Icons in the Hymn of the Cosmos

In the Hymn of the Cosmos, an icon is one of the thirty-two symbolic characters, locations and objects which recur throughout the text. Each icon represents a unique subset of the "quintessential elements" and/or their respective "virtues".

The Hymnal 's fifty-two chapters traditionally represent all fifty-two partitions of the set of five elements; as such, each chapter is assigned a set of one to five representative icons. Each icon also makes appearances in the popular fifty-two-count deck of Teller's Cards, which is divided in a similar manner.

List of Icons
Each icon is associated with a subset of the elements and with a material. In some cases, the elements take on a more symbolic role in the material formed; for instance, water (which is associated with the virtue of determinism/destiny) is used to create "star" (which is associated with divination).