I figured out where "Baphomet" comes from.

[TheLostCoin]

I figured it out. I've connected all the dots.

1. Around the 2nd Temple Period, the Apocryphal "Testament of Solomon" is circulated among Jewish and Jewish-Christian communities (probably Christian, because it identifies Christ as the Messiah)

The "Testament of Solomon" tells the tale of how Saint Michael visits King Solomon, and gives him a ring with a five pointed star, "God's sign", to command demons to do his bidding. He then uses the demons to build the Temple.

2. As it's an Apocryphal text, it isn't canonical but this story becomes a part of Oral Tradition among Jews and Christians, in the same way that Satan refused to bow / serve Adam and Eve [from the Apocryphal "Gospel of Adam"], or the Virgin Mary as a Temple Virgin [from the Apocryphal "Protoevangelium of James"]

3. Islam starts.

4. As we know, Islam pretty much copies and paste much of Jewish and Christian Written and Oral Tradition [including Iblis / Satan refusing to bow to Adam]

5. Islam copies and pastes this story of Solomon; however, as time goes on due to oral tradition, the star becomes six pointed instead of five pointed. This story becomes incorporated into the Quran.

The Seal of Solomon


6. Because this story is a part of the Quran, a lot of Muslims begin trying to command demons ("jinns") using a ring with Solomon's Hexagram to do their bidding.

7. This becomes so widespread that even today, in our Secular Western Culture, we all know the tale of finding a magic lamp / ring, rubbing it, and a genie (genie = jinn = demon) granting you three wishes - and how often times, they will grant you what you want but in ways that are deceptive / you don't want.

This comes from Muslims doing this practice.

8. Here are a couple depictions of demons / djinns from Medieval Islamic Illuminated Manuscripts

Satan / Iblis

9. Kabbalistic Jews begin copying the Muslims by reincorporating the Hexagram into their practices to command demons to do their bidding

Seal of Solomon - Wikipedia

Star of David - Wikipedia



10. The Templars are accused of engaging in magical practice, talking and worshipping a spirit through a head called "Baphomet".








11. (theory based on this evidence)

Eliphas Levi, the apostate Catholic priest who revived Kabbalism, based on his own magical practices (as his practice would involve commanding demons through the Hexagram), interprets the whole fiasco of the Templars as bored, young single men in the desert who learn about Muslims commanding djinns through "Solomon's ring", so they begin trying it to have some fun and emulating it.

He then draws "Baphomet" based on Islamic demonic depictions, believing that Baphomet was a Jinn that was commanded by the Templars / worshipped by the Templars to get money / power / romance



End.

 

[Pavel Mosko]

OK this OP/ thread suitably scratches my need for the weird and esoteric... so well done.

 

[Pavel Mosko]

7. This becomes so widespread that even today, in our Secular Western Culture, we all know the tale of finding a magic lamp / ring, rubbing it, and a genie (genie = jinn = demon) granting you three wishes - and how often times, they will grant you what you want but in ways that are deceptive / you don't want.

Oh man I really love the Christian Apologist, Christian Prince get into this stuff with Muslims over the Koran and Hadith! and the origins from folk Judaism etc.

 

[Hezekiah81]

I figured it out. I've connected all the dots.

1. Around the 2nd Temple Period, the Apocryphal "Testament of Solomon" is circulated among Jewish and Jewish-Christian communities (probably Christian, because it identifies Christ as the Messiah)

The "Testament of Solomon" tells the tale of how Saint Michael visits King Solomon, and gives him a ring with a five pointed star, "God's sign", to command demons to do his bidding. He then uses the demons to build the Temple.

2. As it's an Apocryphal text, it isn't canonical but this story becomes a part of Oral Tradition among Jews and Christians, in the same way that Satan refused to bow / serve Adam and Eve [from the Apocryphal "Gospel of Adam"], or the Virgin Mary as a Temple Virgin [from the Apocryphal "Protoevangelium of James"]

3. Islam starts.

4. As we know, Islam pretty much copies and paste much of Jewish and Christian Written and Oral Tradition [including Iblis / Satan refusing to bow to Adam]

5. Islam copies and pastes this story of Solomon; however, as time goes on due to oral tradition, the star becomes six pointed instead of five pointed. This story becomes incorporated into the Quran.

The Seal of Solomon


6. Because this story is a part of the Quran, a lot of Muslims begin trying to command demons ("jinns") using a ring with Solomon's Hexagram to do their bidding.

7. This becomes so widespread that even today, in our Secular Western Culture, we all know the tale of finding a magic lamp / ring, rubbing it, and a genie (genie = jinn = demon) granting you three wishes - and how often times, they will grant you what you want but in ways that are deceptive / you don't want.

This comes from Muslims doing this practice.

8. Here are a couple depictions of demons / djinns from Medieval Islamic Illuminated Manuscripts

Satan / Iblis

9. Kabbalistic Jews begin copying the Muslims by reincorporating the Hexagram into their practices to command demons to do their bidding

Seal of Solomon - Wikipedia

Star of David - Wikipedia



10. The Templars are accused of engaging in magical practice, talking and worshipping a spirit through a head called "Baphomet".








11.

Eliphas Levi, the apostate Catholic priest who revived Kabbalism, based on his own magical practices, interprets the whole fiasco of the Templars as bored, young single men in the desert who learn about Muslims commanding djinns through "Solomon's ring", so they begin trying it to have some fun and emulating it.

He then draws "Baphomet" based on Islamic demonic depictions, believing that Baphomet was a Jinn that was commanded by the Templars / worshipped by the Templars to get money / power / romance



End.

Some people have no clue that the influences they are under are occult and some people do know it's occult but accept it willingly. Stay away from the zodiac signs and horoscopes they are straight from satan himself and I can prove it with God's word.

 

[anna ~ grace]

That’s really weird and well thought through. Talmudic Judaism / Kabbala has some weird stuff in it. And Islam is really just demonism masquerading as Abrahamic monotheism.

 

[Hezekiah81]

That’s really weird and well thought through. Talmudic Judaism / Kabbala has some weird stuff in it. And Islam is really just demonism masquerading as Abrahamic monotheism.

All these false religions are demonic in origin just like satan is trying to steal the pure worship of God in the church today.

 

[Pavel Mosko]

That’s really weird and well thought through. Talmudic Judaism / Kabbala has some weird stuff in it. And Islam is really just demonism masquerading as Abrahamic monotheism.

It's all fascinating stuff. If your interested in Jewish / Church history. Like just before Islam and the early days of Mohammed that was maybe the last place of the cult of Astarte. And you get into all the stuff with the Midianites using the crescent symbol, even the Eastern Orthodox used it when they ran Byzantium, but that is this ancient symbol from that cult. And you got other things like the harlot of Babylon etc. its like this ancient demon / pagan goddess leaves her mark from ancient times into the last days.

 

[Lain Iwakura]

I figured it out. I've connected all the dots.

1. Around the 2nd Temple Period, the Apocryphal "Testament of Solomon" is circulated among Jewish and Jewish-Christian communities (probably Christian, because it identifies Christ as the Messiah)

The "Testament of Solomon" tells the tale of how Saint Michael visits King Solomon, and gives him a ring with a five pointed star, "God's sign", to command demons to do his bidding. He then uses the demons to build the Temple.

2. As it's an Apocryphal text, it isn't canonical but this story becomes a part of Oral Tradition among Jews and Christians, in the same way that Satan refused to bow / serve Adam and Eve [from the Apocryphal "Gospel of Adam"], or the Virgin Mary as a Temple Virgin [from the Apocryphal "Protoevangelium of James"]

3. Islam starts.

4. As we know, Islam pretty much copies and paste much of Jewish and Christian Written and Oral Tradition [including Iblis / Satan refusing to bow to Adam]

5. Islam copies and pastes this story of Solomon; however, as time goes on due to oral tradition, the star becomes six pointed instead of five pointed. This story becomes incorporated into the Quran.

The Seal of Solomon


6. Because this story is a part of the Quran, a lot of Muslims begin trying to command demons ("jinns") using a ring with Solomon's Hexagram to do their bidding.

7. This becomes so widespread that even today, in our Secular Western Culture, we all know the tale of finding a magic lamp / ring, rubbing it, and a genie (genie = jinn = demon) granting you three wishes - and how often times, they will grant you what you want but in ways that are deceptive / you don't want.

This comes from Muslims doing this practice.

8. Here are a couple depictions of demons / djinns from Medieval Islamic Illuminated Manuscripts

Satan / Iblis

9. Kabbalistic Jews begin copying the Muslims by reincorporating the Hexagram into their practices to command demons to do their bidding

Seal of Solomon - Wikipedia

Star of David - Wikipedia



10. The Templars are accused of engaging in magical practice, talking and worshipping a spirit through a head called "Baphomet".








11.

Eliphas Levi, the apostate Catholic priest who revived Kabbalism, based on his own magical practices, interprets the whole fiasco of the Templars as bored, young single men in the desert who learn about Muslims commanding djinns through "Solomon's ring", so they begin trying it to have some fun and emulating it.

He then draws "Baphomet" based on Islamic demonic depictions, believing that Baphomet was a Jinn that was commanded by the Templars / worshipped by the Templars to get money / power / romance



End.

Let me add a relevant detail - Archaeology finds Solomon's name to be invoked in 'demon catcher' pots in Neo-Babylon, Neo-Assyrian, and other Mesopotamian civilizations - around 600 B.C.

So, the idea, while explicated in the Testament of Solomon, was probably already a long existing idea tradition before the writing of the book.

And probably those practices and types stories is not exactly Islamic in origin but a continuity from the earlier paganism of Arabic/Mesopotamian peoples

 

[Lain Iwakura]

That’s really weird and well thought through. Talmudic Judaism / Kabbala has some weird stuff in it. And Islam is really just demonism masquerading as Abrahamic monotheism.

After Christians were thrown out of the synogogues (128 AD) at the beginning of the Simon Bar Kohkba (Simon, son of a star), and especially with the total destruction of Jerusalem in 135 AD, the 'proto-jews' instituted a ban on the writing of books and carried out a campaign to destroy much of Second Temple literature. Very specifically the destroyed anything that supported the Christian tradition this ban and destruction lasted until sometime in the 4th century when the new oral history was collected into the Talmud. The B.C. jewish philosopher, Philo, for example, had already written about the 'Trinity' based on his readings of the Pentateuch, and this was not uncommon during the Second Temple period - as it was commonly considered that there were multiple persons in the Godhead, with the only questions and speculations being what the relationship of those persons were and how many persons. Thus his works were slated for burning. Similarly, the now infamous book of Enoch was banned and burned by the jews for it's plethora of messianic prophecies (all of which point specifically to Jesus Christ.) As such, a lot of Second Temple literature survived only in languages like Ethiopic or Slavic - being highly relevant to the Christians who perserved them and outside the of the lands where jews had sufficient power to eradicate the books.

And it is only at this time, in the 4th century, that 'Judaism' becomes a religion as based on the previously existing pharisee schools. Prior to that, there was no single judaism, but were highly diverse groups of judaisms.