Leviathan of west, listing it as one of the Four Crown Princes of Hell. This association was inspired by the demonic hierarchy from "The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage". The Church of Satan uses the Hebrew letters at each of the points of the Sigil of Baphomet to represent Leviathan. Starting from the lowest point of the pentagram, and reading counter-clockwise, the word reads "לויתן": Hebrew for "Leviathan". Leviathan Leviathan (; ) is a creature with the form of a sea monster from Jewish belief, referenced in the Hebrew Bible in the Book of Job, Psalms, the
Leviathan (Hobbes book) Leviathan (Hobbes book) Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil—commonly referred to as Leviathan—is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668). Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. "Leviathan" ranks as a classic Western work on statecraft comparable to Machiavelli's "The Prince". Written during the English Civil War (1642–1651), "Leviathan" argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute