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Excerpts taken from Gardner's; 'Genesis Of The Grail II' lecture, 'The Priest, The Painter & The Devil' (1974) & youtu.be/fkS6ZT1Z8bc. Please visit my website @ vinny'sblogbook.com 'Indeed, one of the most obvious sentiments that gives rise to secret societies is that of revenge, but good & wise revenge....' Charles Heckethorn - Secret Societies Of All Ages (1873). 'PENTAGRAM From the Greek words pente, meaning five, and gramma, a letter. In the science of magic the pentalpha is called the holy and mysterious pentagram. Eliphas Levi says (Dogma abut Ritual of High Magic ii, page 55) that the pentagram is the star of the Magians; it is the sign of the Word made flesh; and according to the direction of its rays, that is, as it points upward with one point or with two, it represents the good or the evil principle, order or disorder; the blessed lamb of Ormuzd and of Saint John, or the accursed god of Mendes; initiation or profanation; Lucifer or Vesper; the morning or the evening star; Marie or Lilith; victory or death; light or darkness...' - phoenixmasonry.org/mackeys_encyclopedia/p.htm
Excerpts taken from Gardner's; 'Genesis Of The Grail II' lecture, 'The Priest, The Painter & The Devil' (1974) & youtu.be/fkS6ZT1Z8bc. Please visit my website @ vinny'sblogbook.com 'Indeed, one of the most obvious sentiments that gives rise to secret societies is that of revenge, but good & wise revenge....' Charles Heckethorn - Secret Societies Of All Ages (1873). 'PENTAGRAM From the Greek words pente, meaning five, and gramma, a letter. In the science of magic the pentalpha is called the holy and mysterious pentagram. Eliphas Levi says (Dogma abut Ritual of High Magic ii, page 55) that the pentagram is the star of the Magians; it is the sign of the Word made flesh; and according to the direction of its rays, that is, as it points upward with one point or with two, it represents the good or the evil principle, order or disorder; the blessed lamb of Ormuzd and of Saint John, or the accursed god of Mendes; initiation or profanation; Lucifer or Vesper; the morning or the evening star; Marie or Lilith; victory or death; light or darkness...' - phoenixmasonry.org/mackeys_encyclopedia/p.htm
