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Zevic Funerary Rites

In Ancient Greece and in the Ancient Civilizations, major attention was given to the mystery of death and the funerary rights that follow that event. Currently, the enemy, who preaches lies about reincarnation and removes the importance of Ancestors from the religious life of humanity, is promoting false ideas about death that include fear, terror and falsehood.

In the enemy religions, we hear that a human being lives "once" and then they are headed to a massive judgement, likely resulting in eternal torment or some sort of strange reward of having to sing eternal praises in some boring place called "heaven". None of this is real, and it's over-simplifcation that is only related to the hoaxes and false cultural notions of the enemy.

Our Ancient forefathers, knew that death was merely a transition into the astral realm. The soul passes on and the body is left behind, as the body is an accumulation of natural energy, and therefore returns to the earth. Albeit something that makes us sad and depressed (which is very natural), they were adamant on the reality that the soul will reincarnate and be with us again. This awareness creates an elevated consciousness in the living people, who learn to treat their life with a higher level of importance, same as that of their Ancestors.

In the Ancient Civilizations, funerary rites had the following aims:

1. Asking mercy for the soul of the dead person

2. Active remembrance of the bloodline

3. A pledge of love towards the deceased

Mercy, as a notion, is related to the Gods giving favorable and caring judgment to the people, and giving them disciplinary knowledge and correction on the matters they have went wrong, so the soul can continue in it’s incarnations and keep improving rather than becoming worse.

In regard to mourning, mourning is normal, natural and something very important. The degree of mourning about a soul should always be related to that question: What kind of life has this soul led, when it was alive? For souls that have been advanced and pure, the event of death is nothing to fear or worry about. The lesser the human being and their soul, the more love, care and assistance they need to pass on. The Gods of course provide this guidance, but so must the human beings care for others by providing them accurate spiritual knowledge in front of the great mystery of death.

The Ancient Priesthood would recite blessings for the soul that has departed life. If the soul had lead a virtuous or simple life, or had a heroic death, it was a known fact that the soul would have a great transition, as the Gods would lead the soul safely into the afterlife. Only the very evil people who are a striking minority, were those on whose death there should be major depression, as the weight of the sins and falsehood of a soul could weight it out for it’s next lifetime. More of this will be explained in other links in this webpage.

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Upon the death of an individual, they visit the Afterlife realm, known as “Hell” or Hades. That is the greatest majority of the souls of the human beings. Contrary to the beliefs of the enemy who preach hellfire and damnation for the smallest sins, the Ancients knew that these levels of existence were there so the soul can safely move there, to learn disciplinary lessons if it did errors, or experience rewards and tranquility until it’s next lifetime.

After the Gods check the soul and it’s errors, they give it another opportunity to go back into the world in order to both rectify it’s mistakes and improve. These mistakes are known by the Gods and they are explained to the soul before it’s passing to the next lifetime, and the soul is given a Natal Chart with which it can both improve and rectify these errors. The process of Reincarnation is immaculate and does not have any errors in it: The whole past of a soul is taken in consideration, same as it’s actions (or inaction) during it’s previous lifetime.

Ancient Greek cemeteries were also places of celebration and that is why most of them are built on places of excellent energy, but above all, close to the cities. That’s because the dead Ancestors, are considered still parts of society, who will be re-visiting the world in the future.

When children and young people of a family had their birthday, the children were taken to cemeteries, where they met their grandparents and other ancestors. The mothers would take the children there, to tell them stories about the deceased, to keep a strong relation between the new generation and the last. Flowers and songs would be sung for those that departed, and there was no climate of fear or terror in regard to the death of an individual.

In advanced levels of initiation, the people were also taken to their own graves, to pick up again some of their belongings, or to see and learn about their own life while in this lifetime. That process was considered a procedure of utmost sacredness and was reserved only for the highest initiates. Violators of tombs and thieves of tombs, were therefore punished with extermination in the Ancient Civilizations, as they were violating the rules of the Gods.

The deeper Funeral Rites are done by spiritual adepts, who call into the Gods in order to move the souls of the deceased safely into the afterlife. That is observed strongly into the Egyptian mysteries. Yearly, celebrations were taken to celebrate the previous deaths of the ancestors, who gave life to the present generation, to recognize their mistakes and commemorate their victories, so that the future generation would move forward in life and in time with a renewed sense of glory, mission and purpose.

In Zevism, birth and death are equally celebrated. The purpose of the Spiritual Culture is so that human beings live balanced and proper lifetimes, as far away from ignorance as possible. When that life is followed, the soul is absolved, purified and improved. Therefore, death does not arrive as a form of punishment, but as a form of elevation and a major transition of renewal.

Death with it's advent, can take the life away, yet it can also take many material problems, which can plague a person, such as injuries and other material diseases. Suicide was frowned upon as a highest level of cowardice, as life was considered the greatest gift that one can receive and it truly is.

Ancient Romans also celebrated their past generations and ancestors in elaborate Rituals, linking the world below with those that have passed, with the world above and those that are living. The cycle of life was understood, with it’s sadness and happiness involved.

As a Zevist, one must understand the above. The understanding of the above arises inside a being when the soul is awakened and when they can understand the cycle of life and death and it’s necessity. That knowledge is remembered inside the human soul, when one advances themselves spiritually. Ideally, the highest levels of consciousness do allow a human being to see a “peek” into the afterlife.

Therefore, the matter of death can be understood. Ancient Greek philosophers mentioned explicitly that a “Philosopher must prepare for their death”. That is a cryptic and mysterious statement, as simultaneously, Philosophy was the art of life and living to one’s greatest potential. Yet, the two realities co-exist together, and bond into a formulated whole, with the highest aim of this process always being the deification of the human soul and it’s final ascent into the levels of the Gods and their loving hands.

More will be explained in the pages below about the Afterlife and about the levels and layers of it below:

Zevic Funeral: The Ritual

The Judgment of Afterlife

Leading A Spiritual Life and it’s benefits

Our Ancestors and the Ancestral Rites

Eternal Life: What it means in the context of Zevism

Afterlife punishments: The justice against the utterly corrupted souls

The Bond with the Guardian Daemon: Life, Afterlife and Journey of the Soul

Anubis: Patron Of The Deceased