satan/shaitan means 'adversary'.  the wild nature rises up in a time of
intensity of light at the Equinox of the Gods, the turning point when
the religions of the Lord of Light and Creation are opposed by those
more feeling and compassionate for the remaining residents of the biosphere.

an 'Aeon' is many things, but to some it is a period of time, like an
age.  there are some who wish to connect to the 'Age of Aquarius', an
astrological time period typically 1900-2300 yrs resulting from the
'precession of the equinoxes' which occurs due to the wobbling of Mom
on Her axis.  many connect certain themes with their identified aeon,
sometimes identified within Egyptian mythotypes and usually related
to the spirit of Western religion.  

Crowley's new aeon started in 1904 at his reception of _The Book of 
the Law_ from his Holy Guardian Angel, Aiwass, whom he identified with 
Satan, and its mythological theme was encompassed by the Egyptian god 
Horus, the Hawk-headed Warlord.  This was after a succession of Isis
of the Mother Goddess and matriarchies (popular among occultists,
though not really substantiated as a religious system in archeology)
and Osiris, whose stories closely resemble those of Christ and so are
typically identified with the period between 0 and 2000 CE).

however, Crowley's aeon was of multiple meaning and it is very easy
to presume he meant to imply by his 'Equinox of the Gods' (i.e. the
change of aeons in 1904) something metaphorically similar to the
seasonal Spring Equinox, near which his revelation supposedly occurred
(April 8/9/10 in Egypt).  this implies further the ascendancy of LIGHT,
and of solar energies.

the Aeon of the Adversary is my own invention (I made it up).  it relates
to the end of the ascendancy of LIGHT (at solstice - sun still/stop) and
implies the turning point where DARKNESS now begins to rise toward an
equal status (equinox - 'equal night' with day).  the concept of the
'Solstice of the Gods' is one I made up in relation to the previous ideas
and as its beginning for me is 96/6/6 it directly relates to the WILD BEAST,
that forsaken and usually hunted animal within us and outside us with which
numerous occultists have identified (including Crowley, whose works I
greatly admire).

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