ANU, THE CREATOR
The first Being. It is the first utterance. The font of energy through which Isu permeates into the universe. The crown sits above the head and embodies that which is beyond our comprehension. One must envision Anu not as an object that can be perceived, but as the light that is cast upon it. Anu's light is beyond knowability, a timeless expanse of pure consciousness. Only through our respect for our own limitations do we begin to see the shadow of its nature.
Anu is the abstract manifestation of the universe. Out of loneliness, he created three celestial beings who would serve him. The Isu remained loyal to him and worshipped him as a god, though the Emanations wanted independence from him (and eventually to replace him), resulting in a galactic war.
In the beginning, there was nothing but darkness: a churning ocean of uncertainty.
Then the great Anu awoke and rose, a shining golden sun, and shed light upon the unformed world. With the unfurling of his arms, he split sky from earth; with his first breath, he formed water and air; with a sweep of his hand, he carved mountains and crumbled stone into sand. And thus, Anu sifted order from chaos, and the world took shape, raw and young and new.
Anu then gazed upon the barren, quiet world and planted the seeds of life. And so the denizens of Nibiru were born, birthed from the dreams of the god-creator. But unlike their creator, they were soft, vulnerable, frail—and mortal. And the shadows of the world, the remnants of that black ocean, seized those that died, twisting them into undeath, a threat and plague to the living.
And so the great Anu forged the gods.
He drew upon the fabric of the world itself, weaving the mana of the universe into three forms, each to embody a virtue of himself. And thus, the Triumvirate came into being. Born of God's will and stronger than his dream-children, the gods were tasked with protecting his mortal flocks from the whims of shadow, shepherding them toward a glorious death instead.
For Anu knew of a realm beyond this world. A place only reachable by passing through death. And though he knew the hardships of this world were many, and shadows gripped at the edges of all that dwelled there. He knew that his children could prevail, grow, learn, and become worthy. For the afterlife was a gift too precious to be given lightly; his children needed to prove themselves deserving of its glory.
And once all was in place, Anu left Elysium to pave the way to eternity, giving time for his children to learn, strive, and achieve their destinies before joining him in the great afterlife. He left his children in the care of his gods and set the second sun in motion to mark the time of his return.
Then the great Anu awoke and rose, a shining golden sun, and shed light upon the unformed world. With the unfurling of his arms, he split sky from earth; with his first breath, he formed water and air; with a sweep of his hand, he carved mountains and crumbled stone into sand. And thus, Anu sifted order from chaos, and the world took shape, raw and young and new.
Anu then gazed upon the barren, quiet world and planted the seeds of life. And so the denizens of Nibiru were born, birthed from the dreams of the god-creator. But unlike their creator, they were soft, vulnerable, frail—and mortal. And the shadows of the world, the remnants of that black ocean, seized those that died, twisting them into undeath, a threat and plague to the living.
And so the great Anu forged the gods.
He drew upon the fabric of the world itself, weaving the mana of the universe into three forms, each to embody a virtue of himself. And thus, the Triumvirate came into being. Born of God's will and stronger than his dream-children, the gods were tasked with protecting his mortal flocks from the whims of shadow, shepherding them toward a glorious death instead.
For Anu knew of a realm beyond this world. A place only reachable by passing through death. And though he knew the hardships of this world were many, and shadows gripped at the edges of all that dwelled there. He knew that his children could prevail, grow, learn, and become worthy. For the afterlife was a gift too precious to be given lightly; his children needed to prove themselves deserving of its glory.
And once all was in place, Anu left Elysium to pave the way to eternity, giving time for his children to learn, strive, and achieve their destinies before joining him in the great afterlife. He left his children in the care of his gods and set the second sun in motion to mark the time of his return.
Before He gave shape to the world, before He produced any form, He was alone, without form and without resemblance to anything else. Who then can comprehend how He was before the Creation? Hence it is forbidden to lend Him any form or similitude, or even to call Him by His sacred name, or to indicate Him by a single letter or a single point... But after He created the form of the Heavenly Isu, He used him as a chariot wherein to descend, and He wishes to be called after His form, which is the sacred name ANU. Anu has no number, no color, no connection to the Universe. In that way He is extremely unique. His solitary nature sets him apart from the other beings in such a significant way that Anu is sometimes considered to not exist at all. To give a name to the emptiness at the center of the Universe is vital and so too is to understand the significant of that emptiness. In a way to help better understand what exactly Anu is, he is both a place and a being where experiences, ideas and archetypes exist as a real, living entity. He is the domain of concepts and projections. After creating the Triumvirate, (Isu, Ennead and Emanation) Anu sealed himself into his Meditation Plane for reasons that are unknown and enigmatic to even his children. Though he has long since become a static force, dormant and in torpor, much like the Emanation's who are in a similar state of existence, Anu's will has taken on mysterious embodiments.
the ten sephirot
According to Nabu, Anu is the emanator of the ten sefirot. Sefirot are energy emanations found on the "Tree of Life." Anu, the Atik Yomin ("Ancient of Days") emanates the sefirot into the cosmic womb in a manner that results in the created Universe. The order of devolution can be described as:
- 1. Keter (Crown; כתר)
- 2. Chokhmah (Wisdom; חכמה)
- 3. Binah (Understanding; בינה)
- 4. Chesed (Loving Kindness or Mercy; חסד)
- 5. Gevurah or Din (Power or Judgement; גבורה)
- 6. Tiferet (Beauty or Compassion; תפארת)
- 7. Netzach (Triumph or Endurance; נצח)
- 8. Hod (Majesty or Splendor; הוד)
- 9. Yesod (Foundation; יסוד)
- 10. Malkuth (Realm; מלכות)