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Macionica

Slavonic name for a witch. (See Slavs.) Mackay, Gallatin : A disciple of Albert Pike (q.v.) and one of the leaders of Masonry in Charleston, U.S.A. who was charged by Miss Diana Vaughan, Dr. Bataille and others with the practice of Satanism and sorcery-charges entirely without foundation. (See Waite, Devil-Worship in France.) Mackenzie, Kenneth: (See Rosicrucians.) Macrocosm, The: The whole universe (Greek Macros, long, Kosmos the world (f. "Microcosm"). A six-pointed star, formed of two triangles, and the sacred symbol of Solomon's seal. It represents the infinite and the absolute that is, the most simple and complete abridgment of the science of all things. Paracelsus states that every magical figure and kabalistic sign of the pantacles which compel spirits may be reduced to two-the Macrocosm and the Microcosm (q.v.) It is the emblem of the world.

Macroprosopus, The: One of the four magical elements in the Kabala; and probably representing one of the four simple elements, air, water, earth, or fire. Macroprosopus means "creator of the great world."

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