The Hymn to En, the Illyrian Fire God was written using a variety of influences and sources, including Illyrian religion, Indo-European scholarship, Indo-European mythology, Albanian history, Roman history, and Neo-Platonism. It is written in heptasyllablic lines, or lines of seven syllables. Readers are free to take the content and put it in another meter, such as iambic hexameter. The hymn can be used in a ritual for En, the Illyrian fire god.
Hymn to En, the Illyrian Fire God
God amongst the first, divine
Royal fire, at the state
Of the nous, sacred, mundane
Used to call the gods, the one
Primal ritual element
Communicate, flicker, send
Messages, words, to humans
Primal god, Illyrian
Thursday, Enjte, Balkan day
Albanian, blaze daemon
From a steppe homeland, far off
Hungnis, ancient name of the
Indo-European flame
Alongside the Sky God and
Earth Queen, the Divine Twins, or
Dioscuri, Greek deities
Ruddy Vedic Agni alike
The blood of mountains, stone towns
Fire linked to warrior,
Strong Illyrian soldiers
successful and promoted
To Roman generals, and
Emperors, warring people
Brave, active, direct, fast, strong
Taboo, not spoken, by some
Hestia, Vesta tend to
The celestial flame, lo
Purity, and perfection
Participation above
Click here for a set of infographics of this hymn for personal use.
Photo Credits
- A wildfire in summer, 2003. Photo by Tilo.
- A fire in a stone hall. Prompt: a fire burns in an old dark fireplace. Photo by Midjourney. Username: @david.k9
David has studied traditional astrology since 2014. The Bay Area native completed Chris Brennan’s Introduction to Hellenistic Astrology course, and attended courses taught by Austin Coppock, Nina Gryphon, and Ryhan Butler. He is interested in exploring the less well known aspects of astrology, divination, and spirituality.