
Among the most important geometric appears undoubtedly staff or Pentalpha. The exact origin of this ancient symbol is unknown and part of many cultures and beliefs, a symbol with a complex meaning, it was used between the Sumerians. (Considered one of the world's oldest civilizations. Even thought that was the first. Located in southern Mesopotamia.)
The pentagram was used as a protective talisman and symbol of devotion to the divinity and balance of nature. In Mesopotamia was used by kings and queens to further their ambitions. The Celtic Druids, Egyptian Priests, pantheistic and nature-worshipers as the main symbol used in rituals. The Hebrews related to the five books attributed to Moses. In ancient Greece it was called Pentalpha, being used by Pythagoras who associates it with the key to the mysteries and secrets of sacred mathematics, geometry and mystique as an emblem of perfection. The Pythagorean Society considered their numerical equivalent, five the number of man and living nature, growth and natural harmony of movement of the soul. Er
to show the number of human perfection and symbolized the microcosmic man. In addition, the Pythagoreans saw the pentagram as a symbol of health, and used it as a secret password or sign of recognition between them.

This attraction of the Pythagoreans and the pentagram was inherited by the medieval builders, so that we can find this symbol in many buildings. The Romanesque churches gave special importance to the geometry and the key figure was the Pentagon, which held the key geometry, connection to the aura and even her magical powers.
At the beginning of Christianity are related to the five wounds of Christ and the Templars used them in their ceremonies and how talismans, but then during the Dark Ages and the Inquisition in its bloody (and unjust) struggles to eradicate the ancient cults were associated with the demonic, cruel and evil, given its direct relation to the heathen or Christian, fame still are victims of these sacred symbols.
The staff represents the human to the universe, symbolizes the balance of the four elements of the world and the spirit that we are beings made of mind, soul and body, representing the spirit at the upper end of the staff indicates the supremacy of the mind and spirituality against the carnal, the spiritual essence of being human. The domain of the spiritual and the sorrow and wisdom to wear own body. The Pentacle
see the union of all aspects, the spiritual and earthly, integration and human harmony with the entire cosmos, reminding us that all our aspects are needed in balance to meet our lives, everything is a cycle infinite, the ambivalence of all the pain and joy are inseparable sisters and necessary.
upper left tip of the pentagram represent Air. It is the element mind, represents the thinking, intelligence, analysis, reasoning. Is the element that allows us to examine the spirit.
upper right tip of the pentagram represents the water element. The water represents the life cycle, is the element of emotion, understanding, of pure love, joy, sadness. Water is the element that soothes the fire, combining emotion with reason.
lower right tip of the pentagram represents fire. Is the element that represents the passion, that part of us that want to ignore reason, throw without thinking about our actions. The fire is the symbol of momentum that overrides the intellect.
lower left tip the staff represents the Earth. The earth symbolizes the mother, security, growth, feed all the earth and the mother provides.
At the beginning of Christianity are related to the five wounds of Christ and the Templars used them in their ceremonies and how talismans, but then during the Dark Ages and the Inquisition in its bloody (and unjust) struggles to eradicate the ancient cults were associated with the demonic, cruel and evil, given its direct relation to the heathen or Christian, fame still are victims of these sacred symbols.
The staff represents the human to the universe, symbolizes the balance of the four elements of the world and the spirit that we are beings made of mind, soul and body, representing the spirit at the upper end of the staff indicates the supremacy of the mind and spirituality against the carnal, the spiritual essence of being human. The domain of the spiritual and the sorrow and wisdom to wear own body. The Pentacle
see the union of all aspects, the spiritual and earthly, integration and human harmony with the entire cosmos, reminding us that all our aspects are needed in balance to meet our lives, everything is a cycle infinite, the ambivalence of all the pain and joy are inseparable sisters and necessary.
upper left tip of the pentagram represent Air. It is the element mind, represents the thinking, intelligence, analysis, reasoning. Is the element that allows us to examine the spirit.
upper right tip of the pentagram represents the water element. The water represents the life cycle, is the element of emotion, understanding, of pure love, joy, sadness. Water is the element that soothes the fire, combining emotion with reason.
lower right tip of the pentagram represents fire. Is the element that represents the passion, that part of us that want to ignore reason, throw without thinking about our actions. The fire is the symbol of momentum that overrides the intellect.
lower left tip the staff represents the Earth. The earth symbolizes the mother, security, growth, feed all the earth and the mother provides.
is also important to note that we can find the 4 elements of the staff in various positions, according to different traditions, cultures and epochs, it is important to highlight that maintains the position of the spirit, not varies in any culture or time, ie at the upper end of the star.
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