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 Crowley asserted that Baphomet was a divine androgyne and "the hieroglyph of arcane perfection." He believed it represented the spiritual nature of the spermatozoa, while also being symbolic of the "magical child" produced as a result of [[sex magic]]. 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.
+In his ''[[Book of Thoth]]'', Crowley's commentary on the use of his [[Thoth Tarot]] deck, he equated Baphomet as one aspect of [[the Fool]], saying:
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+"Von Hammer-Purgstall was certainly right in supposing Baphomet to be a form of the Bull-god, or rather, the Bull-slaying god, Mithras; for Baphomet should be spelt with an 'r' at the end; thus it is clearly a corruption meaning 'Father Mithras.' There is also here a connection with the ass, for it was as an ass-headed god that he became an object of veneration to the Templars.
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+The Early [[Christianity|Christians]] also were accused of worshipping an ass or ass-headed god, and this again is connected with the wild ass of the wilderness, the god [[Set]], identified with [[Saturn]] and [[Satan]]. He is the South, as Nuit is the North: the Egyptians had a Desert and an Ocean in those quarters."
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