Tariq Al-Thiurjiyeen Al-Asil
طريق الثيورجيين الأصيل

Imitate. Align. Ascend.

You should consider theurgy if…

…you’ve ever had the impression that “all things are connected.”

…you believe in the divine, but have yet to find a belief system that “makes sense” or “works.”

…you enjoy or aspire to meditative prayer.

…you feel connected to, have had, or want to have religious experiences in regard to ancient indigenous Eastern Mediterranean religion. 

…you want to practice an ancient religion indigenous to the Eastern Mediterranean, that has a full system of beliefs which are straight from the minds of ancient writers themselves—no involvement, assertions, or opinions from modern historians or archeologists.

…you want to be completely respectful to the various peoples to whom these traditions are an essential and inalienable part of their history and identity.

…you have read our “About Us” and “FAQ” pages and can see yourself aligning with these values.

…you have read both the my freely available introductory books, “Mystic Egyptian Polytheism: A Guide for Beginners” and “Mystic Egyptian Polytheism: A Guide to Myth.”

These are points of interest and entryways into theurgy, but the goal of theurgy is always the pursuit of henosis—the realization of the soul’s mystic union with the One.

Philosophy

The philosophical core of theurgy is the school of Neoplatonism—it provides us insight into metaphysics, virtue, and the nature of the divine. This is essential to understanding one's own religious work, since it is through the Near Eastern sages of this school that we understand henosis, the chief goal of every theurgist.

We have created a curriculum and series of lessons for our members to help them create their own theurgical praxes. The purpose of this course is to learn the theory of worship, so that the practitioner completely understands the rationale behind each of his religious activities before he begins to practice them. The following are the main texts that we used to construct our curriculum:

Theurgy

Participating in theurgy means completing rituals of worship and prayer, involving various materials including iconography, food and drink, symbolic offerings, incense and candles, ritual body movements, hymns and other recitations, music, a silent, meditative prayer. More information can be found on the “Theurgy” page.

Material rites

Use material offerings in prayer. The purpose of these materials is initiatory--they prepare the soul to be attentive to the divine, and operate as sunthemata (material things which are "sealed" by the gods and when invoked, help us identify and befriend the attendants to the gods) in prayer. Here are some examples of material offerings, any one of which counts towards "participating materially:"

  • Iconography.

  • Food, drink, or symbolic offerings.

  • Incense or candles.

  • Ritual body movements.

Liturgical Language

Use a liturgical language, reserved for formal prayers, songs, or other performative, spoken forms of worship. The point of using a liturgical language is to elevate one’s experience in prayer and help make prayer transformative for the soul. It is by using a sacred language that we “elevate” above mundane language , which aids us in achieving the soul’s ascent. Language invoked in rite mimics God’s cosmogenic word or Logos. The liturgical languages that exist in the Near East today are ancestors of their original languages and retain powers of soul or animation—indeed, they are still used liturgically by other religions. Being fluent in a liturgical language is not necessary—you need only know how to pronounce the words being used. These include:

  • Classical Syriac

  • Bohairic Coptic

  • Classical Arabic

  • Ge’ez

  • Classical Hebrew

  • Koine Greek

  • Ecclesiastical Latin

Mindful rites

Use immaterial offerings in prayer. The purpose of these immaterial offerings is intellectual--they engage the mind in worship and are the actively "imitative" part of worship. Here are some examples of immaterial offerings, any one of which counts towards "participating mindfully:"

  • Reciting hymns, prayers, or myths.

  • Music or chanting.

  • Invocation of religious symbols.

Unitive rites

Engage in a meditative, silent prayer. The purpose of a meditative, silent prayer is to mimic the cause of unity, the One. Silence is the expression of completed philosophy, completed thought, completed dialectic, and the resolution of the mind. Different styles of meditation are all appropriate, whether they are guided by breath, mantra, or other meditative focuses--so long as outward silence is maintained. We have developed our own meditative prayer we call “The Silent Prayer” that is available to use on the “Spoken and Meditative Prayers” page. The elements this meditative prayer requires are as follows:

  • Visualizing aspects of a central deity.

  • Repeating the deity’s name or epithets along with an “elevating phrase” in one’s mind.

  • Incorporating a physical movement or tactile engagement to affect an emotional, intuitive, or otherwise experiential result.

Demiurgy

Engage in a devotional activity outside of prayer. This activity must be productive in some way, while also retaining religious significance and usage. All arts, sciences, and disciplines can be made devotional. More information can be found on the “Demiurgy” page. Here are some examples: