Path: ultra.sonic.net!jupiter.dnai.com!uunet!in4.uu.net!wn4feed!worldnet.att.net!135.173.83.225!attworldnet!newsadm From: "xepera" Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.mythology,alt.magick,talk.religion.misc Subject: Re: Ram of Mendes [WAS Re: Goat of Mendes (Baphomet)] Date: 19 Dec 1998 04:45:23 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Lines: 14 Message-ID: <75fb13$rr7@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> References: <328.415.51@intuition.org> <3679B58E.B3C@luckymojo.com> <367aa5e0.26094150@news.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.79.7.78 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Xref: ultra.sonic.net alt.magick.tyagi:14981 alt.mythology:46569 alt.magick:129653 talk.religion.misc:271718 You may have overshot the mark with your supposed ancient Egyptian origin of "baphomet." It may also be only a coincidence, but notice the name's similarity to (Ma)homet. If the Templars are to be included in the symbolic tangle, they would have been exposed during the crusades to medieval oriental civilization- including its rich mysticism; the "ba-" may refer to their own baptism, thus "Bap-" (Baptist) + (Ma) "-homet" = Bap-homet. The ritual meaning of this may have to do with mystical notions of the soul's profundity. Path: ultra.sonic.net!jupiter.dnai.com!uunet!in4.uu.net!wn4feed!worldnet.att.net!135.173.83.225!attworldnet!newsadm From: "xepera" Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.mythology,alt.magick,talk.religion.misc Subject: Re: Ram of Mendes [WAS Re: Goat of Mendes (Baphomet)] Date: 19 Dec 1998 04:45:23 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Lines: 14 Message-ID: <75fb13$rr7@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> References: <328.415.51@intuition.org> <3679B58E.B3C@luckymojo.com> <367aa5e0.26094150@news.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.79.7.78 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Xref: ultra.sonic.net alt.magick.tyagi:14981 alt.mythology:46569 alt.magick:129653 talk.religion.misc:271718 You may have overshot the mark with your supposed ancient Egyptian origin of "baphomet." It may also be only a coincidence, but notice the name's similarity to (Ma)homet. If the Templars are to be included in the symbolic tangle, they would have been exposed during the crusades to medieval oriental civilization- including its rich mysticism; the "ba-" may refer to their own baptism, thus "Bap-" (Baptist) + (Ma) "-homet" = Bap-homet. The ritual meaning of this may have to do with mystical notions of the soul's profundity.