Pentagram a geometric symbol of harmony health and Mystic powers.
A pentagram is a five pointed star. Traditionally, the five
points of the star represent the four elements (Earth, Water, Fire, and Air)
and Spirit.
Pentacle or pentagram. A geometric symbol of harmony health
and Mystic powers. A five-pointed star with lines that cross to each point. When
used in magical rituals design is usually called the pentacle.
The pentagram seems to have originate it in Mesopotamia
approximately 4000 years ago probably as an astronomical plot of the movements
of the planet Venus. It became a Sumerian and Egyptian stellar symbol is start
to have been the figure used on the seal of King Solomon of Israel.
In Greece the Pythagoreans adopted it as an emblem of health
and Mystic harmony the marriage of heaven and earth combining the number 2 terrestrial
and feminine, and three heavenly and masculine.
The resulting #5
symbol lives the microcosm of human body and mind. From this point on the
pentagram steadily acquired Mystic meaning.
The pentagon is endless
sharing the symbolism of perfection and power of the circle. Five is a
circular number as it produces itself in its last digit when raised to its own
power.
Gnostics and
alchemist associated with the five elements, Christians with the 5 wounds of
Christ. Medieval sorcerers with Solomon’s reputed powers over nature and the
spiritual world.
Magicians sometimes wore pentacle caps of buying linen to
conjure up supernatural help. In casting spells special powers were credited to
pentacles drawn on Virgin caps can but they were also protectively inscribed in
wood on rocks and on amulets or rings.
In Wicca and various forms of “white magic,” the encircled,
upright pentagram is considered a symbol that provides protection of some kind.
Pagan and neo-pagan groups use the pentagram in all manner of rituals and
ornamentation because it symbolizes infinity, the binding of the five elements,
and protection of the self.
With one point upward and two down the pentacle was the sign
of white magic the druids foot. Representing the triumph of spirit over matter.
In Christian symbolism, the basic pentagram (without a
circle) was originally used to represent the five wounds of Jesus Christ. It
was soon supplanted by the symbol of the cross, but the pentagram was still
recognizable as a Christian symbol for a few hundred years after Jesus’
resurrection. Some say that the continuous line was also considered symbolic of
the Alpha and Omega.
With one point down and
two up It represented the goatsfoot and horns of the devil a characteristic
symbolic inversion. inverted pentagram represents the descent of spirit into
matter.
Latin or kabbalistic
Hebrew letters often appear on talismanic pentacles drawn within protective circles.
The Pensacola was also a Masonic aspirational symbol known as the flaming star.
The pentagram was used in ancient Chinese and Japanese
religions to symbolize the five elements of life. In Japanese culture the
symbol was also considered magical. Ancient Babylonian culture was also using
the pentagram to represent various gods and religious beliefs of their own.
Historical associations of the pentagram include the five
senses, the five fingers, the five wounds of Christ, and astrological
representation of the five planets: Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn, and
Venus.
