#syncretism

[arlequinelunaire]

The second in my angel-kami syncretism series, crossing Inari/稲荷 with my version of the Archangel Raphael/ラファエル

[ocean-not-found]

I love you Pagan followers of Jesus.

I love you Pagan followers of Mary.

I love you Pagan followers of God.

I love you Folk practitioners.

I love you Folk Catholics.

I love you Santa Muerte Devotees.

I love you Marian Devotees.

I love you Christo-Pagans.

I love you Sophian Christians.

I love you Sophia-worshipping Pagans.

I love you Jesus-Dionysus followers!

I love you Mary Magdalene worshippers!

[tridentandtales]

Roman votive hand of Zeus Sabazios

2nd - 4th century CE

St. Louis Art Museum 52:1956

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Robert W. Pelton - The Complete Book of Voodoo - Berkley - 1973

[fashionlandscapeblog]

Antonio Obá

Figura da encruzilhada: processos de cura – sangria (Crossroads Figure: healing processes – bleeding), 2019

Mixed media on cotton canvas.

[void-of-course]

Tikkun olam - Wikipedia

this. this is a noble concept to learn.

the true nobility and virtue of concepts, whether these are religious concepts, political concepts scientific literary, or esoteric concepts the true nobility, and virtue of these things are not in the gatekeeping of that knowledge are not in the privileging of a select few over the unwashed masses.

this is the poetry of perennial ism, which is just another fallible human idea, but it's a nice idea that says that wherever there have been humans where they have been people in community living with each other, living with the land living with the non-human people with the spirits with the energies we have known how to treat each other and we have abide by Noble and virtuous ways we have acted better towards each other, and we know how to act in a caring, respectful way.

In Alexandria at the great libraries, men and women and non-binary people all commune with one another in 1000 languages investigating 10,000 topics genres modes of thought Neoplatonists, priestesses of Isis Innana Miranda, Persian mathematicians and mages, Jewish mystics and Christian communalists...and travelers from the far far east, bringing the practices of the eightfold path and the tao.

 why would one limit when's taste of the Orchard to just one fruit tree? Why would one gaze upon all the splendor that God has wrought and say only these particular shade of lenses are the correct prescription to accurately take in everything?

Again, learned elders from every tradition speak of this when you get down to brass tax. It's not about the package it's about what's inside.

And what's inside is summed up in the Bob Dylan song:

But you’re going to have to serve somebody, yes indeed

You’re going to have to serve somebody

Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord

But you’re going to have to serve somebody

the choice is ours, each one of us: Decide Whom, or What, we Serve.

who do you serve? i'm right with my maw n paw and my Maker, and i try to pray and let sophia move in me.

Edit: furthermore, this concept of Tikkun olam integrates naturally into a framework of global human liberation; including anti-racism, anti-fascism, and anti-zionism.

[bodhi-devotee]

Who is Zeus-Helios?

Zeus-Helios is the syncretization of the greek deities King Zeus and the titian, Helios. Zeus-Helios means more to me than i can express without getting derailed, but know i have vowed myself to Him without regret (here’s me gushing). many have been curious as to the logic behind the syncretism of Zeus-Helios and i’m thrilled to explain!

☀️ Zeus is often conflated with the kemetic Amun. Amun is very commonly syncretized with Ra, the kemetic sun god! so a figure akin to Zeus-Helios, Amun-Ra, has already been formed and revered in antiquity. the connection isn’t unheard of!

⚡️ in the orphic hymn to Helios, the title ‘immortal Zeus’ is used to describe Helios! this seems to be one of the most convincing pieces of evidence to me of this syncretism being present in the ancient world!

— tossing aside this one specific instance of the two literally sharing a name, they also often share qualities and domains. both are described as having relevance in fertility and paternity, truth, foresight and omnipotence, justice and oaths, masculinity, authority, and light.

☀️ in orphic myth it is believed Zeus controls and connects all forces of the cosmos, and that all things live in Him. some go as far as to say that our universe is housed in Zeus’ belly! i view the Sun, as the center of and sole connecting force of our solar system, as the physical embodiment of this role.

— from the derveni papyrus, a commentary on orphic belief: "Zeus, when from his father the prophesied rule and strength in his hands he took and the glorious daimon . . . the god [Phanes] who first sprang forth into the Aither (Light). Kronos (Cronus, Time) who did a mighty deed to Ouranos (Uranus, Sky), son of Nyx (Night), who became king first of all; following him again Kronos, and then Zeus the contriver. Zeus when, from his father the prophecy having heard, strength in his hands he took, and the glorious daimon [Phanes], the reverend one, he swallowed, who first sprang forth into the Aither. [So Zeus swallowed the body] of the Firstborn king [Phanes], the reverend one. And with him all the immortals became one, the blessed gods and goddesses and rivers and lovely springs and everything else that then existed: he became the only one."

— and from orphic fragment 168: “Zeus is the head and center, for all things are from Zeus… Zeus is the foundation of earth and starry heaven. Zeus is sovereign of all for he is the first cause of all things. In one divine power, emerging one divinity, the commander of the world.”

⚡️ even in practices that don’t consider Zeus to be a creator god, He is still a life-bearing god of fertility. the Sun gives rise to all living things! the fertility aspect of Zeus, His life-giving rain, would be null and void without Helios. rain and other weather phenomena would not be possible without the Sun evaporating the rain after it pours from the clouds, and the Sun would have no water left to grant life unto earth with if Zeus didn’t rain and give it all back to the land. all natural forces play into each other, but the Sun and the Sky are notably interwoven.

☀️ Dyeus, the proto-indo-european god Zeus is believed to have derived from, was likely a god specifically of the daytime sky if we follow the linguistic roots! i mean, the sky is just darkness and night until the Sun grants us the Day

thank you SO much for reading. thank you to everyone who shared their curiosity or support. thank you most to Zeus-Helios, my Heavenly Father, for the never ending blessings

[aether-nereide]

O thrice-great Hermes, Lord of the liminal. Caduceus-bearer of the gods. O god of the crossroads, bringer of knowledge. Your wit knows no end, Mercurius, I honor you and your nature.

© ᴀᴇᴛʜᴇʀ-ɴᴇʀᴇɨɖɛ. ᴀʟʟ ʀɪɢʜᴛֆ ʀᴇֆᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ.