On Occult Philosophy

Thus it has been the custom among such people, and has not yet ceased among many, who open their mouths to one another and make an incitement, saying: "I have received even more wonderful characters or words, which you undoubtedly would never have seen." But he does not say that he invented such things himself.

Therefore, everyone should know how to distinguish all characters and words well, for thus many words are also found that are not in accordance with any language, which no Latinus Latin speaker, Græcus Greek speaker, Hebræus Hebrew speaker, nor anyone of any other language, as many as there are, can understand or translate into German.

Therefore I say that not all characters