Ianos

[satya_firestone]

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North God - Ianos (ee-yah-nos) - We associate Him with the old European God, Janicot/Janus. Like Janus, He has two faces, one looking to the East and one looking to the West, to the Past and the Future.

We associate Ianos with gateways, opening (metaphorical) doors, and passages. His position in the North aligns Him with Earth and Silence, and the final stage on the journey to communion with the Divine. However, we have yet to figure out a way to Channel Him, as none of us, obviously, have two faces. A possibility may be two people standing back-to-back and Ianos being called into them both. Another may be having a Familiar also Channeled at the same time, so that Ianos communicates through both Witch and Familiar. But we haven't attempted any of this yet.

But with Hermes now in the South, and the Aquarian Age concerned with acceptance and new understandings, it seems to me to be an important step to take, Channeling this God of passage and gateways. Or, perhaps, another of Hermes' functions is to teach us how best to communicate with Ianos (Would it be Hermes that is to be Channeled simultaneously rather than a Familiar?). After all, the idea of a North-South axis (mythically called the North Star Road, or the World Tree) being crucial to Divine communion, is not a new one.

Comments

[twistedphoenix.livejournal.com]

We actually were told once that we had to have a ziggurat before we could effectively channel Ianos. A ziggurat is a step-pyramid, like those found in ancient Sumer and South and Latin America. What this means, exactly, we don't know. We were also given an invocation in Vaska - but that was never translated for us, so we don't know what that means either. Good job for this being one of the Gods we know so little about and have had such little contact with.

[satyazomasorga.livejournal.com]

I'd remembered about the ziggurat, but I'd thought that was for Goh'len. I must have misremembered. Mea culpa.

[kintsukuroi.livejournal.com]

This is fascinating, especially how you would have to channel Him.
Great post.

[satyazomasorga.livejournal.com]

Apparently the speculation was somewhat unnecessary, if you read the above comments.

[enchanted-manit.livejournal.com]

Excellent post, beautiful girl. Ianos is very interesting to me, even before this post. Looking both ways, into the Past and Future speaks to me. I'd love to work with Him more.

[satyazomasorga.livejournal.com]

It's a tricky thing to do, as the post illustrates, but we'll do what we can.