Baphomet (bafomet)

[F. Baphomet; Pr. Bafomet, OSp. Mafomat, regarded as a corruption of Mahomet. Cf. Mahound and Mammet.] The imaginary idol or symbol which the Templars were accused of worshiping. By some mod ern writers the Templars are charged with a depraved Gnosticism, and the word Baphomet has had given to it the signification of baptism of wisdom (as if