Baphomet Rising, Part I: The Dark God of The Templars

I wrote a non-fiction piece to submit to a specific market that ended up falling through. Instead of tossing the piece aside. I figured I'll break it up and post here.



Baphomet Rising

"And I believe in the Serpent and the Lion, Mystery of Mystery, in His name BAPHOMET."
—Aleister Crowley, The Gnostic Mass

In 2012, a private group funded the installation of a Ten Commandments monument at the Oklahoma state capitol. This clear and bold violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution received...