misterkai-design: B for BaphometSize: 210mm x 297mmMaterial:Charcoal penBaphomet is an imagined pagan deity, revived in the 19th century as a figure of occultism and Satanism. Often mistaken for Satan, it represents the duality of male and female, as well as Heaven and Hell or night and day signified by the raising of one arm and the downward gesture of the other. It can be taken in fact, to represent any of the major harmonious dichotomies of the cosmos. It first appeared in 11th and 12th century Latin and Provençal as a corruption of “Mahomet”, the Latinisation of “Muhammad”, but later it appeared as a term for a pagan idol in trial transcripts of the Inquisitionof the Knights Templar in the early 14th century. The name first came into popular English-speaking consciousness in the 19th century, with debate and speculation on the reasons for the suppression of the Templars.Since 1855, the name Baphomet has been associated with a “Sabbatic Goat” image drawn by Eliphas Lévi. 

misterkai-design:

B for Baphomet

Size: 210mm x 297mm

Material:Charcoal pen

Baphomet is an imagined pagan deity, revived in the 19th century as a figure of occultism and Satanism. Often mistaken for Satan, it represents the duality of male and female, as well as Heaven and Hell or night and day signified by the raising of one arm and the downward gesture of the other. It can be taken in fact, to represent any of the major harmonious dichotomies of the cosmos. It first appeared in 11th and 12th century Latin and Provençal as a corruption of “Mahomet”, the Latinisation of “Muhammad”, but later it appeared as a term for a pagan idol in trial transcripts of the Inquisitionof the Knights Templar in the early 14th century. The name first came into popular English-speaking consciousness in the 19th century, with debate and speculation on the reasons for the suppression of the Templars.Since 1855, the name Baphomet has been associated with a “Sabbatic Goat” image drawn by Eliphas Lévi. 

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    There’s a book called A Gift of Maggots and it’s a devotional for Baphomet and I really want to read it.
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