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Thou art not thy body, nor is thy body any portion of thee. It is an estate which thou hold’st for a time, and after a time shall pass from thee. Therefore, have governance of thy body, nor let it be in any thing thy ruler. Keep it in purity as a temple built of earth and a place of devotion.
Teachings: The Clew of the Horse: 47-50
She that hath no beginning, nor any end; She that did stand in the heart of chaos and make all things harmonious; She that doth bear the worlds within Her hand; the maid that knoweth Her is truly free. She that is the maker of being and of unbeing; She that is all that is and all that is not; the maid that knoweth Her in truth hath left all worlds; hath left in truth the body and the mind.
Teachings: The Clew of the Horse: 45,46
Restrain thy soul from chasing bright illusions. Let her return to purity again. Thus shall she come once more to the still Centre, thus shall she stay upon her Mother’s breast. Chasten thy soul with shame and make her humble; thus shall she come to peace and sweet repose. When she has ceased from all movement, then she and the Centre are one.
Teachings: The Clew of the Horse: 22-25
For in order to gain the world, you must give the world away; and in order to attain your desire, you must pass beyond all desire; and in order to find yourself, you must lose yourself; and in order to have Life Eternal, you must go unto death even as I have gone unto death.
Teachings: The Secret of the World: 26
Seek not to conquer kear alone nor cleave alone to Good, but open your heart to Me, and let Me live through you, for I shall open the way to your true soul, your laughing soul, all robed in white more lovely than the sun; and through My death shall she be purified.
Teachings: The Secret of the World: 19
For I love each of you, and I have proved My love, and shall prove it evermore.
Teachings: The Secret of the World: 16
Life is a passing dream; of all its treasures, there is no thing among them shall endure. Restrain thy soul from chasing bright illusions. Let her return to purity again. Thus shall she come once more to the still Centre, thus shall she stay upon her Mother's breast.
Teachings 2:21-23
Hold thou fast to the Truth, for the Truth is thy shelter; a sure refuge against which neither death nor the storm shall prevail.
Teachings 1:33
None shall call upon Me and be lost. Every cry of the world shall I heed; and when the whole of a heart cries upon Me, that soul shall I take beneath My mantle. Cry and thou shalt have answer; love and thou art beloved; hope and thy hope shall be fulfilled, in this world and in all the worlds to come.
Teachings 1:27,28
A complete guide to praying the Filianic Rosary with passages from The Clear Recital.
Do the Jana have any practical, day-to-day spheres of influence? I know they have virtues, but they seem distant.
Tumblr ate my last answer, and this one is far clunkier. Forgive me.
But yes. I have made a study of the Great Janati, pulling from original Madrian sources and modern Filianic sources, as well as personal research. Most of my ideas are still hodge-podge brainstorms, but I will post the three most ‘complete’ answers below.
-Sai Vikhe is the Opener. The cutting edge, the strength to endure. She is the patron of warriors, medical surgeons, firemen, and anyone else who uses blades or force to save lives and remove danger. She is precision, a rallying cry, and the protector of those who cannot protect themselves from the danger they face. At the highest level, she is Holy Valour. The neverending war against the demons, against Irkalla; to fight for eternity, to fight to exhaustion and beyond because without her protection, we would be consumed by monsters within and monsters without. The valour to wield truth like a blade, the sharpest blade.
-Sai Sushuri is the Soother. The healing touch, the deep water. She is patron of psychiatrists, hospice workers, and naturopathic medical professionals, as well as boaters and fishermen; any who make their money off the open waters. She is the calm lake and the terrible storm, for hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. At the highest level, she is Holy Love. Gentle love and fierce love, the love of Dea for us. A love that compelled the Daughter to be shattered for our ultimate healing and redemption, and the love that tore apart the very gates of hell itself.
-Sai Mati is the Knower. The keen eye, the knowing hands. She is patron of advisers, farmers and craftsmen, of those whose hands and minds provide what civilization needs. Librarians, researchers, farmers, mechanics, carpenters; knowledge that improves the material world. At the highest level, she is Holy Wisdom. The saying, “Any work done prayerfully becomes an offering of infinite virtue” comes to mind. The maiden picking apples who cuts one open and is suddenly struck by the epiphany of the Pentacle within- that is Sai Mati.
This is the extent of my comprehensible research. I’ll add to it as I go.
Blessed is she.
so..I had recently made this necklace, and as I was just looking at it, it dawned on me that it does look quite like a rosary. (since it has the beads with the spaces between each one, though it doesn’t have a pendant on it) I had been wanting a rosary for some time, but I honestly don’t know much to anything about them, so I’’ wondering if i can use this as one, and if so, how?
In theory, any set of countable objects can be used as a rosary—a necklace, your fingers, some geckos sunning themselves on the top of a payphone—some objects are just more helpful in keeping count than others. Ideally, a Westrenne rosary has five “decades” of ten beads each, with a larger or more widely spaced bead separating each decade, and a pendant. The Rosary Prayer would be said on the pendant, the Eternity Prayer on each large bead, and the Silver Star of the Waters on each small one. To use the necklace, I would just tie a ribbon or string on after every tenth bead to divide them into decades, say the Eternity Prayer each time you reach a ribbon or string, and say the Rosary Prayer before beginning (without saying it on anything, per se, unless the necklace has a clasp, in which case I might say it on the clasp before beginning the first decade).
Those are just some ideas. You will find what works for you if you really want to use it for that purpose. Given that you have evident skill in jewelry-making, you might also consider making a rosary custom-built.
Thank you very much @racemochridhe for your thoughts! I will definitely try your ribbon idea! Do you know where I could get my hands on both a Rosary prayer and the Eternity prayer that you mentioned?
how many times and how often should i pray the rosary as well?
The Rosary Prayer and the Eternity Prayer are both found in Philip Jackson’s “Sacred Myths and Rites of the Madrians”.
Rosary Prayer: “Beloved Kyria, You have suffered in a way I cannot understand that you might come to me. I offer You my hand. Lead my soul into the garden of the rosary, that she may rest among the mystic roses of Your Love.”
Eternity Prayer: “Eternal is the Light of the Mother, eternal is the Love of the Daughter, eternal is Their completion in the Wholeness of the Absolute, and glorious is eternity.
As to how many times and how often to make the rosary, I don’t think there is a rule, per se. I have never seen Madrian or Aristasian sources prescribe one, though the Madrians were always keen to note its benefits and encourage frequent use. I make a rosary every Rayadi, and through Moura am making one each on Candredi and Sucridi as well.
This is a collection of sacred writings belonging to the religion of Filianism (for more information, see The Chapel of Our Mother God). To the best of my knowledge they are considered to have an abandoned copyright and are free to download and distribute.
The Clear Recital with Typicon
Opera Omnia volume 1
Opera Omnia volume 2
Critical Apparatus
“How shall the soul attain to Love? Let her open herself to every creature in compassion and in care. Let her seek to do no harm to any being. Let her love extend even to those who do her hurt; and let her seek to understand them. For perfect love is perfect knowledge and perfect knowledge is perfect love.”
- Teachings 1:5:37-43
“But thou shalt never pass away; when all the worlds are dust thou shalt endure.”
- Teachings 1:2:55
“Seek not to conquer kear alone nor cleave alone to Good, but open your heart to Me, and let Me live through you, for I shall open the way to your true soul, your laughing soul, all robed in white, more lovely than the sun; and through My death shall she be purified.”
— Teachings 1:8:19
The Filianic Catechism
It is often asked, even within the Déanic community, what constitutes Filianism? What separates it from other Déanic religions? This has become even more of a hot topic recently as it’s become clear that Filianism, while its own religion, is not a single belief anymore than Christianity or Wicca is. Below is the Catechism of Our Mother, taken from the Chapel of Our Mother God, website. This outlines the core beliefs of Filianism, with the preceding description:
“In some versions this Catechism has been added to with material that is not universally agreed upon, but this is the basic and original Catechism of the Children of Dea, upon which every Filyana can agree.”
This is referring to other traditions linked to Filianism, such as the Order of Kore Di-Jana (Janite), whose version of the Catechism can be found here.
The statements of the Catechism are all linked with the mythos and teachings written down in the Filianic scriptures known as The Clear Recital. Whether the Recital is seen as a description of true events outside of our reality or divinely inspired poetry, or something between the two, is up to the Filyana themselves - either way, they are the primary influence of our faith.
A Short Catechism of the Children of Dea
I. THE ORIGIN OF THE SOUL
1. From whence do you come and where is your first origin? I was created from before the beginning of time by Dea out of the overflowing of Her divine love.
2. What manner of creature are you? I am the reflection of a fragment of Her eternal Spirit.
3. What have been your actions since the beginning of time? I have passed through many states of existence and many forms of life (although I can remember but a little).
4. How came you upon this wheel of countless existences? In the beginning, my soul turned from the love of Dea and so fell into exile from her natural state.
5. What is the natural state of your soul? The natural state of my soul is Perfect Union with Dea, which is the state of pure delight.
6. What is the first cause of existence? Dea is the first cause of existence, for She created the manifest universe.
7. What is Dea? Dea (”Day-ah”) is the one Spirit of the universe, complete in Herself, uncreated, and infinite in potency, perception and perfection.
II. DEITY
10. What are the three Forms of Dea? Our Celestial Mother, Her Divine Daughter and the Dark Mother who is Absolute Deity.
11. Who is our Celestial Mother? The Mother is the Creator of the world, and Ground of all being.
12. What is Her Nature? She is pure Life, pure Light and pure energy.
13. What are Her Acts? All life, all action and all thought flow from Her.
14. Who is Her Daughter? Her Daughter is Princess of the World, Priestess of the World and Queen of Heaven.
15. What is Her Nature? She is pure love.
16. What are Her Acts? As Princess of the World, She governs all the cycles of life and nature; as Priestess of the World, She gives us Communion with Her Mother; as Queen of Heaven, She shall bring us at last to the Celestial Throne.
17. Who is the Dark Mother? She is Absolute Deity, Who existed before the beginning of existence and is beyond being and unbeing.
18. What is Her Nature? She is outside space and time; She is all that is and all that is not.
19. What are Her Acts? The exhalation of Her breath or Spirit is our Mother, the Creator of the world. Of Her other Acts, our minds cannot conceive.
III. THE NATURE OF DEITY
21. Had Dea any beginning? Dea had no beginning and will have no end.
22. When did Dea create the world? She creates it now and in every moment; if She ceased to create it, it would cease to exist.
23. Where is Dea? She is in every place at all times.
24. What is the name of Dea? She has been given many names by many different peoples.
25. Yet are there many Gods? No, there is only one God. 26. Are there any other Deities? There are no other Deities.
27. Who are those others that some worship as Deities? Some are forms under which Dea may appear, or under which certain creatures may perceive Her, others are Janyati and creatures of the higher spheres.
28. Could Dea have a special relationship with one or more of these higher creatures? She could have no special relationship.
29. What is the reason of this? Firstly, She alone is uncreated; all other beings are of Her creation, therefore none can exist on Her own level. Secondly, the highest relationship between creature and Deity is that of Perfect Union; this is the final aim of every soul, and no special relationship can be higher than this.
30. What are the powers of Dea? The powers of Dea are infinite; no thing is impossible to Her.
31. What is the knowledge of Dea? The knowledge of Dea is infinite; She knows all that is, all that has been and all that is to come.
For a commentary on each of these points, I recommend reading the full page here.
According to some, the term Filianism used to be used as a term for those Déanists who focused their beliefs purely on the Holy Daughter (Déa Filia), while ‘pure Déanists’ focused on the Mother and Trinitarii Déanists focused on all three aspects of the Trinity. While this may have been the case, many different religions that are completely separate from the movement of Lux Madriana and the authors of the Clear Recital, also fall under the umbrella of Déanism. Many of these have their own Déanic Trinity that is viewed completely different from the theology of Filianism. Not only that but, having spoken to many who identify as Filianist, they consider themselves devoted to all three aspects of the Trinity. Even the Chapel website backs this up.
As I mentioned before, Filianism is not a single belief, though it is a religion in its own right. When one refers to Orthodox Filianism (or Chapel Filianism) they are referring to the path that follows the beliefs, calendar and cosmology written on the Chapel of Our Mother God. An Independent Filianist, or Eclectic Filianist, may agree with most of the basics of what is outlined in the Catechism and follow the Clear Recital, while not necessarily following the same calendar or views on the Chapel. They may lean more towards the beliefs of the Janite tradition or the Lucienne tradition, to give just two examples. They may synchronise their own previous beliefs with Filianism, as I myself have done with Sophian Filianism; an adaptation of my previous Gnostic beliefs into Filianism. This can be achieved with any belief so long as the Mother God has no male superior or equal (Father God) and likewise the Daughter has no brother-bridegroom figure as Her opposite, and the other beliefs fall in line with the basics of the Catechism.
Whether you call on Her as Inanna, Kore, Zoe or any other name,
May Déa Filia be with you.
~ Sorella Roselyn
