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A serpent or dragon consuming its own tail, it is a symbol of infinity, unity, and the cycle of death and rebirth. Pentacle: Mesopotamia: An ancient symbol of a unicursal five-pointed star circumscribed by a circle with many meanings, including but not limited to, the five wounds of Christ and the five elements (earth, fire, water, air, and soul).
This symbol was later reproduced in A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural by Maurice Bessy. [6] Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan, acquired Bessy's book during his research into the "black arts". LaVey adapted the symbol from Bessy's book, with the "Samael" and "Lilith" text removed.
[1] [28] It was this image that was later adopted as the official symbol—called the Sigil of Baphomet—of the Church of Satan, and continues to be used among Satanists. [74] 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
The church uses a cartoonish version of the Christian devil as its logo as a symbol of rebellion and intellectual questioning, although it specifically rejects the concept of Satan as a ...
In January 2014, the Satanic Temple announced plans to also crowdfund [19] and privately commission a 7-to-9-foot-tall bronze statue of Baphomet [18] to be displayed alongside the Christian monument, both statues being legally classified as "donations". [20] The Satanic Temple ultimately raised over $28,000 to finance and build the statue of ...
The Infernal Names is a compiled list of adversarial or antihero figures from mythology intended for use in Satanic ritual. The following names are as listed in The Satanic Bible (1969), written by Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey. [1]
The Temple believes in reason, empathy and the pursuit of knowledge, its website FAQ helpfully explains. And it doesn’t worship Satan. “Satan is a symbol of the Eternal Rebel in opposition to ...
His remarks are worth taking a moment to read in full, but most saliently, he wrote, “I certainly find a display from the Satanic Temple objectionable. It stands in direct opposition to my faith ...