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Show THE UTAH INDEPENDENT Page 7 August 28, 1970 lbmB (Continued from page 5) it was a part of the official inscription prescribed for the gravestones of Nazi officers of the dread SS. The symbol suited Nazi emphasis on pagan mysticism. Far from being a modern design, the symbol which Russell adopted as the Commuactivnists insignia for peace dates back many centuries in the history of to establish ity. In 71 1 A.D., for instance, when the Saracen hordes crossed into Spain their Moorish kingdom, the shields of the invaders were decorated with that inverted broken cross. In 1099 A.D., the Saracens fought the Crusaders under that same symbol. Koerners Handbuch emphasizes that an upward broken cross was a positive sign. the Opposite Page 248 a reproduction of a Fifteenth Century print shows Gregory Great wearing on his vestment an upright cross, the arms of which slant skyward at a angle. Opposite Page 250, another illustration shows the ceremonial Germanic robe of Saint Thomas a Becket, also wearing the upright .Man-rune- . ' scholars Bruno Scher and Martha Bringemeier note tnat these upright Gabelkreuze (fork crosses) are common in Westphalia and certain areas of Austria and Italy, where each is adorned with a Christ like figure with arms spread on the upward struts of the cross. In that position, we learn, the fork crosses (without the Christ figure!) were considered of good omen. In many cultures they symbolized fertility .f Upside down, on the other hand, such signs were a portent of evil and death. In e the figure encircled in the common sign which the fact, the inverted has for centuries been a favorite sign of Satanists. Communists tell us means peace Dr. Gerard Encausse explains the significance in Traite de Science Occulte (Seventh Edition, Page 176). He notes that when Satanists want to express their ideas in a polysymbolic sign, they formulate their ritualistic condemnations by destroying the This ritual, involving narmony of the figure: they turn the cross upside down e either the Christian crucifix or the symbol, was designed to show defiance of God and faith in Satan. e While the inversion of the signified infertility, the inversion of the These interpretations are still current. crucifix was known as the sign of the As contemporary Satanist Anton LaVey explained in November 1968: A Black Mass consists of such things as saying the Lords Prayer backwards, interspersed with obscendown, desecration of the wafer ities, trampling the cross under foot or hanging it or host, and similar other forms of defilement or parodying of the sacred cows An especially valuable source on this subject is Rudolf Kochs The Book Of Signs d figure (Dover Publications, New York, 1955). Koch also cites the upright dies. as On The in man the peace symbol) as Man, and the inverted figure (used Page 83, however, Dr. Koch describes the inverted figure as The Crows foot, or n in the Middle Ages as an insignia of Satan. witchs foot, a symbol Bernard Koemer cites the inverted cross as the symbol of Drudenfuss or Druids foot. Standard German dictionaries describe this as a star with one point runic figure, which corresponds to the up and two down. That figure, is known in ancient symbolism as a pentalpha. In his Symbolism. Of The Three Degrees, Oliver Day Street comments that The Pentalpha with one of its points elevated, was a symbol of the pure and the virtuous and a harbinger of good, but with two of its points elevated it became the accursed Goat of Mendes which typifies Satan and foreboded evil and misfortune. One point (or finger) up, symbolized the. monogram of Christ, while the inversion of the Pentalpha, or two points (two spread fingers) up, was the sign of Satan. Referring once more to Kochs illustrated Book Of Signs , one notes that on Page 6 he devotes considerable space to the d figure and explains: The Pentagram has had several different significations at different times in the history of man. The Pythagoreans called it the pentalpha, and the Celtic priests the witchs foot. It is also Solomons seal, known in the Middle Ages as the goblins cross Amongst the druids it was the sign of Godhead, and to the Jews it signified the five Mosaic books. This sign was also popularly believed to be a protection against demons . . . . All these interpretations, of course, depended on the position of the pentalpha. Still pursuing the intent of that modern Aldermaston peace seal designed by Lord Russell for use by contemporary radicals, we turned to Rollo Ahmeds Complete Book Of Witchcraft (Paperback Library, New York, 1936). Ahmed notes that There was a deeply seated belief in the fascination or enchantment of shadows; so that the witch, or magician, could use them to either produce sickness and death or to inspire love the shadow of the priests fingers raised in blessing was considered A remarkable thing connected with the by Satanists to have evil significance hand so lifted, is that its shadow resembles the head and horns of the Goat of Baphomet Mendes , the symbol of black magic. The use of the shadow of blessing (Continued on paae 8) anti-Christi- an forty-five-degr- The centuries-olillustration at left, from Maurice Bessy' Pictorial History OfMagic And The Supernatural, depicts the ancient gesture of benediction, the shadow of which represents Satan. That shadow, according to Satanists, is the symbol of malediction. A modernized use of this sign appeared in the Daily World of October 18, 1969, as the insignia (above) of the Communist GIs & Vets for Peace. d of Reds' discusses New Mobilization Committee, plans for tha Communists' "Fall Offensive" before official poster of "New Mo be." Photo was run in the Communist Guardian to promote the "V" insignia. Stewart Meacham, ee -- Man-run- - Man-run- Man-run- Anti-Chris- t. up-si- de fork-shape- (L) Flashing the "V" sign at an Arab summit in Rabat, Communist guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat prepares "to map strategy." The red of his terrorist P.L.P. bear the ancient "sign of the Broken Jew." (R) Combined fist, "V" and "peace" sign of Berkeley Tribe. arm-ban- ds Photo from the Trotskyite Communist Militant of March 13, 1970. The major supplier of these "peace checks" reports 6,000 banks use them. well-know- five-point- ed fork-shape- star-shap- ed d star-shape- (35G3D CZffl632nfl3M$7 check the way you really feel .... , This photo, from the front page of the nist Daily World, features "peace" symbols on boxes of petitions stacked near the White House after Vietnik rally in Washington. Commu- pro-Vietco- Bruno Scher and Martha Bringemeier, Volsfromme Kreuzverehrung m Westfalen von 'den Glaubenseinheit, Aschendorftsche Verlagsbuchhan-dlung- , Anfangen bis sum Bruch der Munster, 1960. fDr. O.A. Walls Sex And Sex Worship (C.V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, 1919). Figure 269 on' " erected in a field in Mexico to invoke the blessings of fertility or Page 467 shows a fruitfulness for the seeds that were sown . . . . " That symbol is almost identical to the one depicted on the garments of Saint Thomas a' Becket. On the following page is a reproduction of the same symbol with the explanation that: In precisely the same manner and for the same purpose this sign is used by the Hindus in India . . . and by the Zunis in New Mexico." It was also used by the ancient Aztecs in South America. Dr. Wall expresses his belief that this fertility" symbol was derived from the outline of a virgin mons veneris. 'Confirmation of tms appears in such rare but authoritative volumes as the Grimorium Verium, the Grand Grimorie, and in a number of manuscripts attributed to Pope Honorius, a sorcerer of some reputation in the Middle Ages. Scholars seeking further verification should look to Sword Of Moses (written by a Fourteenth Century German magician calling himself Abraham), the Clavicule de Solomon, and the Malleus Maleficarum (Jacob Sprenger and Henricus Institor). Rollo Ahmed notes in the Complete Book Of Witchcraft that: From the earliest days, the Deity worshipped in black magic was the source and creator of evil, the rival of goodness. Various forms, of the Egyptian god Set, the Persian Ahriman, the Python of the Greeks, the Jewish Serpent, Satanas, Balial the Devil derived from ancient Atlantis, and later Baphomet of the Templars, the Goat Deity of the witches sabbath. In the ancient Kabala, Satans name was that of Jehovah reversed, and he was not actually a devil but the negation of light and truth." The Knights Templars of the Middle Ages, cults of which are reported to have practiced revolting ceremonies before their huge idol in the form of a goat, were originally founded to protect the ftoly Sepulchre, but some are said by Ahmed to have developed into Satan worshippers. 9 mittel-alterliche- n Man-rune- A Crow foot, or toils foot of the authoritative Book Of Signs by Rudolf Koch. Satanic symbol for use by the Reds. (Center) Bertrand Russell, the radical and atheist who adapted SS on death notices and tombstones. (R) A Nazi badge. Inverted, this insignia was used by Hitler's L) Satanic Medieval symbol shown on Page 83 . |