12-28-2011, 07:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-28-2011, 07:39 PM by Tenet Nosce.)
(12-28-2011, 04:05 PM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote: My understanding is that neither is actually evil, but that the pentagram pointing up signifies matter reaching up to spirit, whereas the pentagram pointing down signifies spirit descending into matter.
In my further fallible opinion, as the pentagram is the symbol of "binding", the downward-pointing pentagram represents the illusory chaining of the spirit to the flesh, accomplished by the equally illusory notion of the unclean, defiling influence of karman.
The balance of spirit and matter is symbolically represented by the six-pointed star.