Aquarian Marriage Lore: The Ritual of the Marriage of the Younger Deities
BY IACCHUS (1995) (edited by Delta 2017)
This myth envisions the younger Deities of both the matrilineal and the patrilineal clans. The matrilineal is symbolized by Sun Goddess and Moon God. The patrilineal is symbolized by the Sun God and the Moon Goddess. They all are joining together to create a sacred group marriage at the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, and then be its stewards. This marriage is founded on the sovereignty of their individuality. The equality, interdependence, love and wisdom are all shared. It is hoped the continued evolution and enactment of this Aquarian Sacred Marriage will create an enthusiasm that heals and fosters the Self-actualization of the Soul.
Welcome all to the handfasting of the Younger Deities. The love and wisdom that flows from the wholeness of their marriage will bring forth the Green Scion in each soul who drinks deeply of this water. This marriage of theirs is a remembering and incarnation of a constellation of Souls, whose stars will guide humanity throughout the Age of Aquarius.
I was called as a Priest by the collective wholeness (the mystery or ‘nest’ that created our Cosmos) to heal and foster humanity’s collective Soul. Out of deep ignorance and naiveté, the human soul came to face fear, pain and the pleasures of life, to achieve an unknown destiny. The Mystery tried to guide humanity by speaking through its intuitions. However, humanity’s lack of understanding and maturity has shaped these intuited messages from the Mystery, with imaginative weaving of metaphors. These became the myths of humanity’s religions.
Humanity, whether it knew it or not, was lost in a psychological labyrinth of its own making. Wandering as ‘strangers in a strange land’ searching for a home that it did not know. Sexual bias was part of this lack of understanding and maturity that shaped humanity’s soul, its religions, and understanding of the Mystery. First, came the Way of the Mothers. The Mothers sexual bias shaped their intuitions about the feminine and masculine ways of being and also those of the Mystery. From these intuited understandings, the religion and social order of the Way of the Mothers were created. Then there came a time when the understanding and knowledge of paternity brought about the Way of the Fathers. The Way of the Fathers became a reactionary movement, for it not only had its own sexual bias, it also was opposed towards the Way of the Mothers. This shaped their intuitions about the masculine and feminine ways of being and those of the Mystery. From these intuited understandings, the religion and social order of the Way of the Fathers came about.
At first, these two Ways lived in peace - for hope had arisen, an intuition was given to them both. This intuition was that humanity had ages or seasons, which were akin to the stages of childhood, adolescence and adulthood. At first, these two Ways agreed that in the fullness of time (at the age of adulthood) it would be revealed which Way was better for humanity. These two Ways also agreed that the Great Wheel in the sky would determine the “Ages of Man” (i.e. Worlds) and their fates.
The Age of Aries became the Sign that the Way of the Fathers used to justify and begin the domination over the Way of the Mothers. Then came the Age of Pisces, where the Way of the Fathers tried to totally blot out the Way of the Mothers.
But now begins the Age of Aquarius, and the Way of the Mothers returns. In the Age of Aquarius, humans realize that their concepts of Divinity are projections of their Souls. Humans also realize that their concepts of Divinity are a result of a complexity, which is the interaction between the Immanent Divinity of humanity’s Soul and the cultural, psychological and evolutionary development of humanity’s Soul.
It is a psychological rule that when an inner complexity is not made conscious, it happens outside as Fate. Whether it be an individual or a culture, if they remain unconscious of their inner contradictions, the world will act out the conflict and be torn into opposite halves (paraphrased from C.G. Jung).
This psychological rule is part of the Aquarian Gnosis. So, with the acknowledgment of both the Way of the Mothers and the inner opposition & conflict between the Ways of the Fathers and Mothers, all are made conscious. The Mystery (or the Deities if you will) have spoken to me in my dreams, guided me in my intuitions and have given me this Ritual of the Marriage of the Younger Deities. This rite is a symbol that reconciles this opposition, ends the conflict and makes peace within the human heart.
So, welcome all to this joyous occasion!
~~ Iacchus
BY IACCHUS (1995) (edited by Delta 2017)
This myth envisions the younger Deities of both the matrilineal and the patrilineal clans. The matrilineal is symbolized by Sun Goddess and Moon God. The patrilineal is symbolized by the Sun God and the Moon Goddess. They all are joining together to create a sacred group marriage at the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, and then be its stewards. This marriage is founded on the sovereignty of their individuality. The equality, interdependence, love and wisdom are all shared. It is hoped the continued evolution and enactment of this Aquarian Sacred Marriage will create an enthusiasm that heals and fosters the Self-actualization of the Soul.
Welcome all to the handfasting of the Younger Deities. The love and wisdom that flows from the wholeness of their marriage will bring forth the Green Scion in each soul who drinks deeply of this water. This marriage of theirs is a remembering and incarnation of a constellation of Souls, whose stars will guide humanity throughout the Age of Aquarius.
I was called as a Priest by the collective wholeness (the mystery or ‘nest’ that created our Cosmos) to heal and foster humanity’s collective Soul. Out of deep ignorance and naiveté, the human soul came to face fear, pain and the pleasures of life, to achieve an unknown destiny. The Mystery tried to guide humanity by speaking through its intuitions. However, humanity’s lack of understanding and maturity has shaped these intuited messages from the Mystery, with imaginative weaving of metaphors. These became the myths of humanity’s religions.
Humanity, whether it knew it or not, was lost in a psychological labyrinth of its own making. Wandering as ‘strangers in a strange land’ searching for a home that it did not know. Sexual bias was part of this lack of understanding and maturity that shaped humanity’s soul, its religions, and understanding of the Mystery. First, came the Way of the Mothers. The Mothers sexual bias shaped their intuitions about the feminine and masculine ways of being and also those of the Mystery. From these intuited understandings, the religion and social order of the Way of the Mothers were created. Then there came a time when the understanding and knowledge of paternity brought about the Way of the Fathers. The Way of the Fathers became a reactionary movement, for it not only had its own sexual bias, it also was opposed towards the Way of the Mothers. This shaped their intuitions about the masculine and feminine ways of being and those of the Mystery. From these intuited understandings, the religion and social order of the Way of the Fathers came about.
At first, these two Ways lived in peace - for hope had arisen, an intuition was given to them both. This intuition was that humanity had ages or seasons, which were akin to the stages of childhood, adolescence and adulthood. At first, these two Ways agreed that in the fullness of time (at the age of adulthood) it would be revealed which Way was better for humanity. These two Ways also agreed that the Great Wheel in the sky would determine the “Ages of Man” (i.e. Worlds) and their fates.
The Age of Aries became the Sign that the Way of the Fathers used to justify and begin the domination over the Way of the Mothers. Then came the Age of Pisces, where the Way of the Fathers tried to totally blot out the Way of the Mothers.
But now begins the Age of Aquarius, and the Way of the Mothers returns. In the Age of Aquarius, humans realize that their concepts of Divinity are projections of their Souls. Humans also realize that their concepts of Divinity are a result of a complexity, which is the interaction between the Immanent Divinity of humanity’s Soul and the cultural, psychological and evolutionary development of humanity’s Soul.
It is a psychological rule that when an inner complexity is not made conscious, it happens outside as Fate. Whether it be an individual or a culture, if they remain unconscious of their inner contradictions, the world will act out the conflict and be torn into opposite halves (paraphrased from C.G. Jung).
This psychological rule is part of the Aquarian Gnosis. So, with the acknowledgment of both the Way of the Mothers and the inner opposition & conflict between the Ways of the Fathers and Mothers, all are made conscious. The Mystery (or the Deities if you will) have spoken to me in my dreams, guided me in my intuitions and have given me this Ritual of the Marriage of the Younger Deities. This rite is a symbol that reconciles this opposition, ends the conflict and makes peace within the human heart.
So, welcome all to this joyous occasion!
~~ Iacchus