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Baphomet

Baphomet is a figure rooted within the occult and Western esoteric traditions. The name first emerged in the 14th century during the Trials of the Knights Templar, when the order was accused of heresy for worshipping Baphomet as a demonic idol. Baphomet was reimagined by 19th century occultists amidst renewed debate over the suppression of the Templars.

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History

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Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall

Éliphas Lévi

Aleister Crowley

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Baphomet

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Triples232
Avg. degree1.99
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Baphomet

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related to Socialism, romanticism, and magnetism · 33
Baphomet → Alexandria, Alphonse, Alphonse Esquiros, Astral Light, At, Baron, Catholic, Christianity, Consequently, Gnostics, He, Henri Delaage, Histoire, In, In Lévi's, It, Jules-Eudes, Lamartine, Lévi, Lévi's
related to Modern interpretations and usage · 32
Baphomet → After Judgment, Catholic Church, Chick, Christian, Church, Devil, Freemasonry, Freemasons, French, Goat, Guaita, Hell, It, Jack, James Blish's The Day, La Clef, Les Mystères, Léo Taxil's, Lévi, Lévi's
related to Alternative etymologies · 29
Baphomet → Baffometi, Baptism, Beschuldigungen, Bookseller, Freemason, Freemasonry, Geheimniß, Gnostics, God, Greek, He, Illuminatus Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, In, Knights Templar, Mahomet, Manichaean Gnostics, Nicolai, Old French, Oxford English Dictionary, Pythagorean
related to history · 23
Baphomet → Aguilers, Antioch, Aorlhac, Around, Austorc, Bafomet, Bafometz, Bafumaria, De Bafomet, First Crusade, French Crusader Anselm, Gavaudan, July, Libre, Muhammad, Occitan, Provençal, Ramon Llull's, Raymond, Ribemont
related to Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall · 23
Baphomet → Apostasiæ, Apostasy, Discovery, Fratres Militiæ Templi, Freemasonry, Gnostici, Gnostics, Hammer-Purgstall, Idolatry, Idoloduliæ, Impuritatis, Impurity, In, Knights Templars, Monumenta, Monuments, Mysterium Baphometis, Mystery, Ophiani, Ophites
related to Aleister Crowley · 18
Baphomet → Aleister Crowley, And, As, Book, Creed, Crowley, Gnostic Catholic Church, His, In Magick, Lion, Lévi, Mysteries, Mystery, Serpent, The Baphomet, The Gnostic Mass, Thelema, What
related to In popular culture · 18
Baphomet → Akkeren, Asmodis, Baphometic Fire-baptism, Beelzebub, Cabal, Clive Barker's, Diogenes Teufelsdröckh, Geisterjäger John Sinclair, German, In Sartor Resartus, Jason Dark, Knights Templar, Lucifer, Night Breed, Nightbreed, The, Thomas Carlyle, Vincent
related to Witches' Sabbath · 16
Baphomet → Caduceus, Devil Tarot, Dogme, Doric Greek, Greek, Hermes, Lévi, Lévi's, MacGregor Mathers, Mercury, Mercury's, Rituel, Tarot, The, The Devil, Witches' Sabbath
related to Éliphas Lévi · 10
Baphomet → Dogma, Dogme, Haute Magie, High Magic, Later, Lévi, Rituals, Rituel, The Sabbatic Goat, This
related to External links · 7
Baphomet → British Columbia, February, Grand Lodge, May, Myth, Retrieved, Yukon

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templars name lévi goat de god one idol templar also knights mendes devil image worshipped figure symbol century occult head

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Baphometis arecurring symbol of occultism0.90text
Baphometis asource of the later tarot image of the Devil in the Rider0.90text
Baphometis ademon worshipped by Freemasons0.90text
the Grail romancesinstance offaked by earlier scholars and literary evidence0.80text
that the Templars were Gnosticsinstance offaked by earlier scholars and literary evidence0.80text
theinstance offaked by earlier scholars and literary evidence0.80text
the Templarsinstance ofHe asserts that those small figures are0.80text
according to the statement of a witnessinstance ofHe asserts that those small figures are0.80text
carried with them in their coffersinstance ofHe asserts that those small figures are0.80text
Jules-Eudes de Mirvilleinstance ofLévi polemicized against famed Catholic authors0.80text
Roger Gougenot des Mousseauxinstance ofLévi polemicized against famed Catholic authors0.80text

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