Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

TheTheoricus Grade 283
ENLIL: Babylonian god of the hurricane and Lord of the
Air. His name means"Air god." This god is said to have
separated Heaven and Earth with a pick-ax. He symbolized
the forces of nature and was considered to be the master
of humanity's fate. Like Anu, he had a reserved
promenade in the heavens called "Enlil's Way" but his
usual abode was the Great Mountain of the East.
VUL: Assyro-Babylonian god of the atmosphere between
Heaven and Earth. Vul was a god of rain, storms and
whirlwinds.
ADAD: A later Babylonian god who usurped Enlil's position
as Lord of thunder and storm. Adad is usually
depicted as standing upon a bull with a thunderbolt in
each hand.
NUET: (or NUT) The Egyptian sky-goddess who was separated
from her lover Geb (the Earth) by the Air-god Shu.
She is often represented as a woman with an elongated
body, who touches the earth with fingers and toes, while
her star-spangled body is supported by Shu. She therefore Nuet
forms the arc of the heavens. Nuet sometimes appears as a
cow whose four legs are each held aloft by an appointed god. When in her human
form, she often wears a round vase upon her head, the symbol of her name. Her
maternal starry likeness was often painted on the inner lid of sarcophagi to watch
over the deceased.
SHU: The Egyptian god of Air. His name means "to raise" or "he who holds up."
Shu is the atmosphere which blankets the Earth. Equivalent to Atlas of Greek
mythology, Shu is the one who supports the sky. The creation of Shu made possible
a space between the Heavens and the Earth, into which
the sun could shine. Because the sunlight immediately followed
the creation of Shu, he is sometimes identified with
Light. Acting upon orders from Ra, Shu slipped between
Geb and Nut, separating Earth from sky. He is always represented
in human form usually wearing an ostrich feather
on his head.
HATHOR: An Egyptian sky-goddess whose name means
"the dwelling of Horus." The Sun-god resided within her,
being enclosed within her breast each dusk, to be born
again each dawn. Sometimes represented as the celestial
cow, but more often as a woman with a set of cow's hom
atop her head. Hathor was the goddess of love and of joy.
(Hathor is also the name given to the Kerub of the East in
the Neophyte Hall.)
Shu