entity_id,canonical_name,greek_name,tradition,entity_type,category,primary_domains,tags,cult_scope,primary_period,evidence_confidence,review_status,inclusion_basis,earth_association_score,chthonic_flag,serpent_flag,short_note,entity_class
ENT_REC_BAPHOMET_LEVI,Baphomet (Lévi),,19th-century occultism,Personified abstraction,Personified Abstraction,magic; occult synthesis; polarity; wisdom; modern reception,baphomet; lévi; occultism; 19th-century; modern reception; hermetic; kabbalistic; personified abstraction,,,A,reviewed,"Lévi, Dogme et rituel de la haute magie (1854-1856); Hanegraaff (ed.), Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism (2006)",,,,"Androgynous, goat-headed figure invented by Éliphas Lévi in Dogme et rituel de la haute magie (1854-1856) as a symbol of the occult absolute: the synthesis of all opposites (male/female, good/evil, matter/spirit). Lévi drew on the Templar trial accusations of 1307-1314 (in which the Knights Templar were charged with worshipping ""Baphomet"") but wholly transformed the figure — his Baphomet is a Hermetic and Kabbalistic symbol of universal polarity, not a continuation of any medieval cult. Hutton (1999) and Hanegraaff (2006) confirm no ancient deity ""Baphomet"" existed; the name and figure are Lévi's 19th-century creation. Later adapted by the Church of Satan (LaVey, 1966) and by various Wiccan and ceremonial-magic traditions.",abstraction