Pentacle on Houses

[Skye_McCarthy]

I live in western pennsylvania in a little town called slippery rock. I was driving along a road the other day and noticed two homes that had pentacles built into the stone work. One had it right above the door and the other house had it right above a window. It was large and built out of the same stone as the rest of the house, and most people probably wouldn't notice it (it blends in a lot because it is the same material)...I was wondering (since I think these houses were built at least a few decades ago) if anyone knows about any pagan practices of building pentacles into a house, please let me know...the houses look like they were originally built next door to each other but because of population increases another house was put between them(this one has siding and no pentacle) and both of them are made out of the same stone, though the one with the pentacle above the door is a raised relief..a few inches maybe..no circle around it though...
anyway let me know if anyone has heard of this sort of thing :)
thanks
-Skye

[Mairwen]

I have. I have a friend who used to live in eastern pa. she said her house had stained glass windows throughout and some of them had tiny tiny pents in them. stars, no circle.

[Skye_McCarthy]

That's really interesting. Is her house really old? Maybe a pagan made her windows hehe.
-Skye

[Mairwen]

It's like a Colonia house, if I'm not mistaken ..

[Mairwen]

We figure the symbols could be Masonic. :D

[Niamh]

From my limited knowledge... I understand that the Pennsylvania Dutch who colonized that area were very magickal and superstitious people. The pent in the stone work could mean any number of things!

[Mariposa De La Luna]

At this website

http://www.sacredspiral.com/

in the coloring book section there is one with penn. dutch hex marks. Its very interesting but there isn't any info.I've got to email her on that one.

[rantnraven]

From what little I know (and I will be humble) the architecture sounds late 17, early 18 hundreds.

The Star w/o Circle could represent any of a half-a-dozen religions that could have settled in the area. These (now houses) very well could have been buildings of worship (i.e. a Church, of sorts) that were later converted into homes.

I say this because the "Star" is used by many various religions: Christianity, Order of the Eastern Star (wives of high ranking Masons), even the Hindus have used it. My Aunt and Uncle bought a church in Texas and converted it into a home - which was kind of creepy as a kid 'cause it had a cemetery in the back yard.

So it would be hard to find out unless you researched the property a bit. That does sound exiting though.

I like research like that.

Humbly,

RnR

[Ozymandias]

The masonic theory holds much weight. My mate is the daughter of a mason. Much of the early country was built by them so it is no suprise.

[Red Dragon]

I'm not able to give any firm direction here, but it seems to me this symbol was quite common in your area. I vaguely remember reading something about them, although the exact meaning of them escapes me... You may want to contact your local historical society for more specific information on these. :)

As for the pent itself, remember it was 'borrowed' by the Christians and for a long time was referred to as the seal of Solomon. As well it was used to symbolize the five wounds of Christ. Only recently has the church chosen to ignore it and give the symbol a negative image. :p

[Earth Walker]

I am not looking to be a VooDoo practitioner, but I
would like to know more about it. I see a lot of
VD symbolism throughout the Vancouver DTES.
Anyone with info?