Necrosis

Well kick me in the ass and call me a monkey.

I was even spelling it wrong....

http://sucs.swan.ac.uk/~pagan/faq.html

Q: So why do you use that "Satanic" symbol? A: The pentagram, or five pointed star, is not Satanic. Pythagoras used it as a symbol of health, and his followers wore them in order to recognize one another. In Medieval times, some Christian knights used the pentagram as their symbol. To modern Pagans the pentagram means many things; The five points correspond to the elements Air, Earth, Fire and Water with the top point corresponding to "Spirit". The pentagram in a circle may also represent a human with their legs and arms outstretched, surrounded by universal wisdom or the "Goddess" - humankind at one with the environment. Many Witches and other pagan practitioners do not wear the pentagrame at all, but have other symbols of special meaning to them. Satanists turn the symbol upside-down, which puts the elements of Fire and Earth at the top (Fire symbolizes willpower and passion and Earth, prosperity and earthly goods) and Spirit, spirituality, at the bottom. Satanists also turn the cross upside-down. This, in itself, does not make the cross or pentagram Satanic symbols. In some Wiccan traditions, the reversed pentagram is a symbol of "second degree" status - one who has been elevated from "initiate". To members of these traditions, the reversed pentagram is considered highly positive and has no connection to Satanism. A symbol is simply an image - it is the mind and the beliefs of the beholder which attribute to it a particular meaning.