Baphomet

Since 1856, the name Baphomet has been associated with a "Sabbatic Goat" image drawn by Eliphas Lévi, pictured the above, on his arms bear the Latin words SOLVE (separate) and COAGULA (join together). It represents the The Hermetic Marriage, of male and female, as well as Heaven and Hell or night and day, signified by the raising of one arm and the downward gesture of the other. It can be taken to represent any of the major harmonious dichotomies of the cosmos. 

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"According to Levi, Baphomet should be spelled cabalistically backwards, and consists of three abbreviations : TEM. OHP. AB., templi omnium hominumpacis abbas, (the father of the temple of universal peace among men).” – Orders of the Quest, The Holy Grail (Adept Series) by Manly P. Hall pg  37 

Baphomet, the goat of Mendes, is a term  used to describe a deity  worshipped by the Knights Templar, and subsequently incorporated into disparate occult and mystical traditions.

"This is the same force which the Knights Templars were accused of worshiping under the name of the Goat of Mendes. The astral light is the sphere of sorcery or what the ancients termed “infernal magic.” The ruler of this sphere is the great fire prince, Samael, who is supposed to have taken upon himself the form of a serpent when he seduced Eve." - Atlantis: An Interpretation Manly P. Hall pg.18

“This serpent, Satan, is not the enemy of Man, be He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade “Know Thyself!: and taught Initiation.  He is “the Devil” of the book of Troth, and His emblem is Baphomet, and Androgyne who is the hieroglyph of arcane perfection.”  (Aleister Crowley) Magick: In Theory and Practice p. 193)

"A pantheistic and magical figure of the Absolute. The torch placed between the two horns represents the equilibrating intelligence of the triad. The goat's head, which is synthetic, and unites some characteristics of the dog, bull, and ass, represents the exclusive responsibility of matter and the expiation of bodily sins in the body. The hands are human, to exhibit the sanctity of labour ; they make the sign of esotericism above and below, to impress mystery on initiates, and they point at two lunar crescents, the upper being white and the lower black, to explain the correspondences of good and evil, mercy and justice. The lower part of the body is veiled, portraying the mysteries of universal generation, which is expressed solely by the symbol of the caduceus. The belly of the goat is scaled, and should be coloured green ; the semi-circle above should be blue ; the plumage, reaching to the breast, should be of various hues. The goat has female breasts, and thus its only human characteristics are those of maternity and toil, otherwise the signs of redemption. On its forehead, between the horns and beneath the torch, is the sign of the microcosm, or the pentagram with one beam in the ascendant, symbol of human intelligence, which, placed thus below the torch, makes the flame of the latter an image of divine revelation. This Pantheos should be seated on a cube, and its footstool should be a single ball, or a ball and a triangular stool. In our design we have given the former only to avoid complicating the figure."
—Eliphas Levi, Transcendental magic, its doctrine and ritual


Baphomet has been connected with Satanism as well, primarily due to the adoption of its symbol by the Church of Satan.

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Baphomet imagery is part of the background of society.

Kid
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kid(s) may refer to
Young goats, or leather made from their hides
Goat meat from young goats
Kidding, or joking

Common slang for child

The Ram (formerly the Dodge Ram) uses the goat head as its logo.

Enthroned Washington (1840), by Horatio Greenough, National Museum of American History.

Madonna performed at the 2012 Super Bowl XLVI halftime show using Baphomet imagery.

Beyoncé alter ego Sasha Fierce as Baphomet. She even wore a  Baphomet ring.