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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. | ||
===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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