Sigil of Baphomet

The Sigil of Baphomet is the official insignia of the Church of Satan, founded 1966.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The sigil has been called a "material pentagram" representational of carnality and earthy principles.^[5] The Church describes the symbol as the "...preeminent visual distillation of the iconoclastic philosophy of Satanism."

While the eponymous Baphomet had been depicted as a goat-headed figure since at least 1856, the goat's head inside an inverted pentagram was largely popularized by the modern Church of Satan.

^ Hurst, Janet (15 August 2014). Extraordinary Goats: Meetings with Remarkable Goats, Caprine Wonders & Horned Troublemakers. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760345658.
^ Davies, Owen (2010). Grimoires: A History of Magic Books. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-959004-9.
^ "The History of the Origin of the Sigil of Baphomet and its Use in the Church of Satan". Church of Satan. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
^ Lewis 2001, pp. 20–21.
^ Lewis & Controversial New Religions, pp. 417.

[google.com-1] Hurst, Janet (15 August 2014). Extraordinary Goats: Meetings with Remarkable Goats, Caprine Wonders & Horned Troublemakers. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760345658.

[2] Davies, Owen (2010). Grimoires: A History of Magic Books. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-959004-9.

[costm-3] "The History of the Origin of the Sigil of Baphomet and its Use in the Church of Satan". Church of Satan. Retrieved 2024-07-30.

[FOOTNOTELewis200120–21-4] Lewis 2001, pp. 20–21.

[FOOTNOTELewisControversial_New_Religions417-5] Lewis & Controversial New Religions, pp. 417.

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