Newly Released Converse Pentagram Shoes “create a fascination with evil”- Catholic Exorcist says
A Catholic exorcist on Tuesday, said that the newly released edition of Converse shoes with a pentagram design could lead to a fascination with the occult.
Fr. Vincent Lampert told sources that “The danger with these types of things is that they create a fascination with evil.”
The shoe, which was released for purchase on July 27, is currently sold out. Named the TURBODRK Chuck 70, it was designed by the famous fashion icon Rick Owens in partnership with Converse.
The design contains an upside-down pentagram on both the sole and the heel of the shoe, with an exaggerated downward-facing point of the symbol.
The Instagram account of Converse said in a post that: “The aesthetic is all about disrupting formality—embracing traditional structure and then blowing it up.”
Converse also shared a picture in an Instagram post, of two people dressed in black holding complimentary poses to create the shape of an upside-down pentagram.
In the post, Owens is quoted as saying he had used the pentagram in fashion “for a long time because obviously, it has adolescent occult associations.” Owens said the pentagram refers to an “alternate system,” and suggests a “pursuit of sensation” and the “pursuit of pleasure.”
The pentagram is a historic symbol used in many contexts, including Freemasons, on national flags such as those of Morocco and Ethiopia, and in modern occult practices by Wiccans. The upside-down pentagram with a goat’s head inside is the official symbol of the Church of Satan.
