WE/Grendel/Elijah
The Adoptive son of the Dragon.
Bottom pix taken from:
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~phodges/Pages/home.html
Az. is, I believe, the name of the Angel of Death (at least
in modern popular literature). Astaroth is actually a corruption
of the name Astarte, the result of the papal religio-political
power of the middle ages demonizing the goddess of fertility in
their anti-occult pursuits.
In the Judaeo-Xtian canon (the book of Malachi, chap. 4, verses 5-6 to be exact -- the name "Malachi" means "messenger," btw) Elijah is said to be the one "sent" "before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord". He is sent for a specific purpose as well: to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers. This prophecy is one of the "keynotes" of the notion of the
reconciliation of Lucifer (speaking in terms of Xtian mythos here
-- because it is they who have written the passion play with
these characters -- a father God and an original rebel son -- and
written it in such terms as to essentially archetypify the root
of human psycho-spiritual dysfunctions into the notion of a vast
cosmic "war" between the obedience model and the self-government
model -- essentially, the core conflict of humanity played out in
each individual as they come of age, but more broadly, the coming
of age of evolved humanity itself as a whole. So yes, the "god
point" is coming!)
Note also that it is the hearts of the fathers turned toward the
children FIRST, not vice versa. This parallels the Xtian parable
of "the prodigal son". It is interesting to note that in this
parable -- though Xtians like to use it as a story about the
"sinner coming home to God" -- the reality is that the prodigal
in the story never actually "repents". He does not go home to
Dad because he is sorry for anything he has done. He goes home
because the pigpen sucks and he's hungry, and thinks he would be
far better off even just working as a hired hand for ol' Dad.
It's the father who comes running to meet him and out of a pure
burst of emotional affection, crowns him "king of the household"
with his own robe and signet ring, and killls the fattened calf
to celebrate. The kid never even gets to finish his cheesy,
rehearsed, "I'm not worthy" speech. It's actually more of a
magus model -- in terms of the pragmatism & manipulative elements
-- than a Xtian model. Point being, the God/HGA/future self(ves)
doesn't care WHAT drives you there ... he/she/it only cares that
you can be seen approaching from afar. Anyhow, I like to think
of the prodigal son in the story as a sort of prototype for the
original rebel "Lucifer" character the Xtians have concocted --
and thus the jealous, griping "elder brother" in the story
becomes -- guess who? THEM!!!
Courtesy of Shedona Chevalier
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