Naturally there are many using it today, not only within Pagan and Wicca circles, but those interested in Satanism and the occult. In more recent eras of course, Christianity has distanced itself from the symbol, making it for many a relic of the Pagan past. Indeed, even some early Christians adopted the symbol to represent the five wounds of Christ. The symbol would later be used by Kabbalists and during the times of the Hebrew scriptures as one of the secret names for god. Indeed, it was none other than the famous mathematician Pythagoras who favoured the symbol, using it to depict the five elements and to link these with the five pointed division of the human body, thus connecting the head and four limbs with fire, water, air, earth, and psyche. In fact it was used by a number of ancient civilisations, most obviously Greece, which is where the name ‘pentagram’ actually comes from, ‘penta’ meaning ‘five’ and ‘gram’ meaning ‘something written or drawn’. So where did this symbol come from and why is it so associated with metal? Well, despite its sinister connotations today, the pentagram was certainly not originally viewed as a sign of evil.
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