ALL ABOUT BAPHOMET

Quick Facts

• Baphomet has had a long, steady history spanning from the Middle Ages!
• Since 1856, the name has been linked to the Sabbatic Goat image that Éliphas Lévi made, as misinterpreted by Arthur Edward Waite, the creator of the ever-popular Rider-Waite deck of Tarot cards.
• Lévi meant for Baphomet to symbolize equal balance - good and evil, light and dark, right and left, etc.
• His talk of Baphomet can be found in one of his books, called "Transcendental Magic", which is cut up into halves actually, Doctrine and Ritual.
• Baphomet was first worshiped by the Knights Templar, who interpreted Them as a figure of Satan.
• Their "penis" is actually a caduceus - a staff carried by Hermes in Hellenism.
• Their Dukante enn is this: "Ave Baphomet - Oli Omnium Hominium Pacis Abbas - Solve Et Coagula"

Symbolism

• Equality - Refer to the third quick fact
• Goats - From their half goat, half human appearance
• Upside down pentagram - Sigil of Baphomet, usually associated with the Hebrew word for "Leviathan"
• As above, so below / As within, as without - Links to "solve et coagula"
• Ouroboros - Means infinity and wholeness, something very present in alchemy and Gnosticism, which is a collection of ideas from old Judaism and early Christianity
• Lady Justice - Equality and morals, fairness
• Equinoxes - Balance
• Fractals - Infinity

Dukante Information

Unfortunately, there was no information from Dukante within The Complete Book of Demonolatry Magic by J. Thorp about Baphomet.

Personal Connection

This happened a long time ago, about 2019 actually (how I know will be explained later). I was strongly interested in the theistic Satanist path and was just in the initial researching and reverence stage that happens to me during any new religion. I was still very interested in the band Ghost - they suck now since Tobias Forge killed the three better Papas, but anyways - and I fell asleep listening to their songs.

I had a dream that I was in my backyard. There's a big commons area back there, and I don't have a fence. Anyways, the sky was gloomy with twinges of light because it was a bright fiery orange sunset. There was a big flock of pure white fluffy sheep in the corner, so I approached. The overcast clouds were getting heavier.

There was a part in the sheep. There before me was a massive big black goat, with horns similar to Baphomet. It had charcoal black fur with a fluffy elegant well groomed pelt. They swayed a bit before knocking me over. We kissed, the goat speaking to me briefly about something I think before we had brief intercourse. I woke up with the ending of Kiss the Go-Goat playing on my phone. It had just come out, that's how I remember the date.

I believe this goat was Baphomet. Similar horns, sophisticated appearance, and a black goat. This could mean anything. I talked to someone on Reddit about it in a comment section, and they suggested that it would be one of the following; a start of a symbolic character becoming a real living presence, Baphomet was always there and wanted to let Themselves be known, or lastly, that a real presence had adopted itself onto a being within my dreamscape and made it meaningful. I honestly don't know, but I'll update this page later with my findings.