A magic circle is a circle of space marked out by practitioners of some branches of ritual magic, which they generally believe will contain energy and form a sacred space, or will provide them a form
The Magic Circle by John William Waterhouse (1886)
The figure of a magic circle for the first hour of the Lord's day in spring
Lilith is a feminine figure in Jewish mythology. Lilith does not appear in the Hebrew Bible or any other biblical source, although the Hebrew word lilit appears in the Book of Isaiah, specifically in
Lilith (1887) by John Collier
Burney Relief, Babylon (1800–1750 BC)
Photographic reproduction of the Great Isaiah Scroll, which contains a reference to plural liliyyot
Incantation bowl with an Aramaic inscription around a demon, from Nippur, Mesopotamia, 6–7th century