Also Ch 10, the appearance of the inverted star

[David Morris]

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091211135431AARf7oz

The pentagram is an ancient magical symbol which has been employed, at one
time or another by half the religions on the planet. In terms of more
modern Pagan faiths, the inverted pentagram might represent one of a couple
of distinctly different things. In the judeo-christian arena, the inverted
pentagram is often seen as associated with Baphomet and / or with satan.

In the Pagan arena, the inverted pentagram is associated with male energies
and the God of the hunt (which might also be related, distantly to
Baphomet).

Some Satanists (both LaVeyan and deistic) use the inverted pentragram as a
symbol of their faith, while Wiccans often use the non-inverted one as a
symbol of faith and protection.


http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_pent.htm
 Sigil of Baphomet

The inverted pentacle with a goat's head is called the *Sigil (or Sigl) of
Baphomet*. The second word may have come from two Greek words, *baphe* and
*metis*, meaning "*absorption of knowledge.*" It has also been called the
Black Goat, Devil's Goat, Goat Head, Goat of Mendes, and Judas Goat. Its
first appearance appears to have been during the vicious interrogation of
members of the Knights Templar by the Roman Catholic Church during the
Inquisition. There was little consensus among different victims'
descriptions of the Baphomet. It can probably be safely assumed that their
description of the Baphomet is more a product of the Inquisition's torture
methods than of any actual statue that was in use by the Knights.

According to the *Mystica* web site:

"In the 20th. century Karl Kellner and other German occultists formed the
secret order of the O.T.O. (Ordo Templi Orientis or Order of Templars in
the East). They installed the English occultist Aleister Crowley to head
their British section. Crowley took Baphomet as his magical name." *9*


On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 9:51 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> This chapter contains the first appearance of the ominous inverted star
> and it is associated with  armed vigilante racism, the iron  fist inside
> the age of reason and freedom.-
> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>
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