[24] XXIV. TO PROTEUS

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In Greek mythology, Proteus (Πρωτεύς) is an early sea-god, one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea",[1] whose name suggests the "first" (from Greek "πρῶτος" - protos, "first"), as protogonos (πρωτόγονος) is the "primordial" or the "firstborn". He became the son of Poseidon in the Olympian theogony (Odyssey iv. 432), or of Nereus and Doris, or of Oceanus and a Naiad, and was made the herdsman of Poseidon's seals, the great bull seal at the center of the harem. He can foretell the future, but, in a mytheme familiar from several cultures, will change his shape to avoid having to; he will answer only to someone who is capable of capturing him. From this feature of Proteus comes the adjective protean, with the general meaning of "versatile", "mutable", "capable of assuming many forms". "Protean" has positive connotations of flexibility, versatility and adaptability. The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀫𐀳𐀄 po-ro-te-u, written in Linear B syllabic script.[2]
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[24] XXIV. TO PROTEUS

The Fumigation from Storax.
Proteus I call, whom Fate decrees, to keep the keys which lock the chambers of the deep;

-to proteus we call, implying the source of the deep. he is the key master of the deeps and chambers down deep.

First-born, by whose illustrious pow'r alone all Nature's principles are clearly shewn:

-the first born to the waters and dpth, the old man who is young and full of power and holds the foundation principals of the deep.

Matter to change with various forms is thine, matter unform'd, capacious, and divine.

-you are divine and of all forms including unformed of space and substance, streching far and all.

All-honor'd, prudent, whose sagacious mind knows all that was, and is, of ev'ry kind,'

- of power and of nibd and of good judgement to that which is and was.

With all that shall be in succeeding time; so vast thy wisdom, wond'rous, and sublime:

-beyond time streching its range vast knowledgfe and wisdom winderous and sublime.

For all things Nature first to thee consign'd, and in thy essence omniform confin'd.

-of nature by rules and of its moldingm able to by its means by essence form anything omniform and configured,

Come, blessed father, to our rites attend, and grant our happy lives a prosp'rous end.

-come bless us to our rites attend give our lives happy enmds in them selves.

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mikehughes25
2012-04-04 @ 03:34:45

Thank you so much for the new post.
True, many great changes are shaping our future, and in the long run we shall have a global community based on sharing and brotherhood.

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2012-04-07 @ 05:17:36

the truth is manifesting with Justice and virtue as the guild of its reason.