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Creation

Creation and birth can be used synonymously here.

In this universe, there is a natural tendency toward destruction. In such a universe, destruction is necessary, but it is not the highest accomplishment. There is more than this.

Due to the nature of this law of physics, we have to make sure that we focus our creative powers as human beings in the best possible manner throughout our lives and in the lives of others.

A building can be destroyed in a few moments by napalm or a bomb, but it can take ten years to build something great. The building will always have the meaning of life, while the bomb incarnates the notion of death.

Creation, in that case, is a more holy and time-consuming process, but it is the most rewarding of all. Destruction is its counterbalance.

Likewise, a person can die suddenly in an instant by a destructive force, but it takes a very long time to create a proper human being through careful upbringing, education, and cultivating them into a high value being.

Life is the process of creation and must be cherished and upheld as the most sacred element of the universe: the form of creation. Blessed will be those who create life.

A Parable

One Disciple who was new but holy-minded, asked Aphrodite: "Queen, a Temple of Yours is being Destroyed, should I go there to defend your Temple from falling? That will bring you honor, would it not?"

Aphrodite responded: "No, you should not. My honor lies with you and not with marbles of stone that will perish as they are."

The Disciple was left baffled and started crying, falling to the ground: "Why should you, my Queen, accept such great insolence?"

He then heard the response: "For there are things you cannot see, like we ultimate Beings do. You must Create this Temple, not destroy it. Be not like them, the blind destroyers. Where they destroy and remove, you must create and improve; at the stones they will cast down, so will be their gravestones..."

"Now," continued Aphrodite, "You and your family, take them and go hide in a cave, my loyal one, for you are not a mindless destroyer like them." Then Aphrodite disappeared into the Aether.

Baffled, the Disciple did run back to other believers and said shouting: "Aphrodite told us to not destroy this Temple!"-"Heretic, run away before we slaughter you also!", said the Zealots. The Disciple did run away as fast as he could to his home and shouted for his wife and children to come out, and so they did. Nearby, they managed just in time to get in the cave in the burning city.

They laughed as they destroyed, experienced great joy as they massacred, and nothing remained of the Holy construction. The zealots killed many, including a poor fisherman who arrived during the siege to warn everyone about a tremendous turn in the weather, which he saw while fishing.

In the blind feat of destruction, the fisherman was also killed on the grounds of “Heresy” and in the "Name of the New God."

The next day, as the zealots were sleeping, a severe hailstorm and flooding struck the village, drowning many while others perished from the large hailstones, with nowhere to hide. There was no Temple to hide in, as the Temple would have protected them. Crops were destroyed, and the people had nowhere to hide. But the pious one who heard the Goddess and hid in the cave, he survived. Inside the cave, the fisherman had hid enough fish to sustain his family for two months, buried in wooden boxes of salt.

Aphrodite then showed up to Him and said: "My disciple, do you understand now the fickleness of Life and of Existence? They could have replaced the crosses and altered the Architecture, but they destroyed mindlessly what would house them during grave times. Long will be their curse for generations, but not for your lot that will be blessed."

Lady Aphrodite, saddened, did continue:

"Similarly, another pious member of your tribe killed the fisherman of the village because he perceived he was 'wrong' in a moment of zealotry – now famine has visited your Land as well. You must learn to Create when you should create and destroy only when necessary or when Creation cannot happen. I have buried the zealots, for they do misrepresent my Powers. If they believed in Me, they would have first tried their earnest to Create and would only Destroy mindfully and never recklessly. Such is the fate for the sons and daughters of mindless destruction, but not your own. Remember these words for Eternity."

These were the Words of the Goddess as She disappeared into the Aether again.

For this particular reason, in the Temple of Zeus, creation should be put above destruction in the value of one’s ethics. Because absolutely everyone can kill or destroy, but not everyone can create.

Those who can create and strive to create, externally or internally, are striving closer to becoming children of the Gods.

The Female Disciple then asked Aphrodite: "Why is destruction below creation, but not in balance?"

The Queen responded: "Creation, my daughter, verifies itself. Because we live in a universe where destruction is easy, but creation is infinitely more worthwhile. That was designed in the Universe so that all beings in this world understand the value of creation and that worthy souls discover this heavenly power, which is reserved for the brave and kind-hearted."

Δημιουργία καὶ γένεσις ἐνταῦθα ὁμοίως λέγονται.

Ἐν τῷδε τῷ κόσμῳ φυσικὴ πρὸς φθορὰν ῥοπὴ ἐστίν· ἀναγκαία μὲν ἡ φθορά, οὐχ ὑψίστη δὲ τελείωσις.

Διὰ τοῦτον τὸν φυσικὸν νόμον τὰς ἀνθρωπίνας δημιουργικὰς δυνάμεις ὡς ἄριστα πρὸς τὸν ἴδιον καὶ τὸν τῶν ἄλλων βίον στρέφειν δεῖ.

Οἶκος ἐν στιγμῇ πυρὶ ἢ ὅπλῳ καταλυθῆναι δύναται, μέγα δ᾽ ἔργον δέκα ἔτη οἰκοδομεῖται· ὁ μὲν οἶκος βίον σημαίνει, τὸ δὲ ὅπλον θάνατον.

Ἱερωτέρα καὶ χρονιωτέρα ἡ δημιουργία, ἀλλὰ καὶ πλουσιωτέρα καρπῷ· ἡ φθορὰ ἀντίρροπος αὐτῆς ἐστίν.

Οὕτω καὶ ἄνθρωπος ἐν στιγμῇ ἀποθανεῖν δύναται, ἀλλὰ πολλὸς χρόνος χρειάζεται ἵνα διὰ τροφῆς καὶ παιδείας ἄξιος ἄνθρωπος γένηται.

Ὁ βίος δημιουργίας πορεία ἐστὶ καὶ ὡς ἱερώτατον τοῦ κόσμου τιμητέος· μακάριοι οἱ ζωὴν δημιουργοῦντες.

Παραβολή· νέος μαθητὴς τὴν Ἀφροδίτην ἤρετο· «Βασίλισσα, ὁ ναός σου καταστρέφεται· ἆρα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ἀμύνωμαι, ἵνα σὲ τιμήσω;»

«Οὔ», ἔφη ἡ θεά· «Ἡ τιμή μου ἐν σοὶ οἰκεῖ, οὐκ ἐν φθαρτοῖς λίθοις».

Ἐθαύμασεν ὁ μαθητὴς καὶ ἐδάκρυσεν· «Πῶς τοσαύτην ὕβριν δέχῃ, ὦ βασίλισσα;»

Ἡ δ᾽ ἀπεκρίνατο· «Ἃ σὺ οὐχ ὁρᾷς, ἡμεῖς ὁρῶμεν. Τὸν ναὸν δημιουργεῖν δεῖ, οὐκ ἀνοήτως ἀναιρεῖν. Οἱ μὲν καθαιροῦσιν, σὺ δὲ κτίζε καὶ βελτίου· οἱ καταβαλλόμενοι λίθοι αὐτοῖς μνήματα γενήσονται».

«Νῦν τὴν οἰκογένειάν σου λαβὼν ἐν σπηλαίῳ κρύπτεσθε», ἐκέλευσεν ἡ Ἀφροδίτη, καὶ εἰς τὸν Αἰθέρα ἀνεχώρησεν.

Ὁ μαθητὴς τοῖς ἄλλοις τὸν λόγον ἀπήγγειλεν· ἐκεῖνοι δ᾽ αὐτὸν αἱρετικὸν ἐκάλεσαν καὶ θάνατον ἠπείλησαν. Ἔφυγεν οὖν μετὰ γυναικὸς καὶ τέκνων εἰς σπήλαιον πλησίον τῆς καιομένης πόλεως.

Οἱ ζηλωταὶ γελῶντες τὸ ἱερὸν οἰκοδόμημα κατέλυσαν καὶ πολλοὺς ἀπέκτειναν· καὶ ἁλιέα πτωχὸν ἀπέκτειναν, ὃς μεγάλην μεταβολὴν τοῦ καιροῦ προμηνύσων ἦλθεν.

Ἐν τῇ τυφλῇ φθορᾷ τὸν ἁλιέα ὡς αἱρετικὸν ἐφόνευσαν, τὸ ὄνομα νέου θεοῦ ἐπικαλούμενοι.

Τῇ δ᾽ ὑστεραίᾳ χάλαζα καὶ πλημμύρα τὴν κώμην ἔπληξαν· ὁ ναὸς ἔτι ἑστὼς πολλοὺς ἂν ἔσωζεν. Ἀγροὶ διεφθάρησαν· ὁ δ᾽ εὐσεβὴς ἐν σπηλαίῳ ἐσώθη, ἔνθα ἰχθύες ἐν ἁλὶ κεκρυμμένοι τὴν οἰκογένειαν δύο μῆνας ἔθρεψαν.

Ἡ Ἀφροδίτη αὐτῷ ἐφάνη· «Νοεῖς νῦν τὸ εὐμετάβολον τοῦ βίου; Τὰ σημεῖα μεταβαλεῖν καὶ τὸ οἰκοδόμημα ἀνασκευάσαι ἠδύναντο· ἀνοήτως δ᾽ ἀνεῖλον τὸ καταφύγιον αὐτῶν. Ἡ σὴ μοῖρα εὐλογημένη ἔσται».

Λυπουμένη ἡ θεὰ συνέχισε· «Καὶ τὸν ἁλιέα ἐκ ζήλου ἀπέκτειναν, ὥστε λιμὸς τὴν γῆν ἐπεσκέψατο. Μάνθανε δημιουργεῖν ὅταν χρῇ, ἀναιρεῖν δ᾽ ὅταν ἀνάγκη, μετὰ γνώμης καὶ οὐχ ὁρμῇ τυφλῇ. Οἱ ἄφρονες τὰς δυνάμεις μου παρερμηνεύουσιν· οἱ ἐμοὶ πιστοὶ πρῶτον κτίζειν πειρῶνται».

Ταῦτα εἰποῦσα ἡ θεὰ πάλιν εἰς τὸν Αἰθέρα ἀνεχώρησεν.

Διὰ ταῦτα ἐν τῷ Ναῷ τοῦ Διὸς ἡ δημιουργία τῆς φθορᾶς τιμιωτέρα· ἀνελεῖν γὰρ πᾶς δύναται, δημιουργεῖν δ᾽ οὐ πᾶς.

Οἱ ἔξωθεν ἢ ἔνδοθεν δημιουργοῦντες πρὸς τὴν τῶν Θεῶν συγγένειαν προχωροῦσιν.

Μαθήτρια δ᾽ ἤρετο· «Διὰ τί ἡ φθορὰ τῆς δημιουργίας ὑποδεεστέρα καὶ οὐκ ἰσοστάσιος;»

Ἡ βασίλισσα ἀπεκρίνατο· «Ἡ δημιουργία ἑαυτὴν βεβαιοῖ· ἐν κόσμῳ γὰρ ῥᾳδίας φθορᾶς πολλῷ τιμιωτέρα ἐστίν. Οὕτως ἐτάχθη, ἵνα πάντα τὰ ὄντα τὴν ἀξίαν αὐτῆς γνῶσι καὶ αἱ γενναῖαι καὶ ἀγαθαὶ ψυχαὶ ταύτην τὴν οὐράνιον δύναμιν εὕρωσιν».

Hē Dēmiourgia · Transliteration

Dēmiourgia kai genesis entautha homoiōs legontai.

En tōide tōi kosmōi physikē pros phthoran rhopē estin; anankaia men hē phthora, oukh hypsistē de teleiōsis.

Dia touton ton physikon nomon tas anthrōpinas dēmiourgikas dynameis hōs arista pros ton idion kai ton tōn allōn bion strephein dei.

Oikos en stigmēi pyri ē hoplōi katalythēnai dynatai, mega d᾽ ergon deka etē oikodomeitai; ho men oikos bion sēmainei, to de hoplon thanaton.

Hierōtera kai khroniōtera hē dēmiourgia, alla kai plousiōtera karpōi; hē phthora antirropos autēs estin.

Houtō kai anthrōpos en stigmēi apothanein dynatai, alla pollos khronos khreiazetai hina dia trophēs kai paideias axios anthrōpos genētai.

Ho bios dēmiourgias poreia esti kai hōs hierōtaton tou kosmou timēteos; makarioi hoi zōēn dēmiourgountes.

Parabolē; neos mathētēs tēn Aphroditēn ēreto; «Basilissa, ho naos sou katastrephetai; ara hyper autou amynōmai, hina se timēsō;»

«Ou», ephē hē thea; «Hē timē mou en soi oikei, ouk en phthartois lithois».

Ethaumasen ho mathētēs kai edakrysen; «Pōs tosautēn hybrin dekhēi, ō basilissa;»

Hē d᾽ apekrinato; «Ha sy oukh horais, hēmeis horōmen. Ton naon dēmiourgein dei, ouk anoētōs anairein. Hoi men kathairousin, sy de ktize kai beltiou; hoi kataballomenoi lithoi autois mnēmata genēsontai».

«Nyn tēn oikogeneian sou labōn en spēlaiōi kryptesthe», ekeleusen hē Aphroditē, kai eis ton Aithera anekhōrēsen.

Ho mathētēs tois allois ton logon apēngeilen; ekeinoi d᾽ auton hairetikon ekalesan kai thanaton ēpeilēsan. Ephygen oun meta gynaikos kai teknōn eis spēlaion plēsion tēs kaiomenēs poleōs.

Hoi zēlōtai gelōntes to hieron oikodomēma katelysan kai pollous apekteinan; kai haliea ptōkhon apekteinan, hos megalēn metabolēn tou kairou promēnysōn ēlthen.

En tēi typhlēi phthorai ton haliea hōs hairetikon ephoneusan, to onoma neou theou epikaloumenoi.

Tēi d᾽ hysteraiai khalaza kai plēmmyra tēn kōmēn eplēxan; ho naos eti hestōs pollous an esōzen. Agroi diephtharēsan; ho d᾽ eusebēs en spēlaiōi esōthē, entha ikhthyes en hali kekrymmenoi tēn oikogeneian dyo mēnas ethrepsan.

Hē Aphroditē autōi ephanē; «Noeis nyn to eumetabolon tou biou; Ta sēmeia metabalein kai to oikodomēma anaskeuasai ēdynanto; anoētōs d᾽ aneilon to kataphygion autōn. Hē sē moira eulogēmenē estai».

Lypoumenē hē thea synekhise; «Kai ton haliea ek zēlou apekteinan, hōste limos tēn gēn epeskepsato. Manthane dēmiourgein hotan khrēi, anairein d᾽ hotan anankē, meta gnōmēs kai oukh hormēi typhlēi. Hoi aphrones tas dynameis mou parermēneuousin; hoi emoi pistoi prōton ktizein peirōntai».

Tauta eipousa hē thea palin eis ton Aithera anekhōrēsen.

Dia tauta en tōi Naōi tou Dios hē dēmiourgia tēs phthoras timiōtera; anelein gar pas dynatai, dēmiourgein d᾽ ou pas.

Hoi exōthen ē endothen dēmiourgountes pros tēn tōn Theōn syngeneian prokhōrousin.

Mathētria d᾽ ēreto; «Dia ti hē phthora tēs dēmiourgias hypodeestera kai ouk isostasios;»

Hē basilissa apekrinato; «Hē dēmiourgia heautēn bebaioi; en kosmōi gar rhaidias phthoras pollōi timiōtera estin. Houtōs etakhthē, hina panta ta onta tēn axian autēs gnōsi kai hai gennaiai kai agathai psykhai tautēn tēn ouranion dynamin heurōsin».

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Prayer:

“Queen of the Created and the Creative Force,

Grant us the power to create,

Show us the way to plentiful creation,

Make us children of the Gods and not of the falling order!”

Ancient Greek Code PrayerἩ Δημιουργία

Βασίλισσα τῶν γεγονότων καὶ τῆς δημιουργικῆς δυνάμεως,

δὸς ἡμῖν δημιουργεῖν δύναμιν·

δεῖξον ἡμῖν τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς πολυκάρπου δημιουργίας·

ποίησον ἡμᾶς τέκνα Θεῶν, οὐ τῆς φθινούσης τάξεως.

Basilissa tōn gegonotōn kai tēs dēmiourgikēs dynameōs,
dos hēmin dēmiourgein dynamin;
deixon hēmin tēn hodon tēs polykarpou dēmiourgias;
poiēson hēmas tekna Theōn, ou tēs phthinousēs taxeōs.

The prayer asks Aphrodite for the power to create and to live as children of the Gods.

Astarte Power Ritual (Aphrodite)

Page & Holy Texts: High Priest Zevios Metathronos