>>10919730No one can say 100% for sure what was going on with the Templars other than maybe their descendants. It's possible Baphomet somehow related to Mahomet (how they used to write Muhammad) and the Templars were connected with Islam or the name is tied to Sophia as the Atbash Cipher says (Sophia is the gnostic goddess). Maybe it's a combination of the two or something else entirely. The symbol is so imposing and enigmatic that people love to speculate.