Today I dined at a Japanese restaurant, before that I went to the pharmacy and the market. And everywhere good Christians looked unkindly at my neck, where in honor of the holiday a silver inverted pentagram on a lace. I bet anything, none of them could objectively explain this symbol. 🙂
Let's talk about the most common stereotype of the near-esoteric world - pentagram... What is this symbol, how does it work, what controls it, how it is associated with the elements and China. And most importantly - what does it have to do with it? demons and higher powers. At the same time, we will answer the question - how does it all work in general, this is the influence from above (below? ...), through what happens obsession? It's all about one thing.
The symbol of the five-pointed star has been known to people and non-humans since archaic times and not only in the physical world. It was used in Babylon and Ancient Egypt, it was designated royal and divine power, in particular - it was a symbol of the goddess Ishtar, one of the seals of Solomon and one of the signs of Alexander the Great. Greek mathematicians called five-pointed star pure perfection, as it is the encrypted symbol of the golden ratio. WITH Lucifer the pentacle is connected only in the sense that the trajectory of the planet Venus, whose genius is chronically confused with the biblical Devil ohm, when observed from the Earth forms pentagram.
And if we speak without cleverness and terms, then pentacle (pentagram or pentalpha) Is just a schema 5 elements, so succinctly. Every ray pentagrams- this is a certain element and the influence coming from it. The physical world and people are characterized by 5 elements: Fire, Water, Air / Metal, Earth and Life, for other layers and worlds they can be radically different. This division did not arise out of nowhere - each element and its influence are determined by the planet and the planetary genius who controls it and is most active in the region. The ancient Greeks called pentagram Pentalfa, which means "five letters alpha", since the symbol consists of 5 alphas, and the following scheme was displayed:
ύ - ύδωρ - Water, upper ray.
Γ - Γαια - Earth, upper left.
ί - ίδέα - Ether, lower right ray.
έ - έιλή - Fire, upper right corner.
ά - άήρ - Air, lower left corner.
In China, the same symbol shows the same scheme of elements, only instead of Air they highlight the element of Metal (they have one planetary patron, guess who), and instead of Ether - Tree, the element of Jupiter. This is the designation of the Wu-sin scheme, that is, the balance of the elements within the nth object or person, the balance of the influence of planetary geniuses on it. 5 elements controlling each other - the same 5 rays.
Wu Xing scheme:
What is interesting here is that in itself pentacle is not static and the same for everyone. In humans, 5 elements prevail, but in other species and in other layers it will be the same pentacle with OTHER elements. For example, demons are dominated by the element of Darkness or Shadow, while the rest of the rays can be occupied with anything, for example, the scheme: Darkness-Shadow-Time-Earth-Air. Where does such a variegation of this people come from, their ability to influence various spheres and sciences - whoever has what is inside is what rules. For some elemental, the essence of the element, it will be Water-Light-Earth-Life-Air. The number of variations is almost infinite, and the scheme is the same - a pentacle. There are slightly more complex schemes, for example, among the most ancient gods and inferns, this scheme can include 6 rays or duplicate one element.
A complete diagram of the elements, based on the "human" pentacle looks something like this:
In the same way, it is correct to build rituals, where the elements play an important role. If you apply such a scheme instead of the Small Runic Ritual, it will turn out very strong and bright, I advise 🙂 Wiccans do this as a rule.
Technically, there isn't much of a difference, inverted pentagram or not, but traditionally an inverted star is considered a talisman against evil and influences (it is, as it were, closed), coming from the elements included in the Pentacle. It blocks work against you. Straight pentagram- direct connection to these elements, filling with them.
This symbol has never carried any negative meaning, on the contrary (what is wrong with help, power and protection?). But in the second half of the 19th century, at the suggestion of a French occultist Eliphasa Levi who correctly grasped the connection Satan, Lucifer and Venus, but then suffered delirium, which turned out to be very tenacious in the minds of people, the symbol acquired a notorious connection with the biblical Satan, satanism and evil. And the further, the more firmly the information went to the masses that such a useful pentacle is the essence of evil and a sign of someone bad.
Later, in the 20th century, a demoniac Anton LaVey(oh-wey), the head of the Church of Satan, added oil to
fire by depicting this symbol on their Satanic Bible. We have already forgotten Venus with its trajectory, and geniuses, and Macedonian ... pentagram means Satanists!!! ". Idiots are like that, yeah. And more people do not know anything about it and do not want to know, despite the fact that 200 years ago this symbol was calmly depicted on Christian cathedrals and seals of monarchs. So that.
But it is through this symbol, or rather, the elements in it, that the subtle plane influences the physical! This is the schema of the soul. Roughly speaking, if a certain entity influences you (no matter good or bad), it acts through the element in you. The easiest way to connect is through water, this is how most of the religious egregors work (why baptism takes place in water, did you not think?), Just enters the body through the "water" corner of the pentacle, which is the soul. In exactly the same way, an essence can take possession of a person, entering through the element that he repeats with this essence. That is, a larva, roughly speaking, is a piece of land, and enters through this segment into the human body.
The influence of the "higher powers" follows exactly the same principle: a person has many channels carrying the elements through the body (you can look for a plate for the distribution of organs by the elements), and if you kick well on any of them (and these can!), Then immediately the little man runs in, screams and grabs onto the damaged area. Was stung in a ray.
So think now, at whom and why you are looking unkindly 🙂
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The first known images of the pentagram date from about 3500 BC. BC, these are five-pointed stars painted on clay, found in the ruins of the ancient city of Uruk. Images of pentagrams are also found on Egyptian statues. As Arthur Waite reports in his New Encyclopedia of Frank-Freemasonry, the Egyptians called the pentagram "the star of the dog-headed Anubis."
The pentagram was widely known as a sign protecting from all evil; belief in its protective properties was so deep that in ancient Babylon it was depicted on the doors of shops and warehouses in order to protect goods from damage and theft. It was also a powerful sign of power for the initiates. So in the same Babylon, for example, this sign is often found on royal seals, and, according to modern scholars, she personified "the power of the ruler, extending to all four cardinal directions." According to another version, the most ancient designations of the pentagram symbolized the goddesses Ishtar and Duat.
The Jews associated the pentagram with their sacred Pentateuch, which Moses received from God. The ancient Greeks called the pentagram Pentalf, which means "five letters alpha", because the symbol can be decomposed into alpha five times. For early Christians, the pentagram was a reminder of the five wounds of Christ: from the crown of thorns on the forehead, from the nails in the hands and feet.
The pentagram is found on the seals of Alexander the Great.
The pentagram, according to Agrippa (15th century), was used by the Pythagoreans as a distinctive sign of belonging to their community. They taught that the world consists of five interconnected elements (Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Ether). To reflect this doctrine, five letters were depicted around the pentagram:
The pentagram is also found on the talismans of the Gnostics, as a symbol of intellectual omnipotence.
According to the famous researcher of Kabbalah Gershom Sholem, the magicians of medieval Europe learned about the pentagram under the name of "the seal of King Solomon" from Arabic manuscripts.
In Arab magic, the "seal of Solomon" was widely used, but initially it, enclosed in a circle, was relatively rare. Even then, the hexagram and the pentagram were interchangeable, and this title ["seal of King Solomon"] applied to both figures.
- Gershom Scholem,. ...
The pentagram was also among the symbols of the Templars. The Roman emperor Constantine I included the pentagram in his seal and in his amulet, because he believed that thanks to it he found the true faith and converted to Christianity. An English warrior, Sir Gawain, nephew of King Arthur, used a pentagram as a personal symbol and placed it on his shield in gold on a red background. The five sharp points of the star symbolized the five knightly virtues - "nobility, politeness, chastity, courage and piety." In the 19th century, the pentagram appeared on tarot cards, after they became associated with Kabbalah.
The festive procession of the pentagram ended during the Inquisition. The millennial national symbol of protection, the pentagram, was turned into evil. She was given a new name "Witch's Leg" (eng. Witch's Foot, it. Drudenfuß). For many millennia, the pentagram has personified a symbol of goodness and light. And in just 500 years, it has become a symbol of evil.
The German poet Goethe, in the tragedy "Faust", describes a case when the devil Mephistopheles entered the home of the scientist Faust, because the pentagram on his house was poorly drawn, and the gap in the corner remained:
Mephistopheles: No, it's hard for me to get out now, There is something that bothers me a little: A magic sign at your doorstep.
Faust: Is it not the pentagram to blame for this? But how, devil, did you make your way after me? Which way did you get caught?
Mephistopheles: You deigned to draw it badly, And a gap remained in the corner, There, at the door, and I could freely jump up.
During the Renaissance, another symbolism of the pentagram was adopted. If you inscribe a human figure into it, connecting it with five elements (Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Spirit), you get an image of a microcosm - a sign of occult “spiritual work” on the “material plane”. For the first time, the famous magician Cornelius Agrippa wrote about this in 1531 in the second book of his "Occult Philosophy" (after his name, the pentagram of the microcosm is sometimes called the "pentacle of Agrippa"). Astrologer Tycho Brahe went further, in his work "Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum" in 1582, he published an image of a pentagram, on the rays of which the letters of the Kabbalistic divine name of the savior IHShVH ( יהשוה - Pentagramaton), where ש - is interpreted as a symbol of the Divine presence, spiritualizing the four material elements, symbolized by the name יהוה.
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Pentagram - What is it and how to use it
I continue to answer your questions. I try to upload some of them in video format, but there are a lot of plans, a lot of interesting videos are being prepared, so I will present today's answer to the question in the format of an article. The question is: "What is a pentagram and how to use it?" I think from the point of view of geometry, everyone understands that the pentagram is a five-pointed star. I will try to tell you about the pentagram from the point of view of magic. In this case, when they say "pentagram", as a rule, they mean a pentagram in a circle.
Properties of the pentagram
First, let's talk about the pentagram with the point pointing up. This is a very ancient symbol, which is interpreted in its own way by every culture and almost every magical trend. But the main meanings are as follows. The rays symbolize the four elements - Fire, Water, Earth and Air, and the fifth element already varies - Spirit, Ether, Life, Idea, who is in what is great. I lean more towards the meaning of Spirit or Life, depending on the situation. The pentagram inscribed in a circle is an ancient protective symbol that is still used by magicians in amulet construction, rituals, protection, when communicating with the other world, summoning various entities and other practices. For example, a pentagram drawn on the floor can be the basis for a ritual or a defense mechanism. While inside the pentagram, the magician protects himself from the outside world. By being outside the pentagram, the magician protects himself from what is inside the pentagram. As a rule, we are talking about some potentially dangerous summoned entity. Until now, all sorts of clever people manage to summon demons and hope to get out of the water dry.
The pentagram amulet, in itself, is a good protective symbol. If you charge it, then the protective properties increase by orders of magnitude. Such amulets can be used as an additional layer of materialized protection. You can buy it at.
A pentagram drawn in chalk on a door or on the wall of a building will protect it from the penetration of entities. But it should be borne in mind that entities do not use doors and, if you want to completely secure your home, you need to outline all the outer walls with pentagrams, having previously carried out a magical cleaning of the room. This is somewhat overhead and looks, to put it mildly, not very aesthetically pleasing. But, nevertheless, it can be a very good help in matters of protection. Not only at home, but also your own energy.
I skimmed over the main functions of the pentagram from a magical point of view. Now briefly about the inverted pentagram.
Inverted pentagram
It was once used by various currents. Even at one time it was a symbol of Christ. But since the late nineteenth century, the inverted pentagram has been considered a symbol of Satanism. Although the prerequisites for this are very vague and contradictory. Now the inverted pentagram with some cosmetic additions is the official symbol of the Church of Satan. Sadly, there is one. Some directions still consider the inverted pentagram as a symbol of the saving sacrifice, the face of the creator, or something else. But Satanists and dark magicians have so dirtied this symbol with their energy that disputes are already meaningless.
Protector, she is a SatanistI don’t know if you have ever drawn a swastika, but you drew a pentagram for sure. Why not draw? Excellent figure: in one motion - one! - and closed five lines. Yes, yes, the pentagram is nothing more than a five-pointed asterisk familiar to everyone from childhood, which many of us wore when we were Soviet octotes.
Literally from the Greek "pentagram" and translated as "five lines". The Greeks also called it "pentalpha", since it was possible to see five letters "A" in it. Well, if you draw this symbol with "magical intent", then it is more appropriate to call it "pentacle".
Plus, this symbol almost from the very beginning of his "career" accompanied mystical teachings. The ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras played a significant role here. A fanatic of his work, he gave mathematics the appearance of a real mystical philosophy and became famous for the creation of one of the first Greek secret schools. Little is known for certain about the great secrets kept by this school, but it is believed that the symbol of the Pythagoreans was precisely the "delightful" pentagram.
Pentagram from "Occult Philosophy" by Cornelius Agrippa
Pythagoras considered this figure perfect not only geometrically (proportionality, isolation, "golden ratio"), but also in a mystical sense, since it was a combination of the numbers "2" (the symbol of the female earthly principle) and "3" (the symbol of the beginning of the male heavenly ), i.e. a kind of embodiment of spiritual and bodily harmony. No wonder in the ancient world this sign became a symbol of health, accompanied the goddess Hygieya (Hygiene), and drawn with the letters S, A, L, V, S meant health and five senses. Inscribed in a circle, the pentagram symbolized 5 years of silence - a necessary condition for a neophyte in the school of the Pythagoreans. And that is not all. Also, the Pythagoreans believed that the primitive chaos during the creation of the world was placed in five shelters, which are located in the kingdom of darkness - Tartarus. Therefore, the pentagram was also considered a source of wisdom.
Since then, this sign began to roam in all sorts of secret societies and castes: from Gnostics to alchemists, from alchemists to Masons. However, traditional religions did not shy away from the pentagram. Among the Jews, she symbolized the Torah (Pentateuch). It was also believed that the pentagram was on the seal of the wisest king Solomon, who, according to legend, laid not only the Jerusalem temple, but also the foundations of Kabbalah. For Christians, the pentagram symbolized the five wounds of Christ and the Transfiguration of Christ, and for the Muslims, the union of the five main pillars of religion and five daily prayers.
The protective protective properties of the five-pointed star made it very popular in magical rituals. The pentagram scrawled on the doors, beams and thresholds of houses guaranteed reliable protection against the penetration of evil spirits into the dwelling.
However, the pentagram should be drawn carefully: from left to right and in no case should breaks be allowed, as happened with the famous doctor Faust in the poem by I.V. Goethe:
« F a u s t.
... Go. At your disposal
Window and door and chimney.
M e f and s to f e l.
I'm in some difficulty.
Doesn't allow me to go out into the hallway
The figure under the door frame.
F a u s t.
Are you scared of the pentagram?
How then
Have you entered through the threshold here?
How did such a rogue fail?
M e f and s to f e l.
Look closely. This sign is badly drawn.
The outer corner is elongated in length
And leaves the move, bent over the edge. "
Magicians and sorcerers, summoning unclean spirits and raising the dead, stood in the middle of the pentagram, trying not to protrude beyond its borders with a single part of the body.
In 1531, Cornelius Agrippa in his "Occult Philosophy" (perhaps after looking at the famous painting of a man by Leonardo da Vinci) inscribed the figure of a man in the star. The pentagram began to be considered the embodiment of the whole human personality ("human macrocosm"). Four rays (arms and legs) symbolized the four elements (air, fire, water and earth), and the fifth (head) - the spirit that rules over these elements.
A. Platonov in the story "Chevengur":
“Another other came to take an interest in the Soviet star: why is she now the main sign on a person, and not a cross or a circle? ... Chepurny took a star in his hands and immediately saw that it was a person who spread his arms and legs to hug another person, and not dry continents at all. The other did not know why a person would hug. And then Chepurny clearly said that the person was not to blame here, his body was simply arranged for hugs, otherwise there was nowhere to put his arms and legs. “The cross is also a person,” the other recalled, “but why is it on one leg, while a person has two?” Chepurny guessed about this: "Before, people wanted to hold each other with their hands, but then they did not, and they unhooked and prepared their legs."
The masons called the pentagram "Flaming Star", as it was drawn with beams of flame at the edges of the rays. In its center was the letter "G", which was interpreted in different ways: gnosis (Greek "knowledge"), Gott (German "God"), gloir (French "glory"). The Mason received the sign of the "Flaming Star" when he reached the degree of Apprentice (Companion). Here she symbolized a person who achieved spiritual "enlightenment", free from prejudices.
The first serious shadow fell on the pentagram in 1312, when the French king Philip IV the Handsome, coveting the money of the Templars, persuaded Pope Clement V to start a trial against this powerful knightly order. The official pretext was traditional - the accusation of heresy. And as a result of skillful inquisitorial interrogations, the unfortunate knights "gave out" such terrible tales about the satanic rites they conducted, that modern occultists still "feed" on them. So in the testimony of the Templars, the pentagram first acquired satanic features, being a symbol allegedly worn by the goat-like idol Baphomet.
Only in the 19th century, through the efforts of the famous mystic Eliphas Levi, the pentagram first clearly bifurcated into "white magic" (point up) and inverted "black magic" (point down), which symbolized perverted human nature.
E. Levy "Teaching and Ritual of Higher Magic":
“This is the Star of the Mages; it is the sign of the Word that created the flesh, and, according to the direction of its rays, this absolute magical symbol represents order, or disorder, the Sacred Lamb of Ormuzd and St. John, or the accursed Goat of Mendes. This is sanctification or profanation; it is Lucifer or Venus, the morning or evening star. This is Mary or Lilith, victory or death, day or night. The pentagram with two ascending ends represents Satan as a goat at the Sabbath; when one end rises, it is the sign of the Savior. "
Subsequently, the "Star of Baphomet" became the official symbol of the Church of Satan A. La Vey, founded in 1966. And in 1983, an inverted pentagram with an inscribed goat's head became ... an officially registered trademark! So be careful with copyrights, domestic Satanists.
The pentagram in Russia also had its bright and in many respects mysterious history.
Under the influence of the French, Emperor Nicholas I introduced the pentagram into the Russian army. On January 1, 1827, gold forged stars appeared on the epaulettes, and on April 29, 1854, already sewn ones decorated the introduced shoulder straps.
After the February Revolution, the Provisional Government canceled the shoulder straps, but did not abandon the "Mars Star". On April 21, 1917, the Minister of War and Marine A. Guchkov places a five-pointed star on the rims of the sailors' caps - right above the anchor.
However, the "star of Mars" proved itself most vividly after another revolution - the Great October Revolution. No sooner had the young Soviet government begun to form the Red Army than there was an urgent need for new symbols. This was largely due to the fact that in the fire of the Civil War, the opposing sides were often dressed in clothes of the same cut and it was not easy to distinguish strangers from their own in battle.
This is how the famous red five-pointed star appears for the first time in the symbolism of the Land of the Soviets.
Red Star of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army.
Unfortunately, no accurate, documented evidence of the author of this symbol has survived. Some historians believe that the star was proposed by one of the commissars of the Moscow Military District N. Polyansky, others - that it was made by a member of the All-Russian Collegium for the Organization and Management of the Red Army - K. Eremeev.
It is reliably known that for the first time the new symbol was mentioned in the Izvestia newspaper on April 19, 1918. There was published a note that the Commissariat for Military Affairs approved a drawing of a badge in the form of a red star with a golden image of a hammer and a plow. Initially, the red star also bore the image of the book, but it looked too clumsy and the book was removed.
Officially, the symbol called "the star of Mars with a plow and a hammer" was approved by the order of L. Trotsky on May 7, 1918. The following was also said there: “The Red Army badge is the identity of persons serving in the Red Army. Persons not serving in the Red Army are invited to remove these signs immediately. For failure to comply with this order, the guilty will be brought to trial by a military tribunal. "
At first, the "star of Mars" was worn on a triangular last, clinging to the left side of the chest. However, this shape turned out to be inconvenient, and the jewelry company suggested placing the stars on wreaths of laurel and oak leaves, which were left over from the old signs.
For a time, the shape and location of the star varied greatly. On July 29, 1918, Trotsky issues another order, where the red star was obliged to wear on the peg of his cap. Coated with varnish, the badge-cockade was more convex in shape, and the rays of the star had more rounded edges.
The greatest amount of misinterpretation, both then and now, caused the meaning of the red star symbol. Haters of Soviet power immediately remembered the Freemasons, and even Satanists. About the Freemasons. Of course, they have been in Russia for a long time. At first, the Masons carried educational ideas, and after Radishchev and the Decembrist uprising, they began to express the interests of the pro-Western liberal nobility, the intelligentsia and the big bourgeoisie. As you know, the Bolsheviks disliked liberals for a long time, and after the February Revolution they generally stood on the other side of the barricade. Well, the Freemasons were generally not favored. Whether it is the symbolism of the United States, which was really created by the Freemasons, and which no one really hid (hence the stars on the flag, and the pyramid with an eye on the dollar, etc.).
The number of stripes on the US flag is the number of the first 13 states, and 50 stars is the number of states now.
As for the red star, the Bolsheviks were guided in their choice by the relative novelty of the symbol and its quite traditional meanings - military ("Mars star"), protective (pentagram, as a talisman) and guiding (as a symbol of high aspirations).
Of course, the new symbols (not without the propaganda of the opponents of the Soviet regime) at first aroused superstitious fear among some of the common people. No wonder that on February 11, 1919, at the conference of the 2nd Soviet (Ukrainian) division, the head of its political department I. Mints complained that "the peasant youth is full of prejudices against the" communes ", against the new" cockade "- the Red Army star ...".
And then the Bolsheviks also made an oversight, placing the new symbol with two rays up. This can be seen both in the first badges and on some Bolshevik posters (for example, D. Moor's poster "Soviet Russia is a besieged camp. Everything is on the defensive!" 1919). And, after the work of E. Levy, this position of the star began to be interpreted as a sign of Satanism. At the same time, it was completely forgotten that the inverted pentagram was on the seal of Emperor Constantine (the one who made Christianity the official Roman religion) and in general was interpreted for a long time as a symbol of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ (this can be seen, for example, on the icon of Andrei Rublev). Naturally, having discovered such a reaction, the Bolsheviks gave the star a more "decent" position.
A 1919 poster by D. Moore with an inverted star.
Let's see how the commissars of the Red Army themselves explained to the common people the symbols of the Red Star in a 1918 leaflet:
“... The Red Star of the Red Army is the star of Truth ... Therefore, the plow and the hammer are depicted on the Red Army star. The plow of a muzhik plowman. Hammer of the hammer-worker.
This means that the Red Army is fighting for the star of Truth to shine on the peasant-plowman and the hammer-worker, so that they have will and share, rest and bread, and not just need, poverty and continuous work ...
She is the star of the happiness of all poor people, peasants and workers. This is what the red star of the Red Army means. "
In general, no satanic, occult or masonic interpretations.
The story of the Red Star did not end there. On January 16, 1919, embroidered stars adorned the new headdress of the Red Army. In the form he copied the helmets of the Russian knights, and therefore at first he was dubbed the "hero". However, soon they began to call him by the names of the famous red commanders - "Frunzevka" and "Budenovka" (the latter name stuck).
There were also changes in the design of the star. On April 13, 1922, depicted on it, the plow was replaced with a more graceful sickle. And on July 11 of the same year, the shape of the star also changed - it ceased to be convex, and its rays straightened again. In this form, she finally established herself in the Red (and then Soviet) army. 
Since 1923, the Red Star has been a symbol of the Soviet state.
In 1923, already without tools (so as not to repeat the military emblem), the Red Star crowned the coat of arms of the Soviet Union and the coat of arms of almost all Soviet republics. It is interesting that it got on the coat of arms of the RSFSR later than everyone else - in 1978! It is also interesting that in the 1930s, a project was proposed to make the star 11-rayed (according to the number of union republics).
The Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower, 2003.
Having switched to the coat of arms of the USSR, the five-pointed star has acquired a more global symbolism. It was already about five continents, where a bloody struggle is going on for the liberation of the working people from exploitation.
In 1924, a five-pointed star appears on the flag of the USSR, in 1928 (with a portrait of young Lenin) an Octobrist star appears, in 1935 decorated with gems, the star crowned the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower, and in 1942 the pioneer badge takes the form of a star (before that he wore the form of a flag).
Andrey Rublev. Transfiguration. 1405 BC
It would seem that with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the time of the Red Star has ended. The fragments of the state chose new symbols for themselves, the star remained only in the symbols of the Communist parties. It was even said in Russia that it would not hurt to replace the Kremlin stars with two-headed eagles.
However, the growing social tension, moral and economic decline in the post-Soviet space forced some political leaders to treat Soviet symbols more cautiously. So in 2002, trying to somehow restore the "broken link of times", Russian Defense Minister S. Ivanov proposed, and President V. Putin approved the return of the five-pointed star to the symbols of the Russian army.
No matter how hard tongues try to equate the Soviet Union with Hitler's Germany, and the Red Star with the Nazi swastika, they have not yet succeeded. And nothing threatens the pentagram at all. Otherwise, you will have to make 50 holes in the US flag, 12 holes in the EU flag, not to mention the mass of other flags and emblems.
The Pentagram amulet is common among mystics and lovers of the mysterious. The symbol is 4 thousand years old, but it remains relevant and incredible power. The talisman with the image protects from evil and negativity.
History claims that the five-pointed star as a symbol appeared in Mesopotamia 4 thousand years ago and marked the path of Venus's movement in the sky. In Sumerian and Egyptian culture, it began to be used to denote a star.
The Northern Druids perceived the pentagram as a symbol of the Creator God. Christians associated it with the five wounds of Christ. Pythagoras interpreted the amulet as a unity of numbers 2 + 3, feminine and masculine. The pentagram is a demonstration of the golden ratio, absolute harmony.
The meaning of the Pentagram amulet depends on how the five-pointed star is depicted. If the top looks up, the product is used in white magic and collects positive energy. It is used to protect against evil forces, to achieve wisdom and inner peace. There is a legend that King Solomon actively used this amulet.
The pentagram can be found in Chinese symbolism: it means the birth and interpenetration of elements: fire, earth, water, wood, metal. These are the leading parameters of the universe, which are constantly changing into each other.
In magical rituals, the Agrippa pentagram has other meanings:
For the pentagram to be a creative symbol, it must be depicted clockwise. For rituals, mystics draw additional magical figures, signs along the edges of the star: they enhance the value of the amulet.
If the pentagram is drawn upside down, it radiates the opposite negative energy. A variation of the sign, like an amulet, is used by black magicians, witches for destruction and evil. There is a belief that the inverted star is a symbolic image of Satan in the form of a goat: the upper ends of the figure represent horns, the side ends - ears, and the lower - beard.
Since 1983, the Baphomet mark, or inverted star, has been officially registered as a trademark. It belongs to one of the world's largest satanic sects. The reverse pentagram means hell, the underworld. The amulet symbol is interpreted as a man without a head.
The inverted star's connection to Satan dates back to the 19th century. For the first time, mention of the reverse pentagram appears in the French occultist Alphonse Louis Constant. In his work, he described a star with two rays raised upward - the sign of the devil. This is the only early mention of the meaning of the symbol, which did not immediately become widespread.
In 1966, in the United States, Howard Stanton LaVey drew a pentagram with a goat inscribed in the head as a symbol of the organization he founded - the Church of Satan. Under the influence of shocking in the minds of the broad masses, the amulet in the form of an inverted star began to be associated with negative.
The effect of using the opposite version of the pentagram is the opposite. It means downward energy. The symbol brings destruction, causes damage, and if misused, brings misfortune. You cannot wear an inverted star as a decoration or amulet: negative events will appear in life.
The talisman has no power if used incorrectly. There are a number of rules recommended for strict adherence:
However, use the pentagram with caution. The sign is strong and "works" regardless of the faith and religion of the owner. It is important to observe the correctness of the rituals, otherwise the effect of the symbol will be unpredictable. A negative influence is possible, even if a pentacle is used in rituals with the top up.
If you wear the amulet as a souvenir, then the pentagram will have no effect. To make the symbol work, charge it using a special ritual. You can do it yourself. The result is unpredictable if the ceremony is performed by a beginner in magic. It is better to entrust the process to an experienced psychic or mystic.
The amulet is charged in this order:
In addition to charging, the star in the circle amulet requires regular cleaning. This requires regular table salt. Rub it on the pentacle to eliminate negative energy.
Do not wash the pentagram under water: the latter distorts the energy, the amulet loses its strength.
Magic talismans, if used incorrectly, bring misfortune to the owner. Before using them, get the advice or recommendation of a professional magician so as not to harm yourself and your loved ones.
The pentagram amulet requires the following precautions:
The five-pointed star is a powerful talisman, and you have to handle it carefully. If you want to protect yourself from evil forces, entrust the charging of the pentagram to a magician who will correctly direct the beam of cosmic energy. Strictly adhere to the precautionary rules: they will help you to benefit from the use of the amulet.
