Blood of the Pure - Chapter Two - Triquetra

Triquetra 

The Triquetra is a tripartate symbol composed of three interlocked Vesica Pisces, marking the intersection of three circles.

It is most commonly a symbol of the Holy Trinity (Father, son, Holy spirit) used by the Celtic Christian Church, sometimes stylized as three interlaced fish.

However the Triqueta symbol predates Christianity as Celtic symbol of the Goddess, and in the North, a symbol of the god Odin, where triplicities were common symbols.

As the Christians are concerned this is a perfect representation of the concept of "three in one" integrated in Christian trinity beliefs. It also incorporates another popular Christian symbol, the fish, in its original form of the Vesica Pisces. It is sometimes enclosed within a circle to emphasize the unity aspect.

In Wiccan and Neopagan believes, the Triqueta symbolizes the triple aspected goddess (maid, mother, and crone). Some Christians have protested this "appropriation" of the symbol...however, ironically enough, the original Christian fish symbol was derived from an early symbol of the Goddess Venus.

The Triquetra is also considered to represent the triplicities of mind, body, and Soul, as well as the three domains of Earth according to Celtic legend- Earth, Sea, and Sky.

Evangelical tract writers and conspiracy theorists like to label the triquetra a 'satanic' symbol, claiming it is a 'stylized' 666, an allusion to the 'number of the beast' in the Book of Revelation. This, however, is incorrect since the triquetra of interlaced fishes is one of the very earliest of Christian symbols, predating the crucifix by hundreds of years. The purported 'satanic' meaning of the symbol is a modern evangelical interpolation.

Blood of the Pure - Chapter One - Sulfur

Sulfur

A symbol for the alchemical element Sulfur, 

which is analogous to the Human Soul. 

Alchemically, sulfur has the qualities of masculine, hot and dry- combined with Mercury (feminine, cool and moist).

The pair were considered the parents of all metals.

Alchemical drawings often portray Sulfur as the sun. (In some views, sulfur and salt are the parents of Mercury).

The symbol of sulfur is often used as an identifying symbol by many Satanists.

This glyph is often incorrectly referred to as the "pontifical cross of Satan" by tract writers, due to its adoption as an emblem of Satanism by Anton LeVey.

Blood of the Pure - Preface - The Pentagram

Pentagram

(pentacle, pentangle, pentalpha)

In alchemical texts, the four elements (in Latin):

Flatus

Ignus

Aqua

Terra

superseded by Light, or Divine Energy

illustrated the process of creation

Fiat Lux, or, "Let there be Light."

In Wiccan/Pagan lore, the pentagram symbolizes the five elements- 

Earth

Air

Water

Fire

Spirit.

The Wiccan emblematic pentagram faces point upward to symbolize the triumph of Spirit over Matter; the Satanic pentagram is transposed, point downwards, to symbolize Earthly Gratification, or the triumph of the Individual over Dissolution.

Some Wiccan grades also utilize a reversed pentacle, although for different purposes.