[1962] in Central_America
Re: New quotes for Sat Nov 11
sethf@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sethf@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Nov 13 00:34:17 1989
Could someone supply some reference (authoritative or historical) to
the invoke-into-triagles practice? I'm truly interested. I don't have
any of my reference books with me (packed away in New York), but my
reading on this topic ranges much wider than typical F&SF, and I don't
recall triangles.
My understanding is that entities (not necessarily demons) get
conjured into the pentagon inside the pentagram, with the magician
standing outside (at least in medieval European practice).
Semitic/Quabbalah technique may use the hexagon inside the Star of
David. Circumscribing circles are optional. For involved mystic
symbolism, the triangle is a rather dull figure.
I agree strongly that offensive speech should be
completely protected. Yes, even swastika displays; remember the Skokie
case (Nazis wanted to march, the town tried to deny them a permit).
There probably would have been more complaints if the cross or Star of
David had been used. That doesn't make the complaints right. PAGANS should
be the LAST people to be talking about regulating speech based on
"offensiveness". History shows that.
