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The goat on the frontispiece carries the sign of the pentagram on the forehead, with one point at the top, a symbol of light, his two hands forming the sign of occultism, the one pointing up to the white moon of Chesed, the other pointing down to the black one of Geburah. This sign expresses the perfect harmony of mercy with justice.
This symbol was later reproduced in A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural by Maurice Bessy. [6] Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan, acquired Bessy's book during his research into the "black arts". LaVey adapted the symbol from Bessy's book, with the "Samael" and "Lilith" text removed.
Garlanded bucrania on a frieze from the Samothrace temple complex Bucranium on the frieze of the Temple of Vespasian and Titus in Rome.. Bucranium (pl. bucrania; from Latin būcrānium, from Ancient Greek βουκράνιον (boukránion) 'ox's head', referring to the skull of an ox) was a form of carved decoration commonly used in Classical architecture.
The actual image of a goat in a downward-pointing pentagram first appeared in the 1897 book La Clef de la Magie Noire by Stanislas de Guaita, later adopted as the official symbol—called the Sigil of Baphomet—of the Church of Satan, and continues to be used among Satanists.
A student described IU's last mascot as "the most asinine and ridiculous-looking character anyone could have dreamed up."
Depicting Baphomet, a goat-headed, angel-winged humanoid symbol of the occult, [4] the statue stands 8.5 feet (2.6 m) tall, weighing over 3,000 lb (1,400 kg), and includes a prominent pentagram as well as two smiling youths gazing up at the seated central figure.
GOAT, which stands for "Greatest Of All Time," is the ultimate compliment of all compliments. While the acronym can be applied to describe any Decoded: What GOAT means and how to use it
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Simone Biles put on a sparkly goat necklace after winning her sixth Olympic gold medal—here's what it meant.