> the head ("baphomet") worshiped by the templars was also a bearded, demonic-looking head. it was said to bring good luck, fertility, and abundance, and to "save" (i.e., protect against evil) > some describe baphomet as having three faces, others as having four feet, others as being simply a face with no feet. for some it was a human skull, embalmed and encrusted with jewels; for others it was carved out of wood. some maintained that it came from the remains of a former grand master of the order, while others were equally convinced that it was baphomet  which in turn was interpreted as 'mohammed' > in the afro-cuban caribbean religion palo mayombe, a mayombero, who is akin to the voodoun's bokor, obtains his familiar spirit by visiting a cemetery and digging up the skull and a femur bone from a person. then these bones are used in a black cauldron along with a variety of foul smelling herbs and a black dog or rooster and other incredible items. the spirit is invited to come and live in this cauldron which is like making a mini universe for the spirit to reside in. then when a person is targeted for a nasty spell, the mayombero will ask his spirit to chase down the victim and kill him/her quickly and effectively according to diodorus siculus account of libyan amazons. these amazons lived in north africa by a sea thats no longer there (possibly where chott el djerid in tunisia is). the north african amazons is obviously referring to amazighs which is what berbers call themselves. the amazons invaded and conquered the nearby atlanteans. afterwards the atlanteans ask the amazons to defeat their the gorgons. the gorgons are most likely black african negresses from west africa like the dahomey amazons who put red ochre and mud in their hair making thick locks which do look like snakes.
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