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