The Mysterious Powers of the Hexagram

Hidden in plain sight, it holds humanity hostage

“Something of man’s secret enters into his symbols.”

—Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) - professor of Jewish Mysticism at Hebrew University in Jerusalem

Signs and symbols embody supernatural powers and signal intentions. The hexagram is ancient and its history is murky. Yet today, its use is not limited to one religion, it can be found many places on logos, buildings, signs, tombstones, etc. What does it mean and how was it used through history? You might be surprised to know the Hexagram’s original use was as a sigil (mark with supernormal powers) to conjure spirits (demons) with witchcraft and sorcery.  While it has found its way into secret societies, religions and the mainstream, it still contains its original characteristic.

To put a "hex" on someone is to put a curse on them.  The word Hex is itself derived from the number 6 in Greek; in German, a "Hexe" is a witch.  In China, the year of the snake is the 6th year in their calendar and the I Ching consists of 64 Hexagrams.

You wouldn’t casually use a word unless you knew its meaning and this is even more true with signs and symbols that have supernormal powers. Be careful!

Occult origins of the Hexagram

Finding hard evidence as to the origin of the hexagram is difficult. There is a reason things are “Occult”, meaning hidden; these are things passed down from Master to disciple verbally and only occasionally written about. Authentic source materials and books generally exist in private libraries, not in public venues or on the internet. This is hidden knowledge. Ancient Biblical references to Remphan and Chiun are sketchy at best — they refer to general terms like idolatry, a “star” and magic, which could be almost anything.

We do know the hexagram was used in ancient cultures:

The Universal Jewish Encyclopaedia (published in 1943 and edited by Isaac Landman) reported that the six-pointed star is of ancient origin, according to the Rosicrucians and it was known to the ancient Egyptians, Hindus (note: the Shatkona), Chinese and Peruvians.

The Chinese I Ching is composed of hexagrams, which are used for divination:

As a divination text, the I Ching is used for a traditional Chinese form of cleromancy known as I Ching divination in which bundles of yarrow stalks are manipulated to produce sets of six apparently random numbers ranging from 6 to 9. Each of the 64 possible sets corresponds to a hexagram, which can be looked up in the I Ching. The hexagrams are arranged in an order known as the King Wen sequence.

The hexagrams of the I Ching in a diagram belonging to the German mathematician philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. The I Ching was his inspiration to create the binary math used today in computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Traditionally in China, the hexagram was used for divination to understand the “will of Heaven”.

In the hexagrams (“ba gua”) of The Book of Changes, China’s ancestors regarded heaven as “Qian” or the creative and revered it as the heavenly Tao. They considered the earth as “Kun” or the receptive and respected receptive virtues.

Kun, the hexagram following Qian, is explained in The Book of Changes as such: “Being in the hexagram of Kun, earth’s nature is to extend and respond. In correspondence with this, superior persons handle and sustain all things with bountiful virtues.”

The Confucian commentary on The Book of Changes says, “Perfect is Kun’s greatness; it brings birth to all beings.”

Commenting further on the nature of Kun, Confucius said: "Kun is the most soft, yet in motion, it is firm. It is most still, yet in nature, square. Through following, she obtains her lord, yet still maintains her nature and thus endures. She contains all things, and is brilliant in transforming. This is the way of Kun — how docile it is, bearing heaven and moving with time.”

Who would want to know the future? Someone trying to avoid a tribulation or change the future for some benefit to gain money or power. If you believe everything is carefully arranged by Him, The Creator, you would not touch this. If you go against the original arrangement and avoid the tribulation arranged for you or get something you weren’t supposed to have, won’t you be harming others and yourself?

Magic symbols, drawings, geomancy, etc. are the purview of sorcery. The Chinese term Zhuyou Ke means “sorcery” (from Zhuan Falun by Master Li Hongzi Lecture 5):

It is taught as knacks, incantations, and techniques. It utilizes the forms of drawing symbols, burning incense, burning papers, chanting incantations, and so on.

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The worldly side-path practices in the Tao School do not cultivate life. They are entirely devoted to fortunetelling, fengshui, exorcising evil spirits, and healing illness. Most of these are used by the worldly side-path practices. They can heal illnesses, but the methods employed are not good.

We also know what the public is being told about hexagrams on CIA controlled Wikipedia:

The hexagram, like the pentagram, was and is used in practices of the occult and ceremonial magic and is attributed to the 7 "old" planets outlined in astrology.

The six-pointed star is commonly used both as a talisman^[8] and for conjuring spirits and spiritual forces in diverse forms of occult magic. In the book The History and Practice of Magic, Vol. 2, the six-pointed star is called the talisman of Saturn and it is also referred to as the Seal of Solomon.^[9] Details are given in this book on how to make these symbols and the materials to use.

There are also many publicly available “dark arts” books, some of which reveal secrets According to Ancient Pagan Symbols: the hexagram is the “Very Soul of Magic, Astrology and Divination”:

In the book Ancient Pagan Symbols, reported in The Sorcerers Handbook by Wade Baskin, (Citadel Press, Secaucus, NJ, 1974), “The triangle, the geometrical emblem of three things, one above two, the two lower united to protrude higher, or the union of a positive and negative forces to produce the third, is the most complex and mystical as it is the most uncompromising of all symbols. This is the very soul of magic, astrology and divination.” The Encyclopaedia of Occultism by Lewis Spence (Universe Books, New York, 1960), declares that a six-pointed star is “the chief magical diagram” for special rites.

One religious online source points out:

In the book The History and Practice of Magic, Volume 2, the six-pointed star is called the talisman of Saturn. The obverse side has the five pointed star, commonly called the pentagram; and the reverse side has the Seal of Solomon with the hexagram at its center. The hexagram is also known as the "King’s Star" in astrological circles, and was an important astrological symbol in Zoroastrianism. It was also used by the Druids during the highest Sabbath of occultists and witches, now called “Halloween.” The hexagram is also found in Arabian magic and witchcraft through the Middle Ages.

Regarding star worship, the Jewish Encyclopedia says,

This is perhaps the oldest form of idolatry practiced by the ancients. The observation of the stars in the East very early led the people to regard the planets and the fixed stars as gods. The ancient Israelites fell into this kind of idolatry, and they had the image of Siccuth and Chiun, “the star of their gods.” The star of the pagan deity Chiun is generally believed to represent the planet Saturn.

How does the hexagram work? It invites or captures demons to do the bidding of the summoner. Numerology adds to the hidden power. The thoughts of believers in these things manifest to make them real. These things are shown to you to get you to accept them and increase the power of the spell using your thoughts!

The hexagram is a visual representation of its underlying numerology.

In the Bible, Revelations 13:18 says:

This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.

Whether this points to a man, a symbol or something else, like many quotes from the Bible, it is subject to interpretation. I leave this to the reader to decide for themselves.

We will not delve deeper into these magic things — these are not righteous things and they should be identified and avoided, not accepted. You want to understand what these symbols are, not follow them.

Upright and righteous societies have always been opposed to witchcraft and sorcery and cast out or killed practitioners of these dark arts. As our world falls ever lower, these things have entered religions, secret societies and popular culture. Sadly, people are not aware of the true meanings of these sigils and unknowingly accept them.

The Hexagram in Secret Societies and Popular Culture

Many secret societies have relied on the magic powers of the hexagram. You might not believe in these things, but they do and they actively use them. Here are a few photos, showing the importance of where they have used this sigil.

Relief from the Masonic Lodge of Edinburgh (Scotland) (source: flickr). This sigil can be found in many Masonic buildings.

The exterior of The Level Club at 253 W 73rd St in NYC a Masonic club built in the 1920’s and plainly visible from the street. Note the all seeing eye, Masonic compass and square and hexagrams. (Source Google street view)

The Mason’s symbol is an incomplete hexagram, completion is achieved as they elevate levels and reach their “perfection”.

Inside the Lodge, the hexagram is placed in an auspicious location in a room:

Inside a Masonic Lodge (from Twitter).

Young people are being exposed to this symbol through media and games.

The Spellbinding Circle from a popular game.

The hexagram was also used extensively in anime, manga and games, showing how it is used in capturing demons and how people come to be possessed by these things.

Manga images of hexagrams, indicating spiritual possession of the person. (from Automaton Media)

However, as these are Occult things, they must remain hidden or their spell will be broken. Hence, the Censorship of the hexagram in Japanese manga and anime began in 2003:

As early as 2003, the first anime adaptation of Full Metal Alchemist had swapped out all depictions of hexagrams with different geometrical designs. This tendency remained unchanged later on as well, with the second, 2009 anime adaptation likewise censoring the symbol. 

Though no official explanation exists for the censorship, a plausible possibility is that, since the title was a major one, planned for distribution overseas, the production opted to swap out the hexagrams for fear they may be misunderstood as pertaining to Judaism, causing offense or controversy for being associated with antagonists, concepts conflicting with the religion etc. Similar censorship could also be seen in other series such as Saint Seiya, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai. 

Here is a band called Deftones that did a song called “Hexagram” (I do not recommend you listen to it):

The hexagram is also found in mainstream logos for companies like OpenAI. Notice the hexagon at the center and 6’s surrounding the hexagon. Publicly they say:

The circle represents the inclusive nature of the organization, and the connection between the "O" and "A" symbolizes the relationship between humans and AI.

The hexagram appears in the logo of OpenAI.

A Reddit user commented “I ended up here because I asked chatGPT the same question today (note: about the meaning of the OpenAI logo), and it told me that it was the eye of Horus. I was confused because it doesn’t look like the Eye of Horus at all.” This response has now been scrubbed from ChatGPT, which now only provides the woke party line description.

If you want to better understand AI, listen to what Elon Musk has to say about it — “We’re summoning the demon”. He is telling you the truth — and this is the real reason for the hexagram logo. Use AI very carefully:

The Hexagram in Religions

The hexagram entered religions soon after they were formed. After all “where there is good, there is evil”. Evil is like water, it will enter through any gaps, filling any void.

To be clear, the religions being discussed are good and righteous, they have many good people inside, but these religious followers may not understand where some of the symbols brought into their faith came from.

Here are a few examples in photos:

The Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. The hexagram is at the top of the facade, added in 1863. Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli and the composer Rossini are bured here. (source: Wikipedia)

The papal mitre.

A hexagram from Tibetan Buddhism. The hexagram has been used by many religions. (Source: BuddhistDoor)

The Hexagram in Judaism

This is a sensitive topic. There are many outstanding and highly capable people who are Jews. They are very good people who are dear friends, like the 86 year old blind holocaust survivor I read to almost every day over the phone. This is the actual historical use we are talking about, not saying anything bad about any person or group. It’s easy to get confused and misled, so the more facts you have, the better informed you are to decide things for yourself. Remember also that over a long history, new ideas get introduced and the original things are changed.

One of the best known and most respected scholars in Jewish Mysticism was Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), a professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Prof. Scholem is considered the world’s foremost expert on the Kabbalah (mystical Judaism). His work is highly respected. He scoured Europe for ancient Judaican materials immediately following WWII and wrote numerous books on the history of Kabbalah. He also wrote a piece about the “six-pointed star” — from Commentary, Gershom Scholem (LINK):

Actually the six-pointed star is not a Jewish symbol; a fortiori it could not be “the symbol of Judaism.” It has none of the criteria that mark the nature and development of the true symbol. It does not express any “idea,” it does not arouse ancient associations rooted in our experiences, and it is not a shorthand representation of an entire spiritual reality, understood immediately by the observer. It does not remind us of anything in Biblical or in rabbinic Judaism. Indeed, until the middle of the 19th century, it did not occur to any scholar or Cabalist to inquire into the secret of its Jewish meaning, and it is not mentioned in the books of the devout or in all of Hasidic literature. If it was once related to the emotions of the devout Jew, that relation was entirely founded on a sentiment of fear.

This is an important lesson about all religions; original and righteous things can be altered through translation, mistranslation and the introduction of new things. It’s happened to every one of them.

The hexagram was used by the Zionists

Hirsch Goldberg explains in The Jewish Connection:

“Perhaps most ironic, the very sign of the Jew in today’s world – the six-pointed star, is not really the historic symbol of Jewry, nor was it used as a religious sign by the Israelites. It became the emblem of the Jewish people in 1897, when the Zionist Conference, convened by Theodore Hertzl, chose it as the insignia of their movement. But even though each of the 12 tribes had its own symbol, not one tribe used the star of David.”

Screen grab from the Internet Archive book library.

What evidence shows King David used the Hexagram, other than “legend”?

The Jewish Encyclopaedia describes the hexagram, six-pointed star, as the magic Seal of king Solomon. The Jewish Almanac 44, reports,

“that the six-pointed star, or hexagon, is not Jewish. Muslims call it the Seal of Solomon. The shield carried by King David on the battlefield was traditionally believed to be engraved with either the Name of God, or the Menorah.”

I have not been able to locate any Biblical, or historic evidence, nor archaeological evidence, to suggest that King David ever used the six-pointed star. Our highly intelligent readers, if you know of sources of information on this, please leave it in the comments.

Designing the Zionist Flag

From Commentary Prof. Scholem said:

Then the Zionists came, seeking to restore the ancient glories—or more correctly, to change the face of their people. When they chose it as a symbol for Zionism at the Basle Congress of 1897, the Shield of David was possessed of two virtues that met the requirements of men in quest of a symbol: on the one hand, its wide diffusion during the previous century—its appearance on every new synagogue, on the stationery of many charitable organizations, etc.—had made it known to everybody; and on the other, it was not explicitly identified with a religious association in the consciousness of their contemporaries. This lack became its virtue. The symbol did not arouse memories of the past: it could be filled with hope for the future.

This is of course a natural reaction to the persecutions suffered by Jews for thousands of years. Hope for the future is good.

From the comments on this blog (below). People are free to believe whatever they want, as you can see from these comments and everyone is welcome to their opinion:

What about another symbol of Judaism, the one used by the righteous King David?

The original symbol of Judaism was the Menorah (from Wikipedia). The number of God is seven, not six — six is the number of something else:

The seven lamps allude to the branches of human knowledge, represented by the six lamps inclined inwards towards, and symbolically guided by, the light of God represented by the central lamp. The menorah also symbolizes the creation in seven days, with the center light representing the Sabbath.

The Menorah is the original and righteous symbol of Judaism. (Image Source: Wikipedia)

Today, mainstream Judaism has adopted the Hexagram.  We have shown how and when it entered the mainstream and became the powerful symbol it is today.

One Good Thought Can Change the Outcome

Good and evil are difficult to discern. People you think are bad, could actually be good and vice versa. What is important is for you to have a better understanding of the true history and meaning behind the symbols we see every day and make your own decision of what it means.  Use Truth, Compassion and Tolerance, the characteristic of the cosmos to discern what is truly good and evil.

This affair is 5,000 years in the making. Symbols and signs have been used to gain dominion over people, nations and civilizations.  The key to discernment is wisdom. You now have some tools and a starting point to do your own research. Prove to yourself what is true or false and make your own choice for yourself. Your thoughts are the key and one thought can literally change everything.

The whole world is being persecuted and you must decide where you stand.  Regardless of what others might tell you, or what you did in the past, you were made by the Creator and He alone grants you the power to choose your future.