Helios chant from Dion Fortune
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This chant is on page 266 of "The Demon Lover" by Dion Fortune:
Helios, Helios, Quanto Rhopantanek!
Quanto Rhopantanek Helion!Google translate did not help me, I don't know what it means.
Anyone study Latin?Here is a lovely rendition of chant by two Brazilian singers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9jcXn5hb4k -
"Helios, Helios, Quanto Rhopantanek!
Quanto Rhopantanek Helion!"I don't have the book, so can't look it up for myself.
If it's written virtually like this, then it's a mixture of languages.
The only clear Latin word above is Quanto; Helios is a Greek word; Rhopantanek sounds Greek (though I did not get any meaningful hint from Google translate for this). -
Quanto means "by how much"
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Try Greek, ATV
Liber Resh vel Helios
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Rhopantanek may be divided into parts:
Rho (ρω) - panta (παντα) - nek
ρω = the short form of "I ask"
παντα = all/everything/continuity-nek isn't Greek (I've searched for suffixes, and this definitely isn't a Greek suffix, nor a word in Greek)
Quanto is a clear Latin word, and I could not find any Greek word with the same root.
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In context, it's meant to be an Atlantean invocation. Best guess is that Fortune created words that could feasibly have come down to Greek and Latin from a common "Atlantean" source.
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@danica said
"Rhopantanek may be divided into parts:
Rho (ρω) - panta (παντα) - nek
ρω = the short form of "I ask"
παντα = all/everything/continuity-nek isn't Greek (I've searched for suffixes, and this definitely isn't a Greek suffix, nor a word in Greek)
Quanto is a clear Latin word, and I could not find any Greek word with the same root."
THANK YOU !
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So roughly, it's something like:
Helios, Helios, How much I ask for everything!
How much I ask for everything, Helion!
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Here is a beautiful rendition of the chant, sung by two young men from Brazil:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9jcXn5hb4k
