2819 – ‘Dura Mater’ Pentagram: Pentacle

Physical description:

Three dimensional wooden sculpture of the Dura Mater pentagram. Painted black. Ceiling hanging.

Museum classification:

Modern Witchcraft

Size:

320 x 300 x 100

Information:

Rory Te' Tigo, the creator, writes, 'The Dura Mater (or Dura Dea) is Latin for hardmother or hard goddess. Its magical quality is nevertheless totally different to the magical quality of the Spiderleg Pentagram. Whilst the Five Arms of the Spiderleg have the shape of the rune Sowelu (the life force) the arms of the Dura Mater Pentagram pierce each other. The resulting shape of the individual arms resemble a travellers mark consisting of a square on its point with longer line going up and a shorter line going down. The meaning of the mark is: "Here you can be violent!" At the same time like in the Spiderleg Pentagram this creates a protective sphere around the wearer. In the Dura Mater Pentagram this contains and limits the violent and negative energy. My experience with the Dura Mater Pentagram was not a very happy one. I had one made with a four inch diamater in metal as a lucky charm to hang from my car rear view mirror. After some near miss car accidents and a nasty scratch in my car's paintwork I decided to desconstruct the Dura Mater Pentagram and threw its parts into the sea on a Cornish bolder beach. One may argue that without this Pentagram my car accidents would have been much worse. I made this Dura Mater Pentagram for the Museum of Witchcraft as a "Dark Sister" to the Spiderleg Pentagram as all "White" things have a "Black" counterpart that is necessary for the balance of all things. You may notice that the moon at the top of the Dura Mater Pentagram is twisted by 90 degrees to the plain of the circle of the Pentagram. This is to express that whilst all things are "under the moon" i.e. within the realm of the mother goddess the plain of the of the negative energy of the Dura Mater Pentagram is offset by 90 degrees to the positive energy of the Spiderleg Pentagram. As far as three dimensional Pentagrams are concerned the Dura Mater Pentagram is similar to a "Crown of Thorns".'

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Wood, paint (black)

Copyright ownership:

MOW

Rory Te' Tigo, the creator, writes, 'The Dura Mater (or Dura Dea) is Latin for hardmother or hard goddess. Its magical quality is nevertheless totally different to the magical quality of the Spiderleg Pentagram. Whilst the Five Arms of the Spiderleg have the shape of the rune Sowelu (the life force) the arms of the Dura Mater Pentagram pierce each other. The resulting shape of the individual arms resemble a travellers mark consisting of a square on its point with longer line going up and a shorter line going down. The meaning of the mark is: "Here you can be violent!" At the same time like in the Spiderleg Pentagram this creates a protective sphere around the wearer. In the Dura Mater Pentagram this contains and limits the violent and negative energy. My experience with the Dura Mater Pentagram was not a very happy one. I had one made with a four inch diamater in metal as a lucky charm to hang from my car rear view mirror. After some near miss car accidents and a nasty scratch in my car's paintwork I decided to desconstruct the Dura Mater Pentagram and threw its parts into the sea on a Cornish bolder beach. One may argue that without this Pentagram my car accidents would have been much worse. I made this Dura Mater Pentagram for the Museum of Witchcraft as a "Dark Sister" to the Spiderleg Pentagram as all "White" things have a "Black" counterpart that is necessary for the balance of all things. You may notice that the moon at the top of the Dura Mater Pentagram is twisted by 90 degrees to the plain of the circle of the Pentagram. This is to express that whilst all things are "under the moon" i.e. within the realm of the mother goddess the plain of the of the negative energy of the Dura Mater Pentagram is offset by 90 degrees to the positive energy of the Spiderleg Pentagram. As far as three dimensional Pentagrams are concerned the Dura Mater Pentagram is similar to a "Crown of Thorns".'