The gesture has many meanings. a) An alternative gesture shaping the head of a goat, common symbol Satanism. If you point down with two fingers, it means that Satan is imprisoned in hell and cannot harm people. But if two fingers are raised up, this is a symbol of the triumph of the devil, the victory of evil over good. b) During the Second World War, Winston Churchill popularized this sign to indicate victory, but for this the hand is turned back to the speaker. If, with this gesture, the hand is turned with the palm towards the speaker, then the gesture acquires an offensive meaning - “shut up”. c) During the Hundred Years War, the French cut off two fingers of captive archers, with which they pulled the string of the bow. And the happy owners of a complete set of fingers teased their enemies by showing “V” with their hand turned palm towards themselves. The French considered this gesture offensive to themselves. So until now this sign is considered indecent in England, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand ...

Read the article if you are wondering what the inverted cross symbol means. You will also learn what to do if it was painted on your door.

Before you buy yourself a thing or accessory with any symbol, make a tattoo with it, you should find out its meaning. This article will focus on the inverted cross. Is it just a symbol of Satanism?

What is an inverted cross, what is it called?

The inverted cross is called the cross of St. Peter, because, as Christian sources say, the apostle Peter, the main patron catholic church crucified head down. They say that Peter himself chose this type of execution, because he considered it unworthy for himself to die on the cross in the same way as the Teacher, Christ. It happened during the reign of Nero in 67 AD.
That is, the transverse bar, intended for tying the hands of the victim, in an inverted cross is at the bottom of this structure for execution.

Cross of St. Peter in yellow and white metal.

IMPORTANT: Other names for an inverted cross are a cross with a lowered crossbar, an inverted cross, a satanic cross, the cross of the Antichrist, a reverse crucifix.

What does the inverted cross mean as a symbol?

If the cross itself has many symbolic meanings, formed back in pre-Christian times, and also established later in connection with the spread of Christianity, then the inverted cross has recently become increasingly important as a symbol of the Antichrist, Satan, and black magic. Such symbolism is supported by various mass media, Hollywood films and rock and punk cultures.

IMPORTANT: The Catholic Church itself does not speak unambiguously about the fact that the inverted cross is a symbol of Satan.

What does the inverted cross mean for Satanists?

But the Satanists themselves took this symbol into service.

1. The inverted cross for them is a symbol of neglect, disrespect for the dogmas of the Catholic Church and praise of the Antichrist.
2. The symbolism of the upper part of the usual, not inverted cross, where its shorter part is directed up and to the sides, among other things, means the Trinity, the trinity of God, and the extension of its power to the world and to heaven. Satan, or the fallen Angel, is removed from God by the longer side of the cross, pointing down to the underworld. With the help of an inverted cross, Satanists exalt the object of their reverence, directing its symbol to the top and leaving the trinity of God below.

VIDEO: Is the inverted cross a symbol of the Antichrist or St. Peter?

What does a tattoo mean - an inverted cross on the face, forehead, arm?

But in tattoos, the symbolic meaning of an inverted cross does not have to be associated with Satan or Satanism, since in youth tattoo culture it can be completely different.
For example:

1. An inverted cross on a tattoo can have the same meaning as the symbol of a knight's sword and be associated with the traditions of chivalry.
2. Meaning the Cross of Lorraine. According to legend, Joan of Arc, who came from the Lorran lands, had such a cross.
3. The image in the form of an inverted cross on a tattoo can be a symbol of femininity, femininity, given the schematic nature of the female figure, in contrast to the male figure, which can also be depicted schematically as an ordinary cross.
4. Also in youth subcultures, an inverted cross can be associated with the Apostle Peter.

Everyone who decides to get a tattoo on his body in the form of an inverted cross and its various modifications, he himself puts his own specific symbolic meaning. It is safe to say that in tattoos an inverted cross and interpretations of its symbolic meanings can be numerous and varied.

Inverted Christian, Orthodox cross, Lucifer, satanic stars, Masonic signs: photo, meaning

The inverted cross was often used by secret societies to emphasize their activities.
In addition to the cross, in some societies, for example, in the Masonic lodge, other symbols were used that were far from Christianity. Also, the image of pictograms and an inverted cross was often borrowed from other religions, where such symbols have a different, sometimes completely opposite Christian meaning.

For example:

In Kabbalah, it has a different meaning than what Satanists and devil worshipers gave it, denoting with its help the ability to call evil spirit to the center of the hexagon and designating the devil as equal to God with an inverted triangle, such as the one with the top up.
The pentagram denotes power and is used in White Magic.
1. Cross of confusion.
   The image of such a cross can be found in artifacts dating back to the times of the Roman Empire. It was used to level and belittle the influence of spreading Christianity.

Symbol of Freemasons and Illuminati, symbol of the new world order, financial stability.
Today, this image is on the dollar bill.
2. Tetragram or kabbalistic cross.
   It has equal sides throughout the cross. At first it was used when the Master initiated a new member of the lodge as a symbol of the sacrament and the thorny path.
3. Skull and Bones.
   This symbol means membership in a secret society.
4. Death.
   Contempt for death, resistance to it.

Inverted cross - smiley: what does it mean?

Recently, users of all kinds of advanced devices - tablets, iPhones, iPads, etc., when communicating, try to diversify their messages by adding various icons, emoticons to them. Manufacturers took care of this and offered numerous emoticons in the form of emoticons, symbols, figures, and more. Among those, you can find an inverted emoticon.
And if the interpretation, for example, of an emoticon with a smile, with a tear or with a heart is quite understandable and obvious, then what, in this case, can an inverted emoticon mean?

Let's just say that today there is no unambiguous interpretation of the inverted emoticon. Many use it to refer to stupidity, thoughtless and stupid behavior.

Is it possible to draw, embroider, wear an inverted cross: a T-shirt, a pendant, a tattoo?

The image of an inverted cross in any form, such as embroidered or printed on clothes, like a tattoo or pendant on the neck. Often in young people who stick out their belonging to a certain subculture, throw traditional society a certain call, you can see the image of an inverted cross in the form:

• embroidery
• print on clothes
• pendant, other

So the person seems to declare that he is not afraid of the devil or the devil.

It is unlikely that an adult, even an adherent of Satanism, will wear such symbols along the street.
Although, it must be said, there are daredevils who do not depend on public opinion and do not fear God's punishment. They boldly pace with the symbolism of an inverted cross, remaining original and independent. After all, it's just an image, not a creed.
Also note that if fashion-defining designers choose an inverted cross for their products, this symbol may well become leading and popular with fashion followers. So it was recently, when the image of the cranium and crossbones turned out to be in trend. It’s quite pretty, and it’s unlikely that anyone who purchased products with similar images thought about the symbolism of death in them.

Corruption - an inverted red cross is drawn on the door: what to do?

If someone finds an inverted cross painted on their door, and even with red paint, you should not sound the alarm and assume that damage has been induced. It is quite possible that someone was a hooligan or simply wanted to scare the owners.
What is recommended in this case? Look carefully at what paint the image is made of.

If these are ordinary acrylic or oil paints, just wash them off the door while reading the Lord's Prayer. After the paint is washed off, sprinkle the door with holy water.

If it is paint mixed with wax, or the blood of an animal, then it is best to perform some kind of ritual to protect yourself. How?

1. Go to the church and buy candles there.
2. Try not to take change from the purchase of candles.
3. Distribute alms as you leave the church.
4. Consecrate the door with burning church candles.
5. Proceed to flush the image on the door.
6. Rinse the door with holy water while reciting the Our Father.
7. Come into the house and take a shower. Leave your hair straight and loose.
8. Walk around the apartment or house with a candle, hold the candle for some time in each corner, while also reading a prayer.
9. After a few days, repeat the ritual, starting with going to church.
   You need to do this three times.

VIDEO: The meaning of an inverted cross tattoo, examples of tattoos in the photo

DRAW ICONS FOR PAINTING.

About how to use draw icons. In relation to icons, the word "template" does not apply. I hope it will help and inspire many to create family heirlooms that will be passed down from generation to generation. Just in case, I focus your attention, if you want to create a "strong" icon, you need to: fast, confess, read a special prayer, take a blessing from the Father before starting work.

Our Lady of Arapet (Arabian)

Catalog of the collection of icon drawings
http://nesusvet.narod.ru/ico/icons/cat_pr.htm

Eagle Taurus and Lion-in Christian iconography .

draw icons Mother of God

Vladimirskaya. with picture... BABY LUMPS. icon Mother of God of Korsun.
ST NICHOLAS I bring to your attention color drawings of the nun Juliana in good resolution (high resolution). draw from the icon-painting original of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.

Worthy to eat

Korsunskaya icon Mother of God.

draw icons"Jump"

Our Lady of Tenderness

Our Lady of Tenderness

EMBROIDERY OF A RAISE FOR ICONS. (My humble experience)

1. I make a drawing (tracing paper) from the icon myself, or the icon painter gives it to me. Naturally, without drawing the details of the face, arms, legs of the baby, only the contours. The contours of the parts that will be subsequently cut out need to be drawn a little further away so that subsequently the riza does not run into the icon and partially cover the face or hands, moreover, if there is a slight shift, which, in principle, should not be, but suddenly!, then there would be an opportunity to edit the work. If the hole is a little larger - it's not scary, but when the riza runs into those parts of the icon that should be open, then this is bad.
2. I make color sketches (I started doing them recently, on the advice of teachers from Ubrus, and they help me a lot in my work). I decide on the material that I will use in the work, in in general terms. I lay out hundreds of bags with beads, pebbles, cantle, rhinestones, decide what can be useful in my work and put them in a separate box. I remove the rest so as not to embarrass. As for the colors used in the riza - of course, pearls and beads of pearl colors, from white to light beige, are very suitable (see photo 1). I also embroidered chasubles, trying to exactly repeat the colors on the icon (see photo 2, 3), but it seems to me that this is less successful. In addition, the color range of beads is still limited, it is not always possible to find what you need to satisfy both in size, and in quality, and in color. Beads are best used, of course, Czech. And the smaller, the better. I practically don’t use glass beads, it’s rough, but I introduce a little cutting into embroidery.
3. Hooping fabric. This process is already known to us, I hoop the way they taught in Ubrus. Only I don’t have a cobweb, so I work without it. If the surface is completely embroidered, then you can embroider on cotton fabric, if it is assumed that part of the fabric will be visible, then we take the outer fabric as we need it. There may be several tissues, i.e. the background fabric is one, and the halo fabric is superimposed on it (sewn with small stitches) - another (see photo 4). Sometimes the surface looks more interesting if gold brocade is taken as the upper fabric, it gives an additional soft glow to the beads, and it looks beautiful if the riza is not sewn all the way, but at intervals in some places (see photo 5)

Yes, the length of the fabric should be greater than the perimeter of the icon, by the width of the icon board, plus 5-7 centimeters for the hem.

1. On the hooped fabric, I apply a trace with the help of tracing paper for fabric. I trace the outline with a simple pencil, I refine the lines (see photo 6)
2. I begin to embroider with the contours of the maforium of the Mother of God, the clothes of the Infant. I sew them up completely, then I embroider halos (photo 7), the background (if it is embroidered), the frame and inscriptions, I correct everything, I check it with tracing paper. I embroider as described in the Ubrus magazine, you probably all know how to sew on beads. I embroider and attach, and two, and one bead.

The background can be left blank. (See photo 8)

I use needles, of course, beaded, threads - LL, or reinforced. Under the color of beads or fabric background. The threads can be slightly waxed.

1. I glue the inside out with flour paste, without removing it from the hoop. I used to glue it completely, now I glue those parts that will be cut out and embroidered adjacent to them, about 1 cm.
2. After drying, carefully with nail scissors and a sharp fabric ripper, I cut out unsewn parts with an allowance of approximately 1 cm, if the fabric allows, and if the hole is small, then how it will turn out. I cut the fabric so that it is well and smoothly bent to the wrong side. I hem it to the wrong side, passing two or even three times in a circle so that the fabric is well fixed. You can glue the edges again.
3. I remove the embroidery from the hoop. Attached to the icon. To put the riza on the icon well, you will need the help of double-sided tape. I love working with linoleum tape. On the back side of the icon board around the perimeter, I glue adhesive tape, and alternately removing the second paper layer from it, wrap the fabric on the wrong side and glue it to the adhesive tape. If you need to correct, you can peel off and do it again, the adhesive tape sticks well. When I see that the result suits me, it is located correctly and does not move anywhere, I fix the corners, sew them on with threads. I cut off the excess fabric on the wrong side.

There are things that are so obvious that they have to be repeated often so that people do not forget. In my journal they come across quite often, and here is another issue of this series.

Today I want to talk about symbols, the gloomy and sinister meaning of which is known to the whole world. There are few such symbols, therefore the article today will be short.

inverted cross

If you ask which symbol is primarily associated with Satanism, then about half of the respondents will name exactly the inverted Latin (four-pointed) cross. It is interesting that the Orthodox eight-pointed cross is usually not turned over - they are probably too lazy to draw extra crossbars.

In fact, this is the cross of the Apostle Peter. According to legend, the apostle Peter was crucified upside down at his own request - he considered himself unworthy to die the same death as the Savior. The Peter Cross is the official symbol of the Pope, carved on the back of his throne. Until now, some Catholics wear just such a cross around their neck as a sign of their humility before God, and consider it even more appropriate for a Christian than the "ordinary", straight one.

Pentagram

Half of the remaining respondents will probably say that the main symbol of Satanism is a five-pointed star. Some will even complain that "devilish pentagrams" are still shining on the Kremlin towers, next to the golden crosses of cathedrals.

Let's start with a little lettering. The five-pointed star and the pentagram are not the same thing, and their symbolic meaning also differs somewhat.

A star similar to those that have become a symbol of the Soviet state and are located on the Kremlin towers is an old christian symbol denoting Christmas. Its five rays symbolized the four elements and the Divine Spirit. In an inverted form, it symbolized, on the contrary, the descent of the Spirit to the earth, that is, it was a symbol of the Annunciation.

If you look closely, then on some old icons of the Annunciation you can see five rays emanating from the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove: two go up, two to the sides and one straight down to the Virgin Mary listening to the angel.

Considering that the communist ideology prescribed "a leap from the realm of necessity into the realm of freedom" and "the birth of a new man", it is not surprising that they borrowed the Star of Bethlehem from Christians.

The pentagram looks like this:

As you can see, it differs from star of bethlehem in that all sides are straight and intersect.

The pentagram as a symbol is much older than Christianity. But Christians also used it along with the cross to protect against the forces of evil. Its five rays were again given the significance of the triumph of the spirit over the forces of the elements. For Christians, this was especially important, since they, following the apostle Paul, believed that the elements were controlled by fallen angels.

In the famous tragedy Faust, Mephistopheles, having entered Faust's house under the guise of a poodle, cannot go back, because a pentagram is inscribed above the door. When asked how he then managed to enter, the cunning devil replies that the pentagram is drawn carelessly and is open in one corner, and he took advantage of this defect.

Inverted Pentagram - magic symbol embodiment, fulfillment of desires. If you inscribe a goat's head into it, you get the Star of Baphomet - the official symbol of Anton LaVey's Church of Satan, founded in the sixties of the last century. LaVey even patented this symbol so that other Satanists could not use it, which in itself suggests that this is a remake. The reason for choosing the inverted pentagram is also understandable - LaVey's ideology prescribes to fulfill one's own desires.

Skull and Bones

The usual association at the sight of a skull and crossbones is pirates. Indeed, some pirates used this sign on their flags. But any Orthodox knows that this is also the "Adam's head" - a traditional element of the icons of the Crucifixion. Therefore, in particular, it is very strange when exactly the Orthodox begin to stigmatize Halloween for the fascination with "bone" symbols.

The Cossacks also depicted Adam's head on their banners. However, given that for centuries the Cossacks differed from the pirates only in name, this is not surprising.

Careful and thoughtful research reveals real story and other characters. I highly recommend this activity as a cure for so many superstitions.