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This symbol, sometimes referred to as the "Cross of questioning," is little more than a logo for the rock band Blue Oyster Cult.

Created by artist Bill Gawlick for the band's first album, the symbol is patterned after the astrological symbol of Saturn/Cronos, in the shape of a sickle. (it is the image of the God of time with his sickle that gives us the modern concept of the Grim reaper)

It is not a question mark, an upside down cross, or a Satanic symbol.

Contrary to Urban Legend and tract writers, there is no corresponding "anti-Christian" symbol.

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Related Resources:

• Rosicrucianism
  The Rosicrucians are the fabled Hermetic brotherhood of the Renaissance.
• Hermetic Texts
  Traditional Hermetic texts- the Emerald tablet, the Corpus Hermeticum, more.
• Mystery Schools and orders
  Mystery schools and initiatory orders in the Hermetic tradition- the Masons, the Golden Dawn, Crowley's OTO, etc.