BAPHOMET — Why Everyone Pictures Satan Like This
How a nineteenth-century occult drawing became one of the most recognisable faces of Satan.
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BAPHOMET
Why does the modern world picture Satan with a goat's head, horns and an occult pose? Follow the image back to Éliphas Lévi — and the drawing that changed the devil's face.
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