8. This shape is known as the Pentagram. It represents the first harmonic division, again, by differentiation. Over the course of history, it has come to be associated with images of Black Magic or the Occult. Although it may indeed be an order of "secret", "forbidden", or "ancient" knowledge, it is by no means malevolent. It simply expresses archetypal geometries and relationships that are infinitely exposed all around us, by virtue of the interactivity of radiating points, which then beget infinite forms. As stated earlier, each internal diagonal line has a Golden ratio to an outer side. The Golden proportion is one of the constant, incommensurate ratios that govern manifestation. So, too, is PI.

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