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Baphomet, the god of the Knight Templars, as drawn by Eliphas Levi, the Nineteenth Century French occultist. Baphomet or the Goat of Mendes is NOT a figure of the Christian Devil. Rather it is a symbolic representation of the pantheistic God who is the sum total of  everything in the universal or Pan. Symbolically, the Horns represent "Antemae" into the Unmanifest Source of Power and are symbols or strength in the Old Mysteries. The Goat is the beast symbolizing Regeneration and therefore the Goat`s head with the center horn of fire represents the Light of Wisdom and Regeneration brought about by activation of the Kundalini or "Dragon Power" in the human body which rises to the Crown chakra which would be approximately at the level of the center Horn of Fire in the figure of Baphomet. The Kundalini or Serpent Fire is also represented by the Caduceus of the Grand-Old-Man of the Qabalah. It also represents agelessness and timelessness. The pentagram on the forehead has one point up symbolizing that the material elements and senses are subservient to the spiritual light. The waxing and waning moons represent the power to create and dissolve, and life and death as reflected in the material world. 

The arms signify Mercy (Chesed) and Justice (Geburah) in perfect balance on the Tree of Life. One arm is feminine and the other masculine, the body too has both feminine and masculine aspects, symbolizing the Androgynous State of Divinity and of the human soul. 

The figure combines all elements, the legs and doven feet represent Earth and connection to the material world. The scales represent Water and the emotions, the wings represent Air and Mind and Man struggle to rise above the environment. The flame is the element of Fire and represents the Spirit within fully activated. The Goat sits on a half-sphere which represents the Universe. Only half is shown because man has not yet learned to rule his own reality.

According to Eliphas Levi the name Baphomet comes from 3 abbreviations spelled backwards - TEM.OHP.AB (for "Templi Omnium Hominum Pacis Abbas") mean "the Father of the Temple of Peace of All Men". Aleister Crowley wrote that the name should be spelled BAPHOMETR referring to "Father Mithras", Mithras being a god of Solar-Phallic energy. He thought that the name also meant the "Baptism of the Holy Ghost" or "Baptism of Wisdom", the Holy Ghost being the Solar-Phallic energy in its most sublimated, physical form. 

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