Pentacle Altar Cloth 22'' x 72'' (including fringe) Purple

Pentacle Altar Cloth Description: Surrounded by fringe, this beautiful altar cloth/sarong features a large pentacle in the center with borders of celtic knotwork in black with a purple background. Can be worn as a sarong or used to cover your altar. It measures approx. 22'' x 72'' (including fringe). Made of rayon. Made in India. The Pentacle/Pentagram Wiccans have attempted to reconstruct a Pagan religion similar to that of the ancient Celts. They have adopted the upright pentacle/pentagram, since it was the symbol of Morgan, an ancient Celtic goddess. Many wear it as jewelry and use it on their altars. The symbol is frequently traced by hand using an athame (a ritual knife) during Wiccan rituals. It is used to cast and banish their healing circles. Some Wiccans interpret the five points as representing earth, air, fire, water, and spirit -- the five factors needed to sustain life. Others relate the points to the four directions and spirit. Some Wiccans and other Neopagans bless themselves and others with the sign of the pentagram. Their hand passes from their forehead to one hip, up to the opposite shoulder, across to the other shoulder, down to the opposite hip and back to the forehead. Some of the more highly structured Wiccan traditions have used an inverted pentagram to represent a second or third degree status. ''Many of these groups have since substituted a triangle form for the same degrees because of the association of the inverted form of the pentacle with Satanism and black magic.'' Ceremonial magicians also use the pentagram. Its points can ''represent various elemental energies, spirits or deities.''