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The Awesome Pentagram or "Star"

most artists who are good at what they do, have accessed meditative/spiritual states whether they know it or not.

once again, you are creating connections between things where there is very little to indicate a connection can be made.

like a conspiracy theorist on a spiritual high
 
She was also in a band called Kukl which is Icelandic for 'Witch' and featured in a movie about Witchcraft called The Juniper Tree.

To be honest, I can't see her as anything else than a member of some sort of Neo-Norse pagan faith, or born into a traditional one. Though someone like that still has a choice in how they practice it.

And it doesn't really take a conspiracy when someone makes it as overly obvious as that. That more or less speaks for itself.
 
Most flags have no symbol for moon, sun or cross.. As for why they appear in some flags - look up.

As L2R said - You're imagining nonsense again.
 
It's called The Five Hand Pentacle of Power or The Star of Life and is very widely known. I feel a bit stupid now. But I don't really know that much about witchcraft and just noticed it from exposure.

http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usma&c=basics&id=2875

(There are millions of explanations of it)

"The pentacle is worn both ornamentally and symbolically by many Pagans for protection and to signify that they are involved in the world of magick and divine wisdom. It is interesting to note that five-fold symmetries are rarely found in non-organic life forms but are uniquely inherent to life, as in the form of the human hand, a starfish, flowers, plants and many other living things. This pattern of five exists even down to a molecular level. Five, therefore, embodies the form and formation of life, the very essence of life."

Life-worship=fertility religions. That was more what I was going for.
 
Ninae said:
When I said "witch" I didn't necessarily mean in an evil sense, the reason I said that is she has the signs of it (not just the eyes for it).

Like the sign for Gardnerian witchcraft tattood on her arm (could be a coincidence, even though it's ugly), has a lot of magical energy about her, and is always doing these nature-worshipping things like skipping around in nature like an elf.

So it seems more likely she's into some sort of pagan belief, though not necessarily in a negative sense. She has a positive soul/personaity energy no matter what she practices.
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bjork's tattoo is a runic compass

The Icelandic word literally means ‘guidepost’ or ‘direction sign’. In modern popular culture the Vegvísir is often called Runic Compass or See the Way. It is often associated with the Viking Age, which is not correct: this symbol is from the 17th century Icelandic grimoire called Galdrabók (‘magic book’). The origin of this type of witchcraft is difficult to ascertain: to some extent it derives from medieval mysticism and renaissance occultism, but also has a few connections with the ancient Germanic runic tradition.
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http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/01/bjork-tattoo-norse-magic-symbols/
 
I know what Vegvisir means but that's more like a slangterm for it. The actual meaning of it is a guidepost to the 8 spell paths of Wicca. Most wouldn't be so superstitious as to draw a compass on their body in blood "so they won't get lost". Anyway, it does "lead the way", just not in the literal sense.
 
I'm not sure if this has already been answered, but what was the explanation for the Bjork pictures?
What about her hands do you find interesting / meaningful, Ninae?

Just looks like a bunch of random pictures to me.
 
It's called The Five Hand Pentacle of Power or The Star of Life and is very widely known.

"The pentacle is worn both ornamentally and symbolically by many Pagans for protection and to signify that they are involved in the world of magick and divine wisdom. It is interesting to note that five-fold symmetries are rarely found in non-organic life forms but are uniquely inherent to life, as in the form of the human hand, a starfish, flowers, plants, apple seed, and many other living things.

This pattern of five exists even down to a molecular level. Five, therefore, embodies the form and formation of life, the very essence of life."
 
I still don't understand.

What about Bjork's hands represent "The Five Hand Pentacle", more than anyone else?
For any high profile celebrity, there are millions of photographs (including stills from footage).
If you look for a pattern, therefore, you will find it.

Similarly, in terms of numerology, you can find relationships between nature and practically every number.
Single digit numbers are easy. The lower the number, generally, the easier it is to find patterns.

This pattern of five exists even down to a molecular level. Five, therefore, embodies the form and formation of life, the very essence of life.
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But the numbers 1, 2 and 4 "exist" on a molecular level, also. More predominantly than 5.
And a lot of mammals don't have five digits. They have four, or - in some cases - three.
So, how does the number 5 "(embody) the form and formation of life"?

Have you seen The Number 23?
 
Zero Google results for "The Five Hand Pentacle"...
There also wasn't a single mention of "The Five Hand Pentacle" in the link you provided...
(There doesn't appear to be any information readily available on the internet, so I'm not sure how widely known it really is.)

"The Star of Life", on the other hand, commonly refers to a six-pointed blue star with a rod in the center of it...
I couldn't find a single Google result that indicated it had anything to do with the human hand?
 
It's not really about the hand...that's just a sign someone will always be able to show. The point is the five-fold symbol. Most usually used as a star or something that resembles a star.

It's also a symbol for the five senses which are seen as gates to experience life through. As without them we wouldn't be able to participate in earthly life. But these types of faiths are all about gloryfying earthly life as opposed to transcending it and finding more spiritual, high-consciouss life.

The spirituality is more in a focus on life itself, love between beings on earth, and connecting with lower-level forms of consciousness through spiritism, etc.
 
Both a human hand and a star do indeed have five members. I fail to see a deeper spiritual meaning to this beyond throwing mud at a wall and seeing what sticks.

I thought there were actually 57 senses though. (Certainly there are more than 5). Maybe we need to grow an extra 52 fingers.
 
It's not really about the hand...that's just a sign someone will always be able to show.
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What is a sign? The hand, itself?

Then why the pictures of Bjork, specifically?

What is she doing with her hands that is significant? ... Or does she just have hands? ... In which case, why didn't you just post pictures of anyone?
 
Because a hand has five points.

There's nothing else to it. There's a lot of five-fold symbolism built into the old cathedrals of Europe. Like a five-petalled rose, it might be given Christian names like "The Rose of Mary", but all the same it's a five-pointed symbol.
 
Ninae said:
Because a hand has five points.
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So do feet. Why are you not drawing wild conclusions about feet here too?

You do realise that the reason we refer to these things as "stars" is because they are an 'artistic depiction' of the stars in our skies. It is speculated that the typical star image arose from Babylonian hieroglyphics. They were meant to look, immediately and undoubtedly, like actual stars so people could communicate things about them. The cultures that imbued these symbols with such meaning were completely wrong in their perception of what stars actually were. Just like the worship of Prince Phillip or any cargo cult is based on a misguided view of the material world. I'm comfortable in dismissing misplaced symbolism and pseudo-mysticism if the basis for these beliefs is erroneous. Stars are balls of gas/plasma in orbit around a galactic centre, they are not gods or harbingers of anything. Fingers are manipulating tools, not representations based on an incorrect perception of stars.

Each to their own. I like fingers too ;) :) <3
 
I still don't see the connection to Bjork.

If a hand has five points, and there's nothing more to it, then what is significant about the Icelandic singer / songwriter?

Like, why not post pictures of George W. Bush instead?

Or a serial rapist?
 
She holds her hands up strategically, not in a natural way. I love Bjork, she's one of the best Nordic artists, but that doesn't stop me from noticing she must be involved in some kind of witchcraft/fertility faith (whatever she's practicing).

And it's not like she's trying to hide it, more like she deliberately signals to others of the same faith what she's involved with and doesn't care who sees it, which is common. I wasn't making a judgement on her or implying she was involved in anything sinister, I was just commenting on what I see.

I first really noticed it when I watched the video for "Play Dead", where in the beginning it zooms in on her out-stretched palm in a dramatic way, and I thought, that was a bit interesting, then I started to notice it all over the place.



She sure uses a lot of typical fertility symbols, like eggs, in her videos/pictures/lyrics. There are just so many signs all over the place. Sure, it's ambigious, but when there are dozens pointing in the same direction.

And Biophelia = Love of life - or essentially another word for fertility worship.
 
I don't mean to offend you, but I think you might be experiencing some kind of psychosis.
 
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Jesus Christ, I've talked to people who practiced that kind of thing and read about it all my life. It's not any different than guessing someone is a Christian based on their Bible and cross. And that's only two clues.

I was just trying to point of some of the basics, if you want to really understand it you need to learn for yourself. Take a correspondance course with the church of Wicca or something.

And accidentally the Pentagram is the first sign that comes up.


http://www.wicca.org
 
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