Two well-known symbols used in the present day, one overtly, the other less so are the rainbow and the five-pointed star. But both of these symbols have a quite different origin.
The rainbow has been used as a religious symbol as far back as the book of Genesis, which reads (9: 12-15):
"And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I will give between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations. I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be the sign of a covenenat between me, and between the earth. And when I shall cover the sky with clouds, my bow shall appear in the clouds: And I will remember my convenant with you, and with every living soul that beareth flesh: and there shall no more be waters of a flood to destroy all flesh."
The pentangle is also both a Christian symbol (in particular in the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight), relating to the five senses, the five wounds of Jesus, the five joys of Mary, and the five virtues of knighthood. The pentangle was also used by the Pythagoreans, who, although they have been unfairly maligned as either a cult or a political cabal, were a force for good in the world, in particular through the purity and austerity of their lives.
But notice that when the Establishment uses these symbols, they have to change them. In the Infogalactic article on the subject, there is a picture of both a Pythagorean pentangle and a pentagram design by Aleister Crowley. They look completely different. Likewise, the symbol being foisted upon us now does not even look like or have the same colors as a rainbow occurring after rain.
That suggests that true symbols have a quality of their own which cannot be corrupted, only obscured. And for that reason we should treasure the true symbols and ignore the fakes.
(William Wildbood and William James Tychonievich have also written posts on this topic, about how the rainbow as a symbol has its own significance).
It's an interesting idea. Support would come from the idea of using an inverted pentagle or Christian cross for Satanic ceremonies.
ReplyDeleteYet the modern mind is nothing if not superficial, and I have also seen people wearing ordinary, unaltered, Christian crosses worn by people who were not in the slightest degree Christian - simply because it was fashionable.
I think this also goes along with people's current consciousness. Besides the qualities of the symbols themselves, people have to consciously choose to respond to them and those who are indifferent will not do this.
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