Orphic Hymns – Sacred Texts of Orphic Tradition

TO MUSEOS

Listen, Musée, my holy song
And find out which ceremony fits the sacrifice.

I appeal to him Zeus, Gaia and Solar Light,
Her pure glow Moon and night stars;
You PoseidonLord of the deep sea,
With the dark hair, which your waves live the land;
the fertile Demeter, beauty,
and PersephoneQueen of Hades, wife of Pluto.

The predator. Artemis and its bright rays Phoebus,
the god that strikes from far, glory of Delphi;
The Dionysus, honored by the heavenly dance,
the raging Ares and Hefestos, god of fire;
the great power that emerged from foam to light,
and the powerful Pluto in the kingdoms of the night.

The young lady. Evie, the mighty Hercules,
And you taking care of birth, Illiteracy·
respect Justice and Piety I call,
the famous nymphs and PanGod of all.

The sacred Hera, the nice Mnemosyne,
and pure Muses I address my prayer;
This is the case in the United Kingdom. Graces and Hours,
the beauty girl Letto and its powers Dione.

The armed Courites, the domestic gods
(Coryvantes, Curites, Crabs) plead,
together with SaviorsO sons of Zeus, king of all things:
the Ideal gods, the angel of heaven,
and fair Themis, with the wise look.

The ancient Night and Light of the Day I beg,
The Faith and Trial, awarding the law;
The Cronus and Rhea, and the big Thetida,
covered with a veil of blue skylight.

I call the great Ocean And the nice crowd of brides
residing in the depths of the sea;
the mighty Atlas, the eternal Eternality
And the endless Time·
the Stygia lake and the meek gods beside it,
and the various Demons supervising people;
the brilliant Welfare, the brave crowd of demonic figures
Filling the ether
or reside in the air, water, earth or fire,
or withdraw deep below the solid ground.

The Dionysus and Semeli, friends of all, call,
and white Leukothea the sea;
the generous Palaemon, the big one Indifference,
and sweet language Victory, successfully raised;
The Great Asclepium, knowledgeable treatment,
And the awesome Athena, who rejoices in fierce battles;
The Thunder and Wind, enclosed in strong poles,
Who roar terribly asking for a way out.

The AttisThe mother of the upper powers,
And the nice one. Adonis, never condemned to death;
principle and end, is everything to everyone;
I call them with gentle and pleasant help.

And in my holy sacrifice I invite
the power reigning in the deepest darkness and at night;
I call the Hecate, modest lady,
Earth, water and heavenly,
burial, with a crocodile veil,
accompanied by dark ghosts wandering in the shade;
Persian, invincible hunter, hail,
key master of the world, never defeated;
You like to wander through the rough rocks.
Drive and feed, and be present at our ceremonies.

It has kindly given success to our righteous demands,
Accept our honor
And bless the incense.

I. TO THE GODDESS PROTHIREA

Starch incense

Respectful goddess, hear my prayer,
you who have as your special care the labor pains;
To you, lying in the bed of distress,
Women see, like a mirror, redemption.

Guardian of the genus, with mild mind gifted,
good and kind to the helpless youth;
beneficial food; the great key of Nature
It belongs to no other deity but to you.

You live with what's not visible in the look
And sacred ceremonies are thy joy:
It's your job to solve the virgin zone,
And in every act you are present, known and evident.

You like birth,
and yet you are pleased to see the numerous fruit of fertility;
when, tortured by physical pain and severe pain,
women call upon you as a sure refuge of the soul.

Because only you can give relief to pain,
where art tries to soften, but in vain;
an assistant goddess, Illiteracy, respectful power,
That brings redemption to the terrible hour of childbirth;

Listen to me, I wish Artemis, and accept my prayer,
And make the genus of your babes forever.

II. TO NIGHT (NYX)

An incense with torches

Night, mother goddess, source of sweet rest,
from where both gods and men were born at first;
Listen to me, happy Cyprus, decorated with starlight,
That you dwell in the deep silence of sleep, dark night.

Dreams and gentle peace accompany your dark procession,
pleased with the long dark and holy dinner;
diluent of anxiety, friend of joy,
With grim horses you walk the whole earth.

Goddess of spectras and shadow game,
whose hypnotic force divides the natural day;
by fate's decision you always send the light
in the deepest Hades, away from the look of mortals.

Because the terrible Need, that nothing can beat,
It surrounds the world with shackles.

Be present, goddess, in your prayer,
You who all yearn and all equally respect;
Happy, happy, friendly
cast away the fears of the terrible shadow of the twilight.

III. TO THE Uranus (Uranus)

Flax incense

Maximum Urane, whose mighty body knows no rest,
father of all, from where the world was born;
Listen to me, generous ancestor, beginning and end of all,
You are perpetually wandering around the Earth sphere.

Residence of the gods whose prison power
surrounds the eternal World with bounds uninterrupted;
whose broad bay and circular arms
keep nature's terrible necessity.

Ether and earthen together, whose diverse form,
blue and full of shapes, no force can tame;
panopt Urane, his father Time (Cronus),
Forever happy, supreme deity.

Be favored in a new secret glow
And crowned his desires with divine life.

IV. TO THE PUR (ATHEP)

Yeast of yolks

Oh, my God. Fire (Athera),
Who reign high in his kingdoms Zeus, sovereign of heaven;
the glorious Sun with its dazzling glow,
As well as the Moon and the stars, from you they draw their light.

Power that tames everything, essential fire that shines,
whose life-giving breaths inspire the heat of life;
An excellent element of the world, bearer of light,
with star radiation shining, bright flower.

Listen to my prayer prayers
And may your nature always remain pure, serene and day.

V. TO THE PRIMARY, THE FIRST

Myrrh incense

O mighty Primary, firstborn, hear my prayer,
twine, oval, wandering in the air;
bulldozer, boasting of your golden wings,
where the genus of gods and mortals originates.

Hericapas, glorious power,
unspeakable, occult, bright flower;
From dark eyes you drive away the darkness of the night,
Panternative brilliance, light pure and sacred.

That’s why Fanny They call you the glory of heaven.
With flying wings you fly around the world.
Priap, dark-eyed glow, I praise you,
Insemination, pansophius, always blessed king.

With a happy look brighten happily
our divine ceremonies and our sacred sacrifice.

VI. TO STARS (ASTRON)

Flavoured incense

With a holy voice I invoke Star heights,
pure holy lights and demons of heaven;
heavenly stars, its genus Night,
In roundabouts you emit away your light.

Brilliant rays scatter around the heavens,
eternal fire, source of what's down here;
with flames that mean Squadron shine,
And righteously mark for men a divine course.

In seven bright zones you run with misguided flames,
And heaven and earth make up your clear bodies;
with tireless orbit, pure and firelights,
shine continuously through the veil of the Night.

Hello, sparking, gladness, alert fire:
Please light all my righteous desires:
turn conscious rays at these sacred ceremonies
and complete our works dedicated to your anthem.

VII. TO THE SUN (SUN)

Flax and manna incense

Listen to me, gold. Titan, whose eternal eye,
a wide view illuminates the whole sky;
self-born, tire in the diffusion of light,
mirror of joy for every look.

Lord of times, with your fiery chariot
and your fucking horses, radiating light from afar;
with your right hand source of morning light,
and the left father of the night.

Emotional and firm, respectful Sun,
Fire and shine, running around the heavens;
an enemy of the unjust, but a guide to the good,
You're happily overseeing every step of it.

With various sounds, with gold lyres,
I own to fill the world with divine harmony.
Father of the ages, guide of happy works,
Governor of the world, acting by brilliant horses;

Immortal Zeus, panopto, bearer of light,
a source of existence, pure and fiery;
fruitful, almighty lord of the years,
Emotional and warm, which every force respects.

Great eye of Nature and starry sky,
destined with immortal flames to set and rise;
Distributor of justice, friend of currents,
Great lord of the world, supreme of all.

Loyal protector and eye of the righteous,
master of horses and light of life;
With the sound whip you drive four fiery horses,
When, glorious, you run the chariot of the day.

Shine favorably upon these secret works
And bless your pleadings with life divine.

VIII. TO THE SELENE

An incense from Aromatics

Listen, queen goddess, who is spreading silver light,
Candles and wandering through the darkness of the Night.
Surrounded by stars, with a flame extending in a wide circle,
cross the sky;
Male and female with borrowed rays you shine,
complete or in phase of reduction.

Mother of the ages, moon fruitful [Men],
the apple day the bullet mirrors at noon on the night.
Horse worshiper, brilliant, queen of the Night,
Invisible force, adorned with starlight.
Lover of alertness, enemy of strife,
happy in peace, with a good life;
Lambano night, ornament and her friend,
which gives nature's works their intended purpose.

Queen of stars, whole, I salute!
dressed in amorphous garment and a glowing veil;
Come, blessed goddess, gentle, stellar and brilliant,
Moon lamp with pure and bright light,
Light these sacred ceremonies with favorable rays,
And accept with pleasure the mystery hymn of your benefactor.

IX. TO NATURE

An incense from Aromatics

Nature, mother of all, ancient and divine,
Mother of art, art is yours.
Heavenly, rich, respected queen, in every corner of your dominion visible.
Adamant, almighty, eternally radiant,
All mistress, honored and extremely bright.
Immortal, primary [Protogeneia], always the same, nightly, astral, brilliant and glorious.
The trail of your steps on a circular course,
With constant power you turn them.

Pure ornament of all divine powers,
Of course you're supernaturally glowing.·
Common in everything and known in everything,
But indivisible and alone.
Without a father your miraculous essence,
you father where your essence came from.

Zoodotras, ubiquitous, known by multiple names,
Justice, supreme in power,
The ruler of the order of the waters and the heavens.
Immortal Providence, the world is yours,
And you're everything, divine architect.

Listen, blessed goddess, your beggar,
And make my future life the object of your care.
He gave plenty of times, sufficient wealth,
And crowned my days with peace and health.

X. TO ALL [PAN]

An incense from Various Perfumes

I call the mighty Pan, substance of the whole,
etheric, marine, earthly, general soul,
Immortal flame· The world is yours,
And all parts of you, power divine.

Come, blessed Pan, that the rural areas rejoice in you,
Come jumpy, emotional, wandering, with starlight·
The Hours and Seasons [Horai] obey your command,
And around your throne they stand in a decent order.

Tragedy, keratus, Bacchian Pan,
Manic power, from which the world began,
where your various parts, inspired by you,
They are connected to endless dance and divine melody.

In you we find refuge from our fears,
those who are particularly human.
The shepherds, the waters, and the goats rejoice in you,
You love hunting, and the secret voice of Sound.

All the nymphs, playboys, follow you,
And all your works fulfill their destination.
Oh almighty, well-known goddess,
The world belongs to you, the abundance is yours.

XI. TO HERAKLE

A incense from Livani

Listen, mighty Hercules, fierce and strong,
Who owns huge hands and great works,
Immortal Titan, behave and benefactor,
with multiple forms, eternal and divine,
Father of Time [Cronus], theme of general praise,
Inconceivable, worship in many ways.

Magnitude in governing, divination skills you possess,
and sports field games unoccupied.
You aim for everything, destroying the savage crowds,
To you men as a savior pray.

No, no, no.
who love peace and works peacefully.
Self-born, with primary flame you shine,
multiple names and heart full of power.

Your head supports morning light,
And bring the silent, gloomy night.
From east to west, with divine power,
Twelve great feats to fulfill.
With fingers unrestrained and infinite, divine,
Come on, blessed power, and in our sacred ceremonies bed·
Bring disease relief, and cast out calamities.

XII. TO THE CROSS

Storax incense

Eteroid father, mighty Titan, listen,
A great flame of gods and men, all respected.
With wisdom and strength equipped,
you belong to perfection and reduction.

By you, everything that dies daily is destroyed.
And from you they are born again.
Ο αχανής κόσμος σε αλυσίδες αιώνιες κρατείται,
ισχυρή και ακατανίκητη η δύναμή σου.

Πατέρα της μεγάλης αιωνιότητας, θεϊκέ,
με ποικιλία λόγων σέβεσαι·
Άνθος της γης και του άστρου, σύζυγος της Ρέας,
και γυναίκα του Προμηθέα.

Σεβαστή ρίζα της μαιευτικής φύσης,
από την οποία εκδηλώνονται οι μορφές της ύπαρξης.
Δεν υπάρχουν τμήματα που να μην περιλαμβάνει η δύναμή σου,
διαχυμένη σε όλα, απ’ όπου ο κόσμος αναδύθηκε.

Ω καλύτερο όλων, λεπτόμυαλε ον,
άκου τις ιερές προσευχές με ευμένεια.
Παρακολούθησε τις ιερές τελετές,
και χάρισε μια αμόλυντη ζωή και ευλογημένο τέλος.

XIII. ΠΡΟΣ ΤΗΝ ΡΕΑ

An incense from Aromatics

Θυγατέρα του μεγάλου Πρωτογόνου, θεά,
λαμπρή Ρέα, προς την προσευχή μου στρέψου,
Που σέρνεις το ιερό σου άρμα με ταχύτητα,
τραβηγμένο από άγριους λιοντάρια, τρομερή και ισχυρή.

Μητέρα του Δία [Ζευς], του οποίου το ισχυρό χέρι
μπορεί να κρατά το εκδικητικό κεραυνό και να κουνά την τρομερή ασπίδα.
Με τύμπανα ηχηρά, μανιακή, λαμπρή,
με χάλκινη φωνή, τιμή σου, ευλογημένη βασίλισσα του Κρόνου [Kronos].

Χαίρεσαι στα βουνά και στις ταραχώδεις μάχες,
και οι τρομερές κραυγές των ανθρώπων σε ευφραίνουν.
Μητέρα πολέμου, ισχυρή, επιβλητική,
πανούργα σωτήρια, απελευθερώτρια.

Μητέρα θεών και ανθρώπων, από την οποία η Γη [Γαία]
και οι υψηλοί ουρανοί [Ουρανός] αντλούν τη γέννησή τους.
Οι αιθέρες και οι βαθιές θάλασσες προέρχονται από σένα.
Έλα, ευχαριστημένη από τις περιπλανήσεις, ευλογημένη και θεία,
φέρε ειρήνη στα έργα μας και πλούσια αφθονία,
και όπου βρεθεί, διώξε τη νόσο ως τα πέρατα της γης.

XIV. ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΝ ΔΙΑ [ΖΕΥΣ]

Storax incense

Ω πολυτιμημένε Δία, υπέρτατε,
σ’ εσένα αφιερώνουμε τις ιερές μας τελετές.
Οι προσευχές και οι εξιλεώσεις μας, βασιλιά θεϊκέ,
λαμπρύνουν γύρω από το κεφάλι σου.

Η γη είναι δική σου, και τα βουνά που ανυψώνονται,
η θάλασσα βαθειά, και όλο μέσα στον ουρανό.
Βασιλιάς Κρονίων, κατερχόμενος από ψηλά,
γενναιόδωρος, εντολοδόχος, σκήπτρο κρατών Δίας.

Όλως-γεννήτορας, αρχή και τέλος όλων,
η παντοδύναμη δύναμή σου ταρακουνά αυτή τη γήινη σφαίρα.
Ακόμα και η φύση τρέμει στο ισχυρό σου νεύμα,
ο δυνατός κεραυνός και ο βροντόφωνος Θεός.

Πηγή αφθονίας, καθαρτή βασιλιά,
ω ποικιλόμορφε, απ’ τον οποίο αναδύονται όλες οι φύσεις,
Άκου με ευμένεια την προσευχή μου,
δώσε υγεία αμόλυντη, ειρήνη θεϊκή και αναγκαίο πλούτο.

XV. ΠΡΟΣ ΤΗΝ ΗΡΑ

An incense from Aromatics

Ω βασίλισσα Ήρα, με επιβλητική όψη,
αιθέρια, θεϊκή, ευλογημένη σύζυγος του Δία,
Θρονιασμένη στην καρδιά του γαλάζιου ουρανού,
ο ανθρώπινος γένος είναι υπό τη συνεχή σου φροντίδα.

Οι δροσεροί άνεμοι πηγάζουν μόνο από τη δύναμή σου,
που τρέφουν τη ζωή, που κάθε ζωή επιθυμεί.
Μητέρα των νεφών και των ανέμων, από σένα παράγονται όλα τα πράγματα,
γνωστή η ανθρώπινη ζωή χάρη σε σένα.

Όλες οι φύσεις συμμετέχουν στον θεϊκό σου χαρακτήρα,
και μόνο εσύ κατέχεις την παγκόσμια κυριαρχία.
Με ισχυρούς ανέμους οι θάλασσες και τα ποτάμια φουσκώνουν,
όταν κινούνται από σένα.

Έλα, ευλογημένη θεά, διάσημη παντοδύναμη βασίλισσα,
με ευμενή όψη, χαρούμενη και ήρεμη.