Another aspect of Apollonianism that hails back to ancient times is a reverence for “divine principles”, or Cosmogogues. For purposes of meditation, contemplation, and acts of reverence, these divine principles are cast in the persona of Greek or Egyptian gods. In addition to the concept that the Cosmos is God, with sentient beings constituting the Mind of the Cosmos, this is perhaps as closest to “religious mysticism” as Apollonian spirituality will go. Chiefly, Apollonians revere three divine principles of the Cosmos: Apollo, the embodiment of light, order, and reason; Athena, the embodiment of strength, wisdom, and virtue; and Hermes Trismegistus, the embodiment of knowledge and science.
However, one need not perceive these principles as “Gods” that are real or tangible, but only as symbolic representations of concepts valued by Apollonianism. One may pray to them, or the Cosmos itself, if one wishes, but one should not expect to get an answer nor for some miraculous divine intervention to occur. They may be envisioned to help focus one’s meditation, or be the focus of praise and reverence. In honoring and revering Apollo, one honors and revers the aspects he represents, such as order and reason. Likewise, in honoring Hermes Trismegistus, one honors and reverses knowledge and science. Other divine principles also exist, but discussion of these matters would be better left to a full essay on the subject.
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