The Pentagram

[mariag]

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"A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha or pentangle or, more formally, as a star pentagon) is the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes. The word pentagram comes from the Greek word πεντάγραμμον (pentagrammon), a noun form of πεντάγραμμος (pentagrammos) or πεντέγραμμος (pentegrammos), a word meaning roughly "five-lined" or "five lines".

Pentagrams were used symbolically in ancient Greece and Babylonia. The pentagram has magical associations, and many people who practice Neopagan faiths wear jewelry incorporating the symbol. Christians once more commonly used the pentagram to represent the five wounds of Jesus,and it also has associations within Freemasonry.

The pentagram has long been associated with the planet Venus, and the worship of the goddess Venus, or her equivalent. It is also associated with the Roman word lucifer, which was a term used for Venus as the Morning Star, associated with the bringer of light and knowledge. It is most likely to have originated from the observations of prehistoric astronomers. When viewed from Earth, successive inferior conjunctions of Venus plot a nearly perfect pentagram shape around the zodiac every eight years.

The word "pentacle" is sometimes used synonymously with "pentagram", although their technical usages are different, and their etymologies may be unrelated.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/95/Bolzani_XP_Pentacle.JPG/180px-Bolzani_XP_Pentacle.JPG

[phildee3]

http://http://www.osage.net/~lwaite/LW25.jpg

"A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha or pentangle or, more formally, as a star pentagon) is the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes. The word pentagram comes from the Greek word πεντάγραμμον (pentagrammon), a noun form of πεντάγραμμος (pentagrammos) or πεντέγραμμος (pentegrammos), a word meaning roughly "five-lined" or "five lines".

Pentagrams were used symbolically in ancient Greece and Babylonia. The pentagram has magical associations, and many people who practice Neopagan faiths wear jewelry incorporating the symbol. Christians once more commonly used the pentagram to represent the five wounds of Jesus,and it also has associations within Freemasonry.

The pentagram has long been associated with the planet Venus, and the worship of the goddess Venus, or her equivalent. It is also associated with the Roman word lucifer, which was a term used for Venus as the Morning Star, associated with the bringer of light and knowledge. It is most likely to have originated from the observations of prehistoric astronomers. When viewed from Earth, successive inferior conjunctions of Venus plot a nearly perfect pentagram shape around the zodiac every eight years.

The word "pentacle" is sometimes used synonymously with "pentagram", although their technical usages are different, and their etymologies may be unrelated.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/95/Bolzani_XP_Pentacle.JPG/180px-Bolzani_XP_Pentacle.JPG

This is very good.

Could you please give citations when quoting others. Thanks.

[mariag]

This is very good.

Could you please give citations when quoting others. Thanks.
Oh sorry I was qouting wikipedia :)
I am interested in the star of David thats why I looked the Pentagram up on google . I found this on Wiki. I will look more into this .

[tinmenace]

It's a fascination symbol. I found some additional interesting info about it and outlined it in THIS THREAD (http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2368).

[astral_girl]

hiya mariag -hows it going ;)

[mariag]

hiya mariag -hows it going ;)

Hey ! doing fine astral_girl , hows you?

[astral_girl]

Hey ! doing fine astral_girl , hows you?

not bad thanks ....:p

[mariag]

I cant think of a more talked about , mentioned symbol then This pentagram . It is clear that this Star of David has affected human kind for decades of years . Some say it is for good and others say it´s an evil force behind this amazing star. I have it tattooed on my left arm as a sigill. But the star comes in many forms and shapes . What are your thoughts about this star and how has it affected you ?

[craven dark]

I've got it tottooed on my back between my shoulderblades, i believe it is the epitome of the femine and is the ying of my yang:)

[mariag]

It's a fascination symbol. I found some additional interesting info about it and outlined it in THIS THREAD (http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2368).




Yes there are people using symbols for bad purposes as well as good and(H)illary sure makes a brilliant effort of a try to be evil ... Good thread BTW

[tinmenace]

Yep, the symbol carries whatever energy you infuse it with.

Glad you enjoyed the thread ;)

[paganus]

I cant think of a more talked about , mentioned symbol then This pentagram . It is clear that this Star of David has affected human kind for decades of years . Some say it is for good and others say it´s an evil force behind this amazing star. I have it tattooed on my left arm as a sigill. But the star comes in many forms and shapes . What are your thoughts about this star and how has it affected you ?i wear a pentagram ring,and have one on my jacket.its led to some new friends on occasion because fellow Pagan's see it and comment on it.i also use it as a banishing sign for self-defence.

[mariag]

I have my pentagram as a protection and also so that other pagans know.

[drael]

Its good to see all the pentagrams round here. It adds protection and cleansing to the forum :)

In also like to add, that it has a purifying/cleansing effect and is associated sometimes with fire as a magickal tool.

It contains a phi spiral, which based on torsion physics may be why it generates the energy (which i imagine as a cone coming up)

[kblood]

What a nice way to shed some light on this well known symbol, and what it really stands for to the people who actually use it.

It was very wrongly associated with satanism on a symbolism site that I think was called exposing satanism or something similar, clearly showing it has a quite one sided veiw of it. The site even shows the YinYang symbol as a satanistic symbol, along with the peace symbol and quite a few others.

The few symbols actually satanic related that I know of is the upside down cross, the upside down pentagram and the horned hand.

I first learned of the meaning of the upside down pentagram by watching x-files :) It was an episode about good and evil witchcraft.