…if ol’ GM Hugh’s head became damaged, it could be swapped out for a nice round of ‘Blue Brain’ cheese, and no one would be the wiser. Call it a night with some friendly banter, choice wine and some Miller’s crackers, of course!
Guess Eliphas Lévi’s Baphomet figure is what comes to mind when that name comes up - not so much someone’s lopped off head. Gnostically, Levi’s version of ol’ Baphe illustrates unity from opposites. And that seems logical when looking at the etching. Male/female, sun/moon, etc. Definitely something that an initiate could be seen to meditate upon.
Now a lopped head…we’ll, that’s something completely different!
I doubt if any of those ideas were true - the Jesus believers didn't need such stuff for their faith - but those who were angry at the loss of their own powers would be quite happy to invent something to 'get' those nuisance Christians for since they were getting way too popular ! I think the simpler view is generally the most likely in debates like this !
Heresy and sodomy were great allegations to make if you wanted to destroy your enemies in the Middle Ages. And very difficult for the Templars to disprove. My view is that the King of France can't have liked a body of armed men in his kingdom that were not answerable to him and were sitting on a vast amount of wealth. That must have unnerved him.
…if ol’ GM Hugh’s head became damaged, it could be swapped out for a nice round of ‘Blue Brain’ cheese, and no one would be the wiser. Call it a night with some friendly banter, choice wine and some Miller’s crackers, of course!
Suspect it was a strange sight two hundred years after he died - yuck!
Guess Eliphas Lévi’s Baphomet figure is what comes to mind when that name comes up - not so much someone’s lopped off head. Gnostically, Levi’s version of ol’ Baphe illustrates unity from opposites. And that seems logical when looking at the etching. Male/female, sun/moon, etc. Definitely something that an initiate could be seen to meditate upon.
Now a lopped head…we’ll, that’s something completely different!
I love the story that the head was the first Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Hugh de Payens, and it was very mouldy! :)
I doubt if any of those ideas were true - the Jesus believers didn't need such stuff for their faith - but those who were angry at the loss of their own powers would be quite happy to invent something to 'get' those nuisance Christians for since they were getting way too popular ! I think the simpler view is generally the most likely in debates like this !
Heresy and sodomy were great allegations to make if you wanted to destroy your enemies in the Middle Ages. And very difficult for the Templars to disprove. My view is that the King of France can't have liked a body of armed men in his kingdom that were not answerable to him and were sitting on a vast amount of wealth. That must have unnerved him.