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SATOR. AREPO. TENET. OPERA. ROTAS.
Five words arranged into one of the most enduring and mysterious magical squares in Western history.
The SATOR Square, also known in its reversed form as the ROTAS Square, is an ancient Latin word square whose known history reaches back nearly two thousand years. Examples have been discovered at Roman sites including Pompeii, where the formula was already in use during the first century.
Its unusual arrangement allows the words to be read through the square in multiple directions:
S A T O R
A R E P O
T E N E T
O P E R A
R O T A S
The central word TENET forms the axis of the design, while the complete arrangement possesses an extraordinary symmetry that has fascinated historians, occultists and antiquarians for centuries.
AN ANCIENT ENIGMA
The original meaning and purpose of the SATOR formula remain uncertain.
Over the centuries it has been interpreted as a sacred inscription, word puzzle, magical formula and protective charm. In later European folk-magic traditions, the square was copied onto objects and written charms and carried for protection, the overcoming of danger and other apotropaic purposes.
Its survival across so many centuries has made the SATOR Square one of the most recognizable magical word squares in the Western tradition.
THE TALISMAN
Here the complete SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS square was hand crafted upon copper in the old style.
Each of the twenty-five letters is individually impressed into the metal, giving the square the irregular character of an individually made occult object rather than a modern mass-produced pendant. Its real.
The copper has a dark, aged appearance with visible marks, variations and wear that are intentionally retained as part of the character of the piece.
Suspended from a dark cord and suitable for wearing, altar display, ritual use, an occult collection, or simply as an unusual representation of one of history’s great magical enigmas.
SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS
Ancient Latin Word Square
Traditional Protective Talisman
Please examine photographs carefully for exact appearance, scale and individual character.
Sold as an occult collectible and representation of the historical magical and folkloric traditions surrounding the SATOR Square.
