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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 364 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BAPHOMET , the imaginary See also:

SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol or idol which the Knights See also:

TEMPLARS

Templars were accused of worshipping in their See also:

SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret See also:

RITES

rites. The See also:

TERM

term is supposed to be a corruption of See also:

MAHOMET (strictly MUHAMMAD, commonly also MOHAMMED)

Mahomet, who in several See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval Latin poems seems to be called by this name. J. von See also:

HAMMER, FRIEDRICH JULIUS (1810-1862)

Hammer-Purgstall, in his Mysterium Baphometis relevatum, &c., and See also:

Die Schuld der Templer, revived the old See also:

charge against the Templars. The word, according to his See also:

INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

interpretation, signifies the See also:

BAPTISM

baptism of Metis, or of See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, and is, therefore, connected with the impurities of the Gnostic See also:

OPHITES, or OPIMMANS (Gr. oOrs, Heb. r , " snake ")

Ophites (q.v.). Additional See also:

EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of this, according to Hammer-Purgstall, is to be found in the architectural decorations of the Templars' churches. An elaborate See also:

criticism of Hammer-Purgstall's arguments was made in the See also:

Journal See also:

DES

des Savans, See also:

March and See also:

APRIL

April 1819, by M. See also:

RAYNOUARD, FRANCOIS JUSTE MARIE (1761-1836)

Raynouard, a well-known defender of the Templars.

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