Algol Seal, Gorgona, Demon Star, Seal of Algol. This is a solid hot cast metal bronze item depicting the Seal of Algol, with a Gorgon, Medusa head with serpents to the rear. This item is 65mm long - with a width of 50mm

The Demon Algol, the head of Algol, or the head of Medusa is described in the Three books of Occult philosophy (H. C Agrippa). The fixed Algol stars are considered unfortunate by most people, but the seal you see above is considered one of the best protective talismans.

The Algol talisman is reputed to protect you from curses and manipulative spells and the malice will be reflected back to the sender.

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The Algol stars, some 93 light years from us, are three in number and it is one of them that is the head of Medusa.

Algol designated Beta Persei (β Persei, abbreviated Beta Per, β Per), known colloquially as the Demon Star or Gorgona, is a bright multiple star in the constellation of Perseus and one of the first non-nova variable stars to be discovered.

Algol is a three-star system, consisting of Beta Persei Aa1, Aa2, and Ab – in which the hot luminous primary β Persei Aa1 and the larger, but cooler and fainter, β Persei Aa2 regularly pass in front of each other, causing eclipses. Thus Algol's magnitude is usually near-constant at 2.1, but regularly dips to 3.4 every 2.86 days during the roughly 10-hour-long partial eclipses. The secondary eclipse when the brighter primary star occludes the fainter secondary is very shallow and can only be detected photoelectrically. Algol, or the head of Medusa, is located 26 degrees of Taurus.

An Ancient Egyptian Calendar of Lucky and Unlucky Days composed some 3,200 years ago is claimed to be the oldest historical document of the discovery of Algol.

The association of Algol with a demon-like creature (Gorgon in the Greek tradition, ghoul in the Arabic tradition) suggests that its variability was known long before the 17th century, but there is still no indisputable evidence for this. The Arabic astronomer al-Sufi said nothing about any variability of the star in his Book of Fixed Stars published c.964.

Historically, the star has received a strong association with bloody violence across a wide variety of cultures. In the Tetrabiblos, the 2nd-century astrological text of the Alexandrian astronomer Ptolemy, Algol is referred to as "the Gorgon of Perseus" and associated with death by decapitation: a theme which mirrors the myth of the hero Perseus's victory over the snake-haired Gorgon Medusa. Astrologically, Algol is considered one of the unluckiest stars in the sky, and was listed as one of the 15 Behenian stars.

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Each item that Grai-Matter produces is individually hand crafted using the lost wax method to cast in solid bronze metal. As such each item is individual and unique. The patina on the bronze has been used to bring out the uniqueness of the item, and show its detail to the best effect.

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