Aeneas
January 8th, 2009, 08:26 PM
Greetings fellow brothers and sisters. I am wondering if anyone here is familiar with Michael Tsarion's work concerning astro-theology? In any case, I though I would share with you his quite unique view on what exactly the magickal circle and the pentagram actually originate as. It is understandable that everything, including belief systems, goes through an evolution and going back to the source or original beliefs about the pentagram, for instance, may be even a complete polar opposite to its meaning currently. The following is from a book entitles Astrotheology and Sidereal Mythology, which I do not know if is still available, but I have it in ebook form if anyone is interested. The following is text quoted from the book. I am wishing to know the responses of those of you here, since I am sure you will be able to provide some insight on this most-fascinating matter. I apologize in advacne for the long read.
The Magickal Circle and the Pentagram
We can also see the motif of the ovum and sperm in the image, coming down to us out of the past, of the Magician standing in his protecting circle, often with a pentacle design there also. Christians point to this as satanic. However, as shown above, for anyone that does not know it, conception occurs when the male sperm enters into the female ovum. This latter is the precinct of life itself, the sacred alembic of all advanced animal life. The fetus takes shape, then shape-shifts, goes through magical metamorphosis, grows and becomes human, all within, or from, the protection of its little circle. So when the Magician, whose intent it is to rise to the fifth spiritual dimension (the Quintessence), stands within his circle he is attempting merely to emulate the original acts of conception and birth. His living body replicates the male sperm within the female ovum. He may even hold a wand or staff to emphasize that fact. In magic the circle is frequently designed according to the number 9 and its factors. The word nine comes the word nun which meant "primordial ocean." It was also the name of the original mother goddess from Egypt. The number 9 connotes the female gestative cycle, but also represents the phallic yod. or number 1 returning to the shape of the circle.
The Magickal Circle and the Pentagram
We can also see the motif of the ovum and sperm in the image, coming down to us out of the past, of the Magician standing in his protecting circle, often with a pentacle design there also. Christians point to this as satanic. However, as shown above, for anyone that does not know it, conception occurs when the male sperm enters into the female ovum. This latter is the precinct of life itself, the sacred alembic of all advanced animal life. The fetus takes shape, then shape-shifts, goes through magical metamorphosis, grows and becomes human, all within, or from, the protection of its little circle. So when the Magician, whose intent it is to rise to the fifth spiritual dimension (the Quintessence), stands within his circle he is attempting merely to emulate the original acts of conception and birth. His living body replicates the male sperm within the female ovum. He may even hold a wand or staff to emphasize that fact. In magic the circle is frequently designed according to the number 9 and its factors. The word nine comes the word nun which meant "primordial ocean." It was also the name of the original mother goddess from Egypt. The number 9 connotes the female gestative cycle, but also represents the phallic yod. or number 1 returning to the shape of the circle.