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Constructing Goetic Circle (Hebrew Issue)

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    milkBoxx
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    Hi everyone,

    Well, I've been working on constructing this on a large piece of parchment for the floor that I purchased.
    So far so good, I invested in a set of foam Hebrew letters that I can use to stamp the parchment rather
    than hand painting every letter. Unfortunately, from the images I've been using I'm having a bit of an issue
    deciphering the tiny variations on Khaf/Dalet/Reish. In many of the images (High resolution) they are almost
    impossible to distinguish. I'm looking for a source that either provides me with the divine names as simply
    the letters alone (Without the image) or some tips on distinguishing them. While my own research has helped
    me, I still just want to be sure that they are correct.

    Thanks!

    P.S
    I'm actually doing this simply for the pleasure of constructing this and not having to worry about it in the
    future. I'm not planning on doing evocation in the near future. Frankly, every time I place a letter I read and
    memorize something new about it from a few books I have, as an exercise in memorization.

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    Uni_Verse
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    I can understand having some difficulty distinguishing between Resh and Daleth, though Kaph?
    Or are you referencing Kaph-Final , which looks like an elongated Daleth?

    Best way to seperate Resh/Daleth in your head:
    Resh is somewhat curved, while Daleth is rigid in structure.

    Are you using more modern images of the letters?
    As those are quite similar - otherwise scrutiny should make it easy to distinguish.

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    @Uni_Verse said

    "I can understand having some difficulty distinguishing between Resh and Daleth, though Kaph?
    Or are you referencing Kaph-Final , which looks like an elongated Daleth?

    Best way to seperate Resh/Daleth in your head:
    Resh is somewhat curved, while Daleth is rigid in structure.

    Are you using more modern images of the letters?
    As those are quite similar - otherwise scrutiny should make it easy to distinguish."

    Yeah, Kaph Final.

    I've scrutinized, but it's just been very frustrating.
    

    That is one thing I noticed between Resh and Daleth, it's just so subtle that
    viewing it as an image has been driving me nuts. One quote I found
    from Donald Tyson was that it didn't have to be PERFECT and that the old grimoires
    tend to be barely legible in some circumstances. But, I'm being a purist as much as possible
    and take Goetia very seriously (Like loaded weapon seriously).

     I just want it to be perfect, especially considering the time and money I've placed into the
    

    painting. I used standard geometry (Compass, Ruler, Protractor, Calculator) to do most of my
    work so far. I'm finally down to the letters (Which arrived yesterday) and my head exploded when
    I started because I thought the images would have had more distinguishing characteristics when
    it came to the characters themselves. I'm going to continue, but I was holding out to see
    if anyone had a link or source for an image or text that provided something more clear.

    Thanks!

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