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- From: S.R.Carlo@daresbury.ac.uk (S.R. Carlo)
- Newsgroups: alt.pagan
- Subject: Re: Five sides...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.180458.11596@gserv1.dl.ac.uk>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 18:04:58 GMT
- References: <108104@bu.edu>
- Organization: SERC Daresbury Lab., Warrington, U.K.
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- In article <108104@bu.edu> uni@acs.bu.edu (Shaen Bernhardt) writes:
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- >With regard to the five points of a five pointed star...
- >
- >When one considers the five points to represent the 4 "elements" and
- >"Spirit" (i.e. earth water air fire spirit..) Which points represent
- >which elements?
- >
- >Is there a distinction in the penticle? What other representations are
- >attributed to the star?
- >
- >I would assume the top point to represent spirit.. but... ?
- >
- >Thanks in advance...
- >blessed be.
- >--
- >uni@acs.bu.edu -> Public Keys by finger and/or request
- >Soverignty is the sign of a brutal past.
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- Have you thought that the 5 points could be linked to the Chinese 5 elements...
- given in 'productive order' :water ->wood ->fire ->earth ->metal ->water
- The element of air is included as an all encompassing one that links everything.
- The controlling patterns are: metal cuts wood
- wood holds back earth
- water puts out fire
- earth controls water flow (ambiguous I know)
- Mail me if you want to know more...it might take a while...I'm preping a file
- for use in a UK based BB
-