Such hissings and poppings are not the only incomprehensible signs that the theurgists use to make contact with the divine; various sources make mention of charakteres, incomprehensible drawn figures that seem to resemble letters or images but without any clear iconic resemblance.

They may Hatter an indifferent Beauty; but the Excellencies of Nature can have no Right done to them

Charlotte was equally insensible to all his fashionable grimace, and indifferent to his conversation.

So I took a last stare round, agonizing to see if there was any way of escape; but the stone walls and roof were solid enough to crush me, and the stack of casks too closely packed to hide more than a rat.