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- From: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
- Newsgroups: alt.magick,alt.satanism
- Subject: Re: Pentagrams
- Date: 27 Dec 1992 00:05:23 -0500
- Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation
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- References: <1992Dec24.193701.12503@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <1992Dec25.093444.14720@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> <JOSHUA.92Dec25170713@bailey.cpac.washington.edu>
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- joshua@cpac.washington.edu (Joshua Geller) writes:
- >wrong. it the upright pentagram was used as a christian symbol.
-
- Actually, it was used in both orientations. I've even got a few
- pictures or ornate Gothic tracery in the form of inverted pentagrams
- from various monasteries and cathedrals in Europe. I'll try to dig one
- up and digitize it, although it may take a while (I moved recently, and
- am still living out of boxes)...
-
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- Amanda Walker
- InterCon Systems Corporation
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