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	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Baphomet
		Baphomet first became known when the Knights Templar were tried for blasphemy, homosexuality, and devil worship by the Inquisition in the 13th century.
		Baphomet gained new fame with the 19th century mystic Eliphas Lévi, who drew the now infamous image that is often taken for the modern Christian version of Satan.
		Crowley said that Baphomet was representative of the Babe in the Egg, or the original being, which was bisexual, and symbolized "arcane perfection" (Crowley 1997).
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/Baphomet (867 words)

	Baphomet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As such, Baphomet represents the Union of Opposites, especially as mystically personified in Chaos and Babalon combined and biologically manifested with the sperm and egg united in the zygote.
		The symbol of the goat in the downward-pointed pentagram was adopted as the official symbol of the Church of Satan, and continues to be used amongst Satanists.
		Baphomet is one of many demons popularly referenced in fl metal music and related artwork, such as in the lyrics of the English band Venom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baphomet (2695 words)

	The Knights Templar \| The Baphomet Mythos \| templarhistory.com
		The opinions on the Baphomet vary greatly from scholar to scholar and mystic path to mystic path.
		The image of the Baphomet is as varied as the explanations as to its etymology.
		In either case the fact remains that the Templars were accused of practicing their initiations and rituals in front of a large idol of the demon Baphomet.
	www.templarhistory.com /baphomet.html (564 words)

	The Baphomet - Crystalinks
		Baphomet was the Templar symbol of Gnostic rites based on phallic worship and the power of directed will.
		The classic prototype of such an egregore is Baphomet, the alleged egregore of the Templars, who was (as the Roman Emperor of the Gods) likewise worshipped in the form of a bust.
		In the secret statutes of the Templars, Baphomet was besought with the introduction to the Qu'ran and dismissed with the 24th chapter of the Book of Sirach.
	www.crystalinks.com /baphomet.html (2071 words)

	Baphomet
		Baphomet was sent as the Caretaker God spokesentity to the Eden conference in 3039 where the Compact of Eden was agreed.
		Baphomet is likely an independent avatar of one or more Caretaker Gods, able to participate in the internal communications of the group but also an independent being.
		Baphomet is unusual among avatars in that it reproduces.
	www.orionsarm.com /personalities/Baphomet.html (496 words)

	History of the Baphomet
		Baphomet, the symbol of the satanic goat, usually portrayed as a half human, half goat figure, or a goat head.
		In the middle ages the Baphomet was believed to be an idol, represented by a human skull, a stuffed humans head or a metal or wooden human head with curly fl hair.
		Levi's Baphomet has a human trunk with rounded, female breasts, a caduceus in the midriff, human arms and hands, cloven feet, wings and a goat's head with a pentagram in the forehead and a torch on top of the skull between the horns.
	www.satanic-kindred.org /baphomet.htm (705 words)

	Baphomet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Baphomet, or The Goat of Mendes or The Sabbath Goat, and forms of it sometimes referred to as the Horned God, Cernunos, Thanateros, Great God Pan or Abraxas has a fairly long history.
		Not exploring the deeper meaning of Baphomet as the sum of all life on the earth, we will concentrate only on the Satanic aspect, with brief overview of what could be some forms of Baphomet worship through history.
		Baphomet, in the form of the horned god is considered by some to be one of the oldest fertility divinities in history.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Parthenon/2026/baphomet.html (818 words)

	Myth of the Baphomet
		in the condemnation of the templars is laid on the worship of Baphomet.
		The Baphomet is not a masonic symbol, nor is it worshiped by freemasons.
		He termed the Baphomet, "the Goat of Mendes" and included a fanciful illustration of it as a frontispiece to his Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic in 1861.
	freemasonry.bcy.ca /anti-masonry/baphomet.html (1406 words)

	Baphomet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Baphomet is not a God; it is the sign of initiation; it is the great divine tetragram.
		Baphomet was worshiped by the Templars, as the denial of Christ.
		This was their most serious accusation when the order was arrested by decree of Pope Clement V. Their 22nd grand master, Jacques de Molay, was burnt at the stake by order of King Philip IV of France, in 1314.
	www.angelfire.com /nj/EllyazHome/baphomet.html (281 words)

	Baphomet
		Baphomet is often depicted as a goat, or a man with horns and goat-legs.
		Baphomet can also be invoked for the sheer pleasure of it, to return to that blessed state before civilization and technology and their dubious benefits.
		Baphomet will be able to take on whatever form it wants, but unlike the effect "Avatar" described below, the mage will return to his or her normal form after the ritual has ended.
	hem.bredband.net /arenamontanus/Mage/baphomet.html (2331 words)

	Baphomet
		The Sigil of the Baphomet: This is a pentacle form, with two points pointing upwards, one downwards, and one to each side.
		The symbol of Baphomet was used by the Knights Templar to represent Satan.
		The History of the Use of the Sigil of Baphomet in the Church of Satan.
	www.dpjs.co.uk /baphomet.html (449 words)

	The artwork of Luke Brown :: VISIONS :: baphomet_2
		This image of Baphomet incorporates the breasts of a nurturing mother, the caduceus of Divine Union, plus the star and torch of mystical illumination.
		In this context, Baphomet represents the "creative energy in its most material form...the divine madness of Spring" where he is exalted in the manifested, material world — a supreme appreciator of existence and the power of creation.
		He further says of Baphomet, "this Goat is called also Strength, and standeth at the Meridian at the Sunrise of Spring, and it is his Nature to leap upon the Mountains.
	spectraleyes.com /gallery/artworx/baphomet_2 (800 words)

	Baphomet
		Baphomet is most easily recognized as the goats head within the inverted pentagram, but he has survived through the centuries in many forms.
		Other than the goats skull within the inverted pentagram, the most common depiction of Baphomet is the illustration of the goat headed man perching on a platform.
		Crowley believed that Baphomet was symbolic of the magician; His allegory on the matter is as follows, "The goat, making each leap with fervor, yet secure in its' own element".
	www.geocities.com /white_magick_666/Baphomet.html (318 words)

	BAPHOMET. THE GREAT BEAST?
		To the freethinker then, Baphomet should be a symbol of rebellion against the status quo and the strict dogmatic rule demanded by Church Authority.
		Baphomet is in one sense duality, the ‘Great Polarity’ seen in the twinned Yin/Yang vital life force or ‘Chi’ of popular eastern tradition.
		The striking Baphomet is clearly a great motif of divine knowledge, personal illumination and untapped universal wisdom; quite the reverse of the macabre symbolism unfairly levied upon it by radical Xtian fundamentalists, seeking an image for their satanic perceptions, and sensationalist horror book authors
	home.freeuk.net /patregan/baphomet.htm (1081 words)

	The Arcane Archive - A Compilation Research File on "Baphomet"
		Baphomet, seems, especiatlly in his # androgeny, to be drawn from a mixture of alchemical and Middle # Eastern sources, especially evident in the taloned feet.
		Reuss (O.T.O) Baphomet means: Nature, the androgyne being, representing fire, pure Akasha, Air, the breath of the celestial being, water, the living soul and the being of the earth...
		In former times, Baphomet, also was interpreted as a wrong style of writing "Mohammed" and particulary as a kind of an artificial head, which was able to speak, and the Templars (alleged) were forced to adore to this head.
	www.arcane-archive.org /faqs/baphref.php (15662 words)

	Liber Minor - Baphomet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The origin of the name Baphomet is from a deity worshipped by the Knights Templar, (the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon).
		So Baphomet had already emerged as androgynous, even before the discovery of his being the blending of Adam Kadmon (essentially a god, although Jews and derivative monotheists wouldn't see it that way) and the Goddess Sophia due to an Inquisition error.
		Baphomet is one of the fifth aeon's representations of the Earths psychic field, generated by the totality of living things on the planet.
	members.tripod.com /~Minor_Arcana/chaos320.htm (981 words)

	Baphomet (Son of Satan foe)
		History: Baphomet is a demon of some history, although he certainly is much younger than the group known as the Elder Gods.
		One of the cultists she his cloak to reveal himself as Baphomet, and the others transformed into a horde of demons.
		Baphomet fell to his death, or that of his physical form, which caused his spirit to be cast back to Hell.
	www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/baphomet.htm (640 words)

	Baphomet Goat Pentagram Pendant
		It is often misinterpreted as a symbol of Witchcraft in general, it is used by those who practice the fl arts.
		It may be a corruption of Mahomet "Mohammed", or even a combination of two greek words, baphe and metis, meaning 'absorption of knowledge'.
		Baphomet has also been called the Goat of Mendes, the Black Goat, and the Judas Goat.
	www.abaxion.com /qq11.htm (184 words)

	Baphomet
		Accusations of the blasphemous worship of Baphomet were levelled at the Knights Templar — an order of Christian knights charged with protecting the lives and property of Christian pilgrims traveling to and from the Holy Land — in the fourteenth century.
		Although he characterized Baphomet in this negative way, Levi intended his figure to represent a real set of potencies in the universe, the primitive urge to create and to procreate, to burst forth, to live and to dominate.
		Even so, Baphomet must be classed as demonic when viewed by the Christian standards that defined the other demons of the infernal regions.
	www.occultopedia.com /b/baphomet.htm (2314 words)

	The Sigil of Baphomet
		Invocations to Baphomet are usually in the form of illustrative or pure magick as Carroll puts it geared toward inspiration.
		Baphomet is also the god the Templars were accused of worshipping in the heresy trials of the Inquisitions, representing the Prince of Darkness.
		As for the word Baphomet itself, it may originate from the Greek "Baphe-Metis" which means Initiation or Baptism into Wisdom-Measurement.
	noctuliusworks.satanicwebsites.com /custom.html (1204 words)

	Baphomet - The Symbolism of the Goat in Masonry
		Baphomet - The Symbolism of the Goat in Masonry
		The Goat of Mendes or Baphomet whom the Templars were accused of worshipping is a Goat Headed deity, being formed of both male and female principles, with a Caduceus of Mercury for its phallus.
		This is not the christian devil but a symbol of the ancient alchemists representing the fact that nature and natures God is a combination and balance of male and female forces, light and darkness, moisture and dryness.
	freemasonrywatch.org /baphomet.html (2132 words)

	The Knights Templar \| Eliphas Lévi:The Man Behind Baphomet \| templarhistory.com
		His treatment of the Baphomet Mythos is best seen in his illustration of the Baphomet shown below, which he used as a front piece to one of his many books.
		It is believed that within Lévi's Baphomet, are contained the dualistic nature of life and the male female aspects of creation.
		It is however, his illustrative representation of Baphomet that found its way into Waite's Tarot deck as the Devil card and has in the process added another page to the Baphomet Mythos and perhaps added to demonizing something that may have had a more innocent interpretation.
	www.templarhistory.com /levi.html (1085 words)

	Baphomet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		All which seems to be known about this unknown figure it that it is sometimes called the goat idol of the Knights Templar and the deity of the sorcerers' Sabbat.
		The many accounts concerning Baphomet describe the idol as a monstrous head, a demon in the form of a goat, a figure with a goat's head and a body combining the characteristics of a dog, bull, and ass.
		Most accounts of the idol Baphomet were from the confessions of the Knights Templar at their trials after the Inquisition.
	www.themystica.com /mystica/articles/b/baphomet.html (661 words)

	www.easupernatural.com Ghosts, Occult Studies and the Unexplained (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The occultist Eliphas Levi, born in 1810, was enthralled by the legends surrounding the Knights Templar.
		Levi's interpretation of Baphomet is said to have been based on a gargoyle found on the Commandry of Saint Bris le Vineux.
		The one thing that is for certain is that Baphomet, in which ever form or guise you wish to view it, will always remain part of the occult world, and for some, part of their lives forever!.
	www.easupernatural.com /baphomet.htm (1363 words)

	Baphomet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Red Baphomet candles are said to cause someone to burn with lust and are used in spells of sexual arousal and domination.
		Levi may have partially derived his image of Baphomet as a "Sabbatic Goat" from the 18th-19th century Spanish artist Francisco Goya, who painted a "Witch's Sabbath" in 1800 in which a group of seated women were offering their dead infant children to a seated goat.
		Levi also incorrectly identified Baphomet with The Goat of Mendes, an ancient Egyptian god whose name should more properly be translated as "Harpocrates, the Ram of Mendes," a sheep-god who was the Creator and tutelary deity of his region (the city of Mendes).
	www.luckymojo.com /baphomet.html (1601 words)

	The Sigil of Baphomet
		The Unholy Genesis of the Sigil of Baphomet
		Current trademark laws are now in flux regarding this issue of trademark blurring—the use of marks similar to existing trademarks—but they are moving in the direction of favoring the forbidding of marks that could be considered misleading in any way, shape, or form.
		If anyone wants to legally use our version of the Sigil of Baphomet,” they may ask for permission, and we have generally been quite liberal in licensing people to use this for various projects and goods—though we usually only allow its use on websites when (and where) they are mentioning the Church of Satan.
	www.churchofsatan.com /Pages/BaphometSigil.html (2609 words)

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