Church of Satan
Satanism is usually denoted by inverted crosses or crucifixes and blasphemous parodies of Christian art. There are also images of goats and devils, and demons along with their sigils from grimoires all used to represent the "satanic." However, the complete graphic which we now call "Sigil of Baphomet" only became associated as the foremost symbol of Satanism in the public and media consciousness after the founding of the Church of Satan.
The Church of Satan founded in 1966 in San Francisco, adopted another rendition of baphomet to symbolise satanism. The symbol is a goats head drawn within an inverted pentagram, enclosed in an outer circle, hebraic figures at each point in the pentagram spell out 'Leviathan', a huge water serpent associated with the Devil. In Church of Satan rituals, the sigil of Baphomet is hung on the wall behind the alter. The Baphomet may also be used as a medallion.
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