In the system that I work with there are seven Divine Currents, seven cosmic forces that permeate Creation and allow for the expression of Divine Power in our world and all others, these Divine Currents are called the Godflames. For each of these forces there is a dichotomy unified by a single Divine Principle and a system of Watchtowers that are the keepers of their sacred power so that their power can be distributed and balanced through the Cosmic Design.
The White Godflame of Origination
Between Corruption & Purity is Divinity
North : MOR DIAL HCTGA ("Mor Ar-tee-ah-leh Heh-keh-teh-gah")
East : ORO IBAH AOZPI ("Oh-roh Ee-bah Ah-oh-zod-pee")
South : OIP TEAA PDOCE ("Oh-ee-peh Teh-ah-ah Peh-doh-leh")
West : MPH ARSL GAIOL ("Em-peh-heh Ar-ess-el Gal-ee-oh-leh")
Thank you for sharing Lexan. I had read before about the Black Flame, which refers to our inner divinity and godlike power in the Left Hand Path. I am interested in how you chose these entities for each godflame and how you work with them during ritual.
Re: Seven Watchtowers Systems By: Lexan / Beginner
Post # 3 Feb 14, 2016
Thank you for your feedback Kothar, and the beings I work with for each Godflame are based on the domain of what the Godflame's core intent/function is. These beings are more or less conduits of these forces in the absolute purest sense, acting like the lenses through which these forces can be channeled into our world.
The Daemon Royals (particularly the Daemonic Divinities in the case of the Watchtowers), that was actually one of the first ones I was exposed to from S. Connolly that helped me realize that these forces each had Watchtowers of their own. The way that S. Connolly describes working with the four Watchtowers is actually very close to their core function.
These Godflames are prevalent throughout the entirety of the Cosmos, and for that reason without the proper guage they can be incredibly volatile when concentrated on such a localized field (i.e. a spell). The function of the Watchtowers is to focus them until such a time as the Magician learns to focus them properly, but also the fact that these beings open the doorway to these powerful forces much like the Lesser Banishing Ritual opens a "valve" toward a purifying light to complete the objective of the operation to purify an area or the practitioner.
The formula for calling these powerful forces is thus using the Crimson Godflame as an example:
"I call to the Celestial Watchtowers of the Southern Gate
Keepers of the Crimson Godflame of the Universal Divine
Hear me, hear my cry
I call to the Celestial Guardian of the North, Fo-mal-haut
Protector of the Winter Wellspring of Pisces, I call to thee, I invoke thee
I call to the Celestial Guardian of the East, Al-de-ba-ran
Protector of the Autumnal Wellspring of Taurus, I call to thee, I invoke thee
I call to the Celestial Guardian of the South, Re-gu-lus
Protector of the Summer Wellspring of Leo, I call to thee, I invoke thee
I call to the Celestial Guardian of the West, An-ta-res
Protector of the Vernal Wellspring of Scorpio, I call to thee, I invoke thee"
I hope this helps at all. One of the stranger ones was actually the Azure Godflame due to the fact that I had to feel my way through which Oneiroi (Dream Gods) went where, and needless to say it ended up being the elemental alignment that was the most help.
So Morpheus was in the North because in that conception he always appears in dreams as living things, particularly people, in dreams. For this reason, Morpheus to me was tied to the tangible and mortal element of Earth. Phantasos in the East was because of His ties to apparitions in dreams, taking on Airy form (also that Phantasos is the origin of the words "phantasm" and "phantom" which were classically thought of as aerial spirits). Phobetor (who is also called Ikelos in select accounts), is Fear, and so it was a natural connection to have Him tied to fire which is something that animal instinct has us fear. And lastly there is Thanatos, Death, tied to the passage between worlds, represented by water, whose Watchtower is to the West.
Re: Seven Watchtowers Systems By: Lexan / Beginner
Post # 4 Jun 24, 2016
The Watchtowers of Revelation
There is one last system that I believe deserves to be mentioned, as I believe knowing it will help our coven understand what is to come, and they are the Watchtowers of Revelations, more commonly called the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
North: Horseman of the Conquered Earth
"And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." (Revelation 6:2)
East: Horseman of the Pestilent Air
"And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine." (Revelation 6:5-6)
South: Horseman of the Violent Flames
"And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword." (Revelation 6:4)
West: Horseman of the Necrotic Waters
"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." (Revelation 6:8)
