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> From: Man on the Run <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >If you are saying that it is possible I am reading this wrong, I can only
> say
> >that there are two factors on my side.
> > A)The North direction
>
> This presumes that North was considered 'up' by the architect at the time
> the original design was drawn up; as I pointed out in a previous post, one
> cannot just assume that this is so, since prior to standardization of
> cartography in the mid-19th century, it was not unusual for the equator to
> be considered the 'up' position for those in the northern hemisphere (who,
> by-and-large, were the same people making the maps), and the North Pole to
> be considered 'down'...
BF>Interesting. I would investigate this further. I would honestly need more
information to truly comment intelligently. However, I find it a little
difficult to imagine that the capital mall was "above" the White House, The
geometry of the Monument and Congress implies a "downward" direction. I have
also seen some maps from early on, and all appearances suggest that North is up.
I will investigate further, and please feel free to send me information on this.
>
>
> >The inverted pentagram IS enshrined in to federal law, via the design of
> D.C.
>
> So what? Even if it IS 'inverted', an inverted pentagram representing
> evil/satanism is purely a 20th-century invention of horror fiction, aided
> and abetted by low-grade Hollywood potboilers...
BF>It is a religious symbol enshrined on federal property. Read my point in
context, however, and do not assume I am saying something by that that I am not.
>
>
> Prior to this 20th-century invention, in mystical/occult terms the
> direction of a pentagram only implied the direction one was sending energy
> or requesting that it be sent by a divine power; therefore the only thing
> an 'upside down' pentagram would have meant to an 18th century person was
> that one was requesting divine energy to be directed down from Heaven to
> whatever the pentagram was pointing to...
BF>So I am to assume you are saying it is an inverted pentagram?
>
>
> So if the original architect did indeed view his pentagram design of DC as
> being inverted (and one would have to look at his other maps to determine
> whether he normally associated either the North Pole or the Equator with
> 'up'), it would not have been considered evil or satanic, only that one was
> attempting to direct divine energy down from heaven to the 'target' that
> the pentagram was pointing to...
>
> June
BF>Are you saying it is not an inverted pentagram or that it is and that is OK?
I was clear before but I am now a bit confused. 'Tell you what, why don't you
forward more information on the map issue because that is interesting, and if you
are correct it *might* shed light on the subject. However, North has special
relevance to certain mythological paradigms, and I would not discount it as a
symbolic direction.
Bates
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