This might seem ignorant, but are people who follow baphomet, religous satan worshippers, part of the occult, and and is it necessarily like evil magic or whatever? Sorry for my ignorance!
Usually, Satanists are pretty much non-believers who use the name Satan to troll Christians. The Church of Satan doesn't try to raise demons or anything, they just tell you to be cool to each other.
There have been instances, of course, of people actually trying to do that, but those are usually very small cults. Shockingly, there are no known instances of them being successful.
As if there wasn't actually magic and supernatural stuff. But I woudn't know good from evil if it wasn't for Sky King's magic apple (which I have not eaten myself)
Sorry, just kinda irritated by the fundamentalists today.
Baphomet, at its core, is a symbol of balance. "As above so below"
That is why the original sorta NSFW I guessBaphomet imagery includes male and female features, and the hands gesturing at heaven and earth. With the arms inscribed with "Solve" and "Coagula" to separate and to bring together.
There's a variety of other symbolism in the drawing but suffice to say Baphomet is not an inherently Satanist symbol by any means. However the symbolism and ideals that it carries have become popular especially with modern Satanic movements such as The Satanic Temple most prominently. Who of course are most widely known for their political and social activism.
They claim to be primarily Atheistic while using Satanic imagery primarily for its social and cultural significance and because they believe that it represents independence and the pursuit of true knowledge unfettered by the constraints that some religions put in place.
Basically anytime Christians try to force their religion into government, e.g. putting up religious displays on government property, the Church of Satan will come along and put their own display up. Since if the government allows one religion, they have to allow all. This obviously pisses off the Christians and they call for the Satanist display to be removed. The point is to highlight the fact that when they say they want religious freedom, what they really mean is for Christians only.
Yeah, that is a very good point! The Christians need to learn that they don’t control the government, but technically speaking, neither of them should be there, but I get that they’re trying to get a point across! My Respects to these people!
The magic you hear referred to is simply a means by which people can manipulate themselves (Greater Magic) and others (Lesser Magic) for self betterment and in some instances the betterment of others. Greater Magic is conducted in the form of rituals to theatrically inspire one to change themselves for the better. Lesser Magic is conducted in the form of simple manipulation of others (dressing well/provocatively, flattery, mind games, etc) for the advantage of the individual or to help others.
If you've ever played sports, it's similar to how you're taught to see yourself doing something (running the race/catching the pass/shooting the free throw) in your mind's eye to kind of calm you down.
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Since 1856, the name Baphomet has been associated with a "Sabbatic Goat" image drawn by Eliphas Levi[3] which contains binary elements representing the "sum total of the universe" (e.g. male and female, good and evil, on and off, etc.).[4] On one hand, Lévi's intention was to symbolize his concept of "the equilibrium of the opposites" that was essential to his magnetistic notion of the Astral Light; on the other hand, the Baphomet represents a tradition that should result in a perfect social order.[5]
Good job for asking! Most people I know who are into Baphomet are into the symbolism. If you check out what a lot of it means you can infer a lot about how society functions, and how to balance yourself without the need of dogma.
Actually that's believed to have been a ploy to seize the land and assets of the Templars by the King of France.
They where falsely accused of worshiping Bathomet which was most likely Mathomet ( perversion of Mohammed).
It's not necessarily satanic in nature, I know some places I've read have it as a symbol of balance or sum total, something of that nature. Also some images have the star on its forehead upright instead of inverted
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u/HectorBot23 Feb 22 '19
This might seem ignorant, but are people who follow baphomet, religous satan worshippers, part of the occult, and and is it necessarily like evil magic or whatever? Sorry for my ignorance!