The season of Gateways and Babylon
Author: Temple Sorcery
Posted to The Witches’ Voice  October 12th. 2008

Above image from Temple Sorcery

In the course of the natural man’s life, there is only change. Recurrent natural events as demonstrated in the annual rounds of the sun and the phases of the moon, the sequence of day and night, were familiar to men before words. When in observance of these cycles, as it has been understood, 6 being the number associated with Man, 7 being the number associated with perfection brings us to a complete cycle of 13. Thirteen thus becomes the complete cycle of one year, which equates to the illumination and perfection of man. Here we find one significant indication of what time is, the Perfection of Man!

In the ancient times many names exist for the triad of divinity in which some have used as a symbol there of depicting either the pyramid or a triangle. The Egyptian figure of Khons, which meant “to chase” was known in ancient times to be the son of Maut or the Goddess Mother. She was also depicted as Venus and her son Cupid. In that way even Valentines Day brings a new meaning. Valentine derives from the Latin word ‘valor’ so essentially Venus’s son was none other than “Cupid the Mighty.”

It is also important to note in those times that Khons was the “God of Hidden Counsels,” and “Concealer of Secrets.” To the Romans, Saturn the “God of Mysteries” whose name was used in Rome to signify “The Hidden One” was also known to be the father of Khons or Khonso as he was also called. Saturn was also known by the name Amoun, which is “The Hidden God.”

In Latin “Consus,” is translated as “god of horse races or those who produce the horse.” The primitive Centaur depicted in the Ancient Babylon Temple was a representation of Kronos or Saturn, “The Father or King of the Gods.” The first king of Babylon was known as the “Centaur of Babylon,” and was none other than the Nimrod the Mighty hunter ill depicted in biblical versions. It is interesting to note that Nimrod, “The spotted one,” as he was referred to or, “The mighty hunter,” was regarded identical to the Greek and Roman Bacchus the “The Bewailed” or “Lamented One” who was symbolized by Nebrod “The Spotted Fawn.” Bacchus was regarded as the same Phoenician and Assyrian Tammuz and Tammuz was regarded as the same as Adonis who was also regarded as the famous “Huntsman,” for whose death Venus is fabled to have made many bitter lamentations. The women of Egypt, as the Phoenician and Assyrian women, the women of Greece and Rome wept for “The bewailed, “or “Lamented one.”

Nimrod was reputed to have been ripped to pieces and his flesh boiled and eaten by giants. Jupiter, the King of the Gods, was so excited by the cruelty of the deed; he turned his thunderous wrath to the titans. Nimrod after having only his heart snatched away and preserved by Minerva and by a new regeneration was restored and once again “filled up the number of the gods.” It is noteworthy to point out that Orion also was torn to pieces in a similar fashion then was translated to the stars. Was it to “fill up the number of the stars (gods?) This brings to mind Crowley’s axiom “Every Man and Woman is a Star.”

The sacred heart depicted in Catholic terms begins to take on a new light here. “The Sacred Heart,” being one of the sacred symbols of Osiris born again, or the Chaldean “Sacred Bel” (or heart) is none other than the lamented mighty one of Babylon. As the Catholics have parked their Vatican upon our ancestral pagan holy place so have they also parked their truth upon ours! Who then is the cornerstone of their church?

We find that the word Bab-ilu or Bab-ilii in ancient semantic actually translates to the meaning of “Gate of God.” The Babylonian tower and pagan empire begins to take on a more true meaning. As we come once again to the observance of Samhain the season of gateways, it is understood that not only does this mark the last harvest of the year in terms of our ancestors, it also marks the 3 day portal to the future and the past, but also has reference to the thinning of the veil or a gateway from the realm of the living to that of the dead. As we make our observances and meditations let us not forget the “Sacred Heart” or to invoke the Hidden God within us, so that each of us complete the number of the Gods (Stars) . For just as the heart of the son, of the Hidden God was preserved we search ever inwardly for the hidden god within.

May this and every Samhain be a path well lit to the inner mysteries of the god and goddess within each of you. May Amoun, “The Hidden God,” who is also the father of the “Hidden Gods,” light your path to wisdom for just as in ancient times the gateway is within you and our Pagan Babylonian Empire still shines in ether from within.

As the winds of time changes,
So do the lives of the living,
For as the voice of your spirit
Is carried on the howling winds of deep night
The eyes from the abyss return their gaze unseen
And shall ever more gaze upon thee
So are the footsteps at the dead quite of night
And at the cold crisp night do they smite
Look into my eyes what do you see
Who is that dancing in the gaze of thee
What is the drumbeat of a far off sound
That echoes in your ears with a deep dark pound,
What is the whisper that we all can hear
When all if far off and none are near
Loud is the whispered shriek of the Nightman’s call,
Where is sleep and where is wake
Does sleep time being at daylight break
From the hand of the man the sands do fall
One by one until none at all
Until it is time to begin it all again
Being the first to burst from that silent sea
As from the lips of a babe you hear the old man call
The Old Man lives in me

As Above So Below,
As Within So Without

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