The pentacle is a talisman used in magical evocation and usually made of metal, paper or parchment. It can also be of other materials on which a magical design is drawn. And there is a voice: thou knowest not how the Seven was united with the Four; much less then canst thou understand the marriage of the Eight and the Three. Yet there is a word wherein these are made one, and therein is contained the Mystery that thou seekest, concerning the rending asunder of the veil of my Mother.” The I'itoi is an indigenous spiritual symbol that signifies the challenging and balancing decisions in one's life that lead us to our ultimate dream state from the product of all of our choices. The ideal is to reach the center of this maze of decisions we make, which is a manifestation of our purpose and dream, and is accepted by the Sun God upon our death. Though Eliphas’ depiction of Baphomet does not have any obvious connections to the Baphomet descriptions recorded at the trial of the Knights of the Templar, it is possible that his inspiration for the image came from the grotesque artwork that was known to be present in the Templar’s churches.There is also an interesting connection to the Egyptian deity Banebdjedet because Levi called his image the Goat of Mendes. This is possibly a reason for why the Baphomet of Levi has many differences from the Baphomet of the Knights of the Templar trial. Origin of the Myth Later in the 19th century, the name of Baphomet became further associated with the occult. Éliphas Lévi published Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie ("Dogma and Rituals of High Magic") as two volumes ( Dogme 1854, Rituel 1856), in which he included an image he had drawn himself, which he described as Baphomet and "The Sabbatic Goat", showing a winged humanoid goat with a pair of breasts and a torch on its head between its horns (see the illustration). This image has become the best-known representation of Baphomet. Lévi considered the Baphomet to be a depiction of the absolute in symbolic form and explicated in detail his symbolism in the drawing that served as the frontispiece:

Michelet, Jules, ed. (1851). Le procès des Templiers (in French). Vol.II volumes. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. Nicolai, Friedrich (1782). Versuch über die Beschuldigungen welche dem Tempelherrenorden gemacht worden, und über dessen Geheimniß; Nebst einem Anhange über das Entstehen der Freymaurergesellschaft (in German). Vol.II volumes. Berlin und Stettin. Féraud, Raymond (1858). Sardou, A. L (ed.). La vida de Sant Honorat (La vie de Saint Honorat) (in French). Paris: P. Janet, Dezobry, E. Magdeleine & Co.The Baphomet of Lévi was to become an important figure within the cosmology of Thelema, the mystical system established by Aleister Crowley in the early 20th century. Baphomet features in the Creed of the Gnostic Catholic Church recited by the congregation in The Gnostic Mass, in the sentence: "And I believe in the Serpent and the Lion, Mystery of Mysteries, in His name BAPHOMET." [68] Introvigne, Massimo (2016). "Éliphas Lévi and the Baphomet". Satanism: A Social History. Aries Book Series: Texts and Studies in Western Esotericism. Vol.21. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. pp.105–109. ISBN 978-90-04-28828-7. OCLC 1030572947.

There are also those who believe that Baphomet could have been partially inspired by the Egyptian god Banebdjedet. This is partially due to the similarity in appearance between the two – Banebdjedet is often portrayed as a ram god – which would have made if fairly easy to transform him into a goat. Additionally, Banebdjedet is known to be a god that was often sought out for his wisdom – a trait that Baphomet would inherit several centuries later. Baphomet is Remade in the 19th Century Aleister Crowley, the occultist and magician of the late 19th to mid-20th century, interpreted Baphomet as the “divine androgyne.” Crowley rejected the concepts of the biblical God and Satan and followed the Gnostic teaching that Satan brought wisdom to mankind—that old lie of the serpent in the garden. Baphomet was his symbol and represented life, love, and light. With the addition of the Zodiac sign Capricorn (the goat), liberty is added. It is initiation or profanation; it is Lucifer or Vesper, the star of morning or evening. It is Mary or Lilith, victory or death, day or night. The Pentagram with two points in the ascendant represents Satan as the goat of the Sabbath; when one point is in the ascendant, it is the sign of the Saviour. By placing it in such a manner that two of its points are in the ascendant and one is below, we may see the horns, ears and beard of the hierarchic Goat of Mendes, when it becomes the sign of infernal evocations. (Eliphas Levi, Transcendental Magic) The Pitchfork comes from Pluto/Hades, the Greek god of the underworld. While his usual attribute is a sceptre, indicating his sovereignty, this was sometimes depicted as a bident or two-pronged pitchfork. In the post-classical era, the pitchfork became part of the standard representation. Satan got the same tool because he was put in the same role as Hades. ☠💀 Skull and Crossbones Philips, Walter Alison (1911). "Templars". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol.26 (11thed.). Cambridge University Press. pp.591–600.It is an ancient symbol and gives a full representation of the sun and all the deities of the sun. According to Dave Talbot, it represents various extraterrestrial planets, like the Saturn, Venus, and Mars. The squares are strongly magic squares. And the entire diagram consists of 36 of these small squares, 6 columns, and 6 rows. It is the principal image of Satanism. Many satanic artworks use it. The satan symbol of Baphomet is a combination of the serpent Leviathan, the goat and the inverted pentagram or pentacle. century occultist Eliphas Levi constructed this pentagram. It is commonly interpreted as a symbol of mankind, as many pentagrams are. However, it is a symbol of many things that unite in the existence of mankind, as is evidenced by the variety of additional symbols involved. The first historical record of Baphomet comes from a letter written by a crusader in t 1098. In the letter, he explains that the enemies of the Crusaders could often be heard calling upon ‘Baphometh.’ There is also a record that says the mosques were called ‘Bufmarias.’ These connections suggest that the word Baphomet may have been a mispronunciation of the name ‘Mohammed.’ If Baphomet is, indeed, a mispronunciation of Mohammed, it would explain why he is seen as an evil entity by many in modern day. This would imply that by worshiping Baphomet, the Knights of the Templar were actually adopting Islamic practices – a crime that would not be ignored by the Catholic Church. To truly understand the dynamics at work behind the creation of Baphomet, it is important to look at the Knights of the Templar and the Crusades. The Knights of the Templar

The four physical elements are represented here by a cup, wand, sword, and disk. These associations were common in 19th-century occultism both through tarot cards (which use such symbols as suits) and ritual tools. Therefore, Babalon can become a “feminine” or androgynous equivalent of the All, of “Pan.” The identity between Baphomet and Pan has already been discussed, primarily through their connection in Atu XV: The Devil, and now we may add Babalon, at least in this particular form. Crowley notes that Baphomet is equivalent to Babalon and then he also mentions “Zeus Arrhenotheleus,” which is simply another image Crowley uses of the divine Hermaphrodite/Androgyne. [12] Finally, he mentions an “allusion at the end of this sentence.” The “sentence” referred to is from the 5 th Aethyr where it is written: Ankh symbol has its origin in ancient Egypt and it symbolizes eternal life. It has relation with neo-paganism and Kemetism It is a cross with white, golden or red rose at its center. It also symbolizes the teaching of a western esoteric tradition. And it was formed within Christian tenets. A magical diagram, composed of two circles, a pentagram, and three heptagons, and is labeled with the name of God and his angels.A seal consisting of a Manji, Star of David, Ankh, Om, and Ouroboros, used by the Theosophical Society, an organization formed in 1875 to advance Theosophy. Levi, Eliphas (1896). Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual. Trans. Arthur Edward Waite. London: George Redway. The name Baphomet came into popular English usage in the 19th century during debate and speculation on the reasons for the suppression of the Templars. Modern scholars agree that the name of Baphomet was an Old French corruption of the name "Mohammed", [3] with the interpretation being that some of the Templars, through their long military occupation of the Outremer, had begun incorporating Islamic ideas into their belief system, and that this was seen and documented by the Inquisitors as heresy. [29] Alain Demurger, however, rejects the idea that the Templars could have adopted the doctrines of their enemies. [30] Helen Nicholson writes that the charges were essentially "manipulative"—the Templars "were accused of becoming fairy-tale Muslims". [30] Medieval Christians believed that Muslims were idolatrous and worshipped Muhammad as a god, [3] with mahomet becoming mammet in English, meaning an idol or false god [31] (see also Medieval Christian views on Muhammad). This idol-worship is attributed to Muslims in several chansons de geste. For example, one finds the gods Bafum e Travagan in a Provençal poem on the life of St. Honorat, completed in 1300. [32] In the Chanson de Simon Pouille, written before 1235, a Saracen idol is called Bafumetz. [33] Alternative etymologies [ edit ] While modern scholars and the Oxford English Dictionary [34] state that the origin of the name Baphomet was a probable Old French version of "Mahomet", [18] [29] alternative etymologies have also been proposed.

Peter requested to be crucified upside down, as he felt unworthy to die in the same manner as Christ.

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