1.A creation of Eliphas Levi which is a symbol of man's nature, carnal desires, and connection to nature. Usually seen as a goat-headed figure with a womans torso, pointing above and below, with a sun overhead and a moon below. aka: goat of mendes, goat of a thousand young, black goat.
2. a synonym for the symbol primarily seen as the symbol for the
Church of Satan, created by Anton Szandor Lavey, in 1966, which features hebrew letters that spell "lvytn" or leviathan, which is a sea-serpent creature associated with Satan, the dual god of
christianity. However, The
Church of Satan and Anton LaVey's teachings are not of worship of an external deity, but of teh worship of oneself, who is the real creator of all deities in their opinion. aka: sigil of baphomet.