Why is the pentigram used in occult symbols?
Okay, the pentagram as a symbol has gone through many uses over time. It was only used as an occult symbol relatively late. Its earliest known use dates back to Uruk IV (c.3500BCE) in ancient Mesopotamia where the general sense seems to be “heavenly body.” By the cuneiform period (post 2600 BCE) the pentagram or symbol UB means “region,” “heavenly quarter” or “direction”. It has been found on potsherds in the location of Uruk (near the mouth of the Gulf), and more frequently on Jemdet Nasr (3100-2900 BCE) and Proto-Elamite tablets (3000-2500 BCE). It was also used in Mespotamian art in royal inscriptions and was symbolic of imperial power extending to the four corners of the world. Among the Jews, Truth and the five books of the Pentateuch were ascribed to the Pentagram. In Ancient Greece, the pentagram was called the Pentalpha as it is geometrically composed of five letter alphas (A). The Greeks did not generally attribute symbolic meanings to the letters of their alphabet but certain
