Beyonce’s new album “Renaissance Act II” was announced during the high profile ritual of the Super Bowl (*see my podcasts for more on decoding the occult symbolism of the 2024 Super Bowl).
This will be her second album in the Renaissance trilogy and its showing us occult symbolism worth considering (or as the youth would say: “it’s giving illuminate confirm”).
“Renaissance” refers to a period marking the transition of society into modernity; and the symbolism we’ve seen from Beyonce indicates a further progression into the next phase they have planned for us: the digital matrix.
Baphomet
In her “Texas Hold Em Visualizer” video on YouTube we can see her in a pose that resembles the Baphomet- specifically the “two-fingered salute” which means ‘as above so below’:
‘As above so below’ is a reference used in the occult world to describe their belief in mental manifestation or ritual magick. The Will of the practitioner is forced upon the rest of us in order to create the world the magician desires.
The Baphomet is a massive revelation of what the occultists subscribe to so let’s take a quick look…
The Baphomet comes from the Knights Templar group who worshipped it as the “seat of intellect” (some claim this was the literal head of John the Baptist).
Baphomet is used as a symbol for the Church of Satan because it is satanic- especially when you learn the definition of the term “satanic”. For example, the Gnostics thought Satan and the serpent was the real god; while the Abrahamic god was the real devil. Things are inverted to the occultist, which is why some of them enjoy darkness and evil (*this is the left hand path occultist variety or the black magician).
Joseph von Hammer Purgstall confirmed that the Knights Templar worshipped Baphomet when they learned the gnostic mystery religion from the middle east “Assassins.”
Eliphas Levi was a prominent magician who later drew the Baphomet, which Anton Lavey incorporated into the Church of Satan as the “Word of the Gnostics” and in the Satanic Bible he said the Baphomet was symbolic of Satan.
It’s believed to come from a Greek word that means baptism of wisdom; meaning the person is initiated into the ancient mysteries.
It’s all very secretive as to what they truly mean- Kenneth MacKenzie (a Freemason) “Royal Masonic Encyclopedia” talks of the Knights Templar worshipping Baphomet:
“Baphomet, none other than the ancient of days or creator. More cannot be said here without improperly revealing what we are bound to heal, conceal, and never reveal.”
The conspiracy is that it refers to the worship of Lucifer.
Let’s talk about the Baphomet and the symbol of Solve et Coagula on its arms. Looking at Eliphas Levi’s Transcendental Magic (a chapter about the Magic Chain- which he refers to as the occult force behind the earth, the Astral Light, the serpent of Eden):
“To know how to make use of this Agent is to be the trustee of God's
own power; all real, effective Magic, all occult force is there, and its demonstration
is the sole end of all genuine books of science. To have control of the Great
Magical Agent there are two operations necessary – to concentrate and project, or,
in other words, to fix and to move. Fixity has been provided as the basis and
guarantee of movement by the Author of all things: the Magus must go to work in
like manner.
It is said that enthusiasm is contagious – and why? Because it cannot be produced
in the absence of rooted faith. Faith produces faith; to believe is to have a
reason for willing; to will with reason is to will with power – I do not say with an
infinite but with an indefinite power. What operates in the intellectual and moral
world obtains still more in the physical, and when Archimedes was in want of a
lever to move the world, he was seeking simply the Great Magical Arcanum.”
(*Archimedes was a mathematician who proofed out levers with geometry said “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum to on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” We can see how this fits into the Solve et Coagula because it’s about changing the world through leverage).
One arm of the androgyne figure of Henry Khunrath bore the word COAGULA and the other SOLVE. To collect and diffuse are Nature's two words – but after what manner can we accomplish these operations on the Astral Light or soul of the world?
(*Khunrath was a Middle Age alchemist who hung out with John Dee and Edward Kelley and wrote books on the spiritual perfection of man. The Astral Light is the Kabbalistic idea of a light source, the same principle tought by Helena Blavatsky with the Akasha which holds the Akashic Record)
We can see how the idea of the Baphomet is not as simple as it seems- but it contains within it a multitude of doctrines adhered to by the Church of Satan or occultists in general.
This is why we saw Esperanza Spalding doing the same hand symbols as Beyonce with the two-fingered salute next to John Legend on The Voice.
*see my video on my Instagram:
Beyonce’s video also shows us a serpent over her left eye. This is the Eye of Horus- an esoteric symbol meant to show us enlightenment of the initiate.
This enlightenment is arguably through Lucifer- the secret doctrine. Again, this is what the Baphomet probably represents. But we have to understand the principle of inversion for the occultists because they think what’s good is evil and what’s evil is good. Thus, the Devil or Lucifer represents something positive. Aleister Crowley said in Magick Book 4 that the Baphomet is Satan or the Devil; but the Baphomet is also light and love.
Beyonce’s “16 Carriages Visualizer” video shows Beyonce looking into the mirror as she channels this new alter ego of herself- a country star.
She once channeled the spirit of Sasha Fierce into herself years ago, so apparently she’s still doing this practice. I covered this in-depth in my hip hop Illuminati book “Sacrifice: Magic Behind the Mic” (*where you’ll read that she had been employing the usage of the Baphomet imagery back then):
“Beyoncé’s 2008 album I Am… Sasha Fierce birthed her alter ego (obviously the alias is Sasha Fierce). In a BBC interview she said this character she invokes allows her to be more aggressive and sexy than how she acts in real life. On her website she shows this character in dark makeup sporting devil horns or even wearing a suit that resembles the satanic Baphomet-goat image. She allows this entity to take control over her; a classic sign of possession:
"I have someone else that takes over when it's time for me to work. When I'm on stage, this alter ego that I've created that kind of protects me and who I really am."
– Beyoncé, BBC Interview 2008
She said that when she performed Crazy in Love on the 2003 BET Awards she saw it all in her head before it even happened. She says that Sasha Fierce can do things that she can’t do when performing rehearsals by herself. She goes on to reveal that she actually felt this entity go into her:
“I remembered right before I performed, I raised my hands up, and it was kinda the first time I felt something else come into me, and I knew that was going to be my coming out night...”
- Beyoncé, BET Interview
In 2013 she would reveal that she was using a new alter ego named Yonce, but only after saying she had to kill Sasha:
“Sasha Fierce is done. I killed her. I don’t need Sasha Fierce anymore because I’ve grown and now I’m able to merge the two.”
– Beyoncé, interview with Allure magazine in 2010”
E-lec-tri-ci-ty
Finally in that “Renaissance Act ii” promo video we see mention of the healing power of electricity:
Electricity and polarities is a concept familiar with the occult as well. Rudolf Steiner’s theory of Anthroposophy was about the spirit world and human wisdom. He believed that electricity was inducing wisdom into mankind:
“People are now beginning to gain some insight by external means.
…The suspicion is at last arising that man cannot remain unaffected by the activity buzzing through the air in telegraph wires, that man is becoming a real induction apparatus. Remember that there exists an opposite electric current in your nerves. A direct current works in your blood system. All this affects mankind today, but is hardly spoken of ”
In Conclusion
The idea comes back full circle to the idea of a renaissance. It’s about bringing in a new modern era for humanity.
It’s been well documented that some of our thought leaders believe technology and A.I. will usher in this new species which will make our humanity go away. The promise is that technology and the new transhuman robotic A.I. life form will somehow be morally superior and create a utopia; but we all know that technology doesn’t guarantee a better way of living.
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