Hello All!
On July 18th, 2015 we will be hosting a Moon Rite honoring some of the deities nearest and dearest to my heart...The Nyx Greek Goddess of Night and her Extended family the Protogenoi!
Who exactly are the Protogenoi?
They are the Gods and Goddesses that preceded the universe of the Greek Olympian Deities.
They are the progenitors, the rawest potentiality and some of the original Peloponnese creators.
The first and most essential of these great eternals is Khaos.
Khaos is, as you may have guessed the Goddess whose name was transformed over the decades to our modern cognate Chaos but she is so much more than what our modern concept conveys. Khaos was infinite potential from which all could burst forth.
Khaos is an air deity.
From Khaos came her mate Phanes, also know as Protognos or first born (and from whom all the Protogenoi take their name). Phanes is consideredthe primal progenitor and great father.
Next Khaos bears Nyx, the Greek goddess who embodies night and the primary guest at our rite.
Nyx is the embodiment of Night, mother of Darkness (Erebos) and mother to Daylight (Hemera).
I will be posting more updates regarding the rite as we draw closer to the date.
If you want to learn more about all the protogenoi check out the link below:
http://www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/primeval-gods.htmlThis event will start at 7:00 p.m.
Please find the Ritual outlined below and please note there will be a journey to meet the deity and I would encourage all those interested in participating to join in this journey to be held by the end of June (hard date TBA later):
Nyx and Protogenoi Moon Rite (7/18/15) Official Event Outline:
ยท As per the Greek Deity Festival tradition I would like the Moon Rite to proceed as follows:
- Would like to suggest that all attendees wear only the following colors in honor of our guests: either all White or all Black clothing.
- Procession with Nyx Representative Statue, and Protogenoi iconography.
- Musical accompaniment will be played for the procession and will be setting an initial calm and meditative tone.
- Recite the Well, Fire, Tree and Earth chant provided below as a centering and grounding exercise:
Earth, Fire, Well, & Tree Chant
This is the earth which gives unto us,
This the well that inspiration births,
This is tree at the center of all worlds,
This is the fire ablaze within our souls!
Together they are one,
Together they are us,
Each a puzzle piece within the wheel turned,
Great Mother! All Father! To you we look first
as the wheel turns our fate in blessing or in curse.
Together we are one,
A family large in number,
A heartbeat told in song.
This is the earth which gives unto us,
This the well that inspiration births,
This is tree at the center of all worlds;
This is the fire ablaze within our souls!
- Then we will hop into the lore of the rite which will have slightly theatrical/high energy elements (as Greeks often celebrated Deities individual festivals with great plays and similarly high octane events):
This will have a sung element to be handled by ritual team (to be provided later) which will invoke creation through Khaos, and welcome both Khaos and Phanes.
- Presentation of the Protogenoi
- Calling to the local daemons (kindred)
- Opening of the Gates (Call to Nemesis)
- Honoring Outsiders (Call to Erebos)
- Honoring Sacred Earth (Gaea)
- Introduction of Nyx and Hemera
- Sacrifices
- Sharing of the Sacred Wine (Non Alcoholic Version to be served)
- Omen (Furies and Fates Presiding)
- Closing of the Gates and thanking all the Deities and Daemons
- Revels
