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"One of the most hidden secrets involves the so-called fall of Angels. Satan and his rebellious host will thus prove to have become the direct Saviours and Creators of divine man. Thus Satan, once he ceases to be viewed in the superstitious spirit of the church, grows into the grandiose image. It is Satan who is the God of our planet and the only God."
-Sister H.P. Blavatsky
The Secret Doctrine
"This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade “Know Thyself!” and taught Initiation. He is “the Devil” of the Book of Thoth, and His emblem is BAPHOMET, the Androgyne who is the hieroglyph of arcane perfection."
-Aleister Crowley
Magick in Theory and Practice
"The symbol of Baphomet was used by the Knights of Templar to represent Satan. Through the ages this symbol has been called by many different names. Among these are: The Goat of Mendes, The Goat of a Thousand Young, The Black Goat, The Judas Goat, and perhaps most appropriately, The Scapegoat.
Baphomet represents the Powers of Darkness combined with the generative ferility of the goat. In Satanism, the pentagram is inverted, representing a denial of man's spirituality, to perfectly accomodate the head of a Goat--its horns representing duality, thrust upward in defiance; the other three points inverted, or the trinity denied. The Hebraic figures around the outer circle of the symbol which stem from the magical teachings of the Kabala, spell out "L V Y Th N" (or "Leviathan"), the serpent of the watery abyss, and identified with Satan. These figures correspond to the five points of the inverted star."
-Anton Szandor Lavey
The Satanic Bible