Worshipping Gallery

Baphomet - Equilibrium of Opposites

Baphomet - associated with a "Sabbatic Goat" image drawn by Eliphas Levi (on which this illustration is based), containing binary elements representing the "sum total of the universe" (e.g. male and female, good and evil, etc.). On one hand, Levi's intention was to symbolise his concept of "the equilibrium of the opposites" that was essential to his magnetistic notion of the Astral Light

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St. Nicholas Church: The Nave, 1886, (1898). Creator: Unknown

St. Nicholas Church: The Nave, 1898. St Nicholas's church in Great Yarmouth, founded 1101 by Herbert de Losinga, is the town's oldest, most visible, historic landmark. Restoration work was carried out between 1864 to 1884. From "Our Own Country, Volume VI". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1898]

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Retablissement du culte catholique, 1802, (1921). Creator: Thomas-Charles Naudet

Retablissement du culte catholique, 1802, (1921). The restoration of Catholic worship - First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) presides as bishops haul upright the cross with Christ crucified surrounded by angels. The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII that reestablished the Roman Catholic Church in France. Engraving by Thomas-Charles Naudet. From "Napoleon", by Raymond Guyot, [H. Floury, Paris, 1921]

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