Deism

Deism
Maskim Xul

Deities are real. Simple enough...
Well, then, what is a deity? Is it a guy with horns and a pitchfork
running around poking everyone? Is it some old,
beard man with a cane walking around on clouds? Only in the eyes of the imaginative believers in these. What a deity actually is, is a sentient and variably intelligent force of energy. The descriptions given by such grimoires and books as 'The Goetia', 'The Simonomicon', etc. are just the perceptions of the people who called these forces... which originally came from stories and such used to describe them. Example: the Abzu of Sumerian lore is described as the ocean, a great "sea below all seas" that is primal and houses the underworld. Well, Abzu is their word for the primeval force from which all things come from. And the easiest thing to compare energy to is water. The greatest body of water is then used to describe the greatest force of energy in their system of belief.

EXISTENCE There is a force behind everything. All matter is compressed energy. All matter contains energy... That's what holds the molecules together. Even if it's just kinetic and potential energy, it's still a force. Thought and sentience are from electric impulses in the brain. Electricity is a form of energy. Does that make us deities? Depends on the veiwpoint, but I suppose we could be viewed as deities in physical form, but the point is that deities can have thought, varying intelligence, and sentience. This is what makes these forces of nature deities.

NAMES Marduk, Tiamatu, Uruku, Namtar, Ereshkigal, etc. These are all names of Sumerian/Babylonian deities. Do these words hold power? Only to the user, his/her intent and the will behind it. The power isnt in the words but in the will put forth through them. The energy put into the words to call out to the force you desire. The names were titles used to describe these forces. The names of Sumerian deities are all made up of pre-existing Sumerian words put together to describe the forces/deities.

Ereshkigal:
eresh=scented house
ki=earth
gal=foremost

Nergal:
ner=watcher
gal=foremost

Anunnaki:
an=heaven/sky
u(appearing after a word)=one(s)
na=to
ki=earth

Anu:
An=heaven
u=one

Enki:
en=lord
ki=earth

Enlil:
en=lord
lil=airspace

this essay can also be found in The Black Temple, who posts it with permission