tar⋅ant⋅ism
Tarantism is an alleged, possibly deadly envenomation, popularly believed to result from the bite of a kind of wolf spider called a "tarantula" (Lycosa tarentula). There were strong suggestions that there is no organic cause for the heightened excitability and restlessness that gripped the victims. The stated belief of the time was that victims needed to engage in frenzied dancing to prevent death from tarantism. Supposedly a particular kind of dance, called the Tarantella, evolved from this therapy.The phenomenon of tarantism is consistent with mass psychogenic illness. Although the popular belief that tarantism results from a spider bite persists, it remains scientifically unsubstantiated. The conclusion is that the actual cause or causes of tarantism remain unknown.
pen⋅ta⋅gram
Pentagrammaton (or five-letter divine name) was frequently arranged around a mystic pentagram. A pentagram, a star pentagon is the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes. The word pentagram comes from the Greek word πεντάγραμμον (pentagrammon), meaning roughly "five-lined" or "five lines".
The pentagram has long been associated with the planet Venus, and the worship of the goddess Venus, or her equivalent. It is also associated with the Roman word lucifer, which was a term used for Venus as the Morning Star, associated with the bringer of light and knowledge. When viewed from Earth, successive inferior conjunctions of Venus plot a nearly perfect pentagram shape around the zodiac every eight years.The pentagram is used as a Christian symbol for the five senses. Medieval Christians believed it to symbolise the five wounds of Christ, the five fingers, the five joys that Mary had of Jesus (the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Resurrection, the Ascension, and the Assumption), and the five virtues of knighthood which Gawain hopes to embody: noble generosity, fellowship, purity, courtesy, and compassion. The pentagram was the official seal of the city of Jerusalem for a time Many Neopagans, use the pentagram as a symbol of faith similar to the Christian cross or the Jewish Star of David. The pentagram was believed to protect against witches and demons. Satanists use a pentagram with two points up, often inscribed in a double circle, with the head of a goat inside the pentagram. This is referred to as the Sigil of Baphomet. They use it much the same way as the Pythagoreans, as Tartaros literally translates from Greek as a "Pit" or "Void" in Christian terminology (the word is used as such in the Bible, referring to the place where the fallen angels are fettered). The Pythagorean Greek letters are most often replaced by the Hebrew letters לויתן forming the name Leviathan. Less esoteric LaVeyan Satanists use it as a sign of rebellion or religious identification, the three downward points symbolising rejection of the holy Trinity. The Order of the Eastern Star, freemasony, a fraternal organization, has employed a point-down pentagram as its symbol. The Inverse Pentagram Execrated, "A reversed pentagram, with two points projecting upwards, is a symbol of evil and attracts sinister forces because it overturns the proper order of things and demonstrates the triumph of matter over spirit. It is the goat of lust attacking the heavens with its horns, a sign execrated by initiates."
an⋅ar⋅chy
Anarchy (from Greek: αναρχία anarchía, "without ruler") may refer to any of the following: confusion or disorder, absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion. No rulership or enforced authority, A social state in which there is no governing person or group of persons, but each individual has absolute liberty (without the implication of disorder). Absence or non-recognition of authority and order in any given sphere. A society free from coercive authority of any kind is the goal of proponents of the political philosophy of anarchism (anarchists). Independent from rule or authority.Translations: Danish - anarkist, Dutch - anarchist, French - Anarchiste, German - Anarchist, Italian - anarchico, Portugese - anarquista, Russian - анархист, Spanish - anarquista , Swedish - anarkist, Chinese - 无政府主义者, Korean - 무정부주의자, Japanese - 無政府主義者, Hebrew - אנרכיסט, Arabic - فوضي سياسيه سياسيه أو اجتماعيه
pur⋅ple haze
Purple Haze, a Slang for either LSD or purple cannabis. Also a popular song by Jimi Hendrix written under the influence of LSD. Purple Haze" has become one of the "archetypical psychedelic drug songs of the sixties "Got weed on the ton, I'm bangin with my hand up her dress like, unh, I'll make her cum, purple haze in my lungs, Purple haze all in my eyes, Don't know if it's day or nigh, You got me blowin', blowin' my mind, Is it tomorrow, or just the end of time?" - Jimi Hendrix Lyrics Purple Haze.
mict⋅lan
Mictlan in Aztec mythology was the lowest (ninth) level of the underworld, located far to the north. Except for warriors who died in battle, people who died when hit by lightning and women who died in childbirth, people went to Mictlan after death. The journey was difficult and took four years, but the dead were aided by the psychopomp, Xolotl. The king of Mictlan was Mictlantecuhtli. The queen was Mictecacihuatl.
