pantacle
pantacle is the alternative spelling of pentacle.
Meaning of pentacle
Noun
pentacle (plural pentacles)
- A flat talisman, almost always star-shaped, made of parchment, sheet metal, or other substance, marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical evocation.
- ouer this pott and the cyrcle hold the pentacles, and perfume them; and say deuoutly theis psalmes followyngemid- to late-16th century, British Library Additional manuscript 36674, London
- A pentagram, especially one that is used for magical or mystical purposes.
- he drew a pentacle or five-pointed star.1949, Gerald Gardner, chapter 10, in High Magic's Aid, page 92
- A circumscribed pentagram.
- The pentacle—a pentagram enclosed within a surrounding circle—as found as the centre-piece on a witch's altar is often worn as a silver pendant by witches and other neo-pagans alike repesenting their beliefs in the interconnectedness and interdependence of the powers of nature and spirit.2002, Kevin Saunders, Wiccan Spirituality: A Magical Attitude for the 21st Century, London: Green Magic, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 57
Forms of pantacle
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Origin of pantacle
This spelling borrowed in 1896 by the occult author A. E. Waite from French pantacle (as used by the 19th century French occult author Eliphas Levi).
Questions about pantacle
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- Pantacle is the alternative spelling of pentacle.
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