4,020
edits
Difference between revisions of "Baphomet"
no edit summary
Occultwiki (talk | contribs) (Created page with "400px|thumb|Baphomet as depicted by Éliphas Lévi '''Baphomet''' is a deity allegedly worshipped by the Knights Templar that subsequently becam...") |
Occultwiki (talk | contribs) |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 41: | Line 41: | ||
==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. | ||
| Line 62: | Line 63: | ||
==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]]. | ||
| Line 70: | Line 71: | ||
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. | |||
[[Category:Deities]] | [[Category:Deities]] | ||
[[Category:Featured Articles]] | |||