Abraxas365
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First of all let me say that I am not a Satanist. I am actually a Gnostic/Hermeticist so I am VERY well versed with the occult. There is however something that I would like Satanists to think about. The following is something that I posted under the Gnosticism DIR:
I am sure that most people are well aware of the legends surrounding the Knights Templars. One thing that I wanted to say was that when you hear historians talking about the Templars being persecuted because of blasphemy, they will often say "it was falsely accused". In fact now a days the issue is entirely ignored because the Catholic Church has apologized for their persecutions of 700 years ago (that doesn't say anything about what the templars were ACTUALLY DOING LOL). In all actuality though it is fairly obvious who the identity of the skull and crossbones were. It was Simon Magus. Historians often deny this secret part of history altogether but when you dig into it you see that they only seem to want to keep their orthodox history in tact. Now the other claim is that Baphomet was some sort of demon....wrong! Baphomet is pretty much equivalent to the Gnostic Sophia (Wisdom). Baphomet (Simon Magus) was seen as the father of all wisdom by the Templars who were in fact secret Gnostics (another thing denied by historians). It is incredible how history has completely kept in tact so much of what we see right in front us and yet it is interpreted completely wrong. I can write quite a bit about this topic but this is something that I had to get out there.
I see Satanists all the time thinking that this or that symbol is Satanic. Truth be told however a lot of the symbols that Satanists believe to be Satanic are in truth Hermetic/Gnostic and were perverted by the Catholic Church deliberately. In fact I might go as far as to say that ALL so called Satanic symbols are actually Gnostic. Satanists often times don't understand the meaning of their symbols. Not to worry though Christians don't understand it either. It just annoys me that these symbols are not properly understood by either group. Baphomet is merely one example of what I am talking about.
I am sure that most people are well aware of the legends surrounding the Knights Templars. One thing that I wanted to say was that when you hear historians talking about the Templars being persecuted because of blasphemy, they will often say "it was falsely accused". In fact now a days the issue is entirely ignored because the Catholic Church has apologized for their persecutions of 700 years ago (that doesn't say anything about what the templars were ACTUALLY DOING LOL). In all actuality though it is fairly obvious who the identity of the skull and crossbones were. It was Simon Magus. Historians often deny this secret part of history altogether but when you dig into it you see that they only seem to want to keep their orthodox history in tact. Now the other claim is that Baphomet was some sort of demon....wrong! Baphomet is pretty much equivalent to the Gnostic Sophia (Wisdom). Baphomet (Simon Magus) was seen as the father of all wisdom by the Templars who were in fact secret Gnostics (another thing denied by historians). It is incredible how history has completely kept in tact so much of what we see right in front us and yet it is interpreted completely wrong. I can write quite a bit about this topic but this is something that I had to get out there.
I see Satanists all the time thinking that this or that symbol is Satanic. Truth be told however a lot of the symbols that Satanists believe to be Satanic are in truth Hermetic/Gnostic and were perverted by the Catholic Church deliberately. In fact I might go as far as to say that ALL so called Satanic symbols are actually Gnostic. Satanists often times don't understand the meaning of their symbols. Not to worry though Christians don't understand it either. It just annoys me that these symbols are not properly understood by either group. Baphomet is merely one example of what I am talking about.