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Harmony

Harmony is one of the most important values in the Temple of Zeus. Harmony is important physically and metaphysically, esoterically, or in the external world.

In our lives and existence, we must seek to tend toward harmony within ourselves and with others.

The consciousness of this virtue is attained when the soul is advanced. It takes good ears to listen to the harmonious cycles of the spheres of existence. The one who refuses to listen is bound to dance wrongly but also not enjoy the music of existence.

Musicians, dancers, and artists will understand this best; the rest of us shall recognize it when we listen to disharmony. What a cursed life it is where all the music in it is a product of disharmony!

Thus, it was stated: Wise is Dionysus, for He knows how to dance. He listens attentively, directly to the source of all that is; He can dance to any tune at any time and never miss a step. Apollo plays the lyre, and Dionysus, along with the Satyrs, will dance the perfect tune.

Inside that dance, we see the harmony of the worlds unfolding itself, with no wrong step in relation to any musical note.

“And that is how my Lyre is the conqueror of all the worlds; it is the sound of harmony in all things,” Apollo concluded.

Ἡ ἁρμονία μία τῶν κυριωτάτων ἀξιῶν ἐν τῷ Ναῷ τοῦ Διός ἐστιν, ἐν σώματι καὶ πνεύματι, ἐν τοῖς κρυπτοῖς καὶ τοῖς φανεροῖς.

Ἐν βίῳ ἁρμονίαν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς καὶ πρὸς ἄλλους ζητητέον.

Ἡ ταύτης γνῶσις προκόπτοντι ψυχῇ γίνεται· ὦτα ἀγαθὰ χρὴ πρὸς τὰς ἁρμονίας τῶν κύκλων τοῦ ὄντος. Ὁ μὴ ἀκούων ἀτάκτως ὀρχεῖται καὶ τῆς τοῦ βίου μουσικῆς οὐκ ἀπολαύει.

Μουσικοί, ὀρχησταὶ καὶ τεχνῖται τοῦτο μάλιστα γιγνώσκουσιν· οἱ δ᾽ ἄλλοι τῆς δυσαρμονίας ἀκούοντες αἰσθάνονται πόσον δυσχερὴς ὁ ἀσύμφωνος βίος.

Σοφὸς ὁ Διόνυσος, ὅτι ὀρχεῖσθαι οἶδε· τῆς πηγῆς τῶν ὄντων ἀκούει καὶ πρὸς πᾶν μέλος ἀσφαλῶς κινεῖται. Ὁ Ἀπόλλων λύραν κρούει, ὁ δὲ Διόνυσος σὺν Σατύροις ὀρχεῖται.

Ἐν τῇ ὀρχήσει ἡ τῶν κόσμων ἁρμονία ἀναφαίνεται· οὐδὲν βῆμα τῆς μουσικῆς ἀπολείπεται.

«Οὕτως ἡ λύρα μου πάντων τῶν κόσμων κρατεῖ· ἡ γὰρ ἐν πᾶσιν ἁρμονία ἠχεῖ», ὁ Ἀπόλλων ἔφη.

Hē Harmonia · Transliteration

Hē harmonia mia tōn kyriōtatōn axiōn en tōi Naōi tou Dios estin, en sōmati kai pneumati, en tois kryptois kai tois phanerois.

En biōi harmonian en heautois kai pros allous zētēteon.

Hē tautēs gnōsis prokoptonti psykhēi ginetai; ōta agatha khrē pros tas harmonias tōn kyklōn tou ontos. Ho mē akouōn ataktōs orkheitai kai tēs tou biou mousikēs ouk apolauei.

Mousikoi, orkhēstai kai tekhnitai touto malista gignōskousin; hoi d᾽ alloi tēs dysarmonias akouontes aisthanontai poson dyskherēs ho asymphōnos bios.

Sophos ho Dionysos, hoti orkheisthai oide; tēs pēgēs tōn ontōn akouei kai pros pan melos asphalōs kineitai. Ho Apollōn lyran krouei, ho de Dionysos syn Satyrois orkheitai.

En tēi orkhēsei hē tōn kosmōn harmonia anaphainetai; ouden bēma tēs mousikēs apoleipetai.

«Houtōs hē lyra mou pantōn tōn kosmōn kratei; hē gar en pasin harmonia ēkhei», ho Apollōn ephē.

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Prayer:

"Apollon,

You are the cure and healer of disharmony,

Playing your chords perfectly, you master all thought and matter,

Lord of Lords, Great is your Music,

Give me the ears and wisdom to listen carefully."

Ancient Greek Code PrayerἩ Ἁρμονία

Ὦ Ἄπολλον,

σὺ τὴν δυσαρμονίαν ἰᾶσαι·

τελείως τὰς χορδὰς κρούων, νοὸς καὶ ὕλης κρατεῖς·

δέσποτα δεσποτῶν, μεγάλη ἡ μουσική σου·

δός μοι ὦτα καὶ σοφίαν ἀκριβῶς ἀκούειν.

Ō Apollon,
sy tēn dysarmonian iasai;
teleiōs tas khordas krouōn, noos kai hylēs krateis;
despota despotōn, megalē hē mousikē sou;
dos moi ōta kai sophian akribōs akouein.

The prayer asks Apollo, healer of disharmony, for the wisdom to hear his music.

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