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THE MAGICAL PANTHEONS TheG oldDeanw nJ ournal BookI V Editbeyd ChicC icero SandrTaa bathCai cero 1998 LlewelPluybnl ications StP.a uMli,n nes5o5t16a4 -0383 TheM agiPcanahtole nTsh:Ge o lDdaewnJn uo rnBaoloI:Vk © 1 99b8y C hic Ciceraon dS andrTaa bathCai cerAol.lr ighrtess ervPerdi.n tiendt he UniteSdt atoefsA mericNao. p arotf t hibso okm ayb eu sedo rr epro duceind anym annewrh atsoevweirt hopuetr missini ownr itinfgr om Llewellyn Publicatiinto hnecs a seoexf bc reipqetuf o tatieomnbso dieind critiacratli calnedrs e views. FIRSTE DmON FirPsrti nti1n9g9,8 Covedre sigAnnn:e MariGea rrison Coveirl lustraotfgi oodnsans d goddessEersi:Hc o ltz Interdieosri gSna:n drTaa batChiac ero Crosasn dT riangalret workS©a ndrTaa batChiac ero Chaptaerrct o urteosfDy o vePru blicoantis. Materiqaulo tefdr omT hBea hAiryre,Kha pla(nt ransliastu osre)dw, i th permissfiroonmS amueWle iseIrn,c Y.o,r kB eachM,a ine. LibraorfyC ongreCsast ologing-in-PuDbaltiac ation TheG oldeDna wnj ournaIle ditbeydC hicC icerSoa,n drTaa batha Cicero p.c m--(LleweGlollydne'Dnsa wns eries) Includbeisb liograrpehifcearle nces. Content-s-:- b4kT .h eM agicPaanlt heons ISBN1:- 56718-8(v64.1) -$ 31 4.95 1.H ermetoircd eorft heG oldeDna wn.2 .C abal3a.M. a gic. 4.S ymbolismI..C icerCohi,c ,1 936.I- IC.i cerSoa,n drTaa batha, 1959.I- ISIe.r ies. BF1623.R7G15979 4 94-39664 CIP PublishNeor'tse LlewellWyonr ldwiddeo esn otp articipiant,ee n dorsoer,h avea ny authoriotryr esponsibciolnicteyrnin g privabtues inestsr ansactions betweeonu ra uthoarnsd t hep ublic. Allm aiald dressteotd h ee ditoorfts h ibso oki sf orwardbeudtt, h e publischaenrn outn,l esspse cifiicnsatlrluyc tbeytd h ee ditogrisv,oe u ta n addreosrsp honneu mber. LlewellPyunb lications A DivisioofLn l ewellWyonr ldwidLet,d . P.OB.o x6 438D3e,p tK.8 61-3 StP.a ulMN, 55164-0383 Alsob yt heE ditors TheG oldDeanw nM agicSayls tem including: ThNee wG oldDeanw n Ritua(ld eTcak)r ot ThNee wG oldDeanw nR itual (Ttaarroott) SecroefatG so ldDeanw nT emple Self-IniinttitoahG teoi lodnDe anw nT radition TheG oldDeanw nJ orunlaS eries including: BooIk:D i vination BooIkIQ :a balaThh:e oarnyMd a gic BooIkI TIh:Ae r otf H ermes ExperietnhcKeia nbgba ahl Forthcoming ThMei ddPliel (lTahri Erddi tieodni,t aendd a nnotated) ForM ariBaa bwahsiJnigmKah e,l in, BobG ilbeArltl,aA nr mstrong, andF rancis. Contents LisotfI llusitornast .ix ............................................................................. IntroducGtoidosan n:d H umans byC hiCci cearnodS anadT raabtahC icero 1 .................................... Paganasn dN eo-Pagans byM .I siadF oorrrest 55 ................................................ ................... SamothraFciiraen byS tevCerna nmer 85 ...................................................................... TheA ncieOnnte so ft heI riFsahe ry-Faith byK ismaK .S tepanich 101 ...................................... ......................... TheI ncomplMeytteh ological Poafnt thheGe oolndseD na wn byP atZ alewski 129 .......................................................................... Int heB eginnWiansgt heW ord byH arvNeye wstrom 163 ........................................... ...................... HebreHwi erarchNiacmaelsi nB riah byJ maesA .E shelman . 199 ............................................... ................ OsirisC harnids t byJ ohMnic haGerle .e....r... ................................... ....................2 29 Dot heG odsE xist? byD onalMdi chaelK raig 253 ............................. .............................. Illursattions Romanwso rshipptihneGgo dN eptu.n.e. .............x. ............................. SelenGeo,d desosft he Mo.o...n... ....................................................... 54 TheG odso fa ncieGnrte ece 84 ............................................................... TheA nciOennetos ft hIer iFsahe ry-..F....a....i....t....h.... ............. .100 Thet hreNeo ms:U rdV,e rananddi ,S kuld (PasPtr,e seanntd,F uture) 128 .............................................................. TheC eltPiacn theoanpsp liteotd h eT reoef L ife 144 ......................... TheN ine WorldosfY ggdraaspipll iteotd h eK abbalah 148 ............. TheN orsPea ntheaopnp liteotd h eT reoef L ife 160 ........................... StJ.o hn'vsi sioofnC hriasntd t heS eveCna ndlesticks1 62 ............... TheD ivine Mystery 198 .......................................................................... Osiris 228 ................................................................................................... Dot heGo dse xist? 252 ............................................................................ Romawnosr shitphGepo iNdnep tgu ne. IntroductGioodns:a ndH umans ChiCci ecroa ndS andrTaab athCai ecro Antdh Geo dwse sreeie ntnh eIidreo atfsh S et awrisat,lht l h eSiirga nnsd, thSet awresnr uem bewritethdhGe o dst hienm .l anyp eopilnte h wiso rlgdoa botuhtie lr ivaesss umtihnagt theirsoe n loyn wea yo fl ookisnpgi uraaitlyt i-ittnh ree li giotnh atth ewye rtea ugahsct hi lednrI.tn eveorc cutros thetmah tt hsep iribteulsaio lefo f theirfdsi ,f fecroeunltd, possihbalvvyea lyi.Fd oirt sroemaes poenr,f ercattliyao nndia nlt elli genpte op,wl heoo theruwpihsoetl hdie d etah a"tt hearrteew os ides toe veirsys "uw ei,lolb stinsattosephl oyor fst a yitnhgat ths ea mies trufeos rp iuraiblte liOenfecs a.an l mossetteh wea lolfr leigiionutso l eranccoem deo wbne hitnhdee iyre tsof, i rmcllyot sehei orn ce-open mindasg aiindsetaa nsdb elsit ehfeayru en afmilwiiatrh . Thef actth ahtu mayn ihatsd eveloap deadz nzglv iarieotfy deiietasn dap elthoorfwa a ytso w osrhitph esmh,o uplodi tnott h e marvelionugse yn uoiftt heD ivinweh,i ch steoee xkrpse sist self througahlwolou rtlc du ltuNrose isn.cg ulletu orrte r adihtaiesox nc lu sivrei ghttods i vine kgnefo,ow arlsi e itdss tatteotd h cea ndeii dna t thNee opyhtrei toufat lhG eo ldDeanw n," Remembteahrty ouh old alRle ligiinro envse rfeontcrehe r,ie ns o nbeu cto ntaaRi anyfs r otmh e IneffLaihbgtlt eh at ayrsoeeu ei gkn." Divseirotfye thnaincsd p iriptruaacltm iackeetssh w eo rlafd a r ricphleraO cnee.g lanactne a tusrhoeu lbdee nohut go convince any onteh atthD ei vine vlaoryvi.Hee ostw i nterewsotuiltndhg ee ar tbhe itfh ewreer oen loyn te ypoefa nimoanlse,p ecoiffeo lsw e,ar ndo ne kindt roefHe o?w i ntriguintgh weow rolubdlei d af l hlu mabnen igs ont hpel anheetlt dh sea moep insi,vo ontfeodtr h sea mpeo iltaincsi, wenttot hsea mtepy eo fs chowooler,t hsea me sotfcy llhoeit nagt,e thsea me koiffn odo d, atnhdse a hmaed koifon cdc upaFtrihiotgn? fullbyo ri!n g Most humans, wchheoniw cigeli,lvt f e oondrp i av erosfpi etry soneaxl persosniW.h y shouwlede xpeocutrm ospte sronaanld sacrbeeedlf itsob ea ny difDfoew rene enutt?te hrree ligoifoo tnhse rs sot hawtec afno rtchee "iqsru arbeei"le ifnsto oun ri c"er ound" circle 1 2 THEM AGICALP ANTHEONS ofd ogma? Cooetrhceiirnnstfg oa lliinn eglw iintohn seo 'wns piri tudaolc triiasnh eu amnn,oa td ivionbes,e ssiiasop nr.o dIuttc hte of loweegrto e,l luistn hgao tuo rpi nioarnresi g(hgto )oa,dn tdh oep in ionosfo therwsr oan(rgee )v T.ihl imsi sgudiudaeldhi asnsmo p lace int hdei viunnei vewrhseer,e npaoatlruiritacsylo nsidpearroetfad greautneirt( yT.hd eu aml oifst hbel aacnkd wphiiltelo aftr hse QabaliTsrteoiefLc i fiesa p erfeecxta mpolfoe p posfionrgc es that compleamneden ntl ievaehcn o th)eT rh.ed iveic neraotr(osft) h is mysterainosdup sl enycd oildolrrofcuukpl o wnh iwcehs pianr ound thseo lsayrs tiescm e rtanionitln yts etreiedno upr ettyc,h lidish squabobvleers wihnotsetera ptroiefos nc riepi tucsro rroerwc hto se holbyo oakrste ru .e Iofnl ya lolfh umanityt akceao nu lodb jaencodtp ievne- minded lookt hwaeot r mlydth ologtiheewsyo, u lcdo met htceoo ncltuhsaito n theraer bea sic rtheelmietghsai tao ruvese nerbayt eaudls l : Weh avtehs ea mGeo dwsih ut sn oawsa lwaTyhseh.ya ve nocth anegsestdei antlhloywu,egh ha avtlee roeufodrr mal izceodn coeftp ht.e..s.2m Thoer thordeolxi hgaivoaenl sw asytsr itvoe nla anbsdee lp arate thvea rifoorumsos fs piriittFyuo.tar hl sea koefd escriwpets ihoanl,l dol ikewise,w eda oln tobhteo luigtehhv edesi ev isairsoeon sr aisg id somweo ulcdl aAi pma.t n�eioasnc o lleocfat ltilho geno dosfa p ar ticupleaorpo lrne ai toMno.n tohtebsie sliienov nelo yn geo .dP olythe itssb eilevient hweo rshoifmp o rteh aonn eg o.dA ndp atnhtesi s belitehvtaehtd e e iatnytd h cer eautneidv earroesn- eet hecya nnot be diviodrse edp aerdPa.at nthbeeilsitines tv hewe o rsohfia plg lo ds as univeerxsparle sosfti hoteno st aolfti htueyni verse. MonotheiVsemr suPso lytheainsdmP antheism Sintchebe e ginnoifnh ugm ahni srtymo,a nkinhda msa intatihnee d beliinea fs uprebmeei onrgd ivifnoer cec rtehaattthe wedo r.l d Althotuhgbihas s tiecnh eats beexepnr eins dsievde wrasyets h,ue n i vertsraulat tih tc so rueni tuessa ll. Somsee teh diisv ianneed t erfnoaralcss e i unlg-aarni ndivisi ble amdoO.nt hesreiseat sa d ivetraspee csotmrpyo osfaep dr ofusion ofd eeistWi.h aitis n terehsotwien,vig ets,rh at mboontoht haenids ts pantihssethsa trhese a mbea sbiecl ieevfeisnt,f h edyec sritbheo se beliienf sd iffteemrrse.n t