{"id":15489,"date":"2014-05-03T02:47:38","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T02:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/03\/brightandmorningstar-baphomet-and-the-knights\/"},"modified":"2018-11-24T22:04:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T22:04:09","slug":"brightandmorningstar-baphomet-and-the-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/03\/brightandmorningstar-baphomet-and-the-knights\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15489 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/03\/brightandmorningstar-baphomet-and-the-knights\/attachment\/15490\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tumblr_n0h8yxbYwf1t1y2rto1_500.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tumblr_n0h8yxbYwf1t1y2rto1_500.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tumblr_n0h8yxbYwf1t1y2rto1_500.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tumblr_n0h8yxbYwf1t1y2rto1_500.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/brightandmorningstar.tumblr.com\/post\/75590602044\/baphomet-and-the-knights-templar-baphomet-first\" target=\"_blank\">brightandmorningstar<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Baphomet and the Knights Templar<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Baphomet<\/strong>\u00a0first became known when the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Knights_Templar\" title=\"Knights Templar\" target=\"_blank\">Knights Templar<\/a>\u00a0were tried for blasphemy, homosexuality, and devil worship by the Inquisition in the 13th century. According to confessions given by members, Baphomet was an idol that took the form of either a large head or a cat. Based on the various testimonies of the Templars, no precise description of Baphomet came to light. It is even possible that Baphomet never existed at all for the Knights, or that multiple idols might have been involved.<\/p>\n<div class=\"editsection\"><\/div>\n<p><a name=\"Baphomet_and_Eliphas_L.C3.A9vi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Baphomet and Eliphas L\u00e9vi<\/h2>\n<p>Baphomet gained new fame with the 19th century mystic\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Eliphas_Levi\" title=\"Eliphas Levi\" target=\"_blank\">Eliphas L\u00e9vi<\/a>, who drew the now infamous image that is often taken for the modern Christian version of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Satan\" title=\"Satan\" target=\"_blank\">Satan<\/a>. However, L\u00e9vi did not believe that Baphomet was in any way equal to this Devil, saying this icon \u201ccannot be confounded with fabulous images of Satan.\u201d Further, he says \u201cBut the adorers of [Baphomet] do not consider\u2026that it is a representation of the devil; on the contrary, for them it is that of the god\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Pan\" title=\"Pan\" target=\"_blank\">Pan<\/a>, the god of our modern schools of philosophy\u2026the god of the primitive\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Gnosticism\" title=\"Gnosticism\" target=\"_blank\">Gnostic<\/a>\u00a0schools\u201d (Levi, 1995, p. 308).<\/p>\n<p>According to Levi, Baphomet was symbolic of what he called the\u00a0<a class=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php?title=Great_Magical_Agent&amp;action=edit\" title=\"Great Magical Agent\" target=\"_blank\">Great Magical Agent<\/a>, which can be defined as the universal life-force. This Astral Light is also the force that adepts use in magical operations. Common analogies are the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Hinduism\" title=\"Hinduism\" target=\"_blank\">Hindu<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Kundalini\" title=\"Kundalini\" target=\"_blank\">Kundalini<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a class=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php?title=First_Matter&amp;action=edit\" title=\"First Matter\" target=\"_blank\">First Matter<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Alchemy\" title=\"Alchemy\" target=\"_blank\">alchemy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<em>Transcendal Magic,<\/em>\u00a0L\u00e9vi explains the symbolism of his famous drawing:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Moreover, the sign of occultism is made with both hands, pointing upward to the white moon of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Chesed\" title=\"Chesed\" target=\"_blank\">Chesed<\/a>, and downward to the black moon of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Geburah\" title=\"Geburah\" target=\"_blank\">Geburah<\/a>. This sign expresses the perfect concord between mercy and justice. One of the arms is feminine and other masculine, as in the\u00a0<a class=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php?title=Androgyne&amp;action=edit\" title=\"Androgyne\" target=\"_blank\">Androgyne<\/a>\u00a0of Khunrath, whose attributes we have combined with those of our goat, since they are one and the same symbol. The torch of intelligence burning between the horns is the magical light of universal equilibrium; it is also the type of soul exalted above matter, as the flame cleaves to the torch. The monstrous head of the animal expresses horror of sin, for which the mateial agent, alone responsible, must alone and for ever bear the penalty, because the soul is impassible in its nature and can suffer only by materialising. The\u00a0<a class=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php?title=Caduceus&amp;action=edit\" title=\"Caduceus\" target=\"_blank\">caduceus<\/a>, which replaces the generative organ, represents eternal life; the scale-covered belly tyifies water; the circle above it is the atmosphere; the feathers still higher up signify the volatile; lastly, humanity is depicted by the two breasts and the androgyne arms of this\u00a0<a class=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php?title=Sphinx&amp;action=edit\" title=\"Sphinx\" target=\"_blank\">sphinx<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Occult\" title=\"Occult\" target=\"_blank\">occult<\/a>\u00a0sciences\u201d (Levi, 1995, p. 309).<\/p>\n<div class=\"editsection\"><\/div>\n<p><a id=\"Other_Aspects\" name=\"Other_Aspects\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Other Aspects<\/h2>\n<div class=\"editsection\"><\/div>\n<p><a id=\"The_Gnostic_Creed\" name=\"The_Gnostic_Creed\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Gnostic Creed<\/h3>\n<p>Baphomet is listed within the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Gnostic_Creed\" title=\"Gnostic Creed\" target=\"_blank\">Gnostic Creed<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Ecclesia_Gnostica_Catholica\" title=\"Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica\" target=\"_blank\">Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica<\/a>\u00a0(the eccesiastical arm of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Ordo_Templi_Orientis\" title=\"Ordo Templi Orientis\" target=\"_blank\">Ordo Templi Orientis<\/a>). The relevant article of the Creed is as follows: \u201cAnd I believe in the\u00a0<a class=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php?title=Lion-Serpent&amp;action=edit\" title=\"Lion-Serpent\" target=\"_blank\">Serpent and the Lion<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php?title=Mystery_of_Mystery&amp;action=edit\" title=\"Mystery of Mystery\" target=\"_blank\">Mystery of Mystery<\/a>, in His name Baphomet.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"editsection\"><\/div>\n<p><a id=\"Aleister_Crowley\" name=\"Aleister_Crowley\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Aleister Crowley<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Aleister_Crowley\" title=\"Aleister Crowley\" target=\"_blank\">Crowley<\/a>\u00a0said that Baphomet was representative of the\u00a0<a class=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php?title=Babe_in_the_Egg&amp;action=edit\" title=\"Babe in the Egg\" target=\"_blank\">Babe in the Egg<\/a>, or the original being, which was bisexual, and symbolized \u201carcane perfection\u201d (Crowley 1997). He further says of Baphomet, \u201cthis Goat is called also Strength, and standeth at the Meridian at the Sunrise of Spring, and it is his Nature to leap upon the Mountains. So therefore is he a symbol of true<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Magick\" title=\"Magick\" target=\"_blank\">Magick<\/a>&rdquo; (Crowley 1995).<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<em>The Book of Lies<\/em>\u00a0(1913), the 33rd chapter is entitled \u201cBaphomet.\u201d It puports to transmit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Knights_Templar\" title=\"Knights Templar\" target=\"_blank\">Templar<\/a>\u00a0Grand Master\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Jacobus_Burgundus_Molensis\" title=\"Jacobus Burgundus Molensis\" target=\"_blank\">Jacques DeMolay\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0description of God under the figure of the double-headed eagle used as a symbol of Scottish Rite\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Freemasonry\" title=\"Freemasonry\" target=\"_blank\">Freemasonry<\/a>. It also alludes to \u201cthe GOD that is ass-headed,\u201d leaving it unclear whether Baphomet is to be identified with either, neither, or both the eagle and the ass-headed figures.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u00a0<em>Book of Thoth<\/em>\u00a0(1981), Crowley identifies Baphomet with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Tarot\" title=\"Tarot\" target=\"_blank\">Tarot<\/a>\u00a0card \u201c<a class=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php?title=Tarot:The_Devil&amp;action=edit\" title=\"Tarot:The Devil\" target=\"_blank\">The Devil<\/a>&ldquo; and attributes him to the Greek god Pan, the All-Begetter. In this context, Baphomet represents the &quot;creative energy in its most material form\u2026the divine madness of Spring&rdquo; where he is exalted in the manifested, material world \u2014 a supreme appreciator of existence and the power of creation.<\/p>\n<p>The name Baphomet was taken by Aleister Crowley when he became the Outer Head of the Order (or OHO) for OTO.<\/p>\n<div class=\"editsection\"><\/div>\n<p><a id=\"Origins_of_the_Name\" name=\"Origins_of_the_Name\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Origins of the Name<\/h3>\n<p>Many theories exist as to the origin of the term, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Von Hammer derived it from the Greek words\u00a0<em>Baphe<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Metis<\/em>. The two words together mean \u201cBaptism of Wisdom.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Many commentators have concluded that it is a deformation of the Latinised \u201cMahomet,\u201d a medi\u00e6val European rendering of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Mohammed\" title=\"Mohammed\" target=\"_blank\">Muhammad<\/a>\u00a0(\u0645\u064f\u062d\u064e\u0645\u064e\u062f), the name of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Prophet\" title=\"Prophet\" target=\"_blank\">Prophet<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Islam\" title=\"Islam\" target=\"_blank\">Islam<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Idries Shah proposed that \u201cBaphomet\u201d may actually derive from the Arabic word \u0627\u0628\u0648 \u0641\u0647\u0645\u0629 Abufihamat, meaning \u201cThe Father of Understanding,\u201d and associated with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php\/Sufism\" title=\"Sufism\" target=\"_blank\">Sufism<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Von Hammer also suggested derivation from the Hebrew\u00a0<em>Maphtah Bet Yahweh<\/em>, \u201cThe Key to the House of God.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>L\u00e9vi proposed that the name was composed from a series of abbreviations: \u2018Temp. ohp. Ab.\u2019 which originates from Latin\u00a0<em>Templi omnium hominum pacis abhas,<\/em>\u00a0meaning \u201cthe father of universal peace among men.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>In\u00a0<a class=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/thelemapedia.org\/index.php?title=The_Amalantrah_Working&amp;action=edit\" title=\"The Amalantrah Working\" target=\"_blank\">The Amalantrah Working<\/a>\u00a0(1918) Crowley reached the conclusion that the name should be spelled BAFOMIThR, signifying \u201cFather Mithras.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>More recently, Idries Shah has pointed to the Arabic\u00a0<em>Abufihamet<\/em>\u00a0(pronounced\u00a0<em>Bufihimat<\/em>\u00a0in Moorish Spanish), meaning \u201cFather of Understanding.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"editsection\"><\/div>\n<p><a id=\"References\" name=\"References\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Apiryon and Helena. (1995).\u00a0<em>Mystery of Mystery: A Primer of Ecclesiastical Gnosticism.<\/em>\u00a0Berkeley, California: Red Flame.<\/li>\n<li>Levi, Eliphas. (1995).\u00a0<em>Transcendental Magic.<\/em>\u00a0York Beach, Maine:Samuel Weiser.<\/li>\n<li>Crowley, Aleister. (1997).\u00a0<em>Magick.<\/em>\u00a0York Beach, Maine:Samuel Weiser.<\/li>\n<li>___. (1995).\u00a0<em>Liber Aleph.<\/em>\u00a0York Beach, Maine:Samuel Weiser.<\/li>\n<li>___. (1981).\u00a0<em>The Book of Thoth.<\/em>\u00a0York Beach, Maine:Samuel Weiser.<\/li>\n<li>___. (1913).\u00a0<em>The Book of Lies.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Some parts of this article were adapted from\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baphomet\" title=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baphomet\" target=\"_blank\">Baphomet<\/a>, retrieved June 8, 2004.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>brightandmorningstar: Baphomet and the Knights Templar Baphomet\u00a0first became known when the\u00a0Knights Templar\u00a0were tried for blasphemy, homosexuality, and devil worship by the Inquisition in the 13th century. 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