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Rituals: Question about the Terms

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#1

Greetings! I have a question regarding Liturgical Terms, and more specifically, about the proposed formula for Theophoros and Yehuborim. I would be grateful for a full translation for both of these, but one particular point in Theophoros caught my attention. What does IAO/OAI actually mean? There is information that this is a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew YHWH. Isn't this the name of an enemy god? As far as I know, we fought this entity for nearly a decade through rituals. Is it safe to use this? Also, I haven't found any information about the entity of YHWH itself, which was presented before the main website update.
Thank you.

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#2

Greetings! You might want to read The Borrowed TestamentExternal ↗, which explains the origins of IAO (ΙΑΩ). It is a good starting point. A paragraph at the bottom of the Grand Ritual of ZeusExternal ↗ also provides a short, but meaningful explanation of those vowels.

If you want to know more about the letters themselves, please study The Original AlphabetExternal ↗, The Stolen LettersExternal ↗, The Twin TonguesExternal ↗, Rome Spoke GreekExternal ↗,

Those 3 letters also map into the The Original TrinityExternal ↗, similarly to AUMExternal ↗.

Arrangement of vowels and other ritual procedures comes from the Ancient Egyptian traditionExternal ↗, and the Hellenic traditionExternal ↗, particularly the Greek Magical Papyri, which is also referenced in the WitchcraftExternal ↗ page. If you're interested in how the rearrangement of a word's letters is also used to uncover hidden meanings, you might want to read about anagrammatismExternal ↗.

EducationExternal ↗ is very important. Our main website provides the correct interpretation for spirituality, mythology, theology, and many other subjects. You might want to read it in full. The bibliography provided in every page will show you what sources were corroborated to allow you to further expand on the subjects presented.

Ultimately, nothing has to do with Hebrew.

See also:

Ultimately, the core point is that abrahamic religion have borrowed from pre-existing traditions. What Zevism has done is reclaimExternal ↗ things, and highlight their origins.

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#3

Furthermore, you can see in our RootsExternal ↗ article more evidence about the IAO is borrowed from Western Mysticism.