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Baphomet

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The popular concept of Baphomet is of a feminine and muscle form of Satan a manifestation of both yin a yang in ,Tao tradition, the Baphomet isn't so much a demon in it's own right but a state consciences with in the entity of the Satan this would be considered the teferet in the the tree of life. In the din or husk of the tree of death this manifestation  of the divine Satan in the  mortal body is  called the Baphomet. The achievement of attuning the Bephomet is to have been enlightened and have the Satan reside with in you. a pop culture equivalent would be the combination of the sphere of avarice and malice to balance out in unity on the tree of death to become the divine rage and justice of the Satan. The Baphomet is a state of being and something to stride for. Bephomet is not so much a beautiful goddess to be worshiped but the pop culture glorifies the Baphomet as such and is wrong to do so.

The Baphomet isn't one of the top princes in the qliphoth and the only real reason people glorify the baphomet is because of the vary liberal artistic expressions given to him to fit the descriptions of medieval gemories. The baphomet should be looked at as an Ideal concept of Satan in the mortal form. and for all occultist activities should meditated on and not deemed a sole goddess or god to be called on through hermetic or ritualistic magic. I believe the concept of the baphomet can be called on and can give guidance to those who try to attain a dark enlightenment or are on a spiritual journey to conquer the tree of death and ultimately become one with the Satan. the baphomet is a personality and an identity of the Stan and therefore can project it 's self to who ever so seek it.

The Baphomet can be looked as a demiurge do to the fact that it is attainable as a manifest personality so sacrifices and other occultist activity could be recognized by the baphomet by treating all magic’s as if he were a demiurge. Better results and a simple insight might be given if treated as though. these are all my own personal viewpoint of Baphomet.

The t history of the Demon/persona goes all the way back to the knights templar were they gave honor and prestige to the demon /persona. They believe that the bephomet could grant them power and ultimately immortality. In the middle ages it was looked down on to command a demon/persona to do ones wish by the command of god. It gave to much speculation to be accused of a heretic. I believe the knights templar were Satanist of their time and only seeked the one thing that men have been wanting since the rise of man immortality to walk the earth and not face god’s judgment. This is all interpitation on my part .The following is a popular occultist's authors viewpoint on the same subject to give you a broader understanding of the baphomet. (this is quoted by  Donald Tyson)“Baphomet was the name given to an idol supposedly worshipped by the Knights Templar, an order of Christian knights charged with protecting the lives and property of Christian pilgrims traveling to and from the Holy Land. Its existence came to light during interrogations of the knights after the Order was accused in 1307 by King Philip IV of France of heresy. Twelve of the 231 knights examined admitted to the existence of the idol, which was described in various conflicting ways. It was purported to be a brazen head with a long beard and sparkling eyes; or a human skull; or the painted image of a man; or a gilded figure make either of wood or metal; or a head with three faces; or a head painted black on one side and white on the other; or a bearded, silver-headed idol with four feet, two in front and two behind.

The conflicting descriptions of the image might be interpreted two ways: either the knights were merely saying what they believed their interrogators wished to hear and had no firsthand knowledge of Baphomet; or there were different images and statues of Baphomet in various meeting places of the Templars and these images varied from each other in minor degrees.

One interpretation of the testimony about this idol of the Templars asserts that Baphomet was a corruption of the name Mahomet or Mohammed -- there is certainly a similarity between the names. A Templar from Florence testified overhearing one of his brothers say to another during the adoration of the idol, "Adore this head. This head is your God and your Mahomet." However, such testimony must be viewed with suspicion since it was the purpose of the Inquisitors of the Templars to prove heresy, and the worship of an idol dedicated to Islam would constitute ideal proof.Levi's conception of Baphomet, which Levi described as "the Sabbatic Goat or Baphomet of Mendes," is not intended to be an accurate recreation of the Templars' idol, but a symbolic amalgamation from four sources: the infernal goat supposedly worshipped by witches at their sabbats; the idol of the Templars; the phallic goat worshipped as a fertility god at Mendes, Egypt; and the demonic image on the traditional Marseilles Tarot trump, The Devil. Levi evidently intended that his image replace the Marseilles image of the trump, The Devil. He wrote: "We recur once more to that terrible number fifteen, symbolized in the Tarot by a monster throned upon an altar, mitered and horned, having a woman's breasts and the generative organs of a man -- a chimera, a malformed sphinx, a synthesis of deformities. Below this figure we read a frank and simple inscription -- the Devil. Yes, we confront here that phantom of all terrors, the dragon of all theogonies, the Ahriman of the Persians, the Typhoon of the Egyptians, the Python of the Greeks, the old serpent of the Hebrews, the fantastic monster, the nightmare, the Croquemitaine, the gargoyle, the great beast of the Middle Ages, and -- worse than all of these -- the Baphomet of the Templars, the bearded idol of the alchemist, the obscene deity of Mendes, the goat of the Sabbath."

Given the broad scope of Levi's description, his Baphomet evidently means whatever we wish it to mean, provided we wish evil. Although he characterized Baphomet in this negative way, Levi intended his figure to represent a real set of potencies in the universe, the primitive urge to create and to procreate, to burst forth, to live and to dominate. It expresses the most physical and material aspects of the life-force. It is not so much evil as it is indifferent to morality. It is the power that causes life to cyclically rise up from the mud, and to dissolve back into the mud when its will is spent. Levi did not intend to represent a demon, but rather a philosophical concept. Even so, Baphomet must be classed as demonic when viewed by the Christian standards that defined the other demons of the infernal regions“.

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