⭐️ EPISODE SEVEN — SEEING STARS ⭐️
Five points. Five lines. One symbol that can tell an audience witchcraft before a single spell has been cast.
But has the pentagram always belonged to witches?
In Episode Seven of HEXPOSITION: Witches on Screen, we’re tracing the surprisingly complicated history of one of the most recognisable symbols associated with witchcraft — from its ancient uses and changing meanings to modern Pagan practice, Satanic imagery and the way film and television have turned five simple lines into instant supernatural shorthand.
We’ll look at how the pentagram appears across popular culture, why turning it upside down can completely change what audiences think they’re seeing, and how horror in particular has helped blur the boundaries between witchcraft, Paganism, occultism and Satanism.
As a practising witch who wears and has pentagrams tattooed on her body, I’ll also talk about what the symbol means within my own practice — and what it’s like carrying a symbol that other people sometimes think they already understand.
Because the pentagram has spent thousands of years gathering meanings. Witchcraft is only one chapter of its story.
✨ It’s time for Fact, Fiction or Folklore. ✨
And, of course, there’s another Hidden Hex hiding somewhere amongst the stars… 👀
🎙️ Episode Seven: Seeing Stars
🎧 HEXPOSITION: Witches on Screen
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🎵 Theme: “Huldufolk (Hidden Folk)” by Jamie Sims
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Love and light x
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