The infinity symbol became a very popular aesthetic trend beginning around 2011.
It’s not clear exactly why Wallis chose the symbol, though its shape does handily represent an endless curve historians note that a similar figure appears in early Christian iconography and the Ancient Romans employed a series of numerals denoting “many” that resembled the figure eight. Although the concept of infinity has been documented since the Ancient Greek mathematicians and philosophers, the symbol as we now know it was first used by English priest and mathematician John Wallis in 1655. Previous associations with the cross and Satanic foundations are unable to be identified.The infinity symbol, sometimes called the lemniscate in algebraic geometry, has been in use for hundreds of years. The symbol was then adopted by Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan. The Leviathan Cross was created by The Knights Templar. A more common symbol for sulfur is a fire triangle surmounting a cross of earth. The emblem has no history as a symbol of Satanism outside of LaVey’s usage, and the attribution is most likely a product of anti-Catholic sentiment, as it is often compared in this context to the Catholic Pontifical Cross. This glyph is often referred to incorrectly as the “pontifical cross of Satan” by Christian tract writers, due to its adoption as an emblem of Satanism by Anton LaVey in the 1960s. (In some views, sulfur and salt are the parents of Mercury) The symbol of sulfur is often used as an identifying symbol by Satanists, due to sulfur’s historical association with the devil.
Combined with Mercury (feminine, cool and moist), the pair were considered the parents of all metals.Īlchemical drawings often portray Sulfur as the sun. Alchemically, sulfur has the qualities of masculine, hot and dry.
The multiple crossroads of two crosses can be interpreted as a sign of free choice, it can also be seen as a stroke-through "equal-to" (=) to show that every person has their own life.Ī symbol for the alchemical element Sulfur, (Brimstone) which is spiritually analogous to the human soul. The association with the Leviathan makes it a symbol of depth and surfacing. In Asia, its name is the Brimstone Symbol. In Alchemy, the Leviathan's cross is a symbol for sulfur, which is one the three essential elements of nature. However, turning a symbol like a cross upside-down is symbolic on it's own and the interpretation of doing so differs among Catholics and Satanists. Peter" since, according to Origin of Alexandria, Simon Peter was crucified upside down.
That confuses some people as it is seen as the Petrine Cross or "The Cross of St. This is what the ideology of Anton LaVey and the followers of the Church of Satan believe, and this is what this symbol represents in this association.Īn upside-down crucifix is also a symbol embraced by Satanists. The infinity sign underlines the constant and infinite nature and most likely symbolizes the eternal universe, this may have been used by Anton LaVey in The Satanic Bible to as a mockery of the cross, to show that humans are their own centrum of balance, and truth. The Double cross symbolizes protection and balance between persons. Depicted on the bottom is an infinity sign (∞), and above is a double cross (‡). The Leviathan Cross is sometimes referred to the cross of Satan, which means the "Satans Cross".