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Post by cortwilliams on Aug 9, 2012 8:47:50 GMT -6
This is an invocation of one of my favorite sinister deities, the godform Set-Typhon, which I wrote a few years back, though I'd share it here:
Io Set! Io Set-Typhon! Io Pakerbeth! Io Apep-Typhon!
Unto Thee I Call, O Shaker of the Earth, O Lord of the Desert!
He who Struck Down His Brother He Who Turned the Desert Red Come Unto Me
With thy blade you gave birth to thyself With thy blade you severed your link with the cosmic order And charged headlong into the wastes of the desert
He who birthed himself He who severed the cord Come Unto Me
He who rules the wastes He who sends forth the Storm Come Unto Me
O Red Lord of the North, o Devouring Dragon! I Call Unto Thee Pakerbeth I Call Unto Thee My Father Typhon Kolchoi Tontonon Set!
Let Thy Blade Sever the Cord Which Bindeth Me Let thy Chaos Quicken Me Let Thy Power Flow Unto Me-That My Dark Will Be Done
(recited the following portion of the text three times)
I Call Unto Thee by the Mighty and Terrible Name(...100 letter formulae I do not wish to reprint)
Let thy Dark Essence Flow Into ME Let the Cord that Binds Me be Severed Lead me to the Shattered Kingdoms of Thy Red Desert!
IO Set-Typhon! IO PAKERBETH! Hail Satanis!!!
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Post by sin on Aug 9, 2012 19:05:25 GMT -6
Fantastic! I have a question though, do you not embrace the element of Set as a warrior for RA? I mean without Set, the sun would not rise and set. Seems to be missing a bit of that, but otherwise I liked it very much.
CS
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Post by cortwilliams on Aug 9, 2012 19:34:46 GMT -6
Thanks Master Cora'Sahn: Certainly, Set did act as Ra's defender in the sun-barque and did battle with Apep on Ra's behalf. On the other hand, he was also linked, if indirectly, to Apep/Apophis himself. This makes sense in a way I think, as a god whose characteristics resemble the powers of chaos most closely is often the one who is called upon to do battle with said powers of chaos. I tend to focus on the aspects of Set which emphasize his role as a transgressor of cultural and spiritual norms, as a "god against the gods" , a bringer of disorder, and as an initiator into the sinister mysteries of the left-hand path(I also follow a modern esoteric tradition which views Set as the secret child of Apep, but this is external to the traditional Egyptian mythos per se). The godform I work with specifically in this invocation in Set-Typhon, a synthesis of Set with the Greek arch-giant Typhon, a godform whose name appears in a few magical workings found in the Greek Magical Papyri(a group of magical texts from the first few centuries AD). As I understand it, the godform Set-Typhon emphasizes the adversarial aspects of Set.
Hail Satanis! Cort
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Post by sin on Aug 10, 2012 6:50:25 GMT -6
Ahhh that makes sense yes. Personal connections are far more important, than citing history, in my personal opinion. I was just curious is all. Thanks for the elaboration.
CS
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Post by cortwilliams on Aug 12, 2012 15:20:07 GMT -6
Agreed Master Cora'Sahn, subjective spiritual experience trumps the ability to cite historical evidence for prior recognition of a particular attribute of a deity. Historically, Set appears to have been viewed in an increasingly adversarial/villainous light as time progressed(particularly after the expulsion of the Hyksos, ca. 16th c. BCE), a process which had progressed significantly by the time of the Roman era when the godform Set-Typhon is attested.
Hail Satanis! Cort Williams
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Post by lokidreaming on Aug 12, 2012 16:41:02 GMT -6
In reference to the Set vs Osiris rivalries and grudge matches throughout the ages?
Hence why Set is vilified so much and one of the by byproducts of this is the stigma that Set is evil? and now is an assumed truth?
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Post by sin on Aug 12, 2012 17:09:30 GMT -6
Agreed Master Cora'Sahn, subjective spiritual experience trumps the ability to cite historical evidence for prior recognition of a particular attribute of a deity. Historically, Set appears to have been viewed in an increasingly adversarial/villainous light as time progressed(particularly after the expulsion of the Hyksos, ca. 16th c. BCE), a process which had progressed significantly by the time of the Roman era when the godform Set-Typhon is attested. Hail Satanis! Cort Williams
Indeed. There was a time when Set was glorified in the light of RA. Pretty disheartening actually. That's Romanization for ya. I feel the same way about Aset. It seems she fades into the sands of history and people usually only remember her as Isis.
During my studies in the Temple of Set, it was very pleasing to me to find much information about Set that didn't focus so much on the Osiris story (which gets tiresome).
CS
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Post by cortwilliams on Aug 27, 2012 16:12:36 GMT -6
Yeah, it's primarily the post-Hyksos "demonized" Set which interests me more as a godform which more closely approximates my vision of an adversarial "god against the gods". For more details on some of Set's transgressive exploits above and beyond his fratricidal dismemberment of Osiris, I'd recommend H. Te Velde's "Seth: God of Confusion". Done Webb's "Seven Faces of Darkness" also a must-read for those interested in Set.
IO Set-Typhon! Hail Satanis! Cort
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