This article appears as a result of people attempting to inform me that the Pentagram is a symbol of evil, anti-Christ, and/or the Devil, a belief that has been promoted as propaganda by the presses. I hope that one can approach this information with an open mind and without fear.

The Pentagram's origins are ancient, pre-dating the origins of Christianity to Pre-Babylonian Sumeria. It has been honored by many other cultures as well. To the Jews, it symbolically indicated the Pentateuch, the Five Books of Moses. Early Christians saw it as pointing out the five Stigmata—the wounds Christ suffered on the Cross. Pythagorus's followers called it the Pentalpha, as it is composed of five interlaced Alphas (A's). With Alpha being the first letter of the Greek Alphabet, we can view the Pentacle as symbolically portraying the Unity of All Things in the midst of multiplicity. It has survived under a number of other names, including 'The Druid's Foot' and 'The Witch's Star'.

Ceremonial Magicians throughout the Middle Ages conceived the Pentagram to be among the most potent, holy, and protective of symbols—being stronger in its way, than even the Cross. Those involved in the Occult Practices could be certain that wherever the Pentacle was displayed, there, evil had no power.

Traditionally, each of the five angles has been attributed to the Five Metaphysical Elements of the Ancients (in Western Belief).
WATER: upper right-hand corner
AIR: upper left-hand corner
EARTH: lower left-hand corner
FIRE: lower right-hand corner
surmounted by
SPIRIT: at the topmost point

This becomes a pictorial representation of Spirit ruling over the four elements and when the Pentagram is placed within a Circle (a symbol of eternity and totality or unity) its energy if focused and directed.

The inverted Pentagram, with the single point buried in the depths of matter, has for many centuries been misinterpreted by the uninformed and those of ill intent as characteristic of the powers of evil and darkness. However, to the true student of symbolic philosophy it represents Spirit submerged and bonded into the material elements. While the averted Pentagram is representative of Spirit's descent into matter, the Pentagram aright, to those of Spiritual perception, represents the redemption of Spirit from matter by ruling over it.

By many, it is used for Protection, Wisdom and Empowerment.