Sick, Sad World: November 2010

Rolling Stone recently published some excerpts from Keith Richards new autobiography, "Life." It has been widely reported that he was given a $5 Million advance three years ago to do the book. The legendary guitar player from the Rolling Stones talks about his notorious drug abuse, life on the road and his relationship with lead singer Mick Jagger. Keith also admits that he gave up "everything" and while he is not ready, he knows that he is headed to Hell. When talking about why he gave up his decade long addiction to heroin and cocaine, he says, "I don't want to see my old friend Lucifer just yet. He's the guy I'm gonna see, isn't it? I'm not going to the other place, let's face it. I've given up everything now - which is a trip in itself." In another interview with Pierre Perrone from May of this year, Keith points out the obvious saying, "I'm probably more aligned to Lucifer and the dark side." On the cover of the book, Keith covers his right eye, proudly displaying the All-Seeing Eye of Horus.

Keith's silver skull ring is one of the most famous rings in the world and certainly the most famous ring in the history of rock & roll. A quick Google search will bring you at least a few dozen links to cheap imitations one can purchase in full ignorance of its true story and meaning. In 1978, London goldsmiths David Courts and Bill Hackett used a real human skull as a reference to carve a perfect miniature replica which they later mounted and had Keith sign. At the same time, they received an invitation to Keith's birthday party and decided the ring would be the perfect birthday present. He's worn it ever since. To this day, Courts and Hackett have never released any information regarding how they came into possession of the skull or who it belonged to. Skulls have been symbols of death and mortality since before prehistoric times. The Death's-Head skull is usually depicted without the lower jaw, as with Keith's ring, and is also embelmatic of bawds, rakes, sexual adventurers and prostitutes. The human skull have also been associated with secret societies, toxic substances and black-flagged pirate ships serving most commonly as a warning to those who fear putting their lives at risk. Courts and Hackett have released a collection of copies of the original skull ring which are now available on their official website.

"...Who is this?" - Keith Richards

David Fricke, who wrote the Rolling Stones article, describes Mick Jagger as Keith's "glimmer twin." The two have known each other since childhood but lost contact when their families moved apart. It wasn't until they were starting school in 1960 that they met again, at Dartford train station. Mick's collection of American blues albums including Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters lead them to realize that they shared a common interest in music. Friends again, they formed a band with Dick Taylor and later found Brian Jones as he performed with Ian Stewart and Charlie Watts in their band Blue Incorporated. According to Richards, Jones named the band while calling Jazz News to place an advertisement. When asked what the band's name was, Jones saw a Muddy Waters album lying on the floor of which one of the tracks was "Rollin' Stone."

This isn't the first connection Keith or his band mates have made to the Prince of Darkness (Satan, not Ozzy). Their 1967 release, Their Satanic Majesties Request, was an obvious response to the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which was released six months previously. Although it reached #1 in the U.K. and #2 in the U.S. charts, demand the the album quickly declined as many people considered it a pretentious attempt at outdoing the Beatles. The album was released in South Africa under the title the Stones are Rolling because of having "Satan" in the title. On the album cover, with the exception of Jagger, whom is dressed as a wizard, the members of the band are dressed as magi or wise men of sorts. Jagger's cap has a crescent moon on it, very similar to Mickey Mouse's in the Disney classic "Fantasia." Crescent moons symbolize the aging goddess (crone) to contemporary witches and victory over death to many Muslims. In Islam, the crescent moon can be seen enclosing a lone pentagram.

Although the crescent and star are associated with Islam today, they have long been used in Asia Minor and by the ancient Turks, earlier than Islam. In fact, Muhammad and other early Islamic rulers were against using any geometric symbol to associate with their religion. Archaeological evidence shows that Göktürks used the crescent and star figure on their coins. 1500 year old coins have been found with three crescent moons and a star near a person. The crescent moon is one of the oldest symbols known to humanity, along with the Sun. Together, the sun and crescent moon appeared on Akkadian seals as early as 2300 B.C. and from at least the second millennium B.C. it was symbolic of the Mesopotamian Moon gods Nanna in Sumer and Sin in Babylonia, Sin being the "Lamp of Heaven and Earth". The crescent moon was well known in the Middle East and was transplanted by the Phoenicians in the 8th century as far as Carthage (modern day Tunisia). In the 12th century, the symbol was adopted by the Turks and since then the crescent moon, often accompanied by a lone star and mentioned in the 53rd surah (chapter) of the Qur'an, has been the dominating symbol of Islam ever since.

One of the Rolling Stones most famous songs is "Sympathy for the Devil" which is obviously from the point of view of Keith's old friend, Lucifer. In an interview with Creem, Mick Jagger said, "When people started taking us as devil worshippers, I thought it was a really odd thing, because it was only one song, after all. It wasn't like it was a whole album, with lots of occult signs on the back. People seemed to embrace the image so readily, and it has carried all the way over into heavy metal bands today."

The cover also prominently displays the moon. The moon has long been thought to control human senses and emotions. For thousands of years different cultures tied the fortunes of man to the lunar cycles. The ancients depicted the concept as the great Wheel of Fortune, eternally turning and spilling off the winners on top while bearing up the wretches beneath and giving them their time in the limelight before they, too, get dumped. The trouble was that no one knew for sure what powered that wheel or exactly what speed it was turning for any given individual. People knew their days were numbered, but they didn’t know by how much. The cycles of the moon have also been associated with women's menstrual cycles. There are 28 days in a lunar month, which is the same amount of time for most menstrual cycles.

The word "menstruation" is etymologically related to the word "moon". The terms "menstruation" and "menses" are derived from the Latin word "mensis" (month), which in turn relates to the Greek "mene" (moon) and to the roots of the English words month and moon— reflecting the fact that the moon's period of revolution around the earth (27.32 days) is similar to that of the human menstrual cycle. The synodical lunar month, the period between two new moons/full moons, is 29.53 days long. Ancient Bablyolians believed that women were fertile according to the moon but studies on both female humans and animals have shown that while night-lighting does have some effect on the menstruation cycle for some species, it is most likely a coincidence that female humans menstrual cycles are synchronized with the lunar month. In fact, only 30% of women have their cycle fall within two days of the lunar month. Some have said that it is because of electricity or even man's manipulation of fire that has thrown women's cycles off the lunar cycle but that has yet to be proven.

In 1996, Ivan Kelly, James Rotton and Roger Culver examined over 100 studies on lunar effects and concluded that said studies failed to show a reliable and significant correlation between the new moon/full moon, or any other phase of the moon, and each of the following: the homicide rate, traffic accidents, domestic violence, birth of babies, suicide, major disasters, assassinations, kidnappings, violence in prisons, assaults, gunshot wounds, stabbings, emergency room admissions, behavioral or psychological outbursts, lycanthropy, vampirism, alcoholism, sleep walking or epilepsy. The terms "lunatic" and "lunacy" are derived from the Roman moon goddess, Luna. Selene, was the Greek incarnation of Luna. Her brother was Helios, the sun god. Folklore and lunar myths have kept the the full moon a hot topic in the media worldwide but there is no scientific evidence to support any of the links made between human behavior and lunar cycles.

The tides of the world's oceans are also effected by the moon's gravity. Recently, its been discovered that the moon also effects the tides of the tectonic plates, although the tectonic tides are nowhere near strong enough to cause earthquakes, as some people once believed. The moon is currently moving about 3.8 cm away from the Earth each year which means that while it appears to be roughly the same size of the sun during an eclipse, this was not always so. A certain English, misinformation naysayer with too much time on his hands would like us to think that the moon is exactly the same size of the sun because he misinterpreted scripture from the Holy Bible and doesn't trust what science has to say because apparently, all scientists are Freemasons (not true). When I tried to correct him, he deleted my comments and blocked my account but kept his misleading video up.

The definition of FAIL.

If the sun were as small as our moon, it would appear as only a small point of light, like other stars appear from Earth. His argument is that he only meant that the core of the sun was as small as the moon. Science has already proven that the sun's core is smaller than the rest of the sun but in the same video, he talks about how eclipses work because the moon is the same size of the entire sun, not just the core. I really don't like it when people spread lies and misleading information in the name of Christ.

An orange Saturn with red rings are in the upper left corner of the cover. Saturn has always been associated with Satan, while Venus has been associated with Lucifer, Satan before he was thrown out of Heaven. Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second largest planet in the solar system. The planet is the furthest thing in our solar system visible to the naked eye. With the advent of the telescope, Saturn's rings were finally visible, although, to early astronomers the rings resembled horns. Its rings have made it one of the most photogenic of celestial objects and afforded Saturn the name "the Lord of the Rings." Ancient Hebrews represented Saturn, the supreme God (not to be confused with YHWH--the Bible clearly states that Satan is the true God of this world, while YHWH is the creator of the Universe and all space and time), with a hexagram, or six-pointed star, which can still be seen on the flag of Israel. Its been noted by a few people, including Vigilant Citizen, that the name Is-ra-el could have originated from the Egyptian gods Isis, Ra and the Hebrew name for Saturn, El.

The Ancient Hebrews Saturn worship is still clearly evident today. After all, it is a hexagram that adorns the flag of Israel, known as the Star of David. During the Holocaust, Jews were forced to wear the star as identification by the Nazi's. The white part of the flag represents light, honesty, innocence and peace while the blue represents trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and Heaven. The flag was designed for the Zionist movement in 1891. The hexagram has been used as a symbol of Judaism since the 17th century, with precedents in the 14th to 16th centuries in Central Europe, where the Shield of David was partly used in conjunction with the Seal of Solomon (the pentagram) on Jewish flags. Its use probably derives from medieval (11th to 13th century) Jewish protective amulets called segulot.

Page E from the Leningrad Codex, the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible.

The hexagram has been adopted by Islam and Christianity as a result of it being associated with King David. Six-pointed stars have also been found in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.

Tһе hexagram іѕ a mandala symbol called satkona yantra οr sadkona yantra found on Ancient South Indian Hindu temples built thousands οf years ago. It symbolizes tһе nara-narayana, the perfect meditative state οf balance achieved between man аחԁ God, which іf maintained, results іח "moksha," οr "nirvana"--release frοm tһе bounds οf tһе physical world and іtѕ material trappings. The Shatkona is a symbol used in Hindu yantra that represents the union of both the male and feminine form. It is supposed to represent Purusha, the supreme being, and Prakriti, mother nature, or causal matter. Often this is represented as Shiva - Shakti.

In Buddhism, the Bardo Thodol, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, contains an image of the hexagram with a swastika inside. In Tibetan, іt іѕ called tһе chos-kyi 'byung-gnas, meaning 'origin οf phenomenon'. It іѕ connected wіtһ Vajrayogini, аחԁ forms tһе center раrt οf hеr mandala, where it is three dimensional, instead of two.

In the endocrine system, Anahata or Anahata-puri, or padma-sundara is associated with the thymus gland, located in the chest. This gland produces white blood cells, which combat disease and bring equilibrium to the body. The thymus functions greatest before puberty and is impaired by the appearance of sex hormones in the blood stream from puberty onwards. Many Western occultists associate this central chakra with the central sephirah, Tiphereth, in the Kabbalah's Tree of Life. Christian Kabbalists associate this sephirah with love, healing and Jesus Christ as God the Son/Son of God. Anahata, or Anahata-puri, or padma-sundara is related to the thymus, located in the chest. The thymus is an element of the immune system as well as being part of the endocrine system. It is the site of maturation of the T cells responsible for fending off disease and may be adversely affected by stress. Anahata is represented by a lotus flower with twelve petals. Anahata is related to the colors green or pink and involve complex emotions, compassion, tenderness, unconditional love, equilibrium, rejection and well-being. Physically Anahata governs circulation, emotionally it governs unconditional love for the self and others, mentally it governs passion, and spiritually it governs devotion.

The six-pointed star or hexagram is so common in cultures and religions the world over that no one knows its point of origin. Surely it was possible that these cultures separated by thousands of miles and hundreds of years could come up with two, interlocking, opposite facing triangles. What if there is a darker side to this symbol though? With symbols, there usually are two sides to every shape. We know that Satanists love to take symbols that are supposed to have positive associations, pervert them and make them negative. Look at the what the Nazi's did with the swastika.

Let's keep it real. Some of the Ancient Hebrew heroes from the Old Testament including Abraham, Moses, and King Solomon were into some dark stuff. From what we read from the Holy Bible, YHWH wasn't going to have his prophets or the leaders of the Jews messing around with sorcery and black magick without punishing them. Genesis 11:31 says that Abraham and his father were from the 'Ur of the Chaldees.' Chaldea was known to be a hotspot for astronomy, astrology, and the black arts. So much so, that the word "Chaldean" in many ancient cultures was synonymous with "sorcerer." This sorcery was allegedly taught to man by the Watchers, the Nephilim. When Abraham was born, his mother gave birth to him in a cave and left him there for twenty days. Upon her return, she did not recognize her newborn because he had "grown very big." He was as big as a full grown man and could walk and speak--indication that he came from some possible supernatural ancestry.

In Genesis 12:10-20, Abraham and his wife Sarai/Sarah are forced to Egypt to evade famine. Because Sarah is beautiful, Abraham is worried he will be killed by the Egyptians so he asks her to pretend that she is his sister. On arriving before the Pharaoh, the Egyptians recognize Sarah's beauty, and the Egyptian princes shower Abraham with gifts of livestock and servants to gain her hand in marriage. Sarah thus becomes part of "Pharaoh's house" (his harem). YHWH then sends a plague to punish Pharaoh on account of his adultery. Pharaoh realizes that Sarah is already married and restores her to Abraham and orders them to leave Egypt with all of the possessions Abraham had acquired in Egypt.

The writers of Genesis were very careful to leave out much of the information found in other ancient texts regarding Abraham's trip to Egypt. The Pseudo-Eupolemus states, "Abraham excelled all in nobility and wisdom; he sought and obtained the knowledge of astrology and the Chaldean craft... he traveled to Phoenicia and dwelt there. He pleased the Phoenician king by teaching the Phoenicians the cycles of the Sun and Moon, and everything else as well... [in Egypt] Abraham lived in Heliopolis with the Egyptian priests and taught them much: He explained astrology and the other sciences to them." Josephus’ Antiquities of the Jews says, "...before the coming of Abraham, the Egyptians were ignorant of these sciences, which thus traveled from the Chaldeans into Egypt, [and then] passed to the Greeks." Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg has more to say on the subject stating, "[Abraham] built a city for [his sons through his slave Hagar], surrounded by an iron wall, so high that the sun could not shine into the city... Also Abraham taught them the black art, wherewith they held sway over demons and spirits."

Genesis 25:6 states, "But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country." It is said that among the money, gold, silver, Abraham also gave his sons the knowledge of the dark arts. Abraham is said to have died at the age of 175 years and Jewish legend says that he was meant to live to 180 years, but YHWH purposely took his life because he felt that Abraham did not need to go through the pain of seeing his grandson Esau's wicked deeds.

In Exodus, when Moses took the Hebrews out of Egypt, scripture says he asked YHWH to part the Red Sea to allow them to get away from the Pharaoh and his men. There have been other claims made as to who Moses really asked for this help. The Bible has been edited so many times that much of the original scripture has been lost in translation--this is a fact. Other accounts of this epic state that Moses, having grown up in Egypt, may have prayed to one of the Egyptian gods or even the demon Asmodeus for help. In Hebrew, "ashma" means "lord" and "deus" means "god." It is well known that the Hebrews brought with them from Egypt witchcraft they learned there, which as stated before, traces back to Abraham. We know they brought the black arts with them because of the Kabbalah, which is based on the disciplines and esoteric teachings of Ancient Hebrew mysticism, including the Talmud.

King Solomon evokes the demon spirit Belial. From Jacobus de Teramo's Das Buch Belial, 1473.

King Solomon and his horned Hebrew aid/priest summoning more demons.

Although King David may have used the hexagram on his shield, because the symbol is now known to be associated with witchcraft, its very possible that his son, King Solomon, used it for darker purposes. While occultists and magicians may reinforce the idea that not all sorcery is evil, it is a very slippery slope when you're attempting to control forces outside of yourself (i.e. evoking spirits). According to scripture, King Solomon was the wisest man that ever lived or ever will live. It is likely that he was also the richest man that ever lived and he possessed many other attributes that are highly regarded and sought after by mankind. King Solomon was said to have been able to talk with and command animals and according to the Talmud, had power over djinns.

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The six-pointed star or hexagram is known as one of the most powerful symbols in the occult. YHWH condemned the symbol as the star of the Semetic (Hebrew for 'king') god, Moloch, the horned cow god of the Phoenicians. The two overlapping or intertwined equilateral triangles pointing in opposite directions (up and down) represented the union of dualities, such as male and female. Of course when witches and sorcerers cast spells and put a hex on someone, these words have roots that go back to Saturn worship.

The back of the U.S. $1 bill has an uncapped pyramid with the All-Seeing Eye of the Great Architect (Lucifer) as well all know, along with the Latin phrases, "ANNUIT COEPTIS," meaning "He (God--Lucifer) favors our undertaking," and "NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM" meaning "New Order of the Ages." The uncapped pyramid and All-Seeing Eye, along with the points of the letters N and M make one triangle, while the points of the letters O, A, and S make another triangle, creating the hexagram or Star of Saturn. The letters are an anagram for the word, "MASON," as in Freemason.

There is another hexagram on the back of the $1 bill, above the Eagle's head.

Eerily enough, Saturn has a naturally formed hexagon on its northern hemisphere. North is said to be the direction of evil.

Saturn was also known to the Ancient Israelites as Adar. Adar is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the religious year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a winter month of 29 days. Horus' birthday is December 25th, the day most Christians celebrate the birth of Christ. The Ancient Romans did not call their great empire Rome, but Saturnia, named after the great planet, which they believed, like most other celestial objects, was actually a divine being. The Romans also celebrated Saturnalia, a holiday dedicated to the worship of their god. We call the sixth day of the week (international standard ISO 8601) Saturday for the same reason. Because the ancients also worshipped the Sun, people go to church on Sunday, instead of Saturday, which is the Sabbath.

Baphomet sits on a black cube associated with Saturn in front of two crescent moons in this image by Eliphas Levi. On top of his head is the torch associated with Lucifer, the light bearer.

The black cube has also been of importance to Muslims. The Kaaba is a black cube-shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is the most sacred site in Islam. The building predates Islam but according to Islamic tradition, the first building at the site was built by Ibrahim/Abraham. The building has a mosque built around it, called the Masjid al-Haram. All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba during prayers, no matter where they are.

The Kaaba holds a black stone which is said to have fallen from Heaven. Muslims believe this stone is so old, it came to Earth at the time of Adam & Eve. Although it has never been extracted for scientific analysis, some believe it is a meteorite. One other theory is that this is the actual stone that fell off of Lucifer's crown during his battle with the other archangels, where it was knocked off by Michael, right before Lucifer and his legion were cast out from Heaven by God (YHWH). It is said that this jewel hit Cain on his head, causing the mark of Cain. King Solomon later carved the jewel into a bowl and goblet, which was used by Yeshua/Jesus during the Last Supper--which would start the legend of the Holy Grail.

As mentioned before, Abraham was believed to have built the Kaaba. I bring this up again because while Abraham is the central figure important to Judaism, Islam and Christianity, he is also associated with sorcery and black magic. Abraham is even believed to have been a descendant of the notorious Nephilim, the fallen angels, the legion that accompanied Lucifer (one third of the angels) out of Heaven. Ibrahim, as he is known to Muslims, is written in a way that one could easily assume has some connection to the name Elohim, from the Holy Bible. In Genesis 1:26, God says, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..." In Genesis 3:8, after Adam & Eve are tricked by the Serpent (Satan) into eating the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge; Good & Evil, the name Elohim is used. In the King James version of the Bible, the word God is used, as a singular noun, even though Elohim is plural, as plural Hebrew nouns end in "im." In Genesis 3:22, scripture says, "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:" There are several explanations for why God is referred to as a plural-singular including God referring to himself, Yeshua/Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. The exact meaning has literally been lost in translation as Elohim is the word used for God in the Torah and with the history of Saturn worship, its hard to definitely say whom is speaking. Perhaps the Ancient Hebrews confused Saturn (whom they did worship at one point) with YHWH?

Saturn is famous for its magnificent rings but only recently have astronomers discovered this larger ring.

Saturn worship is still referenced today. We exchange wedding rings when we get married because Saturn has rings. Halos are placed above the heads of holy icons for the same reason. Earrings are also worn to symbolize Saturn's famous feature--that several other planets including Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus also have.

Howdy padre...

Father James Ramsey wears a cappello romano or saturno hat, reminisent of the Pope's Saturn hat, only black--the color of Saturn, Satan, and Lucifer.

The Roman Catholic Church still retains much of its Saturn worship from past centuries. Pope Benedict XVI wears his red Saturn hat. Catholic priests wear all black robes and clothing, except for the white collar. The saturno hats are not worn during mass, usually only in public, outside, as opposed to ritualistically. The Cardinal's saturno used to be red until Pope Paul VI changed that rule. They now have red and gold chords with scarlet lining. The pope's saturno may also be white.

In Judaism, the black cube is visible on the Teffilin, the set of small cubic leather boxes that are painted black and worn during weekday morning prayers by observant Jews. The cubes contain scrolls of parchment paper inscribed with verses from the Torah and have leather straps dyed black on one side. The Torah commands that they should be worn to serve as a "sign" and "remembrance" that YHWH brought the children of Israel out of Egypt. They are mentioned twice in Exodus. Exodus 13:9 says, "And it shall be for a sign for you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand did the LORD bring you out of Egypt." Exodus 13:16 says, "And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and as totafot between your eyes; for with a mighty hand did the LORD bring us forth out of Egypt."

“When you graduate from high school you come out processionally with a black robe, which is black for Saffron, the God of the Hebrews, requiring that you wear the square mortarboard on top of your head. The square mortarboards are, of course, used by the Freemasons for their plaster, so that is why you wear a square mortarboard when you graduate, ultimately becoming an Alumni. It all has to do with Freemasonry; it all has to do with the control of education in this country." - Jordan Maxwell's Matrix of Power.

Cronus/Cronos/Kronos is the equivalent of Saturn in Greek mythology. Even though the Ancient Romans proudly named their city after Saturn (Rome was known as Saturnia), he was not the most welcoming of deities (as you can see from the image above). Kronos notoriously devoured his own children so they would not grow up and overthrow him. Although he was the youngest, he was the leader of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of Gaia, the earth, and Uranus, the sky. He overthrew his father after castrating him at the request of his mother. and ruled during the mythological Golden Age, until he was overthrown by his own sons, Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon, and was imprisoned in Tartarus. Both Kronos and Saturn are often depicted with a sickle, which has become the symbol associated with them.

UPDATED: 11/19/2010
Check out these brilliant videos by Eddie Angstrom on Saturn and the black cube.

The Black Cube - Movement I

The Black Cube - Movement II

The Black Cube Movement III

Earlier, I posted a picture of the Baphomet sitting on the black cube associated with Saturn and Freemasonry.

Wouldn't you know it--seems Baphomet is an old friend of Keith and his mates too. Above is the cover from their 13th studio album (in America, 11th in the U.K.) Goats Head Soup, from 1973. 11 is of course one of the power numbers of the Freemasons. The first song on the album is called "Dancing with Mr. D" and its obvious from the lyrics that Mr. D is the Devil himself. Mick and Keith sing about dancing with a twisted grinned Satan and how they are having such a good time dancing with him, they tell YHWH to leave them alone. Mick says, "Dancin', Lord, keep your hand off me." In the May 5, 1977 issue of Rolling Stone, on page 55, Keith Richards talked about how he and the band come up with their songs saying, "We receive our songs by inspiration, like at a séance"

The notorious Baphomet is also known as the Goat of Mendes. Mendes was the name of a city in Ancient Egypt where fertility worship to the god Baal was practiced. Clifford Alford's Occult Crimes Investigations defines "goat head" as symbolic of death and states its association with Tammuz. The Freemasons worshipped the Baphomet but always denied it. Even many of their lower ranking members will tell you that they do not worship this pagan abomination but that is only because their higher ranking officials keep these secrets from them.

When Eliphas Levi published Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie (Dogmas and Rituals of High Magic), he included an image he had drawn of the Baphomet describing it as “the Sabbatic Goat." The image showed an androgynous, winged humanoid with a goat’s head, female breasts and a Luciferian torch on its head between its horns. This image has become the best-known representation of Baphomet. Its head is also visible in the upside pentagram, used in black magick.

Eliphas Levi wrote, “Yes, in our profound conviction, the Grand Masters of the Order of the Templars worshipped the Baphomet, and caused it to be worshipped by their initiates; yes, there existed in the past, and there may be still in the present, assemblies which are presided over by this figure, seated on a throne and having a flaming torch between the horns. But the adorers of this sign do not consider, as do we, that it is a representation of the devil: on the contrary, for them it is that of the god Pan, the god of our modern schools of philosophy, the god of the Alexandrian theurgic school and of our own mystical Neo-platonists, the god of Lamartine and Victor Cousin, the god of Spinoza and Plato, the god of the primitive Gnostic schools; the Christ also of the dissident priesthood. This last qualification, ascribed to the goat of Black Magic, will not astonish students of religious antiquities who are acquainted with the phases of symbolism and doctrine in their various transformations, whether in India, Egypt or Judea."

While I'm sure Keith was just joking around when he said he knows he's not going to Heaven, you have to wonder how much truth there is to that with his band's long history with the occult and Satanic imagery. With more and more mainstream artists banking in on the same negative occult symbolism and Masonic imagery, any fool can see that there is definitely something Luciferian lurking behind the music industry. How many more artists have to half-jokingly refer to Lucifer, Satan or the fact that they've sold their soul for fame before consumers stop buying into the tired stereotypes?

Keith Richards and the Rolling Stones are living legends. They've managed to outlive many of their contemporaries, including the Beatles, so as long as there are people willing to overpay for packed stadium concerts and look the other way when their false idols fill their heads with negative lyrics and visuals, I'm sure we can expect to see more of Keith, Mick and their good old friend Lucifer. And because it wouldn't be a sick, sad word without Keith and his little Keith, here is a vintage shot of Keith showing off his junk that was released this past week: