About Venom and Baphomet

Taken from Wikipedia:

"Baphomet appears in many works of horror and fantasy fiction. It is usually depicted as a demon per Lévi's interpretation, but often bowdlerized to remove the hermaphroditic aspects and bare breasts.

Baphomet is one of many demons popularly referenced in black metal music and related artwork, such as in the lyrics of the English band VENOM

Baphomet, as Lévi's illustration suggests, has occasionally been portrayed as a synonym of Satan or a demon, a member of the hierarchy of Hell. Baphomet appears in that guise as a character in James Blish's The Day After Judgment. Christian evangelist Jack Chick claims that Baphomet is a demon worshipped by Freemasons, a claim that apparently originated with the Taxil hoax. Lévi's Baphomet is clearly derived from the Tarot image of the Devil. The downward-pointing pentagram on its forehead is enlarged upon by Lévi in his illustration of a goat's head arranged within such a pentagram, which he contrasts with the microcosmic man arranged within a similar but upright pentagram.

The symbol of the goat in the downward-pointed pentagram was adopted as the official symbol of the Church of Satan, and continues to be used amongst Satanists."

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Lyrics by venom were Baphomet is mentioned:
Buried alive: "Summon the dead...Baphomets call.. Blood on my hands.."
Sacrifice: "pentagram with baphomet midnight strikes"
Dont burn the witch: "calling demon baphomet"
Possessed: "I answer to Baphomet's call"
Shadow king: "The rising power of Baphomet is all that he can trust"

 

 


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