Egyptian
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I wrote last month about how I was thinking about adopting P. Sufanas Virius Lupus’s idea of using prayers to Wepwawet, Hekate, and Janus at the beginning of rituals to open the way for the other Deities being honored and to protected to sacred space. It has the added benefit of being another way to
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I sing now of the living God of Egypt Fair Apis, Strong Bull of His mother Beautiful Soul of Ptah High of horns, the virile Herald of the Nile’s flooding Who carries the sun-disk between His horns And bestows the strength to rule on the Pharaoh Gentle protector of children, But fierce defender of Egypt
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One of the Gods of this month is Apis, the living bull-God of Memphis. According to the Greco-Egyptian historian Manetho, the worship of the Apis goes back to nearly 3,000 BCE, to the 2nd Dynasty of the First Kingdom of Egypt. The Apis bull was a God incarnate, a harbinger of fertility, prosperity, and healing,
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The Gods of the Month for August are Ereshkigal, Apis, and the Hindu Ganesh. Ereshkigal is the Sumerian Goddess of the Underworld, the sister of more well-known Inanna. Ereshkigal is an official part of the Neos Alexandria pantheon, but Her sister Inanna is not. This is because in Alexandria Ereshkigal became much more popular than
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Anubis Anpu Yunipu By every name that You have been called I hail You As Your sharp eyes can pierce the deepest blackness May I see what You see As Your keen ears detect the subtlest vibration May I hear what You hear As Your nose picks up the faintest scent May all my scents
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I was flipping through P. Sufanas Virius Lupus’ book Devotio Antinoo, and I found something relating to this month’s GMC that I’m thinking of adopting into my personal practice. In the public rituals of the Ekklesia Antinoou begins with invocations or prayers to three gate-keeper Gods, one each from Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The Deities
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Anubis Howls And the pack gathers Anubis Howls And specters scatter Anubis Howls And evil quakes Anubis Howls And my heart responds
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The Jackal grins Showing teeth Yellow eyes glisten Taking in all they see Entrancing all who look into them Lord of Death Lord of Life You are ……….Opener of the Way ……….Far-Walker ……….Master of the Necropolis Lord Jackal What do You see In me?
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I offer a prayer to the King of Night Attendant of Isis, haunter of graveyards Anubis, far-walker Your presence is heralded by the howling Of wild dogs in the distance Those lonely scavengers, Your children Furtive shadows dancing On the periphery of the Necropolis Eyes bright, ears peaked Ever alert, the hunters of the desert
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Black eyes deeper than the night watch me Smoldering with contained desire A growl raises from Your canine throat My dark God, Master of the wild night Magic flows from Your every pore Crackling power fills Your masculine form Your scent intoxicates me Your Presence fills me A song of arousal singing with each beat
Temple of Athena the Savior 