Godforms

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-A '''Godform''' is an [[Image]] of a God or Goddess used by a [[Magician]] in [[Invocation]] via the Process known as the [[Assumption of a Godform]].
-==God versus Godform==
-The word '''godform''' is used rather than ''god'' to indicate that this Image itself is not the Object of Worship, but rather a Form or a Seat for Deity to indwell.
-==Godforms in Thelema==
-The Godforms in Thelema primarily derive from the [[Book of the Law]].
-[[Nuit]] represents space, [[Hadit]] the electron, [[Ra-Hoor-Khuit]] atomic energy. The messenger [[Aiwass]] predicts the coming of the [[Aeon of Horus|Bomb]]. [[The Beast]] called [[Therion]] is the Prophet who is to usher in the use of [[Magick]]. His [[Scarlet Woman]] called [[Babalon]] is to be his [[Shakti]] or partner in [[Sex Magick]]. Together they form [[Baphomet]], the two-backed beast also represented in such [[tantra|tantric]] figures as [[Shiva/Shakti]] and the [[Yidam]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. Finally, there is [[Chaos]].
-==Godforms in Other Cultures==
-*[[Buddhist Godforms]]
-*[[Christian Godforms]]
-*[[Egyptian Godforms]]
-*[[Greek Godforms]]
-*[[Hebrew Godforms]]
-*[[Hindu Godforms]]
-*[[Islamic Godforms]]
-*[[Roman Godforms]]
-*[[Scandinavian Godforms]]
-[[Category:Thelema]]