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satya_firestoneThe original understanding the Coven had of Lamasu was that "we know the spiritual adventure of love and begin to understand the chain that will bind us to the physical. We feel a great love with which we shall renew the Wasteland. At this time we Draw Southwest God [Dionysus], the keeper of the chain of physical desire, and Southeast Goddess [Gwenhevar], the essence of spiritual love."
However, my High Priestess and I and two of our Familiars did a Tarot reading about the yearly cycle with my Londa deck, and drew Page of Cups for Lamasu, meaning "perception, metaphysics, compassion. The true understanding within ourselves." It is a similar meaning, but enough of a shift that we assigned the South God [Hermes] and Southeast Goddess [Gwenhevar] to be invoked instead.
Since this is the first Sabeot/d entry I've done since that reading, here are the adjustments made to past Sabeot/ds as well.
B/Pelatin
Original:
"[W]e [recognize] the essence of potentiality and contact with the Divine as our first step toward renewing the Wasteland. At this time we [honor] Northeast God [the Black Man], representing the beginning of our journey, the gate to Benevento, and East Goddess [Erian], The Queen of Faerie and of the Elder children."
Adjusted:
Knight of Pentcles: the foundation.
Since this is the beginning of the Sorgae cycle, this makes sense.
We assigned any God and East Goddess [Erian] to be invoked.
Ardunakh
Original:
"[W]e experience the creative energy, infusing us with passion and purpose. We honor the sacred creative flame, the second step in renewing the Wasteland. At this time we Draw South God [Hermes], who is the fount of that energy, and North Goddess [Arduina] as the vessel of conception, to fertilize the Wasteland."
Adjusted:
Devil: obsession, temptation.
This was an admonition to get moving [with the work of the year, the renewal ofbthe Wasteland].
We assigned the Southwest God [Dionysus] and North Goddess [Arduina] to be invoked.
Both of these (plus Lamasu, and Vestraven, the last Sabeot/d in the first half of the Sorgae cycle) had similar enough symbolic meanings that we consider them essentially unchanged.
Lamasu was the only Sabeot/d that aligned symbolically with its Wiccan date-counterpart, Lammas, in my Juxtaposition entry. We haven't yet explored how these changes affect that model.
We speculated that these sorts of investigations and adjustments may need to be done every year, but it is also possible that this is merely a symptom of beginning the Aquarian Age. We've done our reading for this calendar year, and will just have to see what shifts, if any, occur with the next.
However, my High Priestess and I and two of our Familiars did a Tarot reading about the yearly cycle with my Londa deck, and drew Page of Cups for Lamasu, meaning "perception, metaphysics, compassion. The true understanding within ourselves." It is a similar meaning, but enough of a shift that we assigned the South God [Hermes] and Southeast Goddess [Gwenhevar] to be invoked instead.
Since this is the first Sabeot/d entry I've done since that reading, here are the adjustments made to past Sabeot/ds as well.
B/Pelatin
Original:
"[W]e [recognize] the essence of potentiality and contact with the Divine as our first step toward renewing the Wasteland. At this time we [honor] Northeast God [the Black Man], representing the beginning of our journey, the gate to Benevento, and East Goddess [Erian], The Queen of Faerie and of the Elder children."
Adjusted:
Knight of Pentcles: the foundation.
Since this is the beginning of the Sorgae cycle, this makes sense.
We assigned any God and East Goddess [Erian] to be invoked.
Ardunakh
Original:
"[W]e experience the creative energy, infusing us with passion and purpose. We honor the sacred creative flame, the second step in renewing the Wasteland. At this time we Draw South God [Hermes], who is the fount of that energy, and North Goddess [Arduina] as the vessel of conception, to fertilize the Wasteland."
Adjusted:
Devil: obsession, temptation.
This was an admonition to get moving [with the work of the year, the renewal ofbthe Wasteland].
We assigned the Southwest God [Dionysus] and North Goddess [Arduina] to be invoked.
Both of these (plus Lamasu, and Vestraven, the last Sabeot/d in the first half of the Sorgae cycle) had similar enough symbolic meanings that we consider them essentially unchanged.
Lamasu was the only Sabeot/d that aligned symbolically with its Wiccan date-counterpart, Lammas, in my Juxtaposition entry. We haven't yet explored how these changes affect that model.
We speculated that these sorts of investigations and adjustments may need to be done every year, but it is also possible that this is merely a symptom of beginning the Aquarian Age. We've done our reading for this calendar year, and will just have to see what shifts, if any, occur with the next.