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Neopagan Use

A typical Neopagan pentagram (circumscribed): a symbol used in many Neopagan traditions to represent earth, air, fire and water, plus the fifth element of quintessence or Spirit.

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A typical Neopagan pentagram (circumscribed): a symbol used in many Neopagan traditions to represent earth, air, fire and water, plus the fifth element of quintessence or Spirit.

Many Neopagans, especially Wiccans, use the pentagram as a symbol of faith similar to the Christian cross or the Jewish Star of David. (It is not, however, a universal symbol for Neopaganism, and is rarely used by Reconstructionists.) Its religious symbolism is commonly explained by reference to the neo-Pythagorean understanding that the five vertices of the pentagram represent the four elements with the addition of Spirit as the uppermost point. In its representation of the elements, the pentagram is tied to the widespread Wiccan practice of summoning the elemental spirits of the four directions at the beginning of a ritual. The elements are also central to many Neopagan chants. (For example, "Air, I am. Fire, I am. Water, Earth, and Spirit, I am.")

The outer circle of the circumscribed pentagram is sometimes interpreted as binding the elements together or bringing them into harmony. The Neopagan pentagram is almost universally displayed with one point up, partly because of the "inverted" pentagram's association with Satanism.

Because of this association with Satanism and also because of negative societal attitudes towards Neopagan religions and the "occult", many United States schools have sought to prevent students from displaying the pentagram on clothing or jewelry.[6][7][8] In public schools, such actions by administrators have been determined to be in violation of students' First Amendment right to free exercise of religion.

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