IAO
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@Metzareph said
"There is some kind of meditation in Buddhism where you have the realization that everything in the world is loss. The realization that life is sorrow and pain and that the only way to be "reborn" is to awake spiritually. The realization that we all have to die to the everyday world to be reborn to the spirit."
"I am above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours. My joy is to see your joy."
"This is the creation of the world, that the pain of division is as nothing, and the joy of dissolution all."
"Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge! seek me only! Then the joys of my love will redeem ye from all pain. This is so: I swear it by the vault of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue; by all I can give, by all I desire of ye all."
"This shall regenerate the world, the little world my sister, my heart & my tongue, unto whom I send this kiss. Also, o scribe and prophet, though thou be of the princes, it shall not assuage thee nor absolve thee. But ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever To me! To me!"
"I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand aught in sacrifice."
"Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains."
"Hear me, ye people of sighing!
The sorrows of pain and regret
Are left to the dead and the dying,
The folks that not know me as yet.""Is a God to live in a dog? No! but the highest are of us. They shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us."
There is a veil: that veil is black. It is the veil of the modest woman; it is the veil of sorrow, & the pall of death: this is none of me. Tear down that lying spectre of the centuries: veil not your vices in virtuous words: these vices are my service; ye do well, & I will reward you here and hereafter."
"Fear not, o prophet, when these words are said, thou shalt not be sorry. Thou art emphatically my chosen; and blessed are the eyes that thou shalt look upon with gladness. But I will hide thee in a mask of sorrow: they that see thee shall fear thou art fallen: but I lift thee up."
Strive ever to more! and if thou art truly mine -- and doubt it not, an if thou art ever joyous! -- death is the crown of all."
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@Jim Eshelman said
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I should add that the death and rebirth cycle is only an interpretation of IAO under the Dying God (Osiris) formula, not under that of Horus. "Jim, what is the interpretation of IAO under Horus? I thought it was always the death and rebirth cycle.
The practical way I look at IAO in everyday life is that most always (maybe always), one must go through a very dark, (seemingly)non-productive phase, and a dark night ("death") before they explode into the next level of whatever the subject is (relationship, a skill, learning, etc.). So basically they get to a certain level, DIE and then are reborn at a higher level. I like to use martial arts analogies since I studied for over a decade. In our art, a person usually studied years and got better and better, then they got to a point where they would stagnate and actually go downward. They would mess up everything they tried, even the most basic things they did for years. They would get depressed and some would even leave. But always, if they stayed, they would get through the dark night and all of a sudden triple thier ability and go to a much higher level in a SUDDEN rebirth as opposed to the normal progressive ability improvement that happened during the years.
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@DavidH said
"Jim, what is the interpretation of IAO under Horus? I thought it was always the death and rebirth cycle."
No. Not at all. - And, if it were, that would be more the I.N.R.I. formula than IAO itself (and even I.N.R.I. has a wholly different look in the New Aeon).
Here's the gist: Rather than death-and-rebirth (the idea that the Sun dies daily or annually and is born again, and that human life mirrors this), the key in the New Aeon is the eternally borning child. Each passage is (I'm making this part up on the spot) like another ring of muscle contraction in the birthing process. The whole range of experience moving through life, existence, multiple incarnations, whatever is a continuous act of birth.
In Magick in Theory & Practice, the IAO chapter, be sure to read the footnotes - that's where AC put the kernels of ideas about the formla in the Aeon of Horus. (The text itself primarily discusses the Old Aeon formula.)
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@Jim Eshelman said
"Each passage is (I'm making this part up on the spot) like another ring of muscle contraction in the birthing process. The whole range of experience moving through life, existence, multiple incarnations, whatever is a continuous act of birth."
Great example!
@Jim Eshelman said
"In Magick in Theory & Practice, the IAO chapter, be sure to read the footnotes - that's where AC put the kernels of ideas about the formla in the Aeon of Horus. (The text itself primarily discusses the Old Aeon formula.)"
Ah, I just finished reading this a few days ago which is what confused me; guess I missed the footnotes.
Do you find however that most transitions into a higher state/level usually have a "dark night" aspect just before?
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He he he he...
Are you trying to tell me something?
@zeph said
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"I am above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours. My joy is to see your joy.""This is the creation of the world, that the pain of division is as nothing, and the joy of dissolution all."
"Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge! seek me only! Then the joys of my love will redeem ye from all pain. This is so: I swear it by the vault of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue; by all I can give, by all I desire of ye all."
"This shall regenerate the world, the little world my sister, my heart & my tongue, unto whom I send this kiss. Also, o scribe and prophet, though thou be of the princes, it shall not assuage thee nor absolve thee. But ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever To me! To me!"
"I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand aught in sacrifice."
"Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains."
"Hear me, ye people of sighing!
The sorrows of pain and regret
Are left to the dead and the dying,
The folks that not know me as yet.""Is a God to live in a dog? No! but the highest are of us. They shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us."
There is a veil: that veil is black. It is the veil of the modest woman; it is the veil of sorrow, & the pall of death: this is none of me. Tear down that lying spectre of the centuries: veil not your vices in virtuous words: these vices are my service; ye do well, & I will reward you here and hereafter."
"Fear not, o prophet, when these words are said, thou shalt not be sorry. Thou art emphatically my chosen; and blessed are the eyes that thou shalt look upon with gladness. But I will hide thee in a mask of sorrow: they that see thee shall fear thou art fallen: but I lift thee up."
Strive ever to more! and if thou art truly mine -- and doubt it not, an if thou art ever joyous! -- death is the crown of all.""
I was only quoting Buddhism...
and its base belief that existence is sorrow -
Thank you to all who have shared your thoughts on death and rebirth!
As we proceed through Summer into Autumn, this concept is first and foremost on the agenda of our mother, earth (Malchuth, where Binah rests her virtues). The trees will be ready to lose their leaves, come Autumn; the flowers will be ready to bury their treasures, for rebirth next Spring. This time is so precious; the secrets of the earth are being exalted. The path to the joy of transformation is shown, all around us. How to connect to this energy? Be aware. So easily said!
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@mitsu1 said
"Thank you to all who have shared your thoughts on death and rebirth!
As we proceed through Summer into Autumn, this concept is first and foremost on the agenda of our mother, earth (Malchuth, where Binah rests her virtues). The trees will be ready to lose their leaves, come Autumn; the flowers will be ready to bury their treasures, for rebirth next Spring. This time is so precious; the secrets of the earth are being exalted. The path to the joy of transformation is shown, all around us. How to connect to this energy? Be aware. So easily said!
"I guess that in the context of this discussion while it is Summer now here in the Northern Hemisphere, it is Winter in the Southern...
Nature is always blooming somewhere!
This Aeon is a continuation of the Death and Rebirth cycle. Sort of the same product with a new and improved packaging...
The phenomena are the same, but our perception of it changes... -
Just to add to this thread:
IAO (Gr). Mystery term used by Greeks. Many ancient writers it is believed to represent the Hebrew divine name IHVH, Tetragrammaton.
In the Pistis Sophia it is said: IOTA (I), because the universe hath gone forth; Alpha (A), because it will turn back again; Omega, because the completion of all completeness will take place."
Lydus, in De Mensibus, says IAO is Phoenician and relates it to Dionysus and to Sabaoth. The Eleusianian name for Dionysus was Iacchus.
IAO is regarded as a Greek spelling of a Phoenician word, its letters stand, without question, for I-H-V, Yaho, the special divine name which is so important in the Sepher Yetzirah, in a connection directly related to the Cube of Space.
