840 – Picture – Baphomet

Physical description:

A hand-coloured print of Eliphas Levi's Baphomet - a hermaphrodite, goat-headed figure with wings and a phallic caduceus. Possibly cut from an edition of Levi's book ('Transcendental Magic').

Museum classification:

Horned God

Information:

Below the picture: Baphomet - Tem - O H- P - AB
Templum Omnium Hominum
Pacis Abbas.
This same text is found on the back, with below it: 'Tempel aller Menschen, Abt des Friedens', which is German for [Temple of all people, abbot of peace]. Above it a curious symbol and 'Lord have mercy on us + Satan'. Coll. L. Richel.

Resource:

Picture

Materials:

Watercolours on paper

Copyright ownership:

Copyright to The Museum of Witchcraft Ltd.

Below the picture: Baphomet - Tem - O H- P - AB
Templum Omnium Hominum
Pacis Abbas.
This same text is found on the back, with below it: 'Tempel aller Menschen, Abt des Friedens', which is German for [Temple of all people, abbot of peace]. Above it a curious symbol and 'Lord have mercy on us + Satan'. Coll. L. Richel.