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Satan and Baphomet
Also called: Lucifer · inverted pentagram
A name meaning "adversary" in Hebrew, paired with a goat-headed figure drawn in the 19th century.In this narrative the two merge and hide throughout logos and secret-society symbols.
Established facts
Satan means "adversary" in Hebrew.In Christian tradition, Satan is depicted as a fallen angel who rebelled against God.Baphomet is a goat-headed figure drawn by 19th-century French occultist Éliphas Lévi.Lévi described the image as merging the opposites of male and female, good and evil, light and dark, into one symbol.The pentagram is a five-pointed star symbol used since around 3000 BCE in Sumer.Albert Pike was the highest-ranking leader of 19th-century American Scottish Rite Freemasonry.The modern Church of Satan is an atheistic, individualist organization founded by Anton LaVey in 1966.
In this narrativeThe inverted pentagram as inversion
In this narrative, a normal pentagram has the element of spirit at its top point1.Baphomet's pentagram inserts a goat's head and reverses this order1.Placing spirit in the lowest position is what "inversion" means1.This picture reads that inversion as materialism overturning the natural order1.Water and earth are classed as feminine, passive elements; fire and air as masculine, active elements1.Within this framework, the inverted pentagram becomes established as a symbol of Satanism1.
In this narrativeQuotes from high-ranking leaders
Albert Pike's book "Morals and Dogma" is cited as teaching that "Lucifer is their god"1.Aleister Crowley is introduced as "the father of modern Satanism"1.Manly P.Hall's writing is also said to mention a spiritual bargain with Lucifer1.This leads to the conclusion that Freemasonry regards Lucifer as humanity's liberator1.The context and page numbers around the quotations are not given1.
In this narrativeSatan in product logos
This picture takes as its premise that most of the world's media and corporations are run by Satanists1.On that premise, it goes hunting for symbols in logos.Nike, Internet Explorer, Target, and Nissan logos make the list1.Pentagrams and hexagrams, unfinished pyramids, and the number 666 also join the list1.The bite mark in the Apple logo is read as a symbol of Eve's original sin in the Garden of Eden1.Once you learn to recognize these symbols, they turn up everywhere1.
In this narrativeSaturn as the root
In this narrative, the root of the name Satan is Saturn.A god who governs time and death shifts into a god of darkness and winter, and then into Satan.Carbon's atomic structure adding up to 666 is one step along this same connecting path1.So Satan and Baphomet are read not as separate symbols but as branches split from a single root, Saturn.
Connected concepts
- Saturn →This picture traces the root of the name Satan back to Saturn.The myth returns to a story about a planet.
- 666 →Where carbon's atomic structure and the Star of David overlap is where Satan's number becomes 666.
- Freemasonry →The two stories meet at the fact that Albert Pike's quote belongs to Freemasonry's highest-ranking leader.
- Bohemian Grove →The moment the owl statue is read as Moloch, a summer-camp story turns into a Satan-worship story.
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