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| The Scapegoat by William Holman Hunt |
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| Leaflet (side one) - click to enlarge |
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| Leaflet (side two) - click to enlarge |
My newest addition is the lovely little goat I have, as seen in the photo above. I must admit I like goats but they are not always treated very well. The scapegoat for example, was driven out in to the wilderness to carry the sins of the village with a scarlet scarf around the neck or horns, in a kind of Jesus like sacrifice. Goats are also sacrificed in a number of other religions such as those that originated in Africa and spread to other parts of the globe. There is one goat, however, I would have thought, that wouldn't be too pleased at all of that.
I do like some of the work of the pre-Raphaelite artists, particularly Dantel Gabriel Rossetti's pictures with Elizabeth Siddal in them.Not as many people know that Doctor John Polidori of Villa Diodati fame, where he wrote The Vampyre whilst acting as physician to Lord Byron, was actually Rossetti's uncle.
But the Knights Templar and Eliphas Levi's picture of Baphomet also brought a lot of interest. So much so, that around 2010/2011 we started a 'Society Of Baphomet', after research showed that Baphomet was not quite the baddie people tended to think, but was actually a historical Being connected to the Knights Templar, whose intention was to be the bearer of truth and balance. We put leaflets like the one above in libraries and sent them out all around. Other commitments took over eventually, but we put the details of Baphomet on a blog a few years later to share with others and set the matter straight.
See also:
The Society of Baphomet
