pentagram

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“When you slice open an apple, the seeds and fibrous membrane that make up the core are arranged in a pentagram — a five-pointed star,” wrote Vice back in 2016.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

Some of the letters featured an antifascist symbol, a progress pride flag and a pentagram.

From Washington Times • Nov. 18, 2023

A raised altar stands at one end, a white pentagram on the floor in front of it.

From BBC • May 19, 2023

Ms. Abramovic said the stars were meant to invoke a Communist symbol she had grown up with in Yugoslavia, not a satanic pentagram.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2020

The mystical symbol of the Pythagorean cult was, naturally, a number-shape: the pentagram, a five-pointed star.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife