Tag: Yahweh

  • Sky Gods Battling Dragons

    Sky Gods Battling Dragons

    We find a battle between sky god and dragon or serpent in numerous ancient religions and myths. In the Babylonian creation myth, Marduk fought and defeated the primeval dragon Tiamat, then split her body in two to create the sky and earth. In the Enuma Elish, Marduk twists and weaves Tiamat’s tail into the durmah…

  • Ritual Heavenly Ascents

    Ritual Heavenly Ascents

    Some priests, initiates and believers in the ancient world had visions and practiced ritual ascents to their gods. These ritual ascents were made by pagans, Christians and Jews alike. By the Roman era, they usually involved complex rituals and magical glyphs and passwords that had to be presented to the archons (a Greek word for…