Pentagram
Pentagram is a word that originates from the Greek pentagrammon meaning to have five lines. This is derived from pente “five” and gramma meaning “what is written”. A pentagon is the body of the pentagram, whereas the pentagram is a five pointed star extending from a pentagon. Sometimes called the “Endless Knot”, the sides of the pentagram are interwoven, as though they were drawn with a single line instead of 5 straight lines that intersect.
Known to be used as a magical or symbolic figure of the Pythagoreans or magicians, the pentagram has a more ancient history. Roughly etched pentagrams have been found in stone caves and on ancient Babylonian clay tablets dating back to the first millennium B.C.E. These early pentagrams are thought to have been used in astrological study and possible religious practices or worship. In Sumerian texts, the pentagram marked directions, and is believed to have represented
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This can be done with a ritual tool, such as the athame, a wand, or just by using a finger in the air. The pentacle is drawn by visualizing a single line by starting at the top and bringing it down to the bottom left. Next, bring it up diagonally to the right, and straight across to the left. Finally, bring it diagonally down to the bottom right and back up to the top where the pentagram was started.
When a pentagram is drawn with the point up, the pentagram represents the importance of mind over matter, even a suggestion of obtaining secret knowledge. The pentagram is one of the most widely used and powerful symbols of the Neo-pagans and the practitioners of Wicca and it is often drawn on to magical tools to increase the magickal properties of the tool and connect to the element of earth. I have held a pentagram to be my personal symbol for ages, and can see that I will be incorporating its use more in my
Discovery of huge satanic pentagram on Russia peninsula sparks Putin alien debate. Is it possible that Russian president Putin is attempting to send a satanic message to aliens in space? This is not your usual alien inspired footage. There are circular UFO shapes within the pentagram as well. Are aliens using satanic pentagram designs to scare or warn humans of the biblical apocalypse?
The middle part shows the animal whom the spirit of who made the Tipi. the upper part of the tipi means heavens and stars. A cross represents a butterfly or a moth. In the article Tipi Designs , “Female animals are on the north side and males are on the south side of the Tipi.” Each painted Tipi has a specific purpose.
Before the actual writing on the clay tablets was created, the Sumerians originally had tokens. The tokens were items that represented words. They were kept safe together in a sealed clay envelope. The way the Sumerians knew what was in the envelope was that they press the tokens into the clay on the outside. The reason that they had the tokens in
The pentangle “... is a figure formed of five points, … each line is linked and locked with the next” (627- 628). Each of the five points of the pentangle represent Gawain’s virtues, being: his five senses, as he is “faultless in his five senses”; his fidelity which is “fixed upon the five wounds that Christ got on the cross”; his 5 fingers in each hand are “found ever to fail in his five fingers”; and his force, founded on “the high Queen of heaven had in her child” (640-49). The pentangle also represents the virtues which every knight aspires to be “such as friendship, generosity, chasity, courtesy and piety”(652-654). Sir Gawain and the Green Knight also place a large emphasis on the number five. For instance, the pentangle, the pentangle represents five different aspects or characteristics as it posses five different edges on the star creating somewhat of a blueprint for the chivalry code. The pentangle is most commonly represented as the emblem of truth according to Luke Mastin. However, in this poem
Traditional piñatas that have a religious meaning are traditionally shaped like a seven or ten-pointed star piñata. The seven points represent the seven deadly sins while the ten points represents the ten commandments. The stick that is used to break the piñata represents love. The people around you blindfold you so that you will not be enticed by evil and so that the good people that surround you, can guide you to what is good.
Tribal tattoos often depict the sun in their imagery. Popular among the tribal tattoos today is the Aztec symbol of the sun. The Aztecs depicted the sun as a large ball with flames, or sometimes triangles emanating from it. Aztec calendars usually are place around a sun symbol. Rebirth is also frequently integrated with the sun's imagery in body modification art.
Visually, the pentangle, also referred to as the “endless knot”, is a five-pointed star enclosed in a circle or, in the case of Sir Gawain, a shield (Greenblatt 630). In examining the pentangle as a symbol of magic, writer Eliphas Levi notes that when the pentangle is illustrated right side up it is purporting spiritual dominance over that of the physical world (Levi 212). Conversely, when upside down, the pentangle is representative of the physical world ruling over the spiritual, a concept generally linked with with
There are a lot of words on top of the stone carved as symbols (pictures)
Ever wondered what the Jewish six pointed star meant? The one that is shown to be associated with everything Jewish? Well here’s where you find all the answers to many questions. This sacred star, which is displayed as two triangles overlapping each other. One facing up, the other down. The upwards triangle is to represent Valhalla or Heaven and the downwards triangle is h e double hockey stick. (Public Library of Ohio)
In many instincts, this can give off the idea that maybe the gods and goddess themselves could have been human to before becoming what they are now. Just as the Greeks saw their mythology as a way of life stories portrayed towards their everyday life, this could be a key component towards every religion. The question displayed in some religions is how they gods and goddess came to be. This illustration could play a part with just any other religion. In my perspective maybe, Praxiteles wasn’t carving this sculpture to have it admired but to raise a question.
The different types of lines used are curved, irregular and contour. The curved lines is used as an expression of movement and grace and in this case are used to show the curves found in the body of the woman. For example the curved lines are used to indicate the jutting of her breast and also the slight folds present on her stomach indicating her slight hunched state. Curved lines are also used to show the indication of nails on both her hand and feet. Irregular lines is a mixture of different type of lines to convey texture in the sculpture. For instance in the rippling effect of the cloth beneath her and as well as in her hair. Lastly contour lines is the unification of line creating a silhouette of the sculpture. Although three-dimensional, viewing the sculpture from a distance it will flatten out and casts a two-dimensional image on the retina. Therefore it becoming clear and capable that the figure grasped as a whole disregarding detail is a woman.
Figure 4 shows a expressed image of the Eye of Horus in a bowl held by the hand. The most prominent feature of the image is the eye that resembles that of a human with a long tail and brow. This image is religious in nature and it was drawn in tombs (Silverman, 2003). Its pendulant was worn by both the living and the dead because it was thought to protect people from the wrath of the deities.
Contextualization: Low relief sculpture was often used on building walls and, in materials less heavy than stone, as ornament on luxurious furniture. They were also often used to ornament dornobs and handles.The reliefs commonly known as early Sumerian - such as the Tablet of Ur and made well before 3000 BCE, are rather inept and are not very craftsman like. Many of these plaques are made of stone, terracotta, and in some cases
Ways of knowing; the pentacle is the diagram and shape that I take and wear, it representation to me is, the top point is a spirit, the two sides are fire and air and the bottom is water and earth they represent freedom Mother Earth and a harmony. When I excess knowledge through either sounds, language shapes or print when is images of faraway times the sounds of the voices the printing of the letters the shapes of the bodies and then landscape
In the pentagram they are represented all the elements: air, fire, water, earth and the