Baphomet
<p><strong>Baphomet</strong> (<span class="nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a title="Help:IPA/English" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/<span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈbæfoʊmɛt</span>/</a></span></span>;<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact">[<em><a title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></em>]</sup> from <a title="Medieval Latin" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Latin">Medieval Latin</a> <em>Baphometh</em>, <em>Baffometi</em>, <a title="Occitan language" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitan_language">Occitan</a> <em>Bafometz</em>) is a deity that the <a title="Knights Templar" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar">Knights Templar</a> were falsely accused of worshipping and that subsequently was incorporated into disparate occult and mystical traditions.</p>
<p>The name Baphomet appeared in trial transcripts for the Inquisition of the Knights Templar starting in 1307.<sup id="cite_ref-Michelet_1-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baphomet?wprov=sfla1#cite_note-Michelet-1">[1]</a></sup> It first came into popular English usage in the 19th century during debate and speculation on the reasons for the suppression of the Templars.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baphomet?wprov=sfla1#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup></p>
<p>Since 1856, the name Baphomet has been associated with a "Sabbatic Goat" image drawn by <a class="mw-redirect" title="Eliphas Levi" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliphas_Levi">Eliphas Levi</a><sup id="cite_ref-Waite_3-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baphomet?wprov=sfla1#cite_note-Waite-3">[3]</a></sup> which contains binary elements representing the "sum total of the universe" (e.g. male and female, good and evil, on and off, etc.).<sup id="cite_ref-Guiley2008_4-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baphomet?wprov=sfla1#cite_note-Guiley2008-4">[4]</a></sup> 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.</p>