Link between bagua 's circle and magical circle

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Re: Link between bagua 's circle and magical circle

Postby Rhen on Wed Jun 30, 2021 4:14 am

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Re: Link between bagua 's circle and magical circle

Postby DeusTrismegistus on Fri Jul 02, 2021 6:13 pm

Bao wrote:
In the most texts, regardless they are about TCM, IMA or older Chinese practice, the pentagram is mostly referred to as “destructive” or degeneration. Water puts out fire etc. The degeneration is natural, not unnatural and it's certainly not about "evil" as the Satanist symbol. But still, evil and the devil in christianity is about destruction and chaos.



The pentagram in western tradition is not an evil symbol. The pentagram with the point up is a symbol of the ascendency of spirit over the 4 elements. When tracing the pentagram it can be used to banish evil and negative energies or entities depending on the direction it is traced. Some directions are invoking the energy and not banishing.

Evil pentagrams are those which are drawn where the points are uneven and those without closed points, and lastly with the point down, which represents the material world being superior to the quintessence or spirit.
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Re: Link between bagua 's circle and magical circle

Postby Bao on Sat Jul 03, 2021 3:57 pm

DeusTrismegistus wrote:
Evil pentagrams are those which are drawn where the points are uneven and those without closed points, and lastly with the point down, which represents the material world being superior to the quintessence or spirit.


Yes, I have always referred to the pentagram with the point down that Crowley adapted as the symbol of his satanic church.
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Re: Link between bagua 's circle and magical circle

Postby jimmy on Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:47 pm

little known fact...
crowley was a fundamentalist christian
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