Analysis Of The Poem Pentagram - 1593 Words

Pentagram The simple definition of the term pentagram is a five-pointed star whose arms are equal length that is drawn with a continuous line. Throughout history, this symbol has been used by religions and has many different meanings. The Pentagram can be traced back to carvings on stone walls in ancient Mesopotamia, dating these carvings leads us back to 3500 BC. Many cultures use the symbol for various things. It is a sign of royalty, representing power sent to the four corners of the earth; it was a sign of protection, it was the â€Å"Endless Knot† and was a symbol for Truth; knights painted it on their shields, a reminder of the five virtues they were to follow; Christianity claimed it represented the five wounds of Christ; it†¦show more content†¦For me, this means a lot. As well as teaching a young girl about the craft, often referred to as my grand Witchling, I am guiding my partner on the path to being Wiccan. Knowing the correlation to the horned God gives me another way to tap into those energies and helps me teach him to focus in the divine masculine with the use of symbols. In Modern Pagan/Wiccan practices the symbol is often used interchangeably with pentacle, though there is a difference. The pentagram has no circle surrounding it and is composed of a single line. It symbolizes the four quarters or directions, the four elements, the four seasons, and at the top point is spirit, the fifth element from which all others come. Satanists use this symbol, surrounded by a circle or not, upside down to represent their relationship with Satan. They have taken our sacred symbol and twisted it to mean the opposite of what we think and teach. In our modern age, with the extremes Satanists have gone to so they are noticed and make an impact on society, the pentagram with the point down represents evil. To most, it means a covenant with the devil and all that is unholy and against Christianity. The Latter-Day Saints use the inverted pentagram on many of their older buildings, I found this amazing and since I live in Utah, about an hour from Salt Lake, I visited some of the older churches and found one downtown that still had the symbol emblazoned above theShow MoreRelatedImportance Of A Pentangle And Their Long Uses And The Past History Associated With It1534 Words   |  7 Pagesthrough time, the shape of a pentangle is associated with diverse meanings representing multitude of beliefs from spiritual protection to demonic associations. In order to encompass all of my Interpretations held with in this paper, my approach and analysis will be based on the pentangles meaning coming from the days of Solomon, who took the Jewish star and modified it in such a manner that the symbol began to be associated with the five virtues and, protection for knights and royalty. Pentangles beganRead MoreKubla Khan and Its Relation to Romanticism2675 Words   |  11 Pages(an opiate) induced dream, the author claims to have been planning a two hundred to three hundred line poem before he got interrupted by a man from Porlock, after which he had forgotten nearly all of his dream. This may have been merely an excuse, and the poem was scorned at the time for having no poetic value, one critic even going so far as to call it more a musical composition than a poem. This is partly true, as the language seems to strive for an aural beauty more than a literary beauty