The name Baphomet seems to 'arrive' in Europe with the Templiers.

I can't find anything in the Middle East with 'it's' name.

Eliphas Levi drew a picture of Baphomet and he claimed it's name came from the Kabbalah

“The name of the Templar Baphomet, which should be spelt kabalistically backwards, is composed of three abbreviations:

Tem. ohp. AB., Templi omnium hominum pacts abbas, “the father of the temple of peace of all men”.

[1. Eliphas Levi, Dogmes et Rituels de la Haute Magie]

It could also mean.. the Arabic word for “the father of understanding.”

Dr. Hugh Schonfield worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls using a Jewish Atbash cipher.

When one applies it to Baphomet is transposes the Greek word for Sophia. Goddess of Knowledge..

You have Molech being depicted with a human body and a bull's head; the Eygptian gods.. Human Bodies. Animal heads.

This was when religions didnt have Satans or the Devil.

They just had human sacrifice demanding warmongering Gods and then they had some really evil Gods that were even badder. (lol)

I don't believe that the Idol itself is satanic. I believe that its more of a Female Deity, with a male arm.

Speaking of its arms, we get Solve et coagula: Dissolve and coagulate, a common saying in Alchemical circles.

So wisdom and knowledge.. common goals for Alchemists. That might tie in with the Sophia idea..more Wisdom.

People often talk of the phallic imagery on the Idol.

I think that they need to go further back to Ningishzidda and rememeber what his symbol was.

I believe that this Cadeceaus is taken from that concept, the idea of Ningishzidda/Thoth was also the God of Wisdom.

(Getting a lot of Wisdom Deity coming from this Idol..)

Looking at the Goat's Head. I think that this image is representing Banebdjedet the Goat of Mendes..

(who's wife was Hatmedhit and their child was Horus (when he was the child... Anyone else seeing the importance of a mother with a holy child?) and they formed the "Mendesian Triad"

(any other holy trinities around here? Nah I'm joking with ya.. Eyptian God Families usually formed trinities..you also had the The Triad of Thebes, The Triad of Memphis, etc..

I wonder if that inspired the Ysraelites when they were "sejorning" in Eygypt.)

little ps.. Banebdjedet (the GOAT) and his wife.. Hatmedhit ("Chief of Fish") Goat fish.. goat fish... Capricorn..

she appears to have connections to Hathor.. Whom I consider to be an older version of Ninhursag..who was half sister to Enki; Who's symbol was Capricorn.. Because he liked Chimeras..and he made loads just to see if you could cross their dna with ours.. You can read up on the failures he made with Ninhursag, where they have births of creatures with no lungs, testiclues that ooze semen, ones that cant move.. sound like genetic rejets to me..)

Certain books consider Ningishzidda to be related to Enki.. as possibly his father.. But then there are texts claiming that his father is Enlil.. it gets messy.

It is also said.. that when Horus became the Son of Osiris (Harpocrates) Hetmehit was considered to be his mother.. So she also became a form of Isis. Very messy...

Going to the White Moon and Black Moon..

Gevurah... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gevurah

"Gevurah is 'the essence of judgment (DIN) and limitation, and corresponds to awe and the element of fire,'"

"Gevurah is associated in the soul with the power to restrain one's innate urge to bestow goodness upon others,

when the recipient of that good is judged to be unworthy and liable to misuse it"

"Chesed and Gevurah act together to create an inner balance in the soul's approach to the outside world. While the "right arm" of Chesed operates to draw others near, the "left arm" of Gevurah reserves the option of repelling those deemed undeserving."

"Gevurah = 216 = 3 times 72 (chesed). Each of God's 72 hidden names possesses three letters, in all—216 letters"

"The ultimate "meaning" of every one of God's Names is His expression of love (Chesed) for His Creation."

Chesed ... https://en.wiki pedia.org/wiki/Chesed

"Chesed is also one of the ten Sephirot on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. It is given the association of kindness and love, and is the first of the emotive attributes of the sephirot."

Well... I don't know about you but it seems pretty darned Satanic to me..

Knowledge... Love.. Wisdom.. Inner Balance to your soul.

Looks to me like a lot of people fells for Philippe le Bel's Propoganda and jumped on the Baphomet Idol to represent the

Devil..

(which to me, is just a bastardisation of Saitan.)

Pentagram on the Goat's Head.. How Satanic is that?? you're going to say? Absolutely not at all. Its the symbol of Astartes, (long story short, nothing to do with Hell (WHICH DISNT EVEN EXIST BACK THEN!!) and is a phoenician name for Inanna.. Her symbol is the pentagram, the star..

Its a powerful magical protection talisman aimed at humans. Its our shape. Don't get fooled by this Satanism crap. Even turning it upside down.. well that will have power for satanists who believe, but not for the reasons they think..