Symbols we Recognize

## The Symbols We Will Allow in the Grotto Path & Presence

Remember, we do not see Satanism (spiritual) as evil, and we do allow it in the movement, just as we allow the Inverted Cross as well as the Cross symbol, Celtic Cross, and others as well. We are very much inner faith tradition. However, we do not allow the Pentagram used by the Temple of Satan or the Church of Satan or any of their cities, because that is their trade dress. Our Inverted pentacle is different than their own and can not be connected to their organizations. Please do not post them unless you have absolute explicit permission. We are not against them, but because of the trade dress/marks we can not use them freely here unless they join and add it themselves.

Also, please do not use our Inverted pentacle or flag outside of this wiki, leftquadrant.xyz, grottopathnp.jigsy.com, or other listed sites unless I said you could or you are in the media circuit, and or you are in one of our chapter heads.

(Thank You)

## Dark Pagans Grotto Pentacle & Flag

This is our Main Spiritualist Satanist symbol as we are Tenic Brotherhood (women and men, seen as sexless entities) we are a gray path of magick and mysticism. We are correct spirit beings who do the right thing and have integrity as Satan would like for us to be.

If others need help and if we can provide the help we should help. But not more than three weeks of help, for they must learn to stand on their own again at some point. It's like showing a man how to fish, he will fish for a lifetime. We all fall down but we must rise back up. What good is a symbol or faith if we don't help others and think we are superior for knocking them down?

This was once the basis of Christianity as well but we do not need a false messiah, we believe we are all linked to Satan or Atan or even Shas' which is both male and female in energy as well as neither gender but not in body form, and we have the same ability that exists in their veins.

We do not praise Satan to be our God. Satan is our refuge and our sanctuary and our temple, we are their Grotto.

A Grotto is a cave like dwelling, Satan is apart of us as our breath is apart of us, they are our strenfth and we are theirs.

Our Motto is above and below: We are Free to be ourselves in every way as long as we are free to choose it with our spirit.

Let's #ShapeTheWorld. You either are a noble beast or you are an animal. We are not animals, we are noble beasts with knowledge of ourselves and the world we create.

## Pagan Symbols we will allow:

Triple Moon Symbol: )O(

The Three stages of womanhood, manhood, paganism training

Sometimes worn by initiates in the craft, on necklaces or rings or bracletts.

It means they are a God/dess worshipper or celebrates nature or the old ways.

## Antlers:

Antler Necklace

Reminds people of their dedication to the path of paganism or shamanism and that we are connected to the rites of the Horned God/dess.

This one is a bit expensive however and we wish our members to be a bit more mindful of their budget.

## The Virgin, The Virgin Mary

The Virgin, or the Virgin Mary, is not \*actually\* a virgin, she is considered by some occult matrons to be the all and above selection of womanhood because she appears to be so good and chaste, but on the flipside, becomes this Magdelena, the Black mother, not of skin but in her spirit. Magdelena supposedly destroyed children, tore them apart, because parents could not care for them. Children are often used by society and culture to drive apart lovers and destroy all semblence of home life. In this guise here, she is the Grave Mother, watching over the dead, and seeing to other aspects of "prenatural life" or "supernatural, post natural life".

This can be a source of strength in Dark Paganism and even Vampyrism, spiritual Satanism and other "open minded dark paths".

## Skulls: (Not human ones as in remains) 💀

We are not grave robbers, or user of sketid and fetid remains. This is disruptive of the spirit that once occupied the body or form that held that skeleton. Remember how disruptive you would feel if some wannabe magickian wanted to use your skull in a ritual.

Skulls originally meant: Enlightenment. It houses your brain, which is our thinking facility. Now, skulls are more than just Gothic, Halloween attire, as we see with this Link for skull desk organizers; putting skulls in your home or room reminds us to be mindful of things we are thankful for or just in general. You can also use the plastic halloween props and paint them black or purple or other power colors.

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Snakes and Serpents == Snakes and Serpents have often been equated with evil. They are predators and can sometimes kill people. Shamans have used snake venom to transcend on, and also as medicine in ancient cultures, believing it is an immortality test as well as one that will provide knowledge. Serpent is also associated with wisdom, most "dark path items and symbols" are. Serpent is the shape shifter. Many people have tried to shape shift into animals. This is an energy being aspect only. (I am not explaining this, as any old person will try to do this and may make themselves sick) The being within or the being we are, becomes the energy being in question, allowing you to see through it's eyes.

Cobras have been found mummified in Egypt. They were sacred because 1) The female did not have to have a mate to have children 2) The venom was believed to grant immortality and give visions.

## Dragons

Any Dragon figurine works well in the home. Dragons are still feared by some cynical christians. :) lol However, Dragons were treasurers of sacred things in the arts of Avalon and Camelot. It i said when kings and queens went to war, during the Sovereign periods of some mystical realms, Dragons would be called to watch the kingdoms, finally they came to people in "humanoid" form to make people remember the old ways and keep magick alive.

Occult Figurines and Dragons

It's said in some vampyric lines these "humanoid" dragons still are present but only they know who they are. Somewhere in deep Strigoi lines these dragons still thrive.

## Trees: Cypress Tree

If you have been to swamps or "watersheds or wetlands" you will know what the cypress tree looks like. It is a large "dead looking" craggy barked tree that has a trunk that moves up, away from the water line.

The Bald and Pond cypress lives in poor soil, non draining areas of wetlands. There is nothing great about these places, and the world should be ashamed it left these lands unmanaged. There are two tales about Cypress that bears telling here.

1. Cypress is known as the warrior of the silent forgotten places. Man will know they have left these lands to rot when they come among the silent warrior who can stand tall but not be able to talk or speak to them, as man has lost his ability to hear from the cypress due to their treatment by society itself. (Choctaw parabels - proverbs)
2. Cypress grows away from the water because man has become so corrupt in the world. They do not want to feel man's evil or stain on their planet. They are the silent watcher of the wet places. There is another telling of the tale, man left cypress here and there in the world, saying he will come back when he wishes to die. Cypress will call forth the black swamp devil, or the red devil and the warrior will come and kill man as an animal off their planet.

This is why we honor the cypress tree, we are like silent watchers sometimes, not speaking our truths; and we need to learn to speak up and work to save what needs saving. Even though Cypress has been left here, they are a splendid water bearer, fortifying the swamps with oxygen which breaks down bacteria that could infest the swamp or wetland, it can also fortify the water, allowing it to be ok for drinking if you had no means to boil it, but for humankind and animals alike; even other trees, as Oak pollutes swamps as they break down and rot away, Cypress will fortify, even if there is only three ones in the whole place. If ever in need of a experiment for school. Take two buckets of creek or swamp water, and in one leave it alone and in two days time check on the second bowl as you place just a piece of Cypress bark in the second bowl and you will see the second bowl will be cleaner in two days than the first. You will need a microscope with slides for looking at the water and use safety glasses and gloves. Do not go to deep creeks or water sheds alone.

## Bats

Bats have long been an occult symbol, known as a spirit creature also. Bat is sometimes half blind, but uses it's echolocation to hunt down prey and other needs. Wisdom, creation, creating, inspiration is some things credited to the Bat in the occult world. Bat also honors the home and the hearth. Bat is a protective amulet in the home and kitchen.

[1] Bat rings from 1.50 at Wish/Geek.

I have this and its not adjustable, but it fits well and as is bat one of my totems, this is technically a Flying Fox or a Bulldog Bat. The females are gray and the males are brown. I also have a bat familiar or friend that visits my back yard tree in the summer time.

## Skin Walkers

Skin Walkers get a bad rep in the occult, shaman and Native American world. Not all of them are bad. They look scary, deformed, or evil. This is how shapeshifting is misunderstood in the occult world. A skin walker is a shaman, who is a healer. It can appear scary, evil looking, or creepy as it would like (he or she or they) I am one and I am not evil. Shamans were often depicted as beings with a coat with a hood or an animal skin, to take on the energy guise or physical guise of said animal like bear, fox or other animals. Sometimes a skin walker wears an animal skull for a face or head to denote they are in some sort of change of their form. If others see them in this change, then they would assume they were evil. Indians who smoked weeds or tabacco, or other plants and things would be on a high or trip and maybe did not understand what they have seen. A Skin walker's guise is their facade; how they appear is very powerful medicine as well as magick. It may warn off an enemy or even save others' lives. That is why we say practice magick carefully because it can get dark, dank, and shadowy in the mind and beings of others as well as ourselves. The Eclipse movement is not for the faint of heart.

The skin walker has not always been so pure; they have done wicked and wrong things but that is up to the maturity level of the person. If they are off in the head to begin with, things are not going to go well for one's magick or workings.

The Navajo tribe speak out against Skin Walkers, saying that they are evil. The Navajo or (Tuo as original called) are not Skin Walkers, because skin walker is a Strigoi term (Or Si, as we are called, later consider Souix, but before they mated with Lakota women) Tuo can not energy transform, they are DNIO and of course skin walker is called Tuj which can change it's energy form which feels like thing energy and neither male or female to those who can feel energy. Skin walkers are DNA. (Thooj/Thooja).

If you have ever been on IMVU and seen some of the Animals people can turn into, this is what a skin walker could actually be considered instead of the ghastly images found on the web of disjointed wolven folk or Bigfoot.

Skin walkers are not to be confused with Wendigo or the werewolf unclean IvenYensi. These creatures begin to gaunt their form like they have cancer and the shape of what the wendigo appears to be begins to show up on the person In real life. They get skinnier or weirder acting as well.

The skin walker is able to also as an energy being shape change into someone they know and can read their thoughts to see if they are evil or not. **This is the real reason why they are called SKIN WALKER**.

## Septagram

The Septagram has come to mean the Faery or elfin star of the Otherkin(ds) Lifestyle and Movement.

An Otherkin is a being sort of like a vampyre but they may not drink blood or energy. Not all otherkin are fat/pimply shy teenagers. Most kin have quit talking about being otherkin as the web has always made fun of their culture, and being cut off from their otherness on Earth they are "subjected to spending nights watching LOTR and other Faery themes movies over and over" and it makes them look like fantasy riveted people. Otherkin is not the best term, the term one is seeking i entity and or demon/daemon and not in the Christian sense or Satanism sense.

The Septagram is a star with seven points, as Sept means seven. The Septagram is the most riveting of all the occult symbols because the Septagram symbol is also the symbol for true Tenic/Tenis Brotherhood, which can trace it's bearings back to 358,000 MYA, in which is the pentagram was used first but the septagram was brought forth and many were drawn to its nature, because of what it represents to the being who wears one as jewelry, it means to be free in the being of yourself, true form and walking in the world as one is supposed too, not hiding from yourself or anyone else. It means to be the forerunner of truth in the world. You are the flag you bring forth.

Originally, septa was spelled Septisgrem - which means twelve.

I use to have the ring pictured: https://www.amazon.com/rhodium-mystical-spiritual-heptagram-septagram/dp/b00jg1v1uw

Many people say heptagram is also a seven pointed symbol but heptagram actually means eleven. Heptagram is the symbol of spiritual enlightenment but as someone who hides their form from the world and ducks and shirks true guise in the crowd and is scared to be seen as one is.

The symbol stands for the 7 guards of the Tenic Brotherhood.

In which there were originally 12. The Septisgrem is the most spiritual satanic symbol in all the world and is way worse to wear than the Baphomet ring or pentacle. Those were created about 500K ago. The symbol or Symblis is a symbol of destruction, honor, loyalty, courage, and servitude. The amount of Knights were reduced from 12 to seven, for the seven points of the symbol.

1. Courage
2. Honor
3. Compassion
4. Dedication
5. Love
6. Loyalty
7. Faith
8. *Courage to do what must be done*
9. *Honor thy self and thy keepings*
10. *Compassion is to be shown to the lowest being*
11. *Dedication to your path, study and work*
12. *Love to all as they love you in return*
13. *Loyalty to one's calling*
14. *Faith to do one's work and to believe in the circumstances of faith in which you were brought forward*