Were did Ball, Molech, and baphomet come from?We know tophets could be found already in 3000 bc
Baphomet doesn’t exist until Eliphas Levi’s illustration in the 19th century. As for its origins with the Templars, confessions range everything from mummified heads to cats.
Modern baphomet is a PR symbol created by the libertarian organisation the church of Satan to be deliberately provocative It doesn’t have historical existence outside of random made up bullshit. As above said, the image we have of it now was just made up by Elias Levi in the 19th centuryAny of these esotericists. Just look at their works and they make shit up and say their source is magic lolAs for the templars they were a mix of innocent and persecuted to steal their cash, or at least some were guilty of run in secret societies that the establishment deemed too powerful and thus dangerous. Some of these would include some weird rituals like the Freemasons and thus be easy to conclude they were secretly occultists.The wide range of confessions is because you’d confess to worshipping the red goat man who eats kids if you’re being tortured and know they just want to hear you’re an evil occultist (even better if you can get free by ratting in others and claiming they were the ones doing it)All this being said. Satanic worshipping cults that abuse children and murder people do exist. The whole satanic panic media circus was deliberately crafted to make people think it was all bullshit and ridiculous.
>>18222697>Any of these esotericists. Just look at their works and they make shit up and say their source is magic lolNigga all symbolism is “made up”.
>>18222710Symbols are revealed no “made-up”.
>>18222710His point is that they literally invented the thing from whole cloth. Which is dreadfully common among esotericists. Like Blavatsky making up an 'eastern Kabbalah' (because India = Ancient = more powerful) because the real one wasn't tickling her enough.
>>18222723I hate Occultists so fucking much. Western Occultism (at leasy since 18th century) is just a neverending parade of schizos and con-men.Before that they have their cool guys though. like Böhme or Paracelsus.
>>18222720Where is the distinction made?
>>18222593Baphomet is a medieval mispronunciation of the french equivalent to Muhammad (Mahomet) which some random larper in the 19th century would later spontaneously depict as le spooky goat man. It's not from the bible, it's not spooky ancient mesopotamian shit, it's literally just a 19th century fictional character named after a historical thing.
>>18222593Baal was just the God the Israelites' palestianian rivals worshipped. He was very popular in the Levant during the late bronze age and early Iron ages. The Phoenicians also worshipped him. Moloch may not have been a God but instead a child sacrifice ritual for fertility.We aren't too sure about Moloch.A funny thing is that one of the three Magii from the epiphany was name Baalthazar.
