What was at the very beginning cannot be explained or understood; it can only be spoken of indirectly because there is no way to comprehend something in which its points of differentiation have yet to be expressed. It is called the Beginning Which Cannot Be Spoken (Ἄρρητος Ἀρχή). It is not created; it did not come to be; it has always been. It is there before anything else; it is there at the beginning; it is now and will always be. Orphéfs (Ὀρφεύς), the founder of Mysteries (Τελετάρχης), tells us that within this undifferentiated mixture are Earth and Water and it is from the dance of these two that everything which is comes to be. For Ageless (ἀγήραος) Time (Χρόνος) was moved by Necessity (Ἀνάγκη) and gave birth to Aithír (Αἰθήρ) and a limitless chasm (χάσμα) which extended in every direction, and everything was in tumult. In the Aithír, Time formed a silvery egg (ὠεόν or ᾠόν), the offspring of Aithír and Kháos (Χάος) . And the egg began to move in an enormous and wondrous circle and from the egg Phánis (Φάνης) emerged, and as he was born, the Aithír and the Chasm were torn apart (ἐρράγη).
Behold the son of Aithír! The First-Born (Πρωτογόνος)! The Shining One (Φαέθων)! Who by his nature illumines everything and was the first to appear in the Aithír! Witness his four eyes looking everywhere and marvel at his four horns! Behold his golden wings which flutter all about! He bellows like a massive bull and roars like a lion! He is Irikæpaios Ericepaeus, both male and female, who harbors in his heart blind and swift Ǽrohs(Ἔρως)! He is Mítis (Μῆτις), the progenitor of the Gods, who call him the Revealer and First-born! He is the one with the mighty voice (Βρόμιος); he is all-seeing (πανόπτης) Zefs (Ζεύς)! He can be seen only by his daughter, but his effulgent light shining in the Aithír draws wonder for those who behold it, illuminating the world with great brilliance.
Now Phánis caused many things to occur. He built an everlasting dwelling for the Immortal Gods. He brought forth the Moon, which Gods call Sælíni (Σελήνη) and mortals call Míni (Μήνη), with mountains, cities, and mansions. And for the ephemeral beings he made a world separate from the Immortals, with natural laws and with a sun as their lord , neither too cold nor too hot, but appropriate for their needs. These things he, Irikæpaios the first king, made from his seat in the misty darkness of the Cave (Ἄντρον) of his daughter Nyx (Νύξ). Oh glorious Phánis! You are Justice (Δικαιοσύνη), Prudence (Σωφροσύνη), and Truth (Ἐπιστήμη), begotten of Night who shines with stars (ἀστεροφεγγής)! And thus did he divide the world between Gods and mortals.
Source: https://www.hellenicgods.org/
PHILEMON, SPEAKING OF PHANES
PHANES IS THE GOD WHO RISES AGLEAM FROM THE WATERS.
PHANES IS THE SMILE OF DAWN.
PHANES IS THE RESPLENDENT DAY
HE IS THE IMMORTAL PRESENT.
HE IS THE GUSHING STREAMS.
HE IS THE SOUGHING WIND.
HE IS HUNGER AND SATIATION.
HE IS LOVE AND LUST.
HE IS MOURNING AND CONSOLATION.
HE IS PROMISE AND FULFILLMENT,
HE IS THE LIGHT THAT ILLUMINATES EVERY DARKNESS.
HE IS THE ETERNAL DAY.
HE IS THE SILVER LIGHT OF THE MOON.
HE IS THE FLICKERING STARS.
HE IS THE SHOOTING STAR THAT FLASHES AND FALLS AND LAPSES.
HE IS THE STREAM OF SHOOTING STARS THAT RETURNS EVERY YEAR.
HE IS THE RETURNING SUN AND MOON.
HE IS THE TRAILING STAR THAT BRINGS WARS AND NOBLE WINE.
HE IS THE GOOD AND FULLNESS OF THE YEAR,
HE FULFILLS THE HOURS WITH LIFE-FILLED ENCHANTMENT.
HE IS LOVE’S EMBRACE AND WHISPER,
HE IS THE WARMTH OF FRIENDSHIP,
HE IS THE HOPE THAT ENLIVENS THE VOID.
HE IS THE MAGNIFICENCE OF ALL RENEWED SUNS.
HE IS THE JOY AT EVERY BIRTH.
HE IS THE BLOOMING FLOWERS.
HE IS THE VELVETY BUTTERFLY’S WING,
HE IS THE SCENT OF BLOOMING GARDENS THAT FILLS THE NIGHTS.
HE IS THE SONG OF JOY.
HE IS THE TREE OF LIGHT.
HE IS PERFECTION, EVERY-THING DONE BETTER.
HE IS EVERYTHING EUPHONIOUS.
HE IS THE WELL-MEASURED.
HE IS THE SACRED NUMBER.
HE IS THE PROMISE OF LIFE.
HE IS THE CONTRACT AND THE SACRED PLEDGE,
HE IS THE DIVERSITY OF SOUNDS AND COLORS,
HE IS THE SANCTIFICATION OF MORNING, NOON, AND EVENING.
HE IS THE BENEVOLENT AND THE GENTLE….
IN TRUTH, PHANES IS WORK AND ITS ACCOMPLISHMENT AND ITS REMUNERATION.
HE IS THE TROUBLESOME TASK AND THE EVENING CALM.
HE IS THE STEP ON THE MIDDLE WAY, ITS BEGINNING, ITS MIDDLE, AND ITS END.
HE IS FORESIGHT.
HE IS THE END OF FEAR.
HE IS THE SPROUTING SEED, THE OPENING BUD.
HE IS THE GATE OF RECEPTION, OF ACCEPTANCE AND DEPOSITION,
HE IS THE SPRING AND THE DESERT.
HE IS THE SAFE HAVEN AND THE STORMY NIGHT.
HE IS THE CERTAINTY IN DESPERATION.
HE IS THE SOLID IN DISSOLUTION,
HE IS THE LIBERATION FROM IMPRISONMENT,
HE IS COUNSEL AND STRENGTH IN ADVANCEMENT.
HE IS THE FRIEND OF MAN, THE LIGHT EMANATING FROM MAN, THE BRIGHT GLOW THAT MAN BEHOLDS ON HIS PATH.
HE IS THE GREATNESS OF MAN, HIS WORTH, AND HIS FORCE.
Carl Gustav Jung, The Black Book
