just an observer since I really have little knowledge of the subject;) but I did find this interesting, from the link...
"because hexagrams are not associated with Judaism early enough and the Biblical reference is understood as to a heavenly body and its guardian demon rather than to geometric symbology."
I was just wondering about this^
we recently visited a grotto built by a priest, and it had many symbols;
Very nice! Christians can freely use hexagrams purely to mean their grafting into the covenant people, alongside David, and their communion with God. To the pure, all things are pure; the hexagram has many histories and we don't need to know about the history hijackers to use symbols to mean what we want them to mean. It just doesn't go back in covenant history before 300 AD (I'll be happy to hear a counterexample), though it's much older in secular history.
just an observer since I really have little knowledge of the subject;) but I did find this interesting, from the link...
"because hexagrams are not associated with Judaism early enough and the Biblical reference is understood as to a heavenly body and its guardian demon rather than to geometric symbology."
I was just wondering about this^
we recently visited a grotto built by a priest, and it had many symbols;
some of them were the star of David...
https://www.westbendgrotto.com/
Very nice! Christians can freely use hexagrams purely to mean their grafting into the covenant people, alongside David, and their communion with God. To the pure, all things are pure; the hexagram has many histories and we don't need to know about the history hijackers to use symbols to mean what we want them to mean. It just doesn't go back in covenant history before 300 AD (I'll be happy to hear a counterexample), though it's much older in secular history.
yes, it was awesome, would definitely recommend to anyone visiting the area. and thanks for the details!
and 'To the pure, all things are pure' really makes sense, will have to remember that.