(prehistoric/mythic) by T. Apiryon Also known as Lutinus, Fecundus and Mutunus. Son of Aphroditê and Dionysus (or Adonis, or Hermês, Pan, or Zeus, according to other accounts). The Mysian god of creative fertility in nature and in man; sometimes identified with both Hermês and Pan. He presided over the fertility of fields and flocks, bee-keeping,
Comments Off on Priapus(prehistoric/mythic) by T. Apiryon Also known as Aristaeus and Aigipan (goatherd), known in Roman mythology as Faunus or Sylvanus. Son of Hermês and Dryope (or Penelope). The Arkadian god of flocks and shepherds, of trees, forests and wildlife, of the hot noonday stillness, and of freedom and fertility. Playful, lascivious, unpredictable and lecherous, he is
Comments Off on Pan(prehistoric/mythic) by T. Apiryon The Arkadian messenger god. Known in Roman mythology as Mercury. He was the son of Zeus and Maia, born on Mount Cyllene. He was the father of Echion, Autolycus and Daphnis, and, by some accounts, of Pan. He was a deity of travel, trade, commerce, ingenuity, manual skill, athletics, eloquence and
Comments Off on Hermês(1875 e.v. – Ixxi e.n.) by T. Apiryon Greek for “The Great Beast.” The most recent Magus of A:. A:., the founder of the religion of Thelema, who gave us two words, to wit: ABRAHADABRA, the Word of the Aeon, which contains the entire mystery of the Great Work, and THELEMA, the Word of the
Comments Off on To Mega Thêrion(570-632 e.v.) by T. Apiryon Also known as Muhammad, Mahomet or Mahmud. Arabic (Meccan) religious reformer, and founder of the Abrahamic Religion known as Islam. Crowley considered him to be a Magus of A:. A:., whose Word was LA ALLAH or LA AL, “No God” and his fundamental doctrine was that God is One. See
Comments Off on Mohammed(prehistoric/mythic) by T. Apiryon Also known as Bacchus, Iacchus, Bassareus, Trietenicus and Liber. Thracian god of ecstasy, terror, guilt and atonement, death and resurrection, vegetation, trees, wine, madness, and drama. Crowley thought Dionysus was “probably an ecstatic from the East,” and one of the principle models for the syncretic legend of Christ. Herodotus places the
Comments Off on Dionysus(c. 1650 b.c.e.) by T. Apiryon Also known as Moses; according to Josephus, his true name was Osarsiph. Mosheh is well known as the Hebrew Lawgiver and founder of the Abrahamic Religion of Judaism, serving the early Israelites as Prophet, Priest and King. Like Jesus, Moses was probably, in actuality, a syncretistic figure. Crowley considered
Comments Off on Mosheh(prehistoric/mythic) by T. Apiryon Also known as Tehuti or Thoth. Egyptian lunar god of Wisdom, consort of Maat, patron of science, mathematics, history and literature, and Nome-god of Hermopolis (Khemennu, near present-day Mallawi). He presided over the first month of the Egyptian year. The name Tahuti means “Ibis-god,” and he is depicted as a male
Comments Off on Tahuti(prehistoric/mythic) by T. Apiryon The eighth and principal Avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, the preserver, the eighth child of Vasu-deva and Devaki, the principle expounder of Vedantism. Crowley considered him to be a human being, a Magus of A:. A:., whose Word has survived as INRI. This formula expresses the secret workings of harmonious
Comments Off on Krishna(563-483 b.c.e.) by T. Apiryon Indian prince and mystic. Also known as Sâkyamuni and Gautama, the Buddha. The founder of the religion of Buddhism. Crowley considered him to be a Magus of A:. A:., whose Word was ANATTA, literally “No Soul,” or “No Ego,” with “Soul” or “Ego” referring to a changeless substance. See Chapter
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