make up the ordinary deck of Tarot, and the Carcerum Qlipoth are the "dark tarot" -- then the Houses of Mercury might suggest a mysterious third deck of the Tarot (a higher level, perhaps?). However, it's necessary to remember that Thoth is simply the Mercury of Egypt, therefore the domarum mercurii are nothing more than the Latin equivalent of the "Houses of Thoth." The sigils so depicted, therefore, comprise an additional and very helpful key to the Tarot, which as far as I can tell, has been ignored.

For an account of the Domarum Mercurii, see AC's Liber CCXXXI (Gems from the Equinox), but the numbers 0, infinity, 3, 10 and 8 are not explained. (See V.V.V.V.V..) Apparently the study and/or invocation of the Qlipoth is illuminating in the Lower Grades -- but then ultimately abandoned. The glyphs of light, however, can be further understood only by their shadows, hence the carcerum. (See TUNNELS OF SET.)

(See also: HOUSES OF MERCURY, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

 CHAOS MAGICK: Largely the invention of Austin Osman Spare, and developed by a few others during the 1980's. Chaos mages enter the "abyss", in simplistic terms the "Unknown". Anarchistic, clever, self-referential, and self-annihilistic,

Chaos Magick is an extraordinary deconstruction of magick, semantics, and psychology designed to eradicate consensual belief structures and, using the energy freed by this act, glimpse the fractal contours of reality. It is a synthesis of ceremonial magick, freestyle shamanism and sigilizing, however, its practitioners reject the traditional discrimination of magick into white, grey, and black, and assume a highly individualistic approach to the interplay between ethics and personal will.

(See also:  CHAOS MAGICK, Pagan Organisations, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary, Wicca, )