Temple of Zeus Rituals of the Gods

The rituals of the Original Gods

“The Gods rejoice when they see the King arrayed in His splendour. Their hearts are sweet. Their arms are raised. For the power that made them has remembered them, and they are renewed.”

Pyramid Texts, Utterance 510

Giulio Romano and Rinaldo Mantovano, The Fall of the Giants (detail: Zeus), Palazzo Te, 1532–35 · Photo Sailko, CC BY 3.0

Plato, Theaetetus 176b

«φυγὴ δὲ ὁμοίωσις θεῷ κατὰ τὸ δυνατόν· ὁμοίωσις δὲ δίκαιον καὶ ὅσιον μετὰ φρονήσεως γενέσθαι.»

“And the flight is becoming like God, as far as is possible; and becoming like God is to become just and holy, with wisdom.”

The High Mind Finds Rest Only in the Gods

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Zeus enthroned with his eagle, after Ingres, Jupiter and Thetis (1811)

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“Zeus, the eternal guardian of justice, sees all, knows all, and punishes those who defy divine law.”

Plato, 4th century BCE · Laws, Book 4

Through years of research, spiritual practice, and direct knowledge received from the Gods themselves, we have arrived at the core truth that underlies all Ancient Religions: that the same Gods were worshipped across every civilization on Earth, under different names but with the same essence, the same powers, and the same hierarchical structure. At the summit of this universal pantheon stands one God, recognized everywhere as the Father, the Sovereign, and the source of cosmic order.

That God is Zeus. He was here before every religion that has tried to replace Him. He will be here after every one of them has crumbled to dust.

Hermes in flight, after Eustache Le SueurHermes seen from behind, after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

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Striding Thoth, faience, Metropolitan Museum of ArtIbis resting on its legs, gilded wood and bronze, Museo Egizio, Turin

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Every Soul Turns Toward Its Source

Proclus, head of the Platonic Academy at Athens in the 5th century, set the law of the Return at the heart of his Elements of Theology:

Proclus, Elements of Theology, Prop. 31

«Πᾶν τὸ προϊὸν ἀπό τινος κατ᾽ οὐσίαν ἐπιστρέφεται πρὸς ἐκεῖνο ἀφ᾽ οὗ πρόεισιν.»

“All that proceeds from any principle reverts in respect of its being upon that from which it proceeds.”

In the proof he adds the reason: ὀρέγεται ἄρα καὶ τῆς ἑαυτῶν αἰτίας ἕκαστα, “each thing therefore desires its own cause.” The river runs back to the sea. The spark leaps back toward the fire.

Your soul proceeded from the Gods. The longing you feel for Them is the Return already at work inside you. The desire itself is the proof of your origin, because no being longs for a home it never had.

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Marble bust of Zeus

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The Calling doesn’t fade. It can be ignored for years, buried under work and worry, and it still waits, patient as the stars. The Gods placed it in you, and They keep it lit.

The initiates of old carried a password for the other world, written on leaves of gold. It began: Γῆς παῖς εἰμι καὶ Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος, αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ γένος οὐράνιον, “I am a child of Earth and starry Heaven, but my race is of Heaven” (gold tablet of Petelia).

Your race is of Heaven too. Hear the Calling, take the first step on the path, and let the Return begin.

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