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This is an interesting topic I came across while organizing my own personal practice. Curious to hear how others view this subject…
I always thought it odd how in paganism the pentagram tends to be used as a type of Hermetic LBRP and in the LHP the inverted pentagram is mainly for aesthetics or as a sigil. Its more traditional history through Eliphas Levi and similar occultists of the day never fulfilled me, so for a while I was digging around and found out that the inverted pentagram was actually used before LaVeyan Satanism and Setianism by an offshoot esoteric society called “The Order of the Eastern Star”. Apparently, they reinterpreted the inverted pentagram as the feminine version of the traditional pentagram which was viewed as masculine – and that’s when I finally hit an epiphanic moment and I then knew all that research hadn’t been in vein. Granted some pagan practitioners have interpreted the traditional pentagram as feminine and the inverted pentagram as masculine. But after coming across this information, I personally now interpret the inverted pentagram as feminine (as the dark feminine more precisely) mainly because of the inverted triangle at the bottom representing the womb, but that’s just me.
Within the Order of the Eastern Star, rather than each point representing an element, each point represented a reputable female figure from the bible: Adah, Ruth, Esther, Marta and Electa. And thus to a virtuous quality that a practitioner attempted to embody through initiation.
With that being said, the inverted pentagram was used in a similar manner to how the Qabalah was used in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, complete with grades, colors, and symbols.
I have seen a few posts regarding questions about LHP versions of the LBRP and circle casting and utilizing this method catered to your own practice is one of many examples.
What are your thoughts? Do you use the inverted pentagram in a unique way?
I always thought it odd how in paganism the pentagram tends to be used as a type of Hermetic LBRP and in the LHP the inverted pentagram is mainly for aesthetics or as a sigil. Its more traditional history through Eliphas Levi and similar occultists of the day never fulfilled me, so for a while I was digging around and found out that the inverted pentagram was actually used before LaVeyan Satanism and Setianism by an offshoot esoteric society called “The Order of the Eastern Star”. Apparently, they reinterpreted the inverted pentagram as the feminine version of the traditional pentagram which was viewed as masculine – and that’s when I finally hit an epiphanic moment and I then knew all that research hadn’t been in vein. Granted some pagan practitioners have interpreted the traditional pentagram as feminine and the inverted pentagram as masculine. But after coming across this information, I personally now interpret the inverted pentagram as feminine (as the dark feminine more precisely) mainly because of the inverted triangle at the bottom representing the womb, but that’s just me.
Within the Order of the Eastern Star, rather than each point representing an element, each point represented a reputable female figure from the bible: Adah, Ruth, Esther, Marta and Electa. And thus to a virtuous quality that a practitioner attempted to embody through initiation.
With that being said, the inverted pentagram was used in a similar manner to how the Qabalah was used in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, complete with grades, colors, and symbols.
I have seen a few posts regarding questions about LHP versions of the LBRP and circle casting and utilizing this method catered to your own practice is one of many examples.
What are your thoughts? Do you use the inverted pentagram in a unique way?