Baphomet is most easily recognized as the goats head within the inverted pentagram, but he has survived through the centuries in many forms.  The symbolic nature of the inverted pentagram with the goats head is the channeling of the power of the elements into oneself.

     Baphomet has been affiliated with many great occultists, and organizations over the centuries.  He has been utilized by The Knights' Templar, Levi, Crowley, and LaVey to name a few.  Each person has their own personal opinion of what Baphomet represented.

     The Knights' Of The Templar looked upon the skull of Baphomet as being symbolic of personal wealth, and fertility.  Many members of the Templar were charged with  Heresy for worshipping this idol. 

     Other than the goats skull within the inverted pentagram, the most common depiction of Baphomet is the illustration of the goat headed man perching on a platform.  This illustration was  given to the world by the classical occultist, Eliphas Levi, and it first  appeared in his work "Rituel Et Dogme De La Haute Magie".  Levi believed that Baphomet was symbolic of the Astral Light which has roots in primordial matter.  Levi was also insistent that there was a correlation between Baphomet and Pan.

     Due to the fact that Crowley insisted that he was the reincarnation of Levi, it is not surprising that he had his own notion of what Baphomet represented.  Crowley believed that Baphomet was symbolic of the magician; His allegory on the matter is as follows, "The goat, making each leap with fervor, yet secure in its' own element". When Crowley became a member of OTO, he chose the magickal name "Baphomet".

     According to Anton LaVey, Baphomet was one of the infernal names which are used in conjunction with LaVeys' Enochian calls.  LaVey believed that Baphomet was symbolic of indulgence.

     Other common personifications of Baphomet would include Belphegor from The Keys Of Solomon, and Capricornus from the Chaldean culture.