Ok, Brent, I think you may need to either do some self-examination or some more research, especially when making commentary like this, as you're coming off as either:
A: Someone who knows almost nothing about Left-Hand-Path occultism, or who has researched it only from a rather reactionary RHP source.
B: Someone with serious trigger issues regarding LHP/Satanism in general.
here's why:
1- The above pentacle is not A LaVeyan Satanist pentacle- note the lack of the Hebrew inscription "Leviathan" and the lack of a goat's head inscribed in the star portion? Also note the smaller secondary pentacles at each point.
2- There are more brands of Satanism and of the Left-hand-path in general than just LaVey.
3- Inverse pentacles were used long before modern satanism existed. See Eliphas Levi, use of the baphomet sigil, possibly (but not likely) the knights Templar, John Dee, and others- it's use as a modern Satanist symbol is a cheap grab at ownership, much like european wicca's grab of a symbol used since Mesopotamian days.
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Date: 2010-01-29 04:06 pm (UTC)A: Someone who knows almost nothing about Left-Hand-Path occultism, or who has researched it only from a rather reactionary RHP source.
B: Someone with serious trigger issues regarding LHP/Satanism in general.
here's why:
1- The above pentacle is not A LaVeyan Satanist pentacle- note the lack of the Hebrew inscription "Leviathan" and the lack of a goat's head inscribed in the star portion? Also note the smaller secondary pentacles at each point.
2- There are more brands of Satanism and of the Left-hand-path in general than just LaVey.
3- Inverse pentacles were used long before modern satanism existed. See Eliphas Levi, use of the baphomet sigil, possibly (but not likely) the knights Templar, John Dee, and others- it's use as a modern Satanist symbol is a cheap grab at ownership, much like european wicca's grab of a symbol used since Mesopotamian days.