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Footsteps swallowed by desert sand, three ancient clans meet at Mahdia. They must speak of a dire situation afoot, and share their news. An alliance is needed, demanded by the minds and hearts of intelligent people, against the tyranny of Christians and their allies the Setian-Jews. (*)
Ancestral blood of the Chaldees stain the Magis' robes, To try to wash it off would be disrespectful at the least. The third clan is wary, for they were persecuted relentlessly And forever yearn for their Arcadian land in Greece.
Sitting in the burning desert, knowledge simmering to a peak; All is silent until the Pythagorean Guilds devise a symbol To represent the coalition they seek.
"It must be our Blazing Star, one point down representing the Root and Foundation of our House. It must have the Ophite-Jewish Serpent of Wisdom, Leviathan, Our serpent striking to arouse!"
The Ophites said: "Put each Hebrew letter at each point Winding sinistrally, and put the Lamedh at the Root." The Pan Cult said: "But what of us, our Goat symbol is so complex, How can something so geometrical and angular be the proper suit?"
They decided to use just the head of the Goat: They fit the horns on the points above, The ears on the two beside, nose to beard at the Root, And the eyes of the Goat in the House.
They looked at their symbol, and all agreed: it was good. They swore oaths to each other: Liberty! Equity! Unity! To the Death! They swore the oaths on the spilled blood of their slain ancestors. Then they set out to war: for Freedom, for Life: BAPHOMET!
Dedicated to Albert Pike, the last to Hold Fast with the Palladium.
(*) Setian Jews. This is an old expression from the Ancient World, see article on SET in "Satanic Doctrines" or figure it out from TeVelde's book "Seth, God of Confusion." Such Jews were not the same as Ophite Jews. Mahdia was a place in Tunesia where the FATIMITE DYNASTY arose (Fatima, female line used for this pseudo-Islamic dynasty). Assassins and others arose from this Dynasty and the Baphomet was, indeed, the Assassins sigil. What they fought for is in the poem, and fought against in the poem, too. The article on Set explains this in detail and with the information in one place - and in English with explanations for the words. The three cults are shown on the Baphomet which is a three-fold symbol. Pan cults from Arcadia, Pythagoreans with star and Ophites. The first two are wherefrom the so-called Masonic "Egyptian Mysteries" come from which are literally ELEUSINIAN Mysteries. Osiris is used as I explain in Set article, as is Horus and the Black Rite of Osiris. Osiris is Dionysus to the Pythagoreans. Horus is Hermes-Thoth. It is is the same as Athena, Hera and represents the "anima." Andy got the idea for the poem from what he read of the history of this sigil in a FRENCH Pythagorean book in Canada at a relative's house. Dr. LaVey got the Baphomet from a book which showed the French version of this and showed the Baphomet he liked and used. He was correct in saying that the Templars used it but DeMolay (famous with Masons) did not found the Templars. Hugh dePayens did and he was the Master in Order of Assassins. cf Pike article.