Baphomet is an occult figure whose history connects the medieval trial of the Knights Templar, nineteenth-century ceremonial symbolism, twentieth-century Satanic iconography, and the modern public imagery of The Satanic Temple. The familiar goat-headed, winged, androgynous figure is not a medieval portrait of a secret Templar god. It was created in the nineteenth century by the French occultist Éliphas…
The Watchers are heavenly beings whose descent, teachings, and punishment are narrated in 1 Enoch. Their literary identity must be distinguished from later religious interpretations.
1 Enoch brings together accounts of heavenly beings, judgment, celestial order, and righteousness. It is a composite work rather than a single continuous biography of Enoch.
Semjaza is a leading figure in the Enochic account of the Watchers’ oath and descent. His role differs from the teaching and punishment associated with Azazel.
Belial appears in biblical religious language and later spirit catalogues. These uses should be distinguished rather than treated as one unchanged biography.
Sigils are graphic signs used in particular magical systems. Historical spirit seals, ceremonial figures, and modern personal signs should be distinguished.
A Goetic marquis described as a green-clad archer associated with conflict and arrow wounds.
A Goetic duke associated with herbs, precious stones, and sudden travel between countries.
A Goetic marquis in phoenix form, associated with poetry, learning, and a hope of heavenly restoration.
A Goetic spirit with a winged bull form, associated with wit and transformations of liquids and metals.
A many-faced Goetic duke carrying a book, associated with thoughts, knowledge, and visions of other people.
The religious and philosophical tradition associated with Aleister Crowley and The Book of the Law.
The three-chapter revelatory text at the center of Thelema, also titled Liber AL vel Legis.
The second part of the Lemegeton, arranging aerial spirits through princes, directions, and wandering hierarchies.
Agrippa’s Renaissance synthesis of natural, celestial, and religious magic.
A grimoire built around religious preparation, the guardian angel, and subsequent work with spirits and magical squares.
The Slavonic Enochic work also known as the Book of the Secrets of Enoch, describing ascent, creation, and instruction.
The Hebrew Enochic work associated with heavenly palaces and Enoch’s transformation into Metatron.
A retelling of Genesis and early Exodus arranged through jubilees, with angelic revelation, calendar teaching, and expanded narratives.