Archons and Giants

We have already noted that, according to traditions, back at the dawn of the existence of the manifested worlds, an event that was very important for their further development took place: a large group of servant beings effectively altered their nature, giving rise to a special group of non-hierarchical and therefore without assigned role beings – the Grigori.

Besides the fact that the Grigori themselves played many roles over the course of history, repeatedly turning the evolution of worlds in an unexpected direction, even greater influence was exerted by their “descendants” — the so-called “Giants” — the Nephilim, Giborim, and Eliud.

It was precisely the last three groups that, mixing with the more ancient population of the Gap — the Thurses (Titans of Greek mythology) — gave rise to the “New Giants” — giants, cyclopes, hecatoncheires, and among them also that branch of theirs which quickly found itself at the top of the Interworld’s food chain — the Fomors.

We have already said that one group of the “descendants” of the Grigori — Eliud — gave rise to the original inhabitants of Midgard/Eirin — the so-called “magical folk” — the Fairy. In turn, quite a few historical figures are known who are “half-bloods,” products of marriages between the Fairy and humans. However, for the most part, both the Fairy and, especially, the “dark” descendants of the Grigori — the Nephilim, the Fomors — are very unfriendly toward humans.

If the “original” Thurses/Titans — “descendants” of the most ancient forces embodying the very possibility of the existence of worlds and spaces — the Jotuns — expressed the pre-divine (and alternative to the divine) aspect of the energy of manifestation, then the “new” Giants are a manifestation of counter-divine, counter-evolutionary, and predatory tendencies that prevailed in the Interworld.

We have already discussed that the Grigori, having condensed their energies into bodies, also received a stable “condensate of consciousness” — a conditionally immortal “soul,” and therefore they, on the one hand, are interested in the stable existence of the “dense world,” which they are now forced to rely on, but on the other, a significant evolution of the mind of the beings inhabiting this world is undesirable for them, which may lead to the erosion of materiality, and therefore deprive them of this support. In other words, it is important for the Grigori that the world exists, does not suffer hardship, but also does not develop. Therefore they encourage science, technology, but do not approve of religion, Magic, or other techniques for cultivating consciousness.

And in this they found unexpected allies in the form of yet another branch of the descendants of the ancient Forefathers — the Rulers of the Interworld, the Archons. For the Archons, exactly the same thing is important as for the Grigori, albeit for a different purpose: we said that for them the worlds are farms where they cultivate fodder for their wards — elementals of all kinds.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the Grigori, having brought their creative, geburic, energies into the Gap with the permission (and “blessing”) of the Archons, in fact made its inhabitants more expansive and aggressive, thereby contributing to turning its environment from passively inert to predatory. Of course, other beings — epikletes, kidemons, and others — also played their part in this, but it is precisely the role of the Grigori in the origin and rise of the Fomors that remains the most important.

Thus, the “reverse-side” reality changes in parallel and interdependently with the manifested reality. And in exactly the same way as the balance of power is disrupted in the worlds: creative and supporting forces (for example, the Vanir, Sidhe and similar) are pushed aside, giving way to consumerist, destructive actions of humans or igvs, in the Gap the oldest inhabitants play an ever smaller role in the energy balance.

However, there is also hope for the reverse process: if people suddenly remember their nature, if instead of fighting the spirits of nature they join forces, then in the Interworld its “aborigines” will also gain constructive potential and, perhaps, the Sun of Ra will yet illuminate even the corners of the Duat.