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Eliphas Levi's celebrated drawing of the horned god of the witches ( 1861 ).
This is the GOD Of THE WITCHES But it is NOT Satan. the true Witch does not believe in Satan. Satanism is a cult of its own and has no assonciation with Witchcraft.It is true that there are so called Black Witches but this title is given them because they practice be Black Magic. Witches do not worship this image known as "God of the Witches".they worship that for which it stands or symbolizes. To the Witch, it is amost a sacred symbol. It is also called the GOAT OF MENDES. His horns reprent the waxing and waning moon. The center horn symbolizes the Magical Light of Universal Intelligence, the god Power always available to man when he learns how to use it. The head is that of a goat, symbolizing much the same thing as the sacrificial goat in the Bible however , it also acts as a reminder that man must make certain sacrifices before he can achieve complete Illumination or 'At- Onement". The goat is bearded, symbolic of the 'Grand Old Man' of the Qabalists. It aslso represents aglessness and timelessness.
The Pentagram on the forehead is a symbol of light and also represents the Qabalistic Tree of Life. It is a sacred symbol and a most powerful talisman when the Pentagram symbol is reversed so that the two points are up, it becomes a symbol of infernal evocations, it is evil incarnate, but the true Witch would turn away from a sacred Pentagam so profaned. The Caduceus represents eternal life,half of which is visible, symbolszes the atmosphere. The festhers symbolise that is volatile. The clovens symbolize that man has not yet compietely evolved out of the beast kingdom.The Goat sites on a half sphere which represents his universe. Haif is shown because man has not yet learned how to rule his UNIVERSE.
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