Vowel-sequences in archaic manuscripts

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Vowel-sequences in Magical Papyri

Vowels must have been the mayor symbolic elements in archaic society, language, and religion. Vowel-sequences have been found in a great number of divine names (such as Iu, Iao, Iah, Iau, Ieou, Iaou, Iho, Iaouh, Eewu, Ao, Au, Iee, Ia, Ie, Jupiter and Jove 1), ego-pronouns (such as ieu, iu m, jou, jau, eau) and days of the week (e.g. jeudi, jueves, Jovdio, joi, dydd Iau, dijous). These elements have been documented in The Key Morpheme - analyzing the PIE-concep. Vowels must have been the archaic fundamentals for religious symbolism 2. This manuscript documents the typical vowel-sequences in various ancient papyri. The symbolism in this vowelsequences correlates to the previously found applications in ego-pronouns3 and days of the week.

Contents
Vowel-sequences in Magical Papyri.....................................................................................................1 Greek Magical Papyri Texts ................................................................................................................2 Ecloga Ex Papyris Magicis: Liber I ................................................................................................2 Ecloga Ex Papyris Magicis: Liber II ...............................................................................................2 Mithras Liturgy ...............................................................................................................................4 The immortal names in the Mithras Liturgy...............................................................................4 Cyclical Shifts.............................................................................................................................5 A Mithraic Ritual by GRS Mead.....................................................................................................6 Chanting of the vowels....................................................................................................................6 The third Utterance (Logos)............................................................................................................6 Mithras in the Greek Magical Papyri ..............................................................................................7 Source: Mithras in the Greek Magical Papyri (Roger Pearse)....................................................7 Traditions of Magic in Ancient Antiquity........................................................................................7

1 Massey's divine names - From: Ancient Egypt The Light of the World (Vol. 1-page 501) by Gerald Massey 2 Joscelyn Godwin (1991). "The Mystery of the Seven Vowels. in Theory and Pract... 3 Personal pronoun of the 1st person singular

Greek Magical Papyri Texts

Sources: Papyri Graecae Magicae

Ecloga Ex Papyris Magicis: Liber I

Source: Ecloga Ex Papyris Magicis: Liber I "Make me Invisible, Lord Helios, AEO' O'AE' EIE' E'AO', in the Presence of Any Man until Sunset, IO' IO' O' PHRIXRIZO' EO'A!"

Ecloga Ex Papyris Magicis: Liber II

Source: Ecloga Ex Papyris Magicis: Liber II Spell To Catch a Thief by the Shudderful Names: A EE E'E'E' IIII OOOOO YYYYYY O'O'O'O'O'O'O'!"
[This is the figure to strike:]

O' Y Y I I I I E'E'E'E'E' E E E E E E A A A A A A A IAO' O'IA

[draw the Uzat-Eye, the Eye of Horus, here] IO'A AE'O'

A E E E'E'E' I I I I E'E'E'E'E' E E E E E E A A A A A A A E'O'A O'AE'

These pyramids list the vowels in alphabetical and reversed alphabetical order (of the Greek alphabet). xv. How to Say the Magical Sounds5 the "A" [alpha] with an Open Mouth, undulating like a Wave; the "O" [omicron] succinctly, as a Breathed Threat; the "IAO'" [iota alpha omega] to Earth, to Air, and to Heaven; the "E'" [eta] like a Baboon; ... the "E" [epsilon] with Enjoyment, aspirating it; the "Y" [upsilon] like a Shepherd, drawing out the Pronunciation.

4 [PGM I.222-31] ( I. PROTECTION - vi. Indispensable Invisibility Spell ) 5 [This description, taken from a longer spell, does not specify the pronunciation of "I" (iota) or "O'" (omega).] [PGM V.24-30]

xvi. Bear-Charm which Accomplishes Everything

The First Formula in a Different Way: "THO'ZOPITHE', Bear, Greatest Goddess, Ruling Heaven, Reigning over the Pole of the Stars, Highest, Beautiful-Shining Goddess, Incorruptible Element, Composite of the All, All-Illuminating, Bond of the Universe AEE'IOYO' (square [probably means arranged in lines forming a square: A E E'I O Y O' E E'I O Y O'A E'I O Y O'A E I O Y O'A E E' O Y O'A E E'I Y O'A E E'I O O'A E E'I O Y This square corresponds to the Cyclical Shifts6 proposed by Diederich in his reference to the inscriptions in the theater at Milete:

1. AEIOU (instead of AEEIOYO) 2. EIOUA (instead of EEIOYOA) 3. IOUAE (instead of EIOYOAE) 4. IOUAE (instead of IOYOAEE) 5. OUAEI (instead of OYOAEEI) 6. UAEIO (instead of YOAEEIO) 7. AEIOY (instead of OAEEIOY)

6 Page 33 in

"Eine Mithrasliturgie" (second edition, 1910)

Mithras Liturgy 7
source: Mithras Liturgy from the Paris Codex Edited and Translated by Marvin W. Meyer page 2, line 10: First origin of my origin: ( AEEIOYO)8, page 4, line 1: the first of the fire in me: ( EYEIAEE), page 4, line 2: the first of the water in me:

( OOO AAA EEE), page 4, line 3: the first of the earthy substance in me: ( YEYOE), page 4, line 6: without soul and yet alive with soul,
( YEI AYI EYOIE) page 4, line 27: god: ( EYEYIAEEIA OEIAYIYAIEO) page 4, line 29: immortal brilliance: ( OEY AEO EYA EOE YAE IAE ) page 8, line 20: Fire-Feeler:

( IAO), page 8, line 21: Light-Breather: ( OAI) page 8, line 24: Light-Forcer, ( AIAIO), page 10, line 1: Thunder-Shaker (600), ( IEOEIOEIO), page 17, (second last line of the main text), unnumbered:
9

(765) I have consecrated you, that your essence may be useful to me, to _______ alone, IE IA E EE OY EIA, that you may prove useful to me alone. page 18, line 19 (785-790) Now this is the formula:

( IEEOOIAI

The immortal names in the Mithras Liturgy

page 10, line 9:

----------( EEO OEEO IOO OE EEO EEO OEEO IOO OEEE OEE) page 10, line 10:

-------------( OOE IE EO OO OE IEO OE OOE IEOOE IEEO EE IO OE) page 10, line 11:

------------IOE OEO EOE OEO OIE OIE EO OI III EOE OYE EO OEE
7 Pages refer to: "Eine Mithrasliturgie" (second edition, 1910) Details: Addenda to the Mithras Liturgy's Translations and The Vowels AEEIOYO in the Mithras Liturgy 8 Cf. On the Eighth and Ninth (Nag Hammadi Codex VI, tractate 6), page 60, line 20. With regard to the Mithras Liturgy in general, cf. this tractate as well as another Hermetic tractate, Corpus Hermeticum XIII. 9 A permutation of the divine name IAO. cf. also AIO (below, line 598).

page 10, line 12:

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EOEIA AEAEEA EEEE EEE EEE IEO EEO OEEEOE EEO EYO page 10, line 13:

-------OE EIO EO OE OE EE OOOYIOE.

Cyclical Shifts
In the explanations10 Diederich refers to the theater at Milete, in which the acclamation of the seven planets is calling the seven-vowel sequences in such manner that each acclamation starts with a next vowel in the proper sequence of the row. The first name is , the second name is , etc....: This description allowed me to generate the other names, in total seven, which will be transcribed in an improved vowel symbolism (this explanation is missing):

8. AEIOU (instead of AEEIOYO) 9. EIOUA (instead of EEIOYOA) 10. IOUAE (instead of EIOYOAE) 11. IOUAE (instead of IOYOAEE) 12. OUAEI (instead of OYOAEEI) 13. UAEIO (instead of YOAEEIO) 14. AEIOY (instead of OAEEIOY) From here the cycle returns to number 1.
1. AEIOU (instead of AEEIOYO) . and so on Indeed I found some evidence in the web, specifying11: 1. 2. 3. 4. ( a most interesting pattern starting with IOU and ending in AEH) 5. 6. 7.

10 Page 33 in "Eine Mithrasliturgie" (second edition, 1910) 11 Les formations gomtriques de mots dans la magie ancienne and Le pouvoir de l'criture dans la magie and Le pouvoir de l'criture dans la magie (all in French)

A Mithraic Ritual by GRS Mead

source: A Mithraic Ritual by GRS Mead. Taken from the Mithras Liturgy.

Chanting of the vowels

As to the chanting of the vowels, it is {13} of interest to learn from Demetrius, On Interpretation, c. 71 (p.20 Raderm.), that: "In Egypt the priests hymn the Gods by means of the seven vowels, chanting them in order; instead of the pipe and lute the musical chanting of these letters is heard. So that if you were to take away this accompaniment you would simply remove the whole melody and music of the utterance (logos)."

The third Utterance (Logos)

I do invoke Thy Deathless Names, innate with Life, most worshipful, that have not yet descended unto mortal nature, nor have been made articulate by human tongue, or cry or tone of man: e oe i o e e oe i oe e o i o o ie o o ieo iee e i o io eo oe i ie oi iii o u oe eia aaea ee ee ee ie e oeeo e eu o ei ee oooui! These deathless names correspond to the immortal names in the previously documented Mithras Liturgy. page 10, line 9:

----------( EEO OEEO IOO OE EEO EEO OEEO IOO OEEE OEE) page 10, line 10:

-------------( OOE IE EO OO OE IEO OE OOE IEOOE IEEO EE IO OE) page 10, line 11:

------------IOE OEO EOE OEO OIE OIE EO OI III EOE OYE EO OEE page 10, line 12:

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EOEIA AEAEEA EEEE EEE EEE IEO EEO OEEEOE EEO EYO page 10, line 13:

-------OE EIO EO OE OE EE OOOYIOE.

Mithras in the Greek Magical Papyri

Source: Mithras in the Greek Magical Papyri (Roger Pearse) The divine names IOA, IAEO, AEEIOYW and the reversed form WYOIEEA are vowelsequences. From PGM III, 1-164; lines 71-85: I conjure you, the powerful and mighty angel of this animal in this place; rouse yourself for me, and perform the NN [deed] both on this very day and in every hour and day; rouse yourself for me against my enemies, NN, and perform NN deed (add the usual), for I conjure you by IAO SABAOTH ADONAI ABRASAX, and by the great god, IAEO (formula), AEEIOYW WYOIEEA CHABRAX PHNESKER PHIKO PHNYRO PHWCHW BWCH / ABLANATHANALBA ARRAMMACHAMARI SESENGENBARPHARANGES MITHRA NAMAZAR ANAMARIA DAMNAMENEU CHEU CHTHO[NIE] THORTOEI, holy king, the Sailor, [who steers] the tiller of the lord god, rouse [yourself] for me, great cat-faced one, steerer of the tiller [of God], perform the NN deed (add the usual), from this very day, immediately, immediately; quickly, quickly.

Traditions of Magic in Ancient Antiquity

Source: Traditions of Magic in Ancient Antiquity, Papyrus 4. PMich 757 (=inv. 6925) , dated 2nd to 4th centuries A.D. aeiou-triangle, iaebaphrenemoun-etc.-triangle, uoiea-triangle,