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Typhonian Tradition is rooted in ancient cults of Nature as the Great
Mother. It is the most of all cults. The was the
of Nature and fertility of the earth. This conviction arose around
the belief in the mystical powers of the feminine. Maternity and the ability
to new life into the world to the of sacrum. With
of religious structures, the time when the Great Mother was
worshipped came to be referred to as the "lunar phase". The of the
and fertility.
rel)reSel1ted the most primordial forces behind all life, creation
The term refers to the ancient cult of female
energy identified with the Dragon Goddess, later recognized as Ta-Urt, the
mother of Set. This is how the of the Tradition is
described the British occultist, Kenneth Grant. Typhon is a Greek
equivalent of the name to this Egyptian goddess, though in the Greek
mythology this is a fierce male In ancient sources, is
referred to as a dragon (drak6n). He is an amorphous reptile deity with
He is said to be the of Gaia and Tartarus - the and
chthonic creature.
Symbolically, the Goddess the wheel of eternal
occurring frequently in Nature. Her attribute was the of
seven stars in the Great Bear Constellation. Helena Blavatsky in her Isis
Unveiled observes that the origin of the name "Typhon" is closely
connected with the forces of Nature: the violent, the unruly, the untamed.
Floods caused by the river Nile were called ancient
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