Isis Osiris Horus
"The New Aeon proclaims Man as Immortal God, eternally active to do His Will. All's Joy, all's Beauty; this Will we celebrate."
- Aleister Crowley, Liber AL 11:35
“Just as the sun travels through the signs of the zodiac, so to does human consciousness evolve through different aeons. We are now within the third aeon in our recorded history. There were others before that, and will be others after that, but I am no expert on this history. In our current cycle, the first recorded aeon is referred to as the aeon of Isis. This is when humanity’s primary worship was directed towards goddess figures, as evidenced by the existence of artifacts like the Venus of Willendorf. Scholars who know far more than I have estimated that this period of development hit its peak somewhere around 2500 B.C. The next aeon would be the aeon of Osiris. This is when humanity’s focus turned from the feminine aspect of divinity and more towards the masculine aspect. All of the stories of gods who die and resurrect belong to this period - everyone from Osiris to Christ. Now we have begun the journey into what some in the magick community call the aeon of Horus. If the first aeon represented the divine mother, and the next aeon the divine father, then this current aeon is the aeon of the child - a combination of the previous two. Certain prophecies refer to this aeon as being represented by twins. Those twins are science and magick.”
- Damien Echols
Every so often, magick transforms its appearance and trailers itself for a new era of human consciousness. When this happens, it’s a kind of revolution. It challenges and shakes up the way people view the topic we now call spirituality. In magickal prophecy each time period is referred to as an “aeon.” In our recorded history there have been two aeons, although there were previous ones, as they make up a cycle - just like the zodiac. The first cycle within our recorded history was what magickal prophecy calls “the age of Isis.” This is when humanity viewed the source of creation as a great, primal mother figure. This is where the image of the Venus of Willendorf figures come from. The second age recorded in the scraps of prophecy I am familiar with is the aeon of Osiris. This is the age when humanity’s consciousness began to shift and view the source as a masculine, divine father figure. This age culminated in the birth of the figure we now call the Christ. The world is now moving into the new aeon - the aeon of Horus. In this aeon, elements of the previous two will be combined to produce a new energy. Something that is made up of the previous two, but will be more than the sum of their parts. Each aeon begins with a kind of spiritual revolution. A shakeup in how we see the source from which we came, and how to reconnect to it. Revolutions always start at the bottom, where people are hungry for something new. The upper levels of society,established magickal traditions, and religions do not seek change - they feel safe and comfortable, and have no desire to change that. Revolution beginning at the bottom....this is why Jesus gained such a reputation for hanging around unsavory characters. Prostitutes, madmen, and worst of all - tax collectors. Those were the hungry.”
- Damien Echols
The Aeon of Horus
”In magick, the old aeon relied upon what is now known as “the formula of the dying god” to pass on it’s teachings. These lessons were wrapped in stories, symbolism, and iconography of various gods and semi divine figures who died and were resurrected. It was the aeon of self sacrifice. The new aeon formula is that of the crowned and conquering child. It is the aeon of self-realization, independent of dying and resurrecting gods. When mankind discovers the quickest way to awakening and achieving Union with divinity is through following the path of our individual Will, which is based on your true nature. Magick and meditation are the tools used to remove the accumulated societal programming in order to discover what our true Will is.”
- Damien Echols