Talk:Sigil of Baphomet

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 WikiProject Religion This article is within the scope of WikiProject Religion, a project to improve Wikipedia's articles on Religion-related subjects. Please participate by editing the article, and help us assess and improve articles to good and 1.0 standards, or visit the wikiproject page for more details.
Stub This article has been rated as Stub on the Project's quality scale.
(If you rated the article please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses.)
This article falls within the scope of the Left Hand Path work group. If you are interested in Left Hand Path-related topics, please visit the project page to see how you can help.


[edit] changed

I changed "God's love" to "divine authority" because Satanists would scoff at the notion that this symbol represented a rejection of love. They do not see the Christian God as a benevolent being offering love, but as an imaginary entity representing forces of Earthly repression. -- Jamiem 23 January 2006

[edit] Creation

This sigil was not created by LaVey, it was older. Here's a variant from a 1897 book. bogdan 21:54, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Because this matter seems to be constantly in confusion, I suggest that anyone making claims that the Hell's Kitchen variant of the Sigil of Baphomet is actually identical to older variants research actual images of those variants. The Hell's Kitchen version is significantly varied from all previous versions in a number of ways, and itself serves as a template for most modern variants. - Lvthn13

[edit] Sigil of Baphomet

If I am not mistaken, the sigil of baphomet originated from Dogme Et Rituel de la Haunte Magie by Eliphas Levi which was written un 1855. Predating La Clef de la Magie Noireā€¯ by Stanislas de Guaita by quite a few years. I don't have my edition with me at the moment, but when I get ahold of it, if it turns out to be correct. I would be editing it appropiately and sourcing my information.

JaynusofSinope