Musicman
Hi,
I recently purchased my first Pentagram necklace and at first some of my 'old preconceived brainwashed concepts' from my Christian past reared it's ugly head in that It played on my mind that I was now wearing a satanic symbol around my neck! Not that it's anything to do with Satan, but my mind does wonder off to the past at times....
Anyway, I found out some stuff on the pentagram that i would like to share, apart from it being a symbol of protection, life and health it represents the four elements of air, water, earth and fire with the spirit ruling over these when the point is facing the right way. Inverted it means matter rules the spirit, thus how supposedly Satanists use as their symbol. The pentagram also represents the 5 senses or states of consciousness, as well as the human being as the microcosm of the universe. it's had many names over the centuries: Pentalpha, The Endless Knot, The Star Of Knowledge, The Pentacle Of The Templars. In the middle ages the church twisted it's meaning into the Witches Font, Goblins Cross, Wizards Star, Druids Foot and Devils Sign!
It's similiar to the swastica, which before Hitler turned it into an evil symbol, was a sign of wholeness. Makes you wonder how many good things and symbols and all have been perverted by the church and man.
blessed be
I recently purchased my first Pentagram necklace and at first some of my 'old preconceived brainwashed concepts' from my Christian past reared it's ugly head in that It played on my mind that I was now wearing a satanic symbol around my neck! Not that it's anything to do with Satan, but my mind does wonder off to the past at times....
Anyway, I found out some stuff on the pentagram that i would like to share, apart from it being a symbol of protection, life and health it represents the four elements of air, water, earth and fire with the spirit ruling over these when the point is facing the right way. Inverted it means matter rules the spirit, thus how supposedly Satanists use as their symbol. The pentagram also represents the 5 senses or states of consciousness, as well as the human being as the microcosm of the universe. it's had many names over the centuries: Pentalpha, The Endless Knot, The Star Of Knowledge, The Pentacle Of The Templars. In the middle ages the church twisted it's meaning into the Witches Font, Goblins Cross, Wizards Star, Druids Foot and Devils Sign!
It's similiar to the swastica, which before Hitler turned it into an evil symbol, was a sign of wholeness. Makes you wonder how many good things and symbols and all have been perverted by the church and man.
blessed be