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superseded by Light, or Divine Energy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.