v_public_wisdom_knowledge_beings: 1

Wisdom deities, scribal gods, and knowledge-bearing figures.

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rowid	entity_id	canonical_name	tradition	category	primary_domains	short_note
1	ENT_REC_BAPHOMET_LEVI	Baphomet (Lévi)	19th-century occultism	Personified Abstraction	magic; occult synthesis; polarity; wisdom; modern reception	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.