Myrtus communis · Probable
Myrtle
Myrtus communis
Common myrtle as a probable identity of Agrippa's myrtle.
Profile research status
This stable record is still in evidence review. Its current identity, cultural scope, image, and direct source records are available here; a complete history, myth, worship, iconography, relationship, and reception profile is not yet claimed.
Direct connections and evidence
Explicit Source
plant or tree under Venus
1 attestation · high confidence
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book OneBook One, English edition based on the 1651 J. F. translation · Library of Congress · Renaissance Europe, c. 1533 · Renaissance Europe · Book Book One · Chapter XXVIII · Section Of those things which are under the power of Venus · Page 102-103
Explicit Source
Crowley’s 1909 row 14 aligns Hathoor with myrtle
Later occult reception only; not an ancient Egyptian sacred-tree or medicinal-use claim.
1 attestation · high confidence
- Aleister Crowley, 777First edition scan, Casa Fernando Pessoa copy 0038575 · Casa Fernando Pessoa · British occult publication, 1909 · London publication context · Page printed pp. 6 and 10 / PDF pp. 24 and 28 · Table Table I, columns XIX-XX and XXXIX, row 14
Reviewed sources
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book One (1898)Book One, English edition based on the 1651 J. F. translation · Library of Congress
- Aleister Crowley, 777 (1909)First edition, London, 1909 · University of Michigan / Google Books