I assume this was when vere was a self-admitted satanist - or did he aquire new 'skills' as a 'canon-lawyer'?
According to Columbe, Eliphas Levi, the creator of The Sigil of Baphomet, was an "always faithful Catholic.".
Coulombe, The Esoteric Orthodoxy of Catholicism, Gnosis Magazine, Summer 1990:
"One cannot tell with complete accuracy what will happen. But we can know what must happen if the Church is to function properly. She must return to the... magical view of life; and the process of baptizing Hermeticism, interrupted by the Reformation, must be completed."