Box Triple Moon with Pentacle

Box Triple Moon with Pentacle Brand New 　 This beautiful hand-carved wooden box is stained black and features a silver-plated Triple Moon Symbol inlay, representing the Goddess in her Maiden, Mother and Crone aspects. The center (full) moon is filled with a pentacle for protection. 　 The box measures approx. 6'' x 4'' x 2 5/8'' high. The inside measurements are approx. 5'' x 3'' x 1 3/4''. This is perfect for gemstones, jewelry, oils, powders, spell items, small tarot decks, etc. 　 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.''

Triple Goddess

In ancient Indo-European mythologies, various goddesses or demi-goddesses appear as a triad, either as three separate beings who always appear as a group or as a single deity who is commonly depicted in three aspects, Maiden, Mother and Crone. This correlates with the three phases of the moon, Waxing, Full and Waning. Often it is ambiguous whether a single being or three are represented, as is the case with the Irish Brighid and her two sisters, also called Brighid, or the Morrígan who is known by at least three or four different names. In most ancient descriptions of Triple Goddesses, the separate deities perform different yet related functions, and can appear as any age they desire.