Syriac: The Deities

Elements & Structures

Overview of the Syriac

The Syriac are Bard-Deities, singing reality into being through the Master Bard, Talison Eôth, after Talison Asha’el and Talison Teomin struck the inchoate Nothingness producing the dyad.  This reality is made manifest as the domain of Talison Phrath, that which we call Earth.  Greater reality is contained in the boundaries set by the being of the creator of the gods, Talison Makoresh.

All Fourteen Syriac have the title of Talison.  Talison basically means “Bard” or “Creator through words” and the Syriac name each other Bard-brother or Bard-sister, although the gendered label means nothing to the Divine as the Divine manifests as male, female, and asexual simultaneously.  In the Song of the Syriac you may read of Talison Asha’el being referred to as Bard-brother and Bard-sister in the same conversation by the same Deity.

The 14 Syriac can be categorized into two universal constructs: Elemental and Structural.  There are the five Elemental deities: Syriac, Eôth, Asha’el, Teomin, and Phrath.  These five represent Quintessence, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth respectively.  In the west it is common to speak of the Four Elements: Fire, Air, Water and Earth with the Fifth Element being the quintessence of the other Four, sometimes called Spirit.  Makoresh, as the creator of All and the one who stands both outside reality and is the framework upon which it exists, is the manifestation of the other five Elemental deities.  These are the basic powers that humanity has worshiped throughout the long Ages since the Syriac left the world and ended the Age of Paradise.  Whether we have known the element as Thor, Vishnu, Zeus, or whatever other name that denotes a deity in the world, they are each, at base, the worship of one or more of the four primal elements of reality.

The other 8 deities represent the eight structural changes of energy upon matter in this universe.  This can most easily be seen in the stages of a person’s life: birth, childhood awaking of conscience, the years of puberty, young adulthood, marriage, being a householder, being an elder or mystic, and finally death.  These Eight are divided into three philosophies or Paths: the Path of Fire, the Path of Air, and the Path of Water.  This does not make the Eight lesser than the Five, for they are all equal; none could exist without the others. The Eight make manifest the Five just as the Five make manifest the One who makes manifest the All. As the boundaries upon which we call reality there are no other deities assigned to the Paths of Spirit and Earth.

Syriac: The Deities

Elements & Structures