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Baphomet (băf`əmĕt), idol or mystical figure that the Knights Templars Knights Templars (tĕm`plərz) ..... Click the link for more information. were accused of worshiping in the 14th cent. Apparently the name was unknown before that time in Western demonology. Its origin is disputed: it may have been a distorted form of Mahomet (Muhammad Muhammad (məhăm`əd) [Arab.,=praised], 570?–632, the name of the Prophet of Islam , one of the great figures of history, b. ..... Click the link for more information. ); it may have been of Greek origin. Baphomet fabled image; allegedly a Templar fetish. [Medieval Legend: Walsh Classical, 46] See : Idolatry How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Readers will learn of the relationship of John the Baptist and the Mandean from Sri Lanka; the mystery of Baphomet (the Templar "Demon"); the gnostic and sexual tantric rites practiced by the Knights Templar; the alchemy and mystery of the Black Madonna; secrets of the Rosslyn Chapel and the Sinclairs of Scotland; the mysteries of the Freemasons and Johannites; and the Knight Templars of today. The details must remain a secret between myself and my colleague Baphomet, who befriended the Templars. Which is fortuitous, because it just happens that although the demon Baphomet was bound by King Solomon, under instruction from Archangel Michael, in a headshaped receptacle and kept safe for several millennia, the bounds are weakening and only a human can reinstate them. |
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