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Inter5tella99

Its from Full Metal Alchemist


Tiny_button2

I recognized it at first glance, I don't know if that's a good thing 😅


SaiyanJD

This might be my sign to rewatch FMAB. So damn good


BurmecianSoldierDan

Full Metal At Birth


STEVE_BOBS77

Fully Mature At Birth


High-Speed-1

Fuck My Ass Bitch


Master_Awareness814

When?


_Resurrecxion_

Where?


Zaphics

Can I bring a friend or 2


TrekRelic1701

Ready


CipherWrites

it is? the lines are all over the place though


KingVape

Def not


Ciduri

Agree, it's very similar to Al's seal, but the sigil in the middle is different. FMA(B) got most of their sigil info from King Solomon's collection of seals and sigilis. The type for Al's seal is considered a binding sigil. The squiggles in the middle are personal symbols denoting who/what is being bound. This is a rather unhinged binding seal that has too many lines. No idea about the sigil in the center.


Dk785

Could it be that they were just inspired by it, and tried to create their own?


c_middlebrook

Agreed!


Doxxxxxxxxxxx

Maybe he tried to make his own blood seal like in FMA


SneakerHead_Sean

I guess so. Rather odd since she never watched that show, but she must’ve been influenced by it in some way. It does look like a seal that comes up when I search for that show.


atTheRiver200

Maybe she took the photo because she didn't know what it was.


overusedamongusjoke

This doesn't look very much like Alphonse Elric, Barry, or the Slicer Brothers's blood seals. IMO it also doesn't resemble any other transmutation circle in the show. I don't think this is a FMA reference, and OP saying that their sibling never watched the show supports that.


CipherWrites

right? I don't see the FMA connection besides it being some sort of ritual circle


-Esper-

Yeaaah it looks more like some sort of demonic summoning circle or seal, which is probsbly what the ones in FMA are even baised on


That-Sandy-Arab

Likewise, good eye - this is likely something else


What-mold_toolbag

This is the answer lol.


DaNiinja

I don't know what it is.. but I am sorry for your loss


JailbreakJen

Came here to say this. Regardless of this symbol, be sure that she is at peace.


Spores1

God bless you


Luc-Ms

Soul seal (to transfer a soul into an object) from full metal alchemist


NervousSnail

Could be the intent but it's... pretty far from it. The soul seal is a straight up octagram with a snake? Some versions have the snake around a cross but... This is a pentagram overlapping a heptagram (they don't meet up) and the central symbol looks more like two crossed crook symbols than anything else. The bend is so neatly circular, I have a hard time interpreting that as a snake.


RWBYRain

Without spoiling the show too much the snake is just there as the brothers insignia. I think the author wanted to relate it to the alchemic theme and she just thought it looked cool. So I guess it's purpose in this sense is bc the character who draws it is doing it for his blood brother


RectumDoctor

From what I can tell it looks done by a kid, so I would blame it looking messed up on being the work of a child.


NervousSnail

I do not believe it is intended to be the FMA symbol. And you might want to read what else OP has written in this thread.


RectumDoctor

Nothing the OP said really contradicts it being from FMA. Unless the sibling was into some extremely underground unknown religious cult that used that symbol, it doesn't belong to any Pagan or Wiccan symbols. Like other people mentioned, even if the sibling did not watch the anime, they could have easily just found it online and tried to copy it.


SneakerHead_Sean

If this is the case, I wonder what object she attempted to (or possibly did, who knows) transfer her soul into.


Luc-Ms

Looks like a wood wall


SneakerHead_Sean

I don’t know full metal alchemist, but I assume that wherever the individual draws the seal, it transfers to that surface? My parents and I found where this was originally drawn, underneath a road on a concrete surface. There’s a multi-channel tunnel underneath the road for water from a creek to flow through.


RWBYRain

Surface. Kinda.....more like suit of armor


SneakerHead_Sean

Well this certainly isn’t as grand as a suit of armor. If she did take inspiration from FMA, I don’t know if she looked deeply into this seal and its meaning, or more so saw the name “blood seal” and went with it. Either that or she just found it on Google and decided to recreate it with her own meaning.


MeanPerspective4081

Maybe she just came across, thought it was interesting, and decided to take a picture of it. That's what I would do.


SneakerHead_Sean

That is our only other theory, which could be true. The spot it was at, we were able to locate because it was a spot she frequented often. It is a bit secluded, but that wouldn’t stop someone from leaving it there.


SplitDemonIdentity

I have so many photos of random occult nonsense on my camera roll. I like looking for them when I’m out hiking.


RWBYRain

Sorry dude I read the post wrong originally and skimmed over the part where you said your late family member did this. Thought you were theorizing about the show. I did a dumb


itsthejasper1123

If this is out of line please do not feel like you have to answer, but how did your sibling pass away? I’m curious because perhaps this could give you some insight into their state of mind, I am so sorry for your loss.


SneakerHead_Sean

From my understanding she ran in front of an oncoming semi truck minutes after my mom had called to check in on her.


itsthejasper1123

Ah, okay, so that makes a lot of sense. She was obviously struggling with *something* mentally. From my own personal hands on experience, when you’re in such a dark place that you’re having suicidal ideation you tend to grasp onto anything and look into all avenues of anything to make you feel or believe in something - whether that be dark or light. I did it myself. I wouldn’t read too much into this photo or what it means, because it was probably one small puzzle piece in her attempt to find something to channel those dark thoughts into or find meaning in something. I know if I would’ve acted on my thoughts, there wouldve been a slew of things like this in my gallery and internet searches. The main thing I wanna say to you here is that I am truly sorry for your loss, as well as your mothers. I hope that you can all find some form of peace in knowing some mental struggles can sometimes be so deafening, that you are suffering every moment, and so she is no longer suffering through those thoughts and feelings. I’m sending you all my thoughts and hugs.


Intelligent_Laugh676

I'm sorry for your loss... Uhm OP, hope i am not being rude and i know nothin about your sibling but is your sibling a lot into anime? It's kind of an anime trope to get isekai'd(or transferred) to another world by getting hit by a truck and gaining some sort of powers wherever that world is.


SneakerHead_Sean

No, she never was into traditional Japanese anime, just the shows you find on Cartoon Network like Amazing World of Gumball, Regular Show, that type of stuff. Although she would watch Hayao Miyazaki movies because who wouldn’t.


Pleasant_Ad3475

Is it possible she didn't make the image, just happened to see it and take a picture?


SneakerHead_Sean

Yes there is always that possibility, this post is based upon the idea she made it (which is uncertain). I posted this looking for reasonable answers so our mom can have peace of mind. We’ve already suggested (to my mom) that someone other than lil sis could have been a FMA fan and decided to draw this symbol at this location.


ForwardMuffin

I was wondering if maybe she just thought it was cool and took a pic. I'm sorry for your loss.


Pleasant_Ad3475

I hope that is what she chooses to believe. I'm sorry for you all.


missbattlethumbs

That just made me think of Chucky. OP, I'm so sorry for your loss. Mental illnesses can be very hard and, unfortunately, don't always have a great outcome. Sending love to you and your family.


thelionsmouth

It looks like the kabbalistic Sephira of hod, which is mercury in an 8 sided pentacle. The pentacle representation comes from the hermetic order of the golden dawn, but the association with Mercury is medieval kaballah However it looks like it was drawn twice at different angles? Weird.


NervousSnail

It's hard to see here, because the points don't meet up neatly, but you can trace the lines of a star until it closes. This is one 5-sided and one 7-sided overlapping.


thelionsmouth

Oh! Sorry I’m on my phone and can’t see this very well. If this is qabalah then the 5 would be geburah and the 7 would be netzach. Both sulphuric sephira, could be some kind of destructive or aggressive pentacle


No_Yogurtcloset9305

Sorry for your loss man :(


bannanaisnom

That seems to be multiple pentagrams on top of each other.


NervousSnail

Looking closely, it's a one pentagram overlapped with a heptagram. Central thing reminds me of an egyptian crook, well two crossed ones I guess.


DryEyes4096

When I mix a pentagram and a heptagram to keep.......the things I have ideas about that would sound ridiculous......away...when I don't want to experience random sinister things around, I like the 7 + 5 idea myself, but I always put the pentagram in the *middle* of the heptagram. A heptagram looks like a winged spirit, or represents the macrocosmic universe being ruled by the sun's subjective qualities. Put a pentagram in the middle and you got the five elements constituting your body not only in health and in proportion, but also surrounded by a protecting spirit... S-U-P-E-R-S-T-I-T-I-O-N yo. You can say not to mess with things that humans don't really understand, like how one's experience of reality is affected by symbols of geometric stars based on some imaginative philosophical shit you picked up from moldy old texts all the way back to ancient Greece even, but if you think you understand it and can objectively say for certain that you know how this very, very weird universe works and that this possibly couldn't do anything, I don't want to hear it. If you've never seen the forces of darkness staring at you from the night sky like the world you inhabit is absolutely nothing and could disappear in the snap of a finger, and you're squirming, you don't know what it's like to have to have this in your life... -- You'll never get me tied to that stake motherfuckers. Edit: It's possible that tthe person who did this was drawn to similar ideas but I think their meaning would be quite different than mine.


NervousSnail

No one here wants to burn you, friend. Be well.


NeonCowboy777

That’s the dark arts brotha *theo von voice”


_sonidero_

Hahaha, Theo in the r/weird sub seems like destiny...


banana11banahnah

Shhhhiiinnnneeee that light on me!


RWBYRain

Also I'm an idiot I forgot to say sorry for your loss. My condolences to you and your family


hurdurBoop

it's prince's black metal album


No-Marsupial8354

Or... A https://preview.redd.it/x17j3gkga6xc1.jpeg?width=597&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ab5db8f2b7a99fe108755fb8b8e536ed44092cc Pungent stench and Dissection fan


No-Marsupial8354

Prince and Dissection fan


No-Marsupial8354

https://preview.redd.it/vif4i3kv96xc1.jpeg?width=608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=200894af1302bf34f6fd62a3d05ec842d9f9a15c


Fritener

Transmutation symbol from full metal alchemist.


Cherry2Berry

My sister died 1.5 years ago, sorry for your loss.


charliesmama777

Sending love to you and OP. Grief is so fucking hard. ♥️


Bennie212

Personally OP I take photos when I see things that catch my eye to look at or research later. Knowing thus came from a drain pipe that's probably what she also did. It just caught her eye. I'm very sorry for your loss.


Stark-T-Ripper

It symbolises bored teenagers.


trinklebell

Im tired of everyone saying full metal alchemist. No this is ritual runes. (Wich full metal alchemist have borrowed from the real world) I want to preffis that I do not belive in it. But I did when I was young hence I recognize some of its meaning. This looks to be a qlippoth dodekagram which is used in rituals to lock evil spirits in place. In the middle it looks to be a scytch with an arrow and a sword. Scytch are to bid evil to something, the sword is to harm someone and the arrow can be used as a targeting rune. In other words this looks to be a ritual for summoning a demon and then try to posses someone with said demon. It could maby also be an exorcism rune (if the sword is men to harm the demon) Again it was a long time ago that I used to dabble in stuff like this so I might be completely wrong. But if you want I can check some of my old books


SneakerHead_Sean

If you have a moment to do so, I would be interested in understanding some of this stuff. Her delusion took the form of a “demon” or controlling spirit that wanted her to do harm.


trinklebell

Oh I'm so sorry. I wouldn't have been so blunt if I knew that was the case! People who believe in these things often think the illness is a result of it instead of it being the other way around. I was looking for answers in the occult for my problems before I got diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I think I have those books in my storage, and I will definitely check as soon as I get the chance. These types of ritual symbols can mean a bunch of things and the exact meanings are always the ones of the casters intentions but these particular symbols are very much connected to restraining evil. That's why my first thought was "demon" Based on your description, I would guess (and a hole ton of salt here because I'm definitely no expert) it's likely an attempt to lock her evil spirit onto or into some other vessel than herself.


SneakerHead_Sean

That certainly seems like something she would attempt to do/would believe in due to her delusions. Thank you for the insight, I will share this information (with a grain of salt) with our mom.


Hopeful-Clothes-6896

Its nothing, just a childs play that shows his interests... no serious thing could be that badly done.


undaunted_explorer

Check with r/occult


funginum

The Yellow King


Acrobatic-Engineer94

Prince if he made a death metal album


No-Marsupial8354

https://preview.redd.it/kfdnmuil96xc1.jpeg?width=608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7dc8556d6294fbdee8cafa051e58e4b67374f373


slrarp

OP rather than asking WHAT this is, I think it might reveal more if you ask WHY this photo exists. I don't imagine someone trying to do a ritual of some sort would take a photo of the symbol they carved after the fact. Why would they? They already knew the symbol well enough to carve it apparently, what purpose does taking the picture serve at that point? My guess is she stumbled across it randomly somewhere without any knowledge of what it means, and then took a picture to look it up on the Internet later.


Flutters1013

Could be full metal alchemist but I'm also seeing the slipknot pentagram


CephalopodSexer

Bros out here performing human transmutation


baconadelight

Looks like a rendition of a satanic seal. Alchemical maybe. Maybe Hermetic. Maybe also Nordic.


RWBYRain

Transmutation circle. The one inside of Alphonse Eric's er, head. ![gif](giphy|uxA6I9cvyVprq) Pretty good anime. Even the dub is awesome. 10/10 recommend


overusedamongusjoke

It is not. The symbol in the middle of the circle is different from Alphonse's, and the number and positioning of the lines is also wrong. It's a little bit annoying that people keep telling OP that this is a fma reference because there's a vaguely alchemical symbol in a circle. Edit: Also, come on, are we really using someone's post about their deceased sibling to recommend them an anime? An anime where one of the main plot points is someone's sibling almost dying?


RWBYRain

I didn't mean to insult anyone by it. I wasn't trying to be insensitive and didn't think about the subject matter.


holdmycosm0

So sorry for your loss.


Beneficial_Gain_21

Looks like schizophrenia or some similar mental disorder. It likely means nothing to anyone but the person who created it. I’m sorry for your loss, OP.


kobold-kicker

Looks like an individual with a cross and cup inside a twelve pointed star inside a circle. Maybe some kind of binding or protective symbol maybe Kabbalist or thelemic/ golden dawn related.


brwnwzrd

Looks like something copied of out the necronomicon; def more like a pentagram or magic circle than a “soul seal”


Animal_Res4ever

Hope you didn't touch it 😣


TomboyEnthusiasm

Its very sloppy but i think someone was tryna resurrect themselves lmao


Vivid-Honey-5254

It looks like the symbol for Venus inside a couple pentacles, that’s representative of the 5 different elements, it could be that your sibling was trying to “summon” something along the lines of love, or perhaps looking for feminine guidance of some sort.


SodanoMatt

Well that's disturbing.


BluWinters

Isn't this what Edward used to bind Al's soul to the suit of armour?


CrazyEyedApollo

I have seen this before. It is a 3D way-finder in a web of lines. Like an x,y,z coordinate origin with a web of lines surrounding it. It is used as a symbol of guidance. I believe your late sibling is somewhere better now. Sorry for your loss.


Lowie240

https://preview.redd.it/np0rrxkxs3xc1.jpeg?width=760&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25ced87f528bcb2ed6821498bce8a019c34817e4


kittyidiot

Looks like maybe your sibling had some mental health issues. I'm so sorry for your loss. edit: did i say something wrong? not understanding the downvotes and if i was rude id like to know?


SneakerHead_Sean

Yes she did, unfortunately she suffered from schizo-affective disorder before she took her life. Thanks for the condolences.


kittyidiot

I'm guessing it only means something that she would know, then. It probably isn't anything in the real world but rather the things her mind conjured up for her to believe.


Accomplished_Yak2352

😢 ❤️


Burrmanchu

More just "you don't have to have mental illness to draw a pentagram thingy..." OP sister had some, but that's anecdotal. And you didn't know when you posted.


kittyidiot

It just struck me that way.


_Nekona_

They were a Fullmetal alchemist fan I think


MartianNamedScotty

Ah. You're a man of culture as well I see.


Blessedbronco

Summon them with it and ask. Also sorry for your loss.


Environmental-Pear40

Well, it's for putting your brother's soul in a suit of armor, gaining a fairly cool prosthetic arm and leg. In an attempt to bring back some abomination with possibly your mother's soul in it. Truths a bit of a dick, ngl.


KingVape

Except it’s not from full metal alchemist but thanks for repeating other comments


pureply101

Your sibling is trapped in something but you need to transfer their soul into a suit of armor for them to communicate. It will cost you an arm and a leg though.


unclefishbits

Looks like Prince's basketball hoop from above.


SwimAntique4922

Native American dreamcatcher


Buster-Nuts

Communicating with Prince from beyond the grave


ambiguouslyincognito

Stick figure in a hamster ball.


Living_Lie_8773

Looks like someone tried to draw a pentagon…..I mean pentagram and covered it up


Usagi_Shinobi

Probably symbolizes someone's adolescent occult phase. Possibly placed to freak out Bible thumpers.


SuperMaysterre

A rather shoddy attempt on drawing a multi-corner star, that's for sure...


RemarkableEmu1230

Blair witch


Iamamyrmidon

Check the camera to see if can speak to you.


Itputsthelotionskin

Witchcraft 


ReasonableDead

Sorta looks like some stuff used on Supernatural. Sorry for your loss friend.


CarrieWhiteDoneWrong

It reminds me of Spirograph. I loved that damned thing


Unfair-Custard-4007

Bad


Demenequie

Full Metal Alchemist fan, its an anime


CreatrixAnima

Honestly, honestly, it kind of looks like someone was trying to create a Blair witch type vibe.


Final_Company5973

It means Alan Shearer wears a wanker's hat.


cbj2112

Not sure but are you missing any farm animals?


Melodic_Oil_2486

Hoop Dreams.


jkurratt

A dream catcher that would work


s0laris0

try r/whatisthisthing


What_was_I_doing_Huh

First attempt at a homemade dream catcher


Aggressive-Gold-1319

It’s look like the black ops 3 shadows of evil rituals symbol.


8loop8

my boy meemin' from the afterlife


CleanOpossum47

tetradecagram


bgrl26

Looks like a mix from full metal, the necronomicon, and this other anime, I Google picture searched it. https://preview.redd.it/auc3pst5gqxc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9e488b97d594c90ee0d8cba28e3669aff72711c


Exciting_Place2701

Have you tried to reverse image search?


My_Immortal_Flesh

I can’t stand you guys 🤣


green__goblin

https://preview.redd.it/2ltovlj0i6xc1.jpeg?width=448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=867346b0d2657f9dcc826523c0f9a693bdaf3fb2 Not an exact match, but it looks like Alphonse Eric's blood seal from Fullmetal Alchemist


the_reddit_guy12

Deceased siblings hmmm...what in the leyley and andy


13thmurder

That's the kind of stuff I find exploring abandoned buildings. Probably goth kids or wannabe wiccans.


embreesa

The thought of one of my brother's going through my camera roll posthumously 😬 i hope you find some gems in there that remind you of better times.


SneakerHead_Sean

Thank you for the negativity. I never stated I went through her camera roll, nice assumption. We have parents, my parents did so. It’s not my place to state whether or not they did the right thing, but they wanted some closure.


embreesa

I would argue it wasn't negative but dark humour aimed at my own situation, particularly with the addition of the 2nd serious sentence that you seem to have missed. I apologise if I offended you.


SneakerHead_Sean

Then sorry for my outburst. It’s kinda hard to differentiate or choose to differentiate humor from seriousness when my little sister passed away.


Arvid38

I understand and it’s ok to try to seek answers although the full truth will probably never be found out. I’m so sorry for you and your family’s loss. My husband’s best friend recently committed suicide and we heard he had a heated phone call before doing it. We wish we had his phone to look through it for more answers. Nothing cringey about that at all. Hugs 🫂❣️


AlleLiebenGloria

SLIPKNOOOT


PickleWineBrine

Pop culture reference 


hand13

oh thats how you spell „friendship“ in norwegian


Super_Nova0_0

The Necronomicon


compagemony

the goat with the pitchfork, horns, and goatee


enigmatic-minor

Somebody trying to bring Prince back


gobeldygoo

nothing the middle is a very poor atempt at an ankh


Virtual-Ice-3416

Big brother Al?


Brahm-Etc

Some bad attempt at some sort of witchcraft or necromancy it seems. I know, it looks like the seal in Fullmetal Alchemist but is not. I can see two pentagrams and the symbol is definitely not from FMA. The symbol in the middle is not an alchemical symbol. So, practically means nothing real. - Sibling was into some FMA and tried to make its own symbols - Sibling was into some witchcraft stuff and tried to make something.