| If you know anything about witchcraft and have had | | | | representation of the spirit when it is in balance against |
| some contact with it, you will have noticed that there | | | | all of nature and in harmony with the world. So if you |
| are many symbols inside this art that are taken to | | | | need protection or wish to ward off evil forces, then |
| mean certain things. These things may not be clear on | | | | wear a pentagram symbol on yourself. |
| first inspection, but they do fit into the framework of | | | | Next, we have - the Cross. That's unexpected, but |
| witchcraft nicely. | | | | that's right - this famous Christian symbol (and one |
| Let's go over each individual symbol and what it stands | | | | could say, THE ultimate Christian symbol) is also used |
| for in the witchcraft canon. | | | | in witchcraft. It only became a Christian symbol when |
| We obviously cannot go over each one in this article | | | | Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross. By the way, the |
| for lack of space - there are simply hundreds of | | | | cross symbol is universal in many cultures which have |
| different symbols, each one with specific uses. But | | | | existed throughout history even before the times of |
| there a few of these which are already well-known, | | | | Jesus Christ - for example the Egyptians, the ancient |
| many of them thanks to their shared use with modern | | | | Japanese, the Sumerians and many other cultures |
| Christianity. | | | | made use of it. |
| First we have the pentagram, the infamous symbol for | | | | But the pagan - and thus also the witchcraft meaning |
| all of what are called the dark arts. It's misunderstood | | | | is the life power. But also in a more general sense it |
| and misrepresented. What the five points of a | | | | stands for all life and fertility. As a transposition it also |
| pentagram stand for are the natural elements found in | | | | represents the sun. |
| nature. These are: earth, water, wind, fire, and spirit. | | | | The horizontal bar on a cross stands for our physical |
| There are more subtle meanings for the pentagram in | | | | existence - which means our life and our body (so it's |
| different forms of paganism, but this basic | | | | actually highly symbolic that Jesus Christ was crucified |
| representation remains the same. | | | | on a cross). The vertical bar, on the other hand, |
| The Pentagram is used in rituals very often, but it also | | | | represents more ethereal qualities - knowledge and |
| acts as a symbol of balance and harmony, and | | | | understanding. So hanging on a cross means |
| protection. The spirit in those elements is one of the | | | | overcoming physical existence and entering into the |
| primary elements - the pentagram is a physical | | | | realm of understanding. |