X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,f50bc7a9f742b2e0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Phosphor Subject: Re: looking for a ascii-art -art Pentagram Date: 1997/10/24 Message-ID: X-Deja-AN: 284639115 References: <3449F58A.62D9@hurricane.net> <62dh18$7d9$1@news.eunet.ch> <344A851A.3D19@hurricane.net> <62gqqp$c3j$2@news.indy.net> <344D1BEB.DFE@umit.maine.edu> <62j877$4j5$1@news.Leiden.NL.net> <344D2834.1CFBAE39@on.spammer> <62nv4q$83o@freenet-news.carleton.ca> <34500BF3.3311@umit.maine.edu> To: Zeus Simeoni Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Zeus Simeoni, who sure as hell likes to write, wrote: > Phosphor wrote: > > > > > > Nope. > > > > When you say nope, it sounds like you are implying that someone else is > > wrong... in which case, you would be mistaken. You are no infinate > > athority, so try not to stick your nose out like this. > > Got to agree with you on this one. Nope is an awfully blunt and a bit > neive to talk about symbolizm that genrally everyone takes differntly. > > > > > > As a long time practicing witch, I say a "pentacle" is a five pointed star [8<] > > According to some. There are other meanings as well. Star of Sulieman, et > > cetera, et cetera... Just so you don't think your interpretaions are > > absolutley true. (For instance, the simple symbol "+" will have different > > meanings for different people at different times. > > > > And for your information, Gaia is a greek goddess. > > Actualy, Gaiya has been adopted by alot of various religions now. Most often > it is refering to the Gaiya hypothesis, which is basically a metaphysical > worldveiw that we are all of one consiousness. (I could get more detailed > in the view, but I don't buy into it myself, and I would lose my own > interest long before I lost yours) Basically, I think the name Giaya (I > think we are all misspelling it, since we don't speak greek, and they used > a different alphabet anyway) just sounds pretty, and kind of like a green > earth kind of thing, so people just took the name. Too bad. Alot of people > took my name because it's cool, too, and it just wastes it. You dont know who does or doesnt speek Greek, Zeus. Look at my sig. That's greek, in case you didn't know. I think Gaia is spelled either ___ | /\ | /\ | / \ | / \ | /----\ | /----\ | / \ | / \ or ___ ___ | /\ | /\ | / \ |___ / \ | /----\ | /----\ | / \ |___ / \ The greek alphabet is very similar to ours, so dont try to confuse yourself. the letter gamma ("hangman" symbol) is supposed to ge preonounced like a rough "y" not like a g or j like stupid people use when they say "jyro sandwitch". _ _ psi is really "pse" instead of "psi" and is the letter \ | / | | | / | \ | | | \__|__/ | | | which may stand for psyche which means spirit \ | / | | \ / | | | | | | | \ / | | / | \ | | \ / | | | | | |_____| \/ |_____| \__|__/ | | /\ | | | | | / \ | | | | | / \ | | | | | / \ | | And I think Zeus is spelled ______ _______ _______ | / / \ \ | / | | \ / | | \ / | | / / \_ _/ / / \ / / /_____| |___| |___| /_______| > And for the record.... As a practicing psychic :P and more importantly > a student of the scientific dicipline of parapsychology, dealing with > the experiential aspects of PSI, (meaning I do research on this stuff as a > hobby) I can say that the general view is what I have mentioned in my > privious post. Once you get into saying the the pentacle looks like a person > and the other one looks like a skull (?) is usually just christian theory. No. actually this goes back to HEBREW and arabic beliefs.... star of suleiman... etc... > As far as the actual practice of the MAJORITY of people who actually use > these symbols, (not including everyone, of course) what I said was true. (at > least in the western cultural tradition, witch is what we were refering to) Ah. ok. > > And most importantly... All who oppose me....... > > ,--, ,.-. > , \, '-,-`,'-.' | ._ > /| \ , |\ } )/ / `-,', > [ , |\ /| | | / \| |/` ,` > | | ,.` `,` `, | | _,...( ( .', > \ \ __ ,-` ` , , `/ |,' Y ( /_L\ > \ \_\,``, ` , , / | ) _,/ > \ ' ` ,_ _`_,-,<._.< / / > ', `>.,` ` ` ,., |_ | / > \/` `, ` ,` | /__,.-` _, `\ > -,-..\ _ \ ` / , / `._) _,-\` \ > \_,,.) /\ ` / / ) (-,, `` , | > ,` ) | \_\ '-` | `( \ > / /```( , --, ,' \ |`<` , | > / /_,--`\ <\ V /> ,` )<_/) | \ _____) > ,-, ,` ` (_,\ \ | /) / __/ / `----` > (-, \ ) \ ('_.-._)/ /,` / > | / ` `/ \\ V V, /` / > ,--\( , <_/`\\ || / > ( ,``- \/| \-A.A-`| / > ,>,_ )_,..( )\ -,,_-` _--` > (_ \|` _,/_ / \_ ,--` > \( ` <.,../` `-.._ _,-` > ` ``` > > (ok, so it has nothing to do with my post, but I was just awfully DAMN > proud of this picture, and wanted to show it off :P ) That is a nice picture. Did you get this from Jeff Easley's painting of a red dragon? (it really looks like you tried to copy Jeff's work) I think Jeff is probably the best artist TSR ever had... > -- > ______ ____ _ _ ____ /```````/_____ _________ > (__ / | __| | | | | / ___\ /______ /______\ __,--^` > / /_ | _| | |_| | |___ \ ` /____ ___\ > /_____) |____| \_____/ \____/ /_..-----` > \ \\ \ \ \ \ ________ ______ \ \ | | / / ___ | __ | \ \ / \| |_ \| \ \ \___/| \__| | / / | /| \ \ | / | \ \ \ \ \\ \ that says vajra, which is sanskrit for thunderbolt -- | _ | (|) () () (|) () |) | | |