From thelema93-l-owner@bitsy.hollyfeld.org Tue Jul 30 22:59:30 1996 Received: from nova.unix.portal.com (nova.unix.portal.com [156.151.1.101]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.11/8.6.5) with ESMTP id WAA28301 for ; Tue, 30 Jul 1996 22:59:29 -0700 Received: from bitsy.hollyfeld.org (bitsy.hollyfeld.org [38.240.235.1]) by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.11/8.6.5) with ESMTP id WAA11035 for ; Tue, 30 Jul 1996 22:58:51 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by bitsy.hollyfeld.org (8.6.12/8.6.9) id BAA08395 for thelema93-l-outgoing; Wed, 31 Jul 1996 01:58:42 -0400 Received: from cs.pdx.edu (pluther@cs.pdx.edu [204.203.64.22]) by bitsy.hollyfeld.org (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id BAA08390 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 1996 01:58:32 -0400 Received: (pluther@localhost) by cs.pdx.edu (8.7.3/CATastrophe-2/10/96-P) id WAA17124; Tue, 30 Jul 1996 22:54:30 -0700 (PDT) for Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 22:54:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Pat Luther To: thelema93-l@bitsy.hollyfeld.org cc: thelema93-l@bitsy.hollyfeld.org Subject: Re: Baphomet In-Reply-To: <199607282101.OAA27870@dfw-ix12.ix.netcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-thelema93-l@HOLLYFELD.ORG Precedence: bulk reply-to: thelema93-l@bitsy.hollyfeld.org Status: RO Actually I think the etymology you're looking for is Greek. Baph-Metis. Metis is Greek for wisdom, I'm not sure about Baph. But I have also heard the "baptism of wisdom" theory. I have also heard that it means "all colors" ie. Black, and the resolution of all antinomys. The most credible etymology I;ve heard however is that it is a corruption of "Mahomet" its self a corruption of "Mohammed". Zack Dubnoff (Masquerading as Pat Luther.) Pat Luther: Lex's Evil Twin - pat_luther@intersolv.com "...And whenever all men are really hastening to be slaves or tyrants we make Liberalism the prime bogey." --Screwtape (C.S. Lewis) On Sun, 28 Jul 1996, A.Pe.S. wrote: > At 11:19 AM 7/28/96 -0500, you wrote: > >I seem to recall an explanation that baphomet comes from a Hindu(?) word > >which is something like baha amet (?) which means knowledge....which > >possibly makes baphomet a symbol of the quest for knowledge. > > > >93 > >Mike > > I also seem to recall seeing a reference to Baphomet as deriving from an > Arabic word or phrase meaning "Baptism of Wisdom". I don't recall the > source. It certainly isn't owned by Christianity, and it is doubtful that it > even originated there. > > --Andrew > iopan@ix.netcom.com > >