#djedet

They're also great cooks, so no wonder they end up making everyone hungry!

Demonologists in early modern times often imagined Satan as manifesting himself as a goat or satyr, because goats had a reputation for lustful behavior and were used in the iconography of pre-Christian gods like Pan and the goat of Mendes. The occultist Eliphas Levi in his Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie (1855) drew an image of the fictitious medieval idol Baphomet that conflated it with the goat of Mendes and the imagery of the Satanic satyr. The image of the satyr-like Baphomet and its supposed connection with Mendes has since been repeated by various occultists, conspiracy theorists, and neopagans.

There’s a pretty good chance that you’ve heard the name Baphomet somewhere before and no doubt equate it with the darker side of western occultism. My focus, however, is not occultism but the origins of what this creature is said to be based upon: the Goat of Mendes (or Mendean Ram) mentioned by Herodotus. Mendes is the Greek name for Djedet, Egypt. This city’s Egyptian patron deity was named Banebdjedet, and was considered to be the soul of Osiris by the Egyptians. The Greeks worshiped Pan, satyrs and a specific ‘he-goat’. “Ba” - the conscience section of the soul, usually depicted as a human-headed bird in Egyptian art; “Neb” - Lord; Djedet - the city’s name; Banebdjedet roughly means “Ba soul of the lord of Djedet”. To end this fun little post, I’ll add that ‘Baphomet’ is a nonsensical utterance that is, at best, an amalgamation of the Egyptian “Ba” and “Mahomet”, which is how Europeans pronounced the name of Islam’s prophet, Muhammad. In any case, French occultist Eliphas Levi created the above drawing in 1854 or 1856 for use in his 2 volume occult works, Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie (Dogme 1854/Rituel 1856). ((Baphomet represents the Absolute in balance with itself.))     

   In the 1850’s, a French occultist named Eliphas Levi published ‘Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie’ and included an image of Baphomet  he had drawn himself. This is the famous depiction of Baphomet, complete with a goat’s head, wings, and female breasts. This image is steeped in dualism. On one arm is written “SOLVE” (meaning ‘separate’) and on the other “COAGULA” (meaning ‘join together’). Together “solve et coagula” is a reference to the alchemic concept of breaking something down to build something new. Each of these arms, one described as being female and the other male, are pointing to separate moons. Levi calls these moons Chesed, referring to the Sephiroth that represents God’s love/kindness, and Gevurah, the Sephiroth which represents the punitive aspect of God’s judgement. “This sign expresses the perfect harmony of mercy with justice.” Even the breasts, said to represent humanity, can be traced to the idea of divine androgyny, the idea that the first creations of god were born as one, androgynous form.The goat head is said to symbolize the “horror of the sinner, whose materially acting, solely responsible part has to bear the punishment exclusively”. Baphomet is sometimes called the Goat of Mendes, a god described by Herodotus as being the Greek god Pan but is more closely related to the Egyptian god, Djedet, who was the ram-headed god of Mendes. Though, if I may add, the “Bear punishment exclusively” part is reminiscent of the ritual of the scapegoat which is linked to the desert spirit/demon Azazel. In one myth, God even said to his arch angels “to him [Azazel]  ascribe all sin.” It’s this image of Baphomet that is most commonly known and often associated with Satanic organizations which is partially the reason why a lot of people mistakenly associate this image with the devil. I mean, if we’re to believe that the origins of Baphomet stem from a bastardization of “Mahomet” then it’s entire existence in the human psyche is based off the demonization and needless fear of differing beliefs.

I feel that these two spells are also important to share because they both mention Mehen [Mhn]-(The Coiled One) and the mysteries associated with him. Unfortunately, there is no hard evidence yet found (that I am aware of at the moment of this writing) that explains what these mysteries actually were. There is, however, a good deal of speculation among particular scholars of the recondite. 

Renenet and Meshkenet are the two goddesses who assign destiny. I’ll shorten their names to R and M for this post. R has a cobra head and M has a tall crown with loops on the top. They are shown in an image under a Ba bird. These two are part of the judgement of the afterlife, part of the birth into the afterlife. A birthing block is also in the image for a woman to put her feet on to give birth, this object is specifically associated with M. M was in the story of Red Djedet and she actually had dialogue, unlike Heket who we talked about earlier. Her dialogue contained her predicting the future of the children as they were born.

ASTRAL.LOGIC- #Capricorn (♑) is the tenth astrological sign in the #zodiac, originating from the constellation of Capricornus. It spans the 270–300th degree of the zodiac, corresponding to celestial longitude. Capricorn is ruled by the planet #Saturn. Under the #tropicalzodiac , the sun transits this area from December 25 to January 20 each year, and under the sidereal zodiac, the sun currently transits the constellation of Capricorn from approximately January 15 to February 14. In astrology, Capricorn is considered an earth sign, introvert sign,[1] and one of the four cardinal signs. #svperfvcker #sprfkr #astrallogic #xv #introvert #baphomet #djedet #pan #goatsabbatic #sabbaticgoat #moon