Baphomet
Not ancient deity but powerful occult symbol emerging from Templar accusations, fully formed by Eliphas Levi. Goat-headed androgyne with torch between horns, one arm up (solve), one down (coagula). Breasts and phallus. Represents union of all opposites—male/female, light/dark, above/below, animal/divine.
Baphomet is a nineteenth-century occultist construct, not an ancient deity. The name comes from the accusations against the Knights Templar (fourteenth-century trial records, where its meaning is unknown); the goat-headed androgyne with the torch, the breasts and phallus and the 'solve/coagula' arms is Eliphas Levi's figure (1854-56, Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie), and the 'Sabbatic Goat' and the goat of Mendes are later accretions. Baphomet has no traditional cult and no inherited myth; the planetary, elemental and tarot values given here are modern attributions to a modern symbol.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Saturn
Offerings
- Offerings
- IncenseWineActs of transcending binaryEmbracing paradoxOccult studyLiberation workGender sovereignty
Sacred timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- The Sabbatic GoatThe Goat of Mendes
- Gender Expression
- Androgynous transcendent
- Titles
- The Sabbatic GoatSymbol of LiberationUnion of OppositesAs Above So BelowThe Complete Being
- Symbols
- Goat headPentagramTorchCaduceusBreasts and phallus
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneReverent recognition of complete beingAddressBaphometComplete OneUnited OppositesRelationshipTeacher of transcendenceWarningWill shatter binary thinkingResonanceThose transcending binaries occultists sovereignty seekers
- Modern Practice
Patron of occultists, those transcending gender binaries, sovereignty seekers beyond categories. Invoked for occult work, gender sovereignty, embracing paradox. Teaches that binaries are illusion, that completeness requires all aspects, that liberation comes through transcendence.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- Occult wisdomUnion of oppositesTranscendence of binarySacred androgynyLiberation through paradoxSovereignty beyond gender
- Mythology Summary
Not ancient deity but powerful occult symbol emerging from Templar accusations, fully formed by Eliphas Levi. Goat-headed androgyne with torch between horns, one arm up (solve), one down (coagula). Breasts and phallus. Represents union of all opposites—male/female, light/dark, above/below, animal/divine. 'As above, so below.' Liberation through embracing paradox.
Details
- Correspondences
- ColorsBlackWhiteGreyAll colors unifiedScentsFrankincenseMyrrhPatchouliMetals—AnimalsGoatSerpent
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