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Baphomet: Lévi’s Signed Goat-Headed Design
A winged, goat-headed figure sits cross-legged with a flame rising between its horns. One hand points upwards and the other downwards, beside opposing crescents. A star marks the forehead, a double-serpent staff occupies the torso, and inscriptions run along the arms. The signed design appears between the doctrine section and the introduction to the ritual. Its lower inscription names Éliphas Lévi as designer; a separate engraver is not identified. The complete flame, wings, crescent, hooves and signature are retained. The catalogue describes what is visible rather than assigning a separate ritual instruction to every attribute. Baphomet is included as a discovery subject, while the title stays close to the pictured form and this particular reproduction.
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Éliphas Lévi (signed design); engraver unidentified. "Baphomet: Lévi’s Signed Goat-Headed Design" [editorial title]. In Transcendental Magic, Éliphas Lévi. 1896, George Redway. Source scan leaf 206. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/transcendental-magic-plate-206
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Complete source scan actually viewed, surrounding prose read, and exact active PageRef duplicate-screened. Complete design and captions retained; original monochrome reproduction without reconstruction. Final crops actually inspected; complete image boundaries, lettering and captions retained.
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Éliphas Lévi (signed design); engraver unidentified. Baphomet: Lévi’s Signed Goat-Headed Design. Transcendental Magic. Scan leaf 206. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/transcendental-magic-plate-206