text: it's a symbol of the pentagram with two points going upwards as a sign of duality and three points going downwards as a sign of defiance of the holy trinity and has a goats head inside of the star. it is used in Satanism. was made popular by Anton LaVey (founder of the Church of Satan). there is also another version of the baphomet that has a goat siting on a rock with black angel wings, two hands spread out (one pointing up, the other down), has a female chest, a blanket or robe wrapped around it's lower body, has words written in each fore arm, and some times depicted without the blanket or robe to hide it's phallus. both versions are a physical representation of Satan, hence why they are used in Satanism. if you want to actually see what they look like, just type in baphomet in the image search part of Google.com. you'll find better results with the safety search off. you could also try the Church of Satan web site.