BAPHOMET  , the imaginary See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol or idol which the Knights See also:

• TEMPLARS

Templars were accused of worshipping in their See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret See also:

• RITES

rites . The See also:

• TERM

term is supposed to be a corruption of See also:

• MAHOMET (strictly MUHAMMAD, commonly also MOHAMMED)

Mahomet, who in several See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval Latin poems seems to be called by this name . J. von See also:

• HAMMER, FRIEDRICH JULIUS (1810-1862)

Hammer-Purgstall, in his Mysterium Baphometis relevatum, &c., and See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Schuld der Templer, revived the old See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge against the Templars . The word, according to his See also:

• INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

interpretation, signifies the See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism of Metis, or of See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, and is, therefore, connected with the impurities of the Gnostic See also:

• OPHITES, or OPIMMANS (Gr. oOrs, Heb. r , " snake ")

Ophites (q.v.) . Additional See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of this, according to Hammer-Purgstall, is to be found in the architectural decorations of the Templars' churches . An elaborate See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism of Hammer-Purgstall's arguments was made in the See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal See also:

• DES

des Savans, See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March and See also:

• APRIL

April 1819, by M . See also:

• RAYNOUARD, FRANCOIS JUSTE MARIE (1761-1836)

Raynouard, a well-known defender of the Templars .