| Babalon | |
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| Mother of Abominations | |
Seal of Babalon
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| Consort | Chaos |
Babalon (also known as the Scarlet Woman, Great Mother or Mother of Abominations) is a goddess found in the mystical system of Thelema, which was established in 1904 with English author and occultist Aleister Crowley's writing of The Book of the Law (although the name Babalon does not occur in that text). In her most abstract form, she represents the female sexual impulse and the liberated woman; although in the Creed of the Gnostic Mass she is also identified with Mother Earth, in her most fertile sense.[1] At the same time, Crowley believed that Babalon had an earthly aspect in the form of a spiritual office, which could be filled by actual women—usually as a counterpart to his own identification as "To Mega Therion" (The Great Beast)—whose duty was then to help manifest the energies of the current Aeon of Horus.
Her consort is Chaos, the "Father of Life" and the male form of the Creative Principle. Babalon is often described as being girt with a sword and riding the Beast. She is often referred to as a sacred whore, and her primary symbol is the Chalice or Graal.
As Crowley wrote in his The Book of Thoth, "she rides astride the Beast; in her left hand she holds the reins, representing the passion which unites them. In her right she holds aloft the cup, the Holy Grail aflame with love and death. In this cup are mingled the elements of the sacrament of the Aeon".
| Regular heptagram | |
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Regular {7/2} heptagram
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| Edges andvertices | 7 |
| Schläfli symbol | {7/2}, {7/3} |
| Coxeter diagram |      ,  |
| Symmetry group | Dihedral (D7) |
| Properties | star, cyclic, equilateral,isogonal, isotoxal |
Geometry[edit]
There are two regular heptagrams, labeled as {7/2} and {7/3}, with the second number representing the vertex interval step from a regular heptagram, {7/1}.
This is the smallest star polygon that can be drawn in two forms, as irreducible fractions. The two heptagrams are sometimes called theheptagram (for {7/2}) and the great heptagram (for {7/3}).
The previous one, the regular hexagram {6/2}, is a compound of two triangles. The smallest star polygon is the {5/2} pentagram.
The next one is the {8/3} octagram, followed by the regular enneagram, which also has two forms: {9/2} and {9/4}, as well as one compound of 3 triangles {9/3}.
First heptagram {7/2} |  Second heptagram {7/3} |  Both heptagrams inscribed within a heptagon |
 Heptagrammic prism (7/2) |  Heptagrammic prism (7/3) |
Religious/occult symbolism[edit]
- The heptagram was used in Christianity to symbolize the seven days of creation and became a traditional symbol for warding off evil.
- The heptagram is also the symbol of perfection (or God) in many Christian religions.
- The heptagram is used in the symbol for Babalon in Thelema.
- The heptagram is known among neo-Pagans as the Elven Star or Fairy Star. It is treated as a sacred symbol in various modern Pagan and witchcraft traditions. Similarly, it has been adopted as an identifier by some members of the Otherkin subculture. Blue Star Wicca also uses the symbol, where it is referred to as a septegram. The second heptagram is also a symbol of magical power in some Pagan religions.
- In alchemy, a seven-sided star can refer to the seven planets which were known to ancient alchemists.
- In George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, the dominant religion of Westeros follows The Seven, whose symbol is described as a seven-pointed star.