X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,dbc596b2defa824e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-10 12:24:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.columbus.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!typhoon.neo.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jill S" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: <3cd9cfe3@p666.f613.n463.z2.fidonet.org> <3cda5f2a.8613867@News.CIS.DFN.DE> Subject: Re: PENTAGRAMM - SATANICAL SYMBOL Lines: 27 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 19:29:32 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.27.223.76 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.neo.rr.com 1021058972 65.27.223.76 (Fri, 10 May 2002 15:29:32 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 15:29:32 EDT Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online -- Northeast Ohio Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:17167 > Inverted Pentagram: Symbolizes the morning star, a name Satan has > taken. Used in witchcraft and occult rituals to conjure up evil > spirits. Satanists use it 2 points up and pagans use it one point up. > Any way it is used symbolizes evil. It matters not if two points are up > or one. It matters not if it has a circle around it. It still is a > symbol of Satan. Pagans don't even believe in a Christian Satan, why would it symbolize him? It symbolizes a number of things, but -not- evil or Satanism, when one point's up. Also, IIRC, another interpretation is the right-side-up (Pagan) star is mind over matter, whereas the inverted one is matter over mind. . O <-mind \ / <-matter O __/ \__ --|-- --|-- if --|-- equals `. ,' / \ <-matter O <-mind / \ /.-.\ ' ' .--==-. / \'..'/\ (_,'_ _`.) \ \/ / `-_'_-' Oi. That was lousy. Anyways, my poorly executed attempt :)