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Jeffrey-Scott β Merlin's Circle
Published: 2010-07-30 14:56:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 51093; Favourites: 77; Downloads: 28548
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This is fan art for the new Disney movie, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".I found out that the Merlin's Circle that Nicolas Cage's character makes, actually has a meaning to all the symbols.
Once I added the glow in photoshop, I decided it needed something more magical, so I added a little bit of photoshop effects around the edge to show off a little bit of the magic of each symbol.
It only took a couple hours to do, just did it for a little fun.
EDIT (9/3/2010): The time symbol is actually a circle within a circle, so I fixed it.
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What was the circle based on because it reminds me of the alchemic circle
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I just remember reading that it was a based on many old magical designs.
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Nice but... Where did you find each symbol meaning? Can you give me the link to it?
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It is in a book called "the making of the Sorcerer's Apprentice."Β I did not find the information online.
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Coooool.... I don't want to bother, but you think you could post those pages (only about the circle and symbols) or sent them to me? I can't find the book :/
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Coooool.... I don't want to bother, but you think you could post those pages (only about the circle and symbols) or sent them to me? I can't find the book :/
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Here is more about the book, and a sneak peak inside: www.amazon.com/The-Answer-Yes-β¦
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I think a lot of the symbols were made up for the movie. But it looks like Mind is the symbol for Tin/Jupiter and Motion is the symbol for Mercury. The Time symbol looks like two moon in a sun, which seems fitting.
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I like it ! I always wanted to know which symbol was for which magic... How did u find out ?
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Thanks. There is a page in the Book "The Answer is Yes" by Michael Singer. And it shows a part of the book of spells that we don't get to see in the movies.
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Thanks, I'll look for it !
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the symbol for mind is the symbol for jupiter, motion is Mercury, and the others I have yet to find the others.
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the symbol for mind is the symbol for jupiter, motion is Mercury, and the others I have yet to find the others.
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The most inner symbol of the circle is the Sun. Still doing research on the others.
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Hello guys... Thank you for the symbol, Jeffrey, and also for the information you've posted about the book and everything else.
As a return gift, I'm from Brazil and want to give you a single word. If you have the opportunity to meet the meaning of that word, I think you gonna see a little bit more of what is magic.
Ayahuasca.
Good luck and thank you!
Daniel
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i have one question anyone know why the symbol of the mind is the symbol for the planet of jupiter. just curiousity after i saw this circle.
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iΒ΄m pretty interested in magic, work with energy and so, iΒ΄ve been looking for the meaning of merlinΒ΄s circle for some time but still havenΒ΄t found anything useful. please could you tell me where did you find this merlinΒ΄s circle with signs and their meaning?
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In the Book "The Answer is Yes" by Michael Singer
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can you make a merlins circle without all the effects and that stuff?
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Well, I did do another version of the circle, seen here: [link]
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Your welcome. I've always been a fan of fantasy magic. *puts up an invisible barrier, creates a spooky illusion, and then vanishes in a poof of smoke*
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Working on a pitch for a sequel. Thanks for this! Really helps me out!
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And this is what I was looking for!
I'm going to write a fanfic about "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and I think that this Circle will help me
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so merlin's circle is actually real? like is not made up just for the movie?
where did u find those infos can u link me?
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In the Book "The Answer is Yes" by Michael Singer, it says the symbol as a whole is based on Ancient symbols from many cultures. But they named it "Merlin's Circle" so audiences would know it is a powerful symbol for good... So in a way it is all made up for the movie. (I wish it was real though, it would be nice to learn a bit of magic 
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ah too bad. it would be awesome if it was real. cos i was planing on designing some magic symbols for a tattoo and one of the merlin's circle symbols was in the design.
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The seven domains in the Merlin Circle include Space-Time, Motion, Matter, Elements, Transformation, Mind, and in the center, the Forbidden domain-Love. The multi-colored flames that shoot out of the Merlin Circle in the underground lab were created by the special effects team like a gigantic stove-top burner, with fire rods six inches below the deck in a water tank.
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Yes, I would have put Space-Time instead of just time, but I thought that would take the ancient magical feel away from it. I also could not include the Love title for the center symbol just because there was no space for the word in the middle.
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That's really cool! I've been wondering what they mean, Thank you!
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Your welcome, I was walking through a book store the other day and found a book on the making of the Sorcerer's Apprentice. In there they had the symbol, and the meaning of it all and thought I it was cool.
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Hi
I was wondering what book exactly this is(The title, Author, Publisher, ISBN Number & date of release)
Thanks
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The book is called "The Answer is Yes: The Art and Making of The Sorcerer's Apprentice", by Michael Singer.
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Thank you for finding out what the symbols mean!!!
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Kaytori sent me to this link. I'm so glad. This IS a wonderful fanfic reference. And, I'd like to add, it's really cool looking. Great job
Sirius
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Thank you 
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Totally cool! I'm actually already looking to use some of that great info to help with a SA fanfiction I'm writing! So your art is both cool looking AND helpful
Sirius
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I made an edit on the Sorcerer's Apprentice Symbols artwork. Just a heads up. There was a slight inaccuracy on the time symbol. It's fixed now. It looks much better.
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Thanks for the head's up. I appreciate it
Sirius
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Oooo great referance for fanfiction.
Thanks for making and posting this!
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