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	The [[African diaspora religion\|Afro-Brazilian]] religion of [[Quimbanda]] utilizes statues or depictions of Baphomet as part of their reverence for demonic forces.		The [[African diaspora religion\|Afro-Brazilian]] religion of [[Quimbanda]] utilizes statues or depictions of Baphomet as part of their reverence for demonic forces.

	The 2018 [[tarot]] deck, [[The Demon-Possessed Tarot]], by occultist [[Travis McHenry]] features Baphomet as [[The Magician]] card. In 2025, he created the Baphomet Tarot, a deck devoted entirely to depictions of Baphomet.		The 2018 [[tarot]] deck, [[The Demon-Possessed Tarot]], by occultist [[Travis McHenry]] features Baphomet as [[The Magician]] card. In 2025, he created the [[Baphomet Tarot]], a deck devoted entirely to depictions of Baphomet.

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	===Goat of Mendes===		===Goat of Mendes===
	Lévi equates his illustration with "The Goat of Mendes," following the account by Herodotus that the god of the Egyptian city of Mendes (Djedet) was depicted with a goat's face and legs. Herodotus related how all male goats were held in great reverence by the Mendesians, and how he witnessed a woman [[sex magic\|publicly copulate]] with a goat during a ritual celebration.		Lévi equates his illustration with "The Goat of Mendes," following the account by Herodotus that the god of the Egyptian city of Mendes (Djedet) was depicted with a goat's face and legs. Herodotus related how all male goats were held in great reverence by the Mendesians, and how he witnessed a woman [[sex magic\|publicly copulate]] with a goat during a ritual celebration. Egyptologist E.A. Wallis Budge confirmed these accounts, equating the goats with Greek worship of Pan and the Satyrs.

	~~Egyptologist E~~.~~A. Wallis Budge confirmed these accounts~~, ~~equating~~ the ~~goats with Greek worship~~ of ~~Pan~~ and the ~~Satyrs~~.		===Banebdjedet===
			Banebdjedet was the goat-headed god whose cult center was in Mendes. He had four rams' heads and was revered as a god of fertility, but also as the embodiment of the four ba-spirits of four gods:
			* [[Osiris]]
			* [[Geb]]
			* [[Shu]]
			* [[Ra]]

			These four gods represented opposites: Osiris as Death and Ra as Life, Geb as the solid [[earth (element)\|earth]] and Shu as the vaporus [[air (element)\|air]]. Thus, Banebdjedet would have characterized their opposing forces unified in one entity.

	==Aleister Crowley==		==Aleister Crowley==

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	The 2018 [[tarot]] deck, [[The Demon-Possessed Tarot]], by occultist [[Travis McHenry]] features Baphomet as [[The Magician]] card. In 2025, he created the Baphomet Tarot, a deck devoted entirely to depictions of Baphomet.		The 2018 [[tarot]] deck, [[The Demon-Possessed Tarot]], by occultist [[Travis McHenry]] features Baphomet as [[The Magician]] card. In 2025, he created the Baphomet Tarot, a deck devoted entirely to depictions of Baphomet.

			==External links==
			* [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/travismchenry/the-baphomet-tarot-deck-and-grimoire Baphomet Tarot]

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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.		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:
			<blockquote>
			"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.
			<br>

			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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	In 2014, The [[Satanic Temple]] commissioned an 8.5 ft (2.6 m) statue of Baphomet to stand alongside a monument of the Ten Commandments at the Oklahoma State Capitol, citing "respect for diversity and religious minorities" as reasons for the monument causing the Oklahoma Supreme Court to declare all religious displays illegal. The Satanic Temple then transported the Baphomet statue to Little Rock, Arkansas, where another 10 Commandments monument had been recently installed; the statue was publicly displayed during a Temple demonstration on 16 August 2018.		In 2014, The [[Satanic Temple]] commissioned an 8.5 ft (2.6 m) statue of Baphomet to stand alongside a monument of the Ten Commandments at the Oklahoma State Capitol, citing "respect for diversity and religious minorities" as reasons for the monument causing the Oklahoma Supreme Court to declare all religious displays illegal. The Satanic Temple then transported the Baphomet statue to Little Rock, Arkansas, where another 10 Commandments monument had been recently installed; the statue was publicly displayed during a Temple demonstration on 16 August 2018.

	The [[African ~~Diaspora Religion~~\|Afro-Brazilian]] religion of [[Quimbanda]] utilizes statues or depictions of Baphomet as part of their reverence for demonic forces.		The [[African diaspora religion\|Afro-Brazilian]] religion of [[Quimbanda]] utilizes statues or depictions of Baphomet as part of their reverence for demonic forces.

	The 2018 [[tarot]] deck, [[The Demon-Possessed Tarot]], by occultist [[Travis McHenry]] features Baphomet as [[The Magician]] card. In 2025, he created the Baphomet Tarot, a deck devoted entirely to depictions of Baphomet.		The 2018 [[tarot]] deck, [[The Demon-Possessed Tarot]], by occultist [[Travis McHenry]] features Baphomet as [[The Magician]] card. In 2025, he created the Baphomet Tarot, a deck devoted entirely to depictions of Baphomet.

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	In 2014, The [[Satanic Temple]] commissioned an 8.5 ft (2.6 m) statue of Baphomet to stand alongside a monument of the Ten Commandments at the Oklahoma State Capitol, citing "respect for diversity and religious minorities" as reasons for the monument causing the Oklahoma Supreme Court to declare all religious displays illegal. The Satanic Temple then transported the Baphomet statue to Little Rock, Arkansas, where another 10 Commandments monument had been recently installed; the statue was publicly displayed during a Temple demonstration on 16 August 2018.		In 2014, The [[Satanic Temple]] commissioned an 8.5 ft (2.6 m) statue of Baphomet to stand alongside a monument of the Ten Commandments at the Oklahoma State Capitol, citing "respect for diversity and religious minorities" as reasons for the monument causing the Oklahoma Supreme Court to declare all religious displays illegal. The Satanic Temple then transported the Baphomet statue to Little Rock, Arkansas, where another 10 Commandments monument had been recently installed; the statue was publicly displayed during a Temple demonstration on 16 August 2018.

	The 2018 [[~~Tarot~~]] deck, [[The Demon-Possessed Tarot]], by occultist [[Travis McHenry]] features Baphomet as [[The Magician]] card.		The [[African Diaspora Religion\|Afro-Brazilian]] religion of [[Quimbanda]] utilizes statues or depictions of Baphomet as part of their reverence for demonic forces.

			The 2018 [[tarot]] deck, [[The Demon-Possessed Tarot]], by occultist [[Travis McHenry]] features Baphomet as [[The Magician]] card. In 2025, he created the Baphomet Tarot, a deck devoted entirely to depictions of Baphomet.

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	[[File:Baphomet Statue Salem.jpg\|~~350px~~\|thumb\|Occultist [[Travis McHenry]] standing with a Baphomet statue in the Satanic Temple headquarters.]]		[[File:Baphomet Statue Salem.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|Occultist [[Travis McHenry]] standing with a Baphomet statue in the Satanic Temple headquarters.]]
	Baphomet, as Lévi's illustration suggests, has sometimes been portrayed as a synonym of [[Satan]], [[The Devil]], or a [[demon]].		Baphomet, as Lévi's illustration suggests, has sometimes been portrayed as a synonym of [[Satan]], [[The Devil]], or a [[demon]].

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	==Templar deity==		==Templar deity==
			[[File:Templars on Stake.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|Knights Templar being burned at the stake]]
	Baphomet was allegedly worshipped as a deity by the [[Christianity\|Catholic]] medieval order of the [[Knights Templar]]. King Philip IV of France used these rumors to have many French Templars simultaneously arrested, and then tortured into confessions in October 1307. Over 100 different charges were leveled against the Templars, including [[heresy]], idolatry, spitting and urinating on the cross, and engaging in homosexual relations. Most of these allegations were dubious, as they were the same charges that were leveled against the [[Cathar]]s and many of King Philip's other enemies.		Baphomet was allegedly worshipped as a deity by the [[Christianity\|Catholic]] medieval order of the [[Knights Templar]]. King Philip IV of France used these rumors to have many French Templars simultaneously arrested, and then tortured into confessions in October 1307. Over 100 different charges were leveled against the Templars, including [[heresy]], idolatry, spitting and urinating on the cross, and engaging in homosexual relations. Most of these allegations were dubious, as they were the same charges that were leveled against the [[Cathar]]s and many of King Philip's other enemies.

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	===Templar confessions===		===Templar confessions===
	~~[[File:Templars on Stake.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|Knights Templar being burned at the stake]]~~
	During the [[Inquisition]]'s trial of the Templar knights in 1307, the primary charge was worshipping of an idol of Baphomet. However, as the confessions of the accused were given under torture, it is difficult to separate fact from fiction. The description of the idol changed from confession to confession; some Templars denied any knowledge of it, while others described it as being either a severed head, a cat, or a head with three faces.		During the [[Inquisition]]'s trial of the Templar knights in 1307, the primary charge was worshipping of an idol of Baphomet. However, as the confessions of the accused were given under torture, it is difficult to separate fact from fiction. The description of the idol changed from confession to confession; some Templars denied any knowledge of it, while others described it as being either a severed head, a cat, or a head with three faces.

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	[[File:Goat of Mendes Statue.png\|~~350px~~\|thumb\|Illustration of a carved Templar artifact, described by von Hammer-Purgstallas a "Baphometic idol."]]		[[File:Goat of Mendes Statue.png\|300px\|thumb\|Illustration of a carved Templar artifact, described by von Hammer-Purgstallas a "Baphometic idol."]]
	While modern scholars believe the Templar origins of Baphomet came from the Old French rendering of "Mahomet," starting in the 1800s, European [[occultist]]s began proposing alternative theories.		While modern scholars believe the Templar origins of Baphomet came from the Old French rendering of "Mahomet," starting in the 1800s, European [[occultist]]s began proposing alternative theories.

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	==Templar deity==		==Templar deity==
	Baphomet was allegedly worshipped as a deity by the [[~~Christian~~\|Catholic]] medieval order of the [[Knights Templar]]. King Philip IV of France used these rumors to have many French Templars simultaneously arrested, and then tortured into confessions in October 1307. Over 100 different charges were leveled against the Templars, including [[heresy]], idolatry, spitting and urinating on the cross, and engaging in homosexual relations. Most of these allegations were dubious, as they were the same charges that were leveled against the [[Cathar]]s and many of King Philip's other enemies.		Baphomet was allegedly worshipped as a deity by the [[Christianity\|Catholic]] medieval order of the [[Knights Templar]]. King Philip IV of France used these rumors to have many French Templars simultaneously arrested, and then tortured into confessions in October 1307. Over 100 different charges were leveled against the Templars, including [[heresy]], idolatry, spitting and urinating on the cross, and engaging in homosexual relations. Most of these allegations were dubious, as they were the same charges that were leveled against the [[Cathar]]s and many of King Philip's other enemies.

	A subsequent indictment issued by the Pope in Rome against the Templars accused them of revering a severed, mummified head (which may have been addressed as "Baphomet") stated: "they worshipped the idol as a god, as their saviour, saying that this head could save them, that it bestowed on the order all its wealth, made the trees flower, and the plants of the earth to sprout forth."		A subsequent indictment issued by the Pope in Rome against the Templars accused them of revering a severed, mummified head (which may have been addressed as "Baphomet") stated: "they worshipped the idol as a god, as their saviour, saying that this head could save them, that it bestowed on the order all its wealth, made the trees flower, and the plants of the earth to sprout forth."