Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic
Baphomet in Lévi
The illustration commentary calls the Sabbatic Goat a pantheistic and magical figure of the Absolute. Its torch represents equilibrating intelligence, while the hands point to contrasted lunar crescents. The upright pentagram on its forehead is identified as human intelligence beneath the flame of revelation. The commentary combines several bodies and signs into one deliberately synthetic figure.
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Principal account
InterpretationThe illustration commentary calls the Sabbatic Goat a pantheistic and magical figure of the Absolute. Its torch represents equilibrating intelligence, while the hands point to contrasted lunar crescents.
Further detail
InterpretationThe upright pentagram on its forehead is identified as human intelligence beneath the flame of revelation. The commentary combines several bodies and signs into one deliberately synthetic figure.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows Lévi’s argument in Waite’s English translation. The entry concerns Lévi’s designed emblem; his claims about medieval or ancient worship are not adopted as proven history. The correspondences are attributed to this occult synthesis rather than presented as a universal account of every earlier tradition.
Original passages
Source 1
Transcendental Magic
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Location recorded at citation review: Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic; active reader leaf 28
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Source 2
Transcendental Magic
symbol of human intelligenceOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic; active reader leaf 28
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0026-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0026-E001-P0028
- Original scan leaf
- 28
- Recorded leaf number
- 28
- Current Reader position
- 22
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed