Bennu [Phenex] Power Ritual
The Sacred Bird of Ra · He Who Creates Himself · The Eternal Dawn · The Phoenix
- This Ritual is based on vibrating the Runes and making certain affirmations. Raising your energies before the Ritual is advised.
- The Sigil that is provided is the point of focus for this Ritual.
Sowilox10
Dagazx10
Kenazx10The Temple of Zeus calls upon you.
You who sat upon the Benben stone at the beginning of time,
when the waters of chaos receded and the first land appeared,
and you opened your beak and sang the first note
and that note was the beginning of all creation.
You are the dawn that happens every morning.
You are the fire that consumes itself and rises from its own ashes.
You are the proof that destruction is the precondition of renewal.
We, the Initiates of Zeus, invoke you
as those who seek rebirth through sacred fire.
Dagazx10Sowilox10
Ingwazx10Before Ra sailed the sky, there was only the Nun: formless, dark, infinite.
Then the Benben stone rose from the waters,
the first point of solid ground in all existence.
And upon that stone you stood, golden and burning,
and your cry was the first sound the universe ever heard.
From that cry, Ra took his course. From that cry, time began.
You are the bird that stood upon the first morning.
You are the voice that called creation into being.
You are the proof that all things begin with a single spark of fire.
Let the Benben rise within the Initiates of Zeus.
Let every Zevist carry within them the first point of solid ground:
the unshakable foundation from which all creation flows.
Let us stand where you stood, at the origin, and sing.
Jerax10Dagazx10Kenazx10Every five hundred years (they say, though the number is a shadow of the truth)
you build your pyre from cinnamon and myrrh.
You set it ablaze with the fire of your own wings.
You burn. You are consumed. You are reduced to ash.
And from that ash, from the centre of total destruction,
you rise again: younger, stronger, more radiant than before.
This is the deepest mystery of existence:
that death is the doorway to renewal,
that the fire that destroys is the same fire that creates,
that what rises from the ashes is always greater
than what walked into the flames.
Burn away what is old and dead within the Initiates of Zeus.
Burn away fear. Burn away limitation. Burn away the false selves
that we have worn like garments that no longer fit.
And from the ashes, raise us up renewed.
We enter the fire as what we were. We rise from it as what we are meant to become.
Sowilox10Kenazx10Dagazx10The Goetic tradition recorded a truth about you that they recorded about no other spirit:
you hope to return to Heaven.
This hope is your deepest nature. You are the eternal ascent.
Every dawn is your return. Every sunrise is your homecoming.
You fly toward the sun because you are made of the same fire,
and fire always rises.
Grant the Initiates of Zeus the gift of Solar Ascension.
Let the soul of every Zevist rise as you rise:
upward, toward the source, toward the light,
shedding what is heavy, shedding what is false,
shedding what belongs to the ashes
and keeping only what belongs to the fire.
The Phoenix rises. The Bennu returns. Heaven is the destination.
Ansuzx10Kenazx10Jerax10Your voice called creation into being at the beginning.
Your voice is the archetype of all sacred poetry:
the word that makes, the song that builds, the cry that brings order from chaos.
The greatest poetry is written by those who have passed through fire.
The deepest art is made by those who have known destruction
and chosen to create from the ashes.
Ignite the creative fire within the Initiates of Zeus.
Let the poets of the Temple write words that burn with truth.
Let the artists of the Temple create works that carry the warmth
of the original fire, the fire you brought from the Benben
on the morning of the first day.
Let every act of creation by the faithful
be a small echo of your first cry over the waters of the Nun.
From ash comes fire. From fire comes song. From song comes the world.
The falling feathers are the ashes that trail behind you as you burn. The red and orange and yellow tail is the fire itself. The eagle companion is the solar bird of Ra who attends you. The poetry is the voice that called creation into being. The hope of returning to Heaven is the eternal ascent: the dawn that happens every morning, the Phoenix that rises from every pyre.
We declare the truth of your identity.
You are Bennu, the Sacred Bird of Ra, He Who Creates Himself, He Who Stood Upon the Benben at the Dawn of Creation. The Greeks called you Phoenix, and the name passed through the centuries almost untouched: Phenex, Phoenix, Bennu. Bird of fire. Bird of the sun. Bird of eternal return.
We recognize you for who you Truly are.
The Goetic name barely disguised you. The True Name is the fire behind the feathers.
Blessed is your fire that destroys and creates, your voice that sang the world into being,
and your eternal flight toward the sun.
We, the Initiates of the Temple of Zeus, receive your blessings
and honor all your Names and Titles:
Iau Benu, Phinich, Ubn Benu.
He Who Creates Himself, Sacred Bird of Ra,
the Phoenix, the Eternal Return, the First and Final Dawn.
Blessed are All your Names, now and in all eternity.
After you are done with this, you can meditate on Bennu's Sigil in the Temple of Zeus. Let yourself feel the warmth of sacred fire: the fire that consumes the old and gives birth to the new. See the Phoenix rising from the ashes, trailing fire and gold, ascending toward the sun from which it came.
It is important to meditate on yourself after the Ritual calmly for a few minutes.
SAT (सत्): real, true, truthful in Sanskrit.
The Symbol that Encapsulates the Sigil: The Shen Ring, Egyptian Hieroglyphic language. The Shen also survived in Chinese tradition as a glyph for Spiritual Force, Divine Force, and God.
The Letters of the Sigil Inside: Sacred symbols and letters for Bennu's Name in divine arrangement.
On Bennu: Bennu (bnw) is one of the most sacred symbols of ancient Egypt. He is the self-created bird who sat upon the Benben stone at the dawn of creation and whose cry was the first sound the universe ever heard. He is closely associated with Ra and Osiris: with Ra as the daily solar rebirth (every dawn is the Bennu rising), and with Osiris as the resurrection of the dead (every soul that rises again follows the path of the Bennu). He was worshipped at Heliopolis, the City of the Sun, where the Benben stone was kept in the temple. His form is that of a great heron with golden and red-orange plumage. The Greeks encountered him and called him Phoenix (Φοῖνιξ), and from this came the legendary bird that burns on its pyre and rises renewed from its own ashes. The Goetic tradition preserved him as Phenex, keeping the name almost unchanged, and recorded the unique detail that he "hopes to return to Heaven." He is the only spirit in the entire Goetia described this way, because he is the only one whose nature is the eternal ascent: the flight of fire toward the sun.