Mystical Angels

My personal choice of a Satanic symbol is a simple silver interwoven

Summary: My personal choice of a Satanic symbol is a simple silver interwoven inverted pentagram the one pictured above to be exact Guess I am old fashioned that way but I just like its uncomplicated straight line design and general aesthetics This is the one I wear Another symbol used mostly by people who call themselves Satanists as a form of rebellion or follow the evil fictional literature definition particularly literature that detailed Le Messe Noir Satanic of the 15th century is the upside down or reversed cross In the minds of many the reversed cross is a sign of blasphemy and disrespect against Christianity However the symbol known as the cross has mystical origins that date back to around 4700 B C and it therefore predates Christianity Many mystical symbols would be inverted to represent their opposite attribute in the pre Judeo Christian period when they were used in the worship of nature gods and goddesses Recorded history has documented the use of the cross as an execution device in the Roman Republic around 500 B C Centuries before Christ According to Christian Doctrine when it came time for Peter to be crucified he asked that he be crucified on an upside down reverse cross for he considered himself not worthy to be crucified on the same upright cross as Jesus As a result of Peter s humility the reverse cross became known as St Peter s cross and is a symbol of humility not a true symbol of the Satanist or Satanism However inverted crosses are and have been used in Satanic psychodrama The Church of Satan created their own unique trademarked Baphomet which many Satanists identify with in the form of pendants rings and banners The Church of Satan Baphomet features the head of a goat within an inverted pentagram inside a perimeter of two circles with the word �Leviathan� written between the inner and outer circle in Hebrew However you do not have to be a card carrying member of the Church of Satan to wear one To make matters even more confusing there are a lot of design knock offs and original versions that look very close to the Church�s trademarked Baphomet So don�t automatically think that anyone who wears a Baphomet is a Satanist or even knows what Satanism really is all about The only sure thing is that the Baphomet is not used by pagans Wiccans or masons The Baphomet is a sigil that has been associated with Satanism particularly in the 20th century as a result of its identification by Oswald Wirth in his 1931 �La Franc Maconnerie Rendue Intelligible a ces Adeptes Deuxieme Partie Le Compagnon� by Maurice Bessy in 1964 in his �A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural� and in 1966 by Anton Szandor LaVey founder of the Church of Satan when it became an integral sigil of the Church of Satan The term Baphomet first appeared in 12th century French recorded history chronicling the Roman Catholic Inquisition and the Knights Templar It must be stated that in the middle ages the Baphomet was a representative idol of a pagan god not specifically Satan Over the centuries the term Baphomet has been used to describe a specially prepared skull or animal head for ritual a statue or graphic depiction of the Goat of Mendes and in the 19th century a sigil of an inverted pentagram with the head of the Goat of Mendes superimposed over it It is this 19th century version that is popular amongst Satanists The Baphomet may or may not have a circular border around it with characters or symbols opposite each point of the pentagram My personal choice of a Satanic symbol is a simple silver interwoven inverted pentagram the one pictured above to be exact Guess I am old fashioned that way but I just like its uncomplicated straight line design and general aesthetics This is the one I wear Another symbol used mostly by people who call themselves Satanists as a form of rebellion or follow the evil fictional literature definition particularly literature that detailed Le Messe Noir Satanic of the 15th century is the upside down or reversed cross In the minds of many the reversed cross is a sign of blasphemy and disrespect against Christianity However the symbol known as the cross has mystical origins that date back to around 4700 B C and it therefore predates Christianity Many mystical symbols would be inverted to represent their opposite attribute in the pre Judeo Christian period when they were used in the worship of nature gods and goddesses Recorded history has documented the use of the cross as an execution device in the Roman Republic around 500 B C Centuries before Christ According to Christian Doctrine when it came time for Peter to be crucified he asked that he be crucified on an upside down reverse cross for he considered himself not worthy to be crucified on the same upright cross as Jesus As a result of Peter s humility the reverse cross became known as St Peter s cross and is a symbol of humility not a true symbol of the Satanist or Satanism However inverted crosses are and have been used in Satanic psychodrama The Church of Satan created their own unique trademarked Baphomet which many Satanists identify with in the form of pendants rings and banners The Church of Satan Baphomet features the head of a goat within an inverted pentagram inside a perimeter of two circles with the word �Leviathan� written between the inner and outer circle in Hebrew However you do not have to be a card carrying member of the Church of Satan to wear one To make matters even more confusing there are a lot of design knock offs and original versions that look very close to the Church�s trademarked Baphomet So don�t automatically think that anyone who wears a Baphomet is a Satanist or even knows what Satanism really is all about The only sure thing is that the Baphomet is not used by pagans Wiccans or masons The Baphomet is a sigil that has been associated with Satanism particularly in the 20th century as a result of its identification by Oswald Wirth in his 1931 �La Franc Maconnerie Rendue Intelligible a ces Adeptes Deuxieme Partie Le Compagnon� by Maurice Bessy in 1964 in his �A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural� and in 1966 by Anton Szandor LaVey founder of the Church of Satan when it became an integral sigil of the Church of Satan The term Baphomet first appeared in 12th century French recorded history chronicling the Roman Catholic Inquisition and the Knights Templar It must be stated that in the middle ages the Baphomet was a representative idol of a pagan god not specifically Satan Over the centuries the term Baphomet has been used to describe a specially prepared skull or animal head for ritual a statue or graphic depiction of the Goat of Mendes and in the 19th century a sigil of an inverted pentagram with the head of the Goat of Mendes superimposed over it It is this 19th century version that is popular amongst Satanists The Baphomet may or may not have a circular border around it with characters or symbols opposite each point of the pentagram

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