Now moving aside from recent posts on jokes and related, we are embarking on a very serious topic for consciousness expansion. This is about the nature and essence of the Gods, so we can together, reach a better understanding.
The Gods represent many things. This is why they are Gods, they are supposed to encapsulate in them complex realities of life.
Externally from man:
1. They represent universal forces; thunder, aether, elements (fire, water, earth or air)
2. Universal concepts such as gravity, attraction, light, darkness.
3. Real beings who exist independently of man.
4. Multi-layered Beings.
5. Creators of the Universe.
6. Laws of the Universe that are deeper (such as Justice, Karma, Magickal Laws etc)
Each of these layers, has a depth to it. When humanity makes studying, research, and connects to the Gods, they can understand better about these areas.
Esoterically in man:
1. Parts of the areas of their mind, conscious or unconscious.
2. Archetypes within man
3. Parts of the soul of man, by extension of the above
4. Parts of the human brain, areas of the brain
5. Man "himself", as a whole.
6. Internal Laws of the Universe (such as those that appear within man himself, in his body, mind or soul)
7. The Gods are very widely called Progenitors of the human species, very directly, and the Ancients do not cut corners in actually saying that they literally seeded humanity.
How does the upper External category connect to the Esoteric one?
Through Symbols = meaning, "these which aid in understanding". For the updated Symbols page [it was updated twice, finalized now] refer to here:
I know, this is a long way from where we are before. It is truly. Some of you are not yet settled into this new understanding (It will all unfold, do not worry) and rather, you will need some time to adapt. It's normal, because as the knowledge is being expanded, enlightenment can come in and enlightenment can in some cases be a bit non pleasant.
A lot of misunderstandings arise when Ancient Texts are read, since the above have to be understood, over what is being referred to at each time, for each God. For example, Zeus can be used interchangeably with the Aether or the source of the Cosmic existence.
Simultaneously, in other texts, Zeus might be referred as a Being in Himself. In another text, He can be referred to as "All the Beings", and in another, as the independent figure of the leader of the Gods. In another text, as an essence that encompasses all the Gods (And therefore, their father). The level of power, complexity and "everything-ness" of Zeus, is actually leading most authors to call Him also the "One God". This is not to defy other Gods, but to show massive prominence of His powers. Marduk is referred to in similar terms and Amun in Egypt, same as Odin and the general notion of the All-Father.
Highest spirituality is complex and is not always very simple. In the JoS prior, there was only focus on some areas and not many clarifications. Everything else existed in latent form, and I need to clarify these things for the evolution of the people in our family. This is not enough or sufficient to focus on them. This is an aspect of external worship and very important. From the second list, we have a focused on mostly the parts of the soul (and not many explanations to that end).
This process adapted to an example:
Let's take the God Thoth.
For example, the God Thoth, appears also to be the "Ruler" of the 3rd eye.
Thoth is a Being in Himself.
However, esoterically in man, Thoth is also your 3rd eye.
On a level of Archetypical, Thoth rules over knowledge, intuition and understanding and the person invested in these to a maximum extent.
And on the level of the natural forces, He represents Mercury and the Moon.
Thoth appears in many cultures; Mercury, Nebo or Ninghizzidha. Fundamentally, we will call Him Thoth as it's a most accurate name.
The real Name of Thoth, is TEHUTI from the deeper initiation about the God. To the Ancient Greeks for example, they can call him HERMES [all the Ancient Priesthood's surviving documentation prove this 100%].
Thoth was also called an Ancient alien, who, alongside others, arrived here to create and instruct humanity in letters, writing, reading and transmission of communication.
Psychologically & Mentally, Thoth represents the ability of man to learn and keep learning.
At some point during his aeons long history, where the above notions were to be removed and reduced to borderline non-existent, Thoth ended up as a Demon in the enemy grimoires. Irrelevant, so this cannot be the "core" of our knowledge, as we predate the enemy by thousands of years. To accept this limited perception, we also limit Thoth himself. Therefore, we also limit our own understanding. Solution: limited context had to go and Thoth had to emerge fully, like the other Gods.
[/LIST][B]Still, this is just Thoth. He is all the above.[/B]
[LIST=1]When the Ancients for exampled referred to writing, they could have said "The art of Thoth".
When they referred to Thoth as the real being in the context of History, as an Annuaki.
When they refer to the Moon, they could have said "The domain of Thoth".
In an esoteric text, they could say "To awaken Thoth".
Initiatory texts could write in them "To wake up Thoth, do this." - This is advice on how to awaken the Chakra.
"Thoth Eats, Thoth Sleeps" - these mean the state of the chakra, or the state of a function. For example, if Thoth "sleeps", either the Chakra is not functional and if "Thoth needs to eat", this means to empower the chakra.
People who do not know about Initiation or what things are, they will literally pick the text and read it literally: "So Thoth was sleeping and eating Baklava, like me on friday". This is not actual interpretation of the text, it's surface level nonsense that is the awareness level of animals. Many of these people are also in academia and albeit they make very systematic efforts to understand the Ancient Texts, they do so from a materialistic or figurative standpoint, being led nowhere.
[/LIST]Thoth as a God, is an anchor and encapsulation of all the above terms.
If Thoth was not all of the above, he wouldn't be a God and wouldn't be Thoth. If Thoth was not all these things above, they would not be a high ranking being worthy of reverence or respect.
Gods are very complex beings and they are not just simple nonsense like figurines that you bow in front, never were in the Ancient Religions. They are not also characters with very limited identities. The Gods are not satisfied merely by empty worship, they instated a culture for the growth of man, not merely for slavish worship.
About their Names which are different, these represent in each culture a linguistical structure that is meant to describe the notion behind the being. Names have to be reflective of essence in the given language. Not all languages are created "equal". However, in all serious spiritual cultures that have advanced past the state of primitive condition, there is a lot of depth about the choice of names.
To reach full understanding of the Gods, esoterically for us, means to also deify our own selves and reach the Godhead. These processes are not simple and certainly don't just involve worship.
Worship in itself, has the purpose of focusing the mind on certain things, to unlock the mind, besides of giving glory to the Gods themselves. As we give this glory, we also glorify ourselves and our internal potential that is there by the Gods, unlocking it.
The previous lenses of all of these were rather limited; the aliens that exist in other planets are just one thing, same as the "Satan" from the Bible or the more esoteric notions of Lucifer. These have a limit and would not lead nobody to enlightenment on their own. These are not fully sufficient to explain the Divine. If these are not expanded, one cannot fully understand.
-High Priest Zevios Metathronos