Pentacles and Serpents
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| I photographed this wonderful statue of St Mary and Jesus in Heidelberg, Germany. |
Pentacles: In etymology, the word pentagram derives from the Greek word,' pentagrammon', as 'pente' translates to five, and' gramme' means line, thereby the five lined star. Babylonians and Pythagoreans of ancient Greece wore these amulets as essential religious symbols.
There is often mass confusion between a pentacle and a pentagram. When placing a pentagram within a disc or encircling it, the pentagram becomes a pentacle, and then considered as sacred, or magical. The circle then represents the encompassing circle of life, and the five points refer to the elements being, earth, air, fire, water, and the fifth being ether, or space.
There is often mass confusion between a pentacle and a pentagram. When placing a pentagram within a disc or encircling it, the pentagram becomes a pentacle, and then considered as sacred, or magical. The circle then represents the encompassing circle of life, and the five points refer to the elements being, earth, air, fire, water, and the fifth being ether, or space.
