The Big Little Book of Magick

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Akashic Records. These Records are a spiritual
compilation of all the lives of every person.


PEACH To the Asians, the peach symbolizes immortality.


PEARL Considered one of the eight Chinese emblems, the
pearl signifies the sacred center. To Muslims, it
represents heaven or paradise.


PENTACLE, PENTAGRAM A pentacle is a five-pointed star, once
the symbol of all things feminine and the great Earth
Mother. In Egyptian hieroglyphs, it means to "rise up" or
"cause to arise," and it was associated with both Isis and
Nephthys. The pentacle was also a symbol of the
Babylonian Ishtar and the Celtic Morrigan. To the
Gnostics, it represented the sacred number five, while
for Pythagoreans it meant harmony of the body and
mind. The five-pointed star was also associated with the
Virgin Mary in her aspect of Stella Maris (Star of the
Sea). This symbol represents the repulsion of evil, or
protection.


PINECONE A product of the pine tree, which symbolizes
immortality, the cone represents psychic oneness. It was
one of the symbols of both Astarte in ancient Byblos and
the sacrificed savior Attis. The sacred wand of Dionysus,
called the thyrsus, was tipped with a pinecone, as was
that of the Roman Bacchus.


PLAIT, BRAID Long associated with rope and knots, the
braid represents the intertwining of relationships or


creative matter.


POMEGRANATE The Greek Underworld goddess Persephone


was linked with the pomegranate, thus giving it the

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