Tag: eliphas levi
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Eliphas Levi: The Man Behind Baphomet
from templarhistory.com: Alphonse Louis Constant was born the son of a shoemaker in 1810. At an early age he caught the attentions of a Parish Priest who arranged for Alphonse to be sent to the seminary of Saint Nichols du Chardonnet and latterly to Saint Sulpice. It was here that he studied Roman Catholicism with…
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Fathers of the Modern Occult Revival
George Sieg cites two figures in 2010 Examiner brief as “Fathers of the Modern Occult Revival,” during 19th Century. Sieg names Eliphas Levi and Aleister Crowley. Levi, best known as creator of the goat-headed Baphomet, whose occult career, is summarized, in excerpt from article below: “Alphonse Louis Constant was born the son of a Parisian…