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What on earth is Baphomet? Whatever the nature of this diabolical figure – the Knights Templar were accused of worshipping him, her or it!
Variously described as the head of John the Baptist; the head of a devil that talked; a many-faced demon; a cat; a prophet and possibly Jesus Christ. You name it – Baphomet has been linked. But most of us struggle to understand what exactly this demon is. All we know for sure is that during the trials of the Knights Templar between 1307 and 1314 – there were repeated allegations that the knights worshipped a curious head.
It seems there was more than one head. And some were carved while others were painted on the wall. If you read the accounts of the trials, the rituals with these heads were quite trippy. Almost as if the knights had dropped a tab of acid. This head spoke to them, commanding the Knights Templar to do its bidding.
That seemed to involve rather homoerotic and pornographic scenes that of course knights later confessed they were disgusted by – or coerced into. Yet we are no closer to knowing the true nature of Baphomet.
Did the Knights Templar steal Baphomet from Constantinople?
In the Fourth Crusade, a huge crusader force sacked the Christian city of Constantinople. This action was condemned by the Pope and flew in the face of the stated objective of the Crusades – to recover the Christian holy places from Muslim rule. Instead, another (very rich) Christian city was despoiled.
Once the crusaders got in to the city, they burnt and plundered with an unseemly ferocity and made a point of desecrating the ancient cathedral of the Hagia Sophia (holy wisdom). This included crowning a whore on the bishop’s throne. There is a contemporary description of this event:
Nay more, a certain harlot, a sharer in their guilt, a minister of the furies, a servant of the demons, a worker of incantations and poisonings, insulting Christ, sat in the patriarch’s seat, singing an obscene song and dancing frequently.
Did the Knights Templar make off with the head of Baphomet?
Constantinople was dripping with holy relics. If you wanted a crumb from the Last Supper or a fish from the miracle of the loaves and the fishes – this was the place! Could it be that during the destruction of the city, the Knights Templar acquired the head of Baphomet, which they subsequently worshipped in a heretical manner?
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The opening lines of this song, "Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine. Never understood a single word he said, but I helped him drink his wine," are part of some wonderful song meaning speculation. A common interpretation is that the bullfrog is the prophet Jeremiah from the Bible, that the bullfrog, with his distinctive call that stands out in nature, is God's voice.
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Alias: The Prophet
Real Name: N/A
Gender: N/A
Alignment: Villain
Backstory: One that uses time travel for its own means, not caring about the resulting consequences of changing past events. A piece of time traveling equipment is stolen by Eon, which leads to Prophet being stuck in present day Cardinal City. Using the knowledge it has acquired of past (present day for Solar) events, it seeks to create a new empire, one capable of controlling the world. Prophet's also searching for Eon, to get the time traveling equipment back.
By me and Matt Sheean. We have the first part of a three part back up comic in this issue also. Out February 27th. They go out of print, so pick one up now!
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"Did you see it too?"
"Yeah.... What was that?"
"I don't know.... do you think he is who they keep asking us about?"
"Maybe... I didn't hear anything though. Well not a voice. It felt.... good though.
"It did! Maybe it will happen again" closes her eyes and sighs. "If we listen for it."
"I don't think we should tell them."
"No we shouldn't. We might forget again like last time. I wonder if the others saw it."
Mystic Sky - The Prophet by Daniel Arrhakis (2017)
With the music : ManFighterMusic - Scaling the Horizon (Ft. Claudie Mackula)
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Poppies have 4-6 petals and prior to blooming the petals are crumpled in the bud.
Prophet Muhammad said, "He who is presented with a flower should not reject it, for it is light to carry and has a pleasant fragrance"
A rock at the river's edge that at this low water level looks like the half submerged head of a corpse.
A re-edit of an old photo when I first started doing self portraits and toying with conceptual ideas.
... at the same corner of the Trinity Church at Copley Square in Boston.
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The City Prophet by Daniel Arrhakis (2014) (2015) - Digital painting and different processing in 2015.
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Sometimes we must believe in something or even in ourselves for fight for a new World but specially for don't kill the light of Hope and Peace ! Specially in our times, in our cities and in our hearts ! : )
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9:44 AM. Western media might called him "Young Wahabi", but on this day we want to call him with what Allah called His prophet, Abraham: "Haneefan Musliman" (3:67). May he grow up on the straight path.
The Prophet's Mosque in Medina is showcased by its iconic white minarets and domes against a clear blue sky. The expansive plaza exudes tranquillity, merging Islamic architectural grandeur with a peaceful, spiritual ambience—a revered site of immense cultural and religious significance.