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==Éliphas Lévi== | ==Éliphas Lévi== | ||
[[File:Baphomet Pentagrams.jpg|250px|thumb|Two pentagrams from the 1897 book ''La Clef de la Magie Noire'']] | |||
In the late 1800s, Baphomet became further associated with [[occult]] practices. In 1854, [[occultist]] and author [[Éliphas Lévi]] published a [[grimoire]] titled ''Dogma and Rituals of High Magic'' featuring an illustration of Baphomet as "The Sabbatic Goat" on the frontispiece. Lévi's drawing depicted a winged humanoid goat with breasts and a torch between its horns. He described it as a symbolic representation of "the absolute." This image has become the most well known depiction of Baphomet. | In the late 1800s, Baphomet became further associated with [[occult]] practices. In 1854, [[occultist]] and author [[Éliphas Lévi]] published a [[grimoire]] titled ''Dogma and Rituals of High Magic'' featuring an illustration of Baphomet as "The Sabbatic Goat" on the frontispiece. Lévi's drawing depicted a winged humanoid goat with breasts and a torch between its horns. He described it as a symbolic representation of "the absolute." This image has become the most well known depiction of Baphomet. | ||
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==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
[[File:Baphomet | [[File:Baphomet Statue Salem.jpg|350px|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]]. | ||