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- From: drake+@cs.cmu.edu (Drake)
- Subject: Re: Pentagrams
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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 05:58:34 GMT
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- >As far as I know - the pentagram, whether inverted or not, was claimed to be
- >an evil symbol by the Christians. I am uncertain about the time period. You
- >might recall that the ceremonial magicians of the middle ages and before,
- >who were good Christians, used the pentagram in their ceremonies.
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- No references, and no idea how this fits into the subject at hand, but
- I believe that the pentagram was used by the Eastern Church early on
- as a Christian symbol. I'll check into that and see what I can find out.
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