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To: tyagi@hollyfeld.org From: tyagi@bjt.net (Tyagi Nagasiva) Subject: 9611.uni-hex.tn Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 14:38:04 -0800 (PST) 49961113 AA1 Hail Satan! E6 LilWing623@AOL.COM: # I was thinking the other day about Crowley's mention (in BoT ? ) of #the first appearance of the unicursal hexagram and how for so long it was #said to be an "impossible" figure to draw... does anyone know of an earlier #appearance of the uni hexa? yes, _The Book of Thoth_ (and the accompanying large deck I bought) were the first places I ever saw this figure. Crowley mentions it briefly there and does not really say much about its history, though I have actually seen comparable figures in other sources previous (unfortunately I don't recall offhand what these were, though there is bound to be some material in the Hollyfeld Archives, if you want to go digging, as to the figure's history and symbolism). #I have noticed that the Freemasonic symbol of #the compass and the right angle is easily modified into the Uni hexa with a #simple angle alteration and a shortening of the points of the compass... exactly. I think there may have been tantric variants of this also. #...it seems doubtful that the unicursal hexagram is a "modern" figure; #and not all that difficult to draw... it's far more difficult for me #personally to sketch a Heptagram. I find the drawing of geometric figures generally and especially in ritual (with my wand, for various workings) to be quite attractive, and have intentionally familiarized myself with pentagrams, hexagrams and septagrams for this reason. the unicursal hexagram originally caught me off due to its reversal of circular directionals during its construction. once I got past that it has been easy every since. the heptagram/septagram was also a challenge since it resembles the pentagrams I've drawn but at a wider angle. I noticed I kept drawing pents instead of septs. I'm quite taken by that geometric figure (sept) and so constructed a mandala of three concentric septs and had it tattooed on my thigh prior to my First Degree initiation rite into my Order. this helped me to become more familiar with the figure but didn't make it any easier to draw. eventually when I changed my name I also changed my signature and incorporated the septagram as part of that, forcing me to acquaint myself with drawing it through signature. it worked! I can draw them quite easily now! next the non and elagram stars may be on the agenda, though I haven't really felt inspired to explore these as yet. instead I am drawn to collecting all the old figures associated with Baphomet and possibly constructing a new one which more closely approximates my Satanic conception. E6/6/6 nigris (333) tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com ----- End of forwarded message from nigris (333) -----
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