Re: Anyone got a pentagram?

Squirrel wrote in message <140...@email.com>...
>In article <373...@news.tcp.co.uk>, James Mitchelhill
><azi...@tcp.co.unitedkingdom> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 13 May 1999 19:36:59 -0700, "Joey St. Lucas"
>> <nek...@geocities.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> >             /\
>> >> >            /  \
>> >> >  _________/____\_________
>> >> >  '-.     /      \     ,-'
>> >> >     '-, /        \ ,-'
>> >> >        /-.      ,-\
>> >> >       /   '-,.-'   \
>> >> >      /    ,-''-.    \
>> >> >     /  ,-'      '-.  \
>> >> >    /,-'            '-.\
>> >>
>> >> These are pentacles, not pentagrams...
>> >
>> >He's right. The star needs to be pointing down.
>>
>> No... no it doesn't.
>>
>> A pentagram's a pentagram whether it has one or two points at the top.
>>
>> It's just that one way up it's symbolic of a man's body, and the other
>> way up it's a goat's head...
>
>The points represent the 4 elements (air, water, earth & fire) and man.
>A rightside up pentagram represents man over (or in control of if you
>prefer) the elements (white magic). An inverted pentagram is the
>elements over man (black magic).

I was taught that the 5th point was spiritual energy
if it was pointed up it was used in magical rites that
involved your god ,its "up" so its his/her energy you
are using. If the point is down (pointing to your center
of energy) the power you were calling on was more
worldly or your own energies that were guiding the
ritual.

I practiced "gray" magic so I guess that might explain
my point of view on it.

Qryz

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